Hux Records - Soft Machine - BBC Radio

Soft Machine 1971-1974

Following the successful release earlier this year of HUX037, this second volume now completes the set of Soft Machine's BBC sessions.

Recorded between 1971 & 1974, this double CD includes 3 Peel sessions, plus one session recorded for BBC Radio 3's Jazz In Britain' programme. With the exception of the first two tracks here, none of these recordings have ever been released before.

This compilation provides striking evidence of the pace at which the band was changing during this period. It plots a drastic change in the sound of the band, from their free jazz leanings of 1971 to the jazz rock fusion of '74.

This album has been compiled with the full help of the band, who have been fully involved at every stage of development. The 12 page full colour booklet includes rare photographs from the band's own archive, plus a brief note from Soft Machine's John Marshall.

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	CD1
	1.	As If
	2.	Drop
	3.	Welcome To Frillsville
	4.	Fanfare/All White/MC/Drop
	5.	Stanley Stamp's Gibbon Album
	6.	Hazard Profile part 1
	CD 2
	1.	Sinepost
	2.	Down The Road
	3.	North Point
	4.	The Man Who Waved At Trains
	5.	Hazard Profile parts 1-4

CD1 Tracks 1-3 Recorded 15.11.71 BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show First transmission 24.11.71
(line-up: Elton Dean/Hugh Hopper/Phil Howard/Mike Ratedge)
Track 4 Recorded 11.04.72 BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show First transmission 18.07.02
(line-up: Hugh Hopper/Karl Jenkins/John Marshall/Mike Ratedge)
Track 5,6 Recorded 30.10.73 BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show First transmission 20.11.73
(line-up: Roy Babbington/Karl Jenkins/John Marshall/Mike Ratedge)

CD2 Tracks 1-2 Recorded 130.10.73 BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show First transmission 20.11.73
(line-up: Roy Babbington/Karl Jenkins/John Marshall/Mike Ratedge)
Track 3,4,5 Recorded 10.06.74 BBC Radio 3 Jazz In Britain First transmission 26.08.74
(line-up: Roy Babbington/Allan Holdsworth/Karl Jenkins/John Marshall/Mike Ratedge)

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