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 - Third - 2nd - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $31.75, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 21, 2024 at 5:15 pm
SOFT MACHINE Third (Mid to late 70s UK issue of the 1970 4-track double vinyl LP, on graduated orange labels. As evinced by the title, this is the band's third studio release, marking their greatest shift in genre away from psychedelia & moretoward jazz-fusion, but with a distinct Canterbury flavour. The gatefold picture sleeve is Excellent with a small scuff on the bottom edge. Both vinyl discs appear barely played)
- Soft Machine - Seven - VG - US - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.75, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jun-2024 10:46)on November 21, 2024 at 5:15 pm
SOFT MACHINE Seven (Rare US 1974 12-track Columbia Label vinyl LP album housed in a pasted picture sleeve and company inner. This copy shows some noticable ringwear and scuffing whilst the vinyl displays minimal signs of play KC32716)
- Soft Machine - Other Doors - Turquoise Vinyl - Sealed - Dutch - 2-LP vinyl set - £39.99, $50.79, €47.99 (Back In Stock) (arrived 05-Jan-2024 08:30)on November 21, 2024 at 5:15 pm
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)
- Soft Machine - The Dew At Dawn / (Slightly) Slightly All The Time - Sealed - UK - 7" vinyl - £14.99, $19.04, €17.99 (New Item) (arrived 01-Feb-2024 15:58)on November 21, 2024 at 5:15 pm
SOFT MACHINE The Dew At Dawn / (Slightly) Slightly All The Time (2024 UK/EU limited edition black vinyl 7" single, a heartfelt tribute to one of the greats of British jazz - trumpeter Harry Beckett - covering his stunning The Dew at Dawn. Mastered by and lacquer cut by Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records, and limited to just 600 copies. Picture sleeve, factory sealed)
- Soft Machine - Volumes One & Two - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £50.00, $63.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Feb-2024 09:57)on November 21, 2024 at 5:15 pm
SOFT MACHINE Volumes One & Two (1973 UK yellow Probe label 30-track double vinyl LP repackaging of the first two albums, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal signs of shelf and ring wear whilst the vinyl has just the odd hairline.Essential Canterbury prog! GTSP204)
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