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Soft Stage: BBC in Concert 1972
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Soft Stage: BBC in Concert 1972
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
 
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This live BBC concert was recorded at London's Paris Theatre on 7 20,1972, just a few months before the live and studio material for the band's album Six was put together. The Six album is widely regarded as a great record...  more »

     
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All Artists: Soft Machine
Title: Soft Stage: BBC in Concert 1972
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hux Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/1/2005
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 682970000701

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This live BBC concert was recorded at London's Paris Theatre on 7 20,1972, just a few months before the live and studio material for the band's album Six was put together. The Six album is widely regarded as a great record, but as the critic Duncan Heining says in his liner notes to Soft Stage, this CD is actually even better. This concert was the fifth by this incarnation of Soft Machine, with Karl Jenkins joining Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper and John Marshall, adding his considerable skills on woodwinds and keyboards, not to mention his talents as composer. This performance also showcases the exceptional Hopper-Marshall rhythm section. 'Slightly All The Time', from the pre-Fifth days, is almost unrecognizable. The rest of the set is a mixture of compositions, mostly bearing only minor resemblance to the originals, from the Fifth and Six Album. Although only weeks into its existence, this line-up of Soft Machine was already a very solid unit, as this performance testifies. The accompanying 8 page booklet includes extensive liner notes & rare band photo's. 10 total tracks. Hux Records. 2005.
 

CD Reviews

A Little Stiff
R.Cittern | Springfield | 11/18/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I finally saw this album sitting on a shelf and said 'oh what the hell, it'll take it. On this live preformance the group is starting to gel with each other. Some of the songs in the beginning are a little weak and there are some noticiable screw-ups mostly by the newly added Jenkins who even forgets parts on his own compositions. But Hopper and Marshall really shine through with driving rhythms. Ratalege also does a fine job covering tasteful solos. Highlights include:'Slightly All The Time', 'Drop','Stumble' and 'Gesolreut'.

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