The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Singer: The Soft Machine
Title: The Soft Machine
Short-info: Label: Geffen Records ‎– UICY-75650
Type: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD
Country: Japan
Date of released: 13 Jun 2013
Category: Jazz, Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental
MP3 album size .rar: 1677 mb
APE album size .rar: 1616 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MOD AHX VOX TTA XM FLAC MP2

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Hope For Happiness
Written-By – B. Hopper*, K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*
4:22
2 Joy Of A Toy
Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*
2:56
3 Hope For Happiness (Reprise)
Written-By – B. Hopper*, K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*
1:31
4 Why Am I So Short?
Written-By – H. Hopper*, K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*
2:33
5 So Boot If At All
Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*, R. Wyatt*
2:33
6 A Certain Kind
Written-By – H. Hopper*
4:08
7 Save Yourself
Written-By – R. Wyatt*
2:26
8 Priscilla
Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*, R. Wyatt*
1:05
9 Lullabye Letter
Written-By – K. Ayers*
4:26
10 We Did It Again
Written-By – K. Ayers*
3:40
11 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle
Written-By – K. Ayers*
1:05
12 Why Are We Sleeping?
Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*, R. Wyatt*
5:26
13 Box 25/4 Lid
Written-By – H. Hopper*, M. Ratledge*
0:48
Bonus Tracks
14 Love Makes Sweet Music 2:27
15 Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' 2:50

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – USM Japan
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
  • Copyright (c) – Geffen Records
  • Marketed By – Universal Music LLC
  • Distributed By – Universal Music LLC
  • Remastered At – The Audio Archiving Company

Credits

  • Coordinator [Artwork Coordinator] – Chihiro Nozaki, Noriko Yamamoto
  • Design [Original LP Sleeve] – Byron Goto, Eli Aliman*, Henry Epstein
  • Drums, Vocals – Robert Wyatt
  • Guitar – Kevin Ayres*
  • Organ – Mike Ratledge
  • Producer [Original LP] – Chas Chandler (tracks: 1 to 13), Tom Wilson (tracks: 1 to 13)
  • Product Manager – Minoru Harada
  • Research [Artwork Research] – Junichi Yamada

Notes

© 1968 Geffen Records
℗ 2009 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese.
Papersleeve is a replica of original 1968 album Probe CPLP 4500 The Soft Machine.
Audio is adapted from the 2009 Polydor remastered issue 532 050-5 The Soft Machine.
[24-bit remastering from the original analogue master tapes at The Audio Archiving Company, London]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 4988005771797
  • Matrix / Runout: UICY-20052 2W [3X Universal Logo]
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L244
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 4011
  • Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
CPLP 4500, CPLP-4500 The Soft Machine* The Soft Machine ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Probe, Probe CPLP 4500, CPLP-4500 US 1968
5C 184-50185 The Soft Machine* The Soft Machine ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Probe 5C 184-50185 Netherlands Unknown
CPLP 4500, CPLP-4500 The Soft Machine* The Soft Machine ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Probe, Probe CPLP 4500, CPLP-4500 Canada 1968
CPLP 4500 The Soft Machine* The Soft Machine ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Probe CPLP 4500 Canada Unknown
UICY-20052 The Soft Machine* The Soft Machine ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE, SHM) Polydor UICY-20052 Japan 2010


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