From Loudersound.
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 - Paradiso '69 - Remastered 180 Gram - Numbered Edition - Sealed - Dutch - vinyl LP - £29.99, $36.89, €34.49 (New Item) (arrived 06-Sep-2023 17:43)on September 24, 2023 at 8:08 am
SOFT MACHINE Paradiso '69 (2021 UK/EU limited edition 13-track LP remastered from the original analogue tapes and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Recorded live at the Paradiso Amsterdam, 29 March 1969, the concert was performed by Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt, the line-up that would later that year record and release the classic Soft Machine II album. Picture sleeve with liner notes by Sid Smith, plus hype sticker individually numbered and limited to just 500 copies. Still factory sealed)
- Soft Machine - Seven - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.60, €23.00 (New Item) (arrived 17-Aug-2023 09:06)on September 24, 2023 at 8:08 am
SOFT MACHINE Seven (1973 UK first issue plain orange CBS label 12-track vinyl LP, the seventh studio album from the Canterbury prog masters, matt gatefold picture sleeve with company inner. The sleeve has general light edgewear but the vinyl grades Near Mint with no obvious sings of play)
- Soft Machine - Six - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $30.75, €28.75 (New Item) (arrived 16-Aug-2023 13:43)on September 24, 2023 at 8:08 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, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little shelfwear & light edgescuffing, with the vinyl remaining in excellent condition with just a few light surface scuffs to show for its years)
- Soft Machine - Alive And Well - Recorded In Paris - Ex - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.60, €23.00 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jul-2023 11:57)on September 24, 2023 at 8:08 am
SOFT MACHINE Alive And Well - Recorded In Paris (1978 UK 11-track vinyl LP, recorded at the Theatre Le Palace, Montmarte between shows held from the 6th to the 9th July 1977. The picture sleeve has some general wear and edge creasing & the vinyl appears very well looked after with light play evident SHSP4083)
- Soft Machine - Other Doors - Turquoise Vinyl - Sealed - Dutch - 2-LP vinyl set - £49.99, $61.49, €57.49 (New Item) (arrived 11-Jul-2023 15:22)on September 24, 2023 at 8:08 am
SOFT MACHINE Other Doors (2023 UK/EU limited edtion 20-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram Turquoise Coloured Vinyl, their first studio album since 2018's Hidden Details and the final studioappearance of drum legend John Marshall. This special edition features six extra tracks exclusive to vinyl on Side D. Gatefold picture sleeve individually gold-foil numbered & factory sealed. Recommended)
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