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R. G. LeTourneau founded R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. in California in 1929, as a contractor of earthmoving equipment, which manufactured products in Longview, Texas. [1] [better source needed] During World War II, the company provided nearly 75% of the Allies' earthmoving equipment. [2] In 1954, it built the first jack-up drilling rig.
Soft Machine Turns On Volume 1: April – June 1967 recordings: Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen 22 September – 10 December 1967 recordings: Ratledge, Wyatt, Ayers September 1967 – May 1968 2006 Middle Earth Masters: Ratledge, Wyatt, Ayers 10 November 1967 – 11 August 1968 2001 Soft Machine Turns On Volume 2: 29 ...
Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 [3] [4]) is an English retired musician.A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, [5] he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming paraplegic following an accidental fall from a window in 1973, which led him to abandon band work, explore other instruments, and begin a 40-year ...
In 2007, Fourth was re-released as part of the series Soft Machine Remastered – The CBS Years 1970–1973. The booklets of these re-releases contain liner notes written by Mark Powell from Esoteric Recordings about the history of Soft Machine, their musical development and as one of the first relevant bands in the so-called progressive rock ...
Over the course of his life he secured 299 patents, [2] relating to earthmoving equipment, manufacturing processes, and machine tools. [ not verified in body ] LeTourneau sold most company assets in 1953 for US$ 31M, [ 2 ] but reentered the heavy equipment field as LeTourneau Technologies, [ verification needed ] the oversight of which was left ...
In 2008, he played with Soft Machine Legacy [3] [4] and again replaced Hugh Hopper as their electric bassist in 2009. [5] Soft Machine Legacy changed their name back to just Soft Machine in 2015. On 7 December 2021 Soft Machine issued a press release announcing that Babbington was retiring from the band, and was replaced by Fred Thelonious ...
Land of Cockayne is the tenth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1981. The title refers to the medieval land of plenty. It would be the last album released under the Soft Machine name until Hidden Details in 2018.
Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris is a (mostly) live album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1978.It is their first album recorded entirely without any founding members of the band, as Mike Ratledge left the group during recording of the previous album Softs.