Soft Machine
Virtually
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The previously unreleased show captured on Virtually, recorded 3/23/71, presents the classic quartet Softs [Elton Dean/Mike Ratledge/Hugh Hopper/Robert Wyatt] during their final European tour & just 4 months before their dissolution. The recording [licensed from German radio & taken from the master tapes] is superb for the time period, & the performance really sparkles, with everyone shinning, although special note must be made of Robert's drumming, as he plays with more gusto on this show than most from this period. With versions of all the tracks from Fourth, most of Third and much more, this 78' release, which captures the entire concert, is absolutely essential for any Soft Machine fan.
"...an innovative union of jazz and rock." – Downbeat
Release notes
Elton Dean's compositions : PRS/MCPS Hugh Hopper's compositions : EMI Music [ASCAP] Mike Ratledge's compositions : Essex Music [ASCAP] Recorded March 23rd, 1971 at the Gondel Filmkunsttheater, Bremen, Germany. Released by Cuneiform Records by exclusive arrangement with Radio Bremen CD premastered at SAE Made in USA A Production of Radio Bremen © 1971 Radio Bremen ℗ 1998 Cuneiform Records Catalog number variations are: RUNE 100 on spines, Rune 100 on disc.
| Set One | |||
| 1 | Facelift | 10:04 | |
| 2 | Virtually | 8:17 | |
| 3 | Slightly All The Time | 8:12 | |
| 4 | Fletcher's Blemish | 5:41 | |
| Set Two | |||
| 5 | Neo-Caliban Grides | 9:26 | |
| 6 | Out-Bloody-Rageous | 9:59 | |
| 7 | Eamonn Andrews | 4:29 | |
| 8 | All White | 3:16 | |
| 9 | Kings And Queens | 3:37 | |
| 10 | Teeth | 9:20 | |
| 11 | Pigling Bland | 4:55 | |
- Elton Dean
- Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Saxello, Electric Piano
- Hugh Hopper
- Bass
- Robert Wyatt
- Drums, Vocals
- Mike Ratledge
- Electric Piano, Organ
- Robert Friedrich
- Engineer [Engineered By]
- Bill Ellsworth
- Layout [Photo Collage], Design [Package Design], Graphics
- Peter Schulze
- Liner Notes, Producer [Produced By]
- Matt Murman
- Mastered By [CD Premastered By]
- Jochen Mönch
- Photography By
- Steven Feigenbaum
- Research, Coordinator [Release Coordination]
