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A wild, freewheeling, and ultimately successful attempt to merge psychedelia with jazz-rock, Soft Machine's debut ranges between lovingly performed oblique pop songs and deranged ensemble playing from drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt, bassist Kevin Ayers and organist Mike Ratledge. With only one real break (at the end of side one), the songs merge into each other -- not always smoothly, but always with a sense of flair that rescues any potential miscues. Wyatt takes most of the vocals, and proves himself a surprisingly evocative singer despite his lack of range. Like Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Vol. 1 was one of the few over-ambitious records of the psychedelic era that actually delivered on all its incredible promise.
© John Bush & Stewart Mason /TiVo
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CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Hopper, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Hopper, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Hopper, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Hopper, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist - Barbara Morillo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Barooshian, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeanette Jacobs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHAS CHANDLER, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Ratledge, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wyatt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Hopper, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Wilson, Producer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kim Fowley, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Daevid Allen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Kevin Ayers and Soft Machine
Kim Fowley, Producer - Kevin Ayers, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Ratledge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Wyatt, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Daevid Allen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Soft Machine, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Kevin Ayers and Soft Machine
Album review
A wild, freewheeling, and ultimately successful attempt to merge psychedelia with jazz-rock, Soft Machine's debut ranges between lovingly performed oblique pop songs and deranged ensemble playing from drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt, bassist Kevin Ayers and organist Mike Ratledge. With only one real break (at the end of side one), the songs merge into each other -- not always smoothly, but always with a sense of flair that rescues any potential miscues. Wyatt takes most of the vocals, and proves himself a surprisingly evocative singer despite his lack of range. Like Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Vol. 1 was one of the few over-ambitious records of the psychedelic era that actually delivered on all its incredible promise.
© John Bush & Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:34
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Soft Machine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 Polydor Ltd. (UK) ℗ 2009 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
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