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The Soft Machine (also titled Volume One as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968. It is the group's only album to feature Kevin Ayers as a member.
Soft Machine are an English rock band from Canterbury, Kent. The band were formed in 1966 by Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Larry Nowlin. Soft Machine were central in the Canterbury scene; they became one of the first British psychedelic acts, and later moved into progressive and jazz rock.
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 ...
"Love Makes Sweet Music" was the first single released by the psychedelic rock group Soft Machine. It is one of the first British psychedelic releases, predating Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne" by a month. [1] The A-side is more pop-oriented, featuring Robert Wyatt on lead vocals was recorded 5 February 1967 and produced by Chas Chandler.
After guesting on the album, Brian Hopper joined Soft Machine as a fourth member for a few months later in 1969. Melody Maker gave the album a strong review upon release, calling it "little short of brilliant for much of its length", noting that "they are capable of handling a 7/4 time signature so well that you don't notice it's 7/4". [ 1 ]
The Soft Machine is the fifth studio album of Ozark Henry, the first of his albums to top the charts. [ 2 ] The track "These Days" was released as a single and reached the top 50 of the Ultratop charts, the first of his track releases to do so.
Peak chart position 1996 I'm Seeking Something That Has Already Found Me — 1998 This Last Warm Solitude — 2001 Birthmarks: 8 [1] 2004 The Sailor Not the Sea: 3 [2] 2006 The Soft Machine: 1 [3] 2010 Hvelreki: 1 [4] 2013 Stay Gold: 1 2015 Paramount (with the National Orchestra of Belgium) — 2017 Us: 2
The Soft Machine has been printed in four different editions, the first three revised by the author, the last by Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris. The first edition was printed by Olympia Press in Paris, in 1961, as number 88 in the Traveller Companion Series. It featured 182 pages arranged in 50 chapters of about 8 pages each.