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Rare footage of Canterbury legends Soft Machine performing as a quintet has surfaced in a new trailer for an upcoming three-disc CD and DVD set, Facelift France And Holland, which will be released by Cuneiform records on March 25. You can watch the new trailer for the release below.
The set captures the short-lived quintet line-up of Mike Ratledge (organ), Robert Wyatt (drums), Hugh Hopper (bass), Elton Dean (alto sax, saxello) and Lyn Dobson (soprano and tenor sax, flute, harmonica, vocals) in the first quartet of 1970, just prior to the recording of their Third album.
The footage was original broadcast on French TV programme Pop 2, showing the band performing at Paris’s Theatre de la Musique, and is thought to be the earliest known footage of the band to be commercially released and the only known footage of the quintet line-up, which existed between January and March of 1970. The set also features a previously unreleased performance from January 1970 from Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.
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- Soft Machine - Land Of Cockayne - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.70, €36.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 22-Jan-2025 18:00)on March 31, 2025 at 12:16 am
SOFT MACHINE Land Of Cockayne (1981 UK 10-track vinyl LP, the final studio album under the Soft Machine moniker, starring a whole new line-up that included Jack Bruce, Allan Holdsworth, John Taylor, Ray Warleigh, Dick Morrissey & more, picture sleevewith illustrated credits inner. The sleeve shows minimal shelf wear whilst the vinyl appears near mint EMC3348)
- Soft Machine - Land Of Cockayne - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.70, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jan-2025 12:31)on March 31, 2025 at 12:16 am
SOFT MACHINE Land Of Cockayne (1981 UK 10-track vinyl LP, the final studio album under the Soft Machine moniker, starring a whole new line-up that included Jack Bruce, Allan Holdsworth, John Taylor, Ray Warleigh, Dick Morrissey & more, picture sleevewith illustrated credits inner. The sleeve shows minimal shelf wear whilst the vinyl appears near mint EMC3348)
- Soft Machine - Six - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.80, €24.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 18:00)on March 31, 2025 at 12:16 am
SOFT MACHINE Six (1973 UK 15-track double LP, with the first disc featuring live recordings from their 1972 British tour & the second featuring new studio recordings, housed in a matte gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows shows some minor shelfwear & light edge scuffing, with the vinyl having a few hairlines and paper scuffs it still remains in Excellent condition. Still a wonderful play copy! )
- Soft Machine - Six - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.80, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2024 11:11)on March 31, 2025 at 12:16 am
SOFT MACHINE Six (1973 UK 15-track double LP, with the first disc featuring live recordings from their 1972 British tour & the second featuring new studio recordings, housed in a matte gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows shows some minor shelfwear & light edge scuffing, with the vinyl having a few hairlines and paper scuffs it still remains in Excellent condition. Still a wonderful play copy! )
- Soft Machine - 5 - Fifth - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.70, €36.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 07:42)on March 31, 2025 at 12:16 am
SOFT MACHINE 5 - Fifth (Rare 1972 UK 7-track LP, housed in the all-black UK embossed title sleeve. By this point Robert Wyatt had left to form Matching Mole, and freeform jazz drummer Phil Howard was drafted in as replacement, doing a mighty finejob of it too. The sleeve has some noticable edgewear (common with this design) and minor creasing, whilst the vinyl has just a few spindle marks to indicate play - an excellent example)
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