Soft Machine | Live 1967-69 | 2CD

Soft Machine is an English rock and jazz band from Canterbury, formed in mid-1966 and named after the novel The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Hugh Hopper and Mike Ratledge, who are credited on this release, were all members of the band.

Live 1967-'69 is a two-disc unofficial release on London Calling, released on 8 October 2021. It contains live recordings from 1967 and 1969. The 1967 recording is a broadcast recording, while the 1969 recording is an audience recording that claims to be a radio recording. The release is classed as jazz rock, prog rock and fusion.

Track List

Disc 1

1. A Certain Kind
2. Save Yourself
3. Lullabye Letter
4. Hope For Happiness

Disc 2

1. Introduction
2. Facelift
3. Moon In June
4. Clarence In Wonderland
5. Mousetrap
6. Noisette
7. Backwards
8. Hibou, Anemone And Bear
9. Improvisation
10. Esther's Nose Job
11. Eammon Andrews
12. Mousetrap (Reprise)