The Softies take shape: Kevin Ayers, Hugh
Hopper, Mike Ratledge and Robert Wyatt.
1968.12 THE SOFT MACHINE US.160
1.Hope for Happiness 2.Joy of a Toy 3.Hope for Happiness (Reprise)
4.Why Am I So Short? 5.So Boot If At
All 6.Certain Kind 7.Save Yourself
8.Priscilla 9.Lullabye Letter 10.We Did It Again 11.Plus Belle qu’une
Poubelle 12.Why Are We Sleeping?
(orig
lp) Horzu 908-BL, 1969: US Probe
CPLP-4500X [gf], FRA Barclay 0920082 [diff.
cover]
(reiss
lp) GER Big Beat WIKA-57 [gf], 2007: UK
Tapestry TPT-226 [gf/180g vinyl/500
copies], 2007: JPN Universal
UIJY-9012 [200g vinyl/gf/diecut]
(reiss
2-lp) 1973: US Command RSSD-964
(reiss
cd) 1993: US One Way ONE-22064, 2006:
JPN Universal UICY-9687 [digrem], 2008:
JPN Universal UICY-90780 [shmcd]
(reiss cdx) w. bonus tracks: 14.Love Makes Sweet Music 15.Feelin’,
Reelin’, Squealin’
2009:
(reiss
2-lpz) w. VOLUME TWO as ARCHITECTS OF
SPACE AND TIME
1975: FRA Atlantic 60113 [gf], GER Atco 60113 [gf]
(reiss
cdz) w. VOLUME TWO
1989: GER Big Beat CDWIKD-920
1969 A1.JOY OF A TOY
B1.Why Are We Sleeping
7”: US Probe 452
1969.04 VOLUME TWO
1.Pataphysical Introduction,
Part 1 2.Concise British Alphabet, Part
1
3.Hibou, Anemone and Bear 4.Concise British Alphabest, Part 2 5.Hulloder
6.Dada Was Here 7.Thank You Pierrot Lunaire 8.Have You Ever Bean Green?
9.Pataphysical Introduction,
Part 2 10.Out of Tunes 11.As Long As He
Lies Perfectly Still 12.Dedicated to You But You Weren’t
Listening
13.Fire Engine Passing with
Bells Clanging 14.Pig 15.Orange Skin Food
16.Door Opens and Closes 17.10:30 Returns to the Bedroom
(orig
lp) Probe 1002, US Probe CPLP-4505
(reiss
lp) GER Big Beat WIKA-58 [gf]
(reiss
cd) 1993: US One Way ONE-22065
Now with guests Elton
Dean, Jimmy Hastings and others.
1970.06 THIRD
Produced by Soft Machine
A1.Facelift (Live) A2.Slightly All the Time B1.Moon in June B2.Out-
Bloody-Rageous
(orig
2-lp) US Columbia G-30339 [gf], US
Columbia G-30339 [gf/banded promo], FRA
Barclay 920224/5 [gf]
(reiss
2-lp) UK CBS 66246 [gf]
(reiss
cd)
(reiss
2-cdx) w. bonus CD feat. live tracks from Royal Albert Hall:
5.Out-Bloody-Rageous
6.Facelift 7.Esther’s Nose Job
2007:
1970 THE
SOFT MACHINE
1.Hibou Anemone &
Bear 2.Dada Was Here 3.Out of Tunes 4.As Long As He
Lies Perfectly Still 5.Dedicated to You But You Weren’t
Listening 6.Hope
for Happiness 7.Joy of a Toy 8.Hope for Happiness (Reprise) 9.Plus
Belle Qu’une Poubelle 10.Why Are We Sleeping?
(orig
lp) GER Hor Zu SHZE-908BL
1971.02 FOURTH
Produced by Soft Machine
1.Teeth 2.Kings and
(orig
lp) US
(reiss
lp) US
(reiss
cd) 1995: US One Way ONE-26254,
2007: JPN Sony MHCP-1294 [digrem]
(reiss
cdz) repackaged w. FIFTH
1999:
1971 FACES
& PLACES
(orig
lp) BYG 529907
1972.06 FIVE
1.All White 2.Drop
3.M.C. 4.As
If 5.LBO
6.Pigling Bland 7.Bone
(orig
lp) US
(reiss
cd) 1995: US One Way ONE-26227
(reiss
cdx) w. bonus track: 8.All White (Take
Two)
[digrem]
Karl Jenkins (saxophone) replaces Elton
Dean.
1973.02 SIX
1.Fanfare 2.All White
3.Between 4.Riff 5.37 1/2
6.Gesolreut 7.E.P.V.
8.Lefty 9.Stumble
10.5 from 13 (For Phil Seamen with Love & Thanks)
11.Riff II 12.The Soft Weed Factor 13.Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album
14.Chloe and the Pirates 15.1983
(orig
2-lp) UK CBS 68214 [gf], US Columbia
KG-32260 [gf]
(reiss
cd)
[digrem], 2007: JPN Sony
MHCP-1296 [digrem]
(reiss
2-cdz) w. SEVEN
Roy Babbington (bass) replaces Hugh Hopper.
1974.05 SEVEN
Produced by Soft Machine
A1.Nettle Bed A2.Carol Ann A3.Day’s Eye
A4.Bone Fire A5.Tarabos
A6.D.I.S. B1.Snodland B2.Penny Hitch B3.Block
B4.Down the Road B5.The
German Lesson B6.The French Lesson
(orig
lp) UK/NET CBS S65799 [gf], US
Columbia KC-32716 [diff. cover]
(reiss
lp) US
(reiss
cd)
2007:
Now with guests John Etheridge (guitar),
Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Alan Wakeman
(keyboards) and Ray Warleigh.
1975.04 BUNDLES
1.Hazard Profile, Parts
1-5 2.Gone Sailing 3.Bundles
4.Land of the Bag
Snake
5.The Man Who Waved at Trains
6.Peff 7.Four Gongs Two
Drums
8.The Floating World
(orig
lp)
(reiss
cd) See for Miles 283
1976 RUBBER
RIFF
1.Crunch 2.Pavan
3.Jombles 4.Little Floating
Music 5.Hi-Power
6.Little Miss B 7.Splot
8.Rubber Riff 9.Sam’s Short
Shuffle 10.Melina
(orig
lp) De Wolfe 3331
(reiss
cd) Blueprint 190
1976.06 SOFTS
1.Aubade 2.The Tale of Taliesin 3.Ban-Ban Caliban 4.Song of Aeolus
5.Out of Season 6.Second Bundle 7.Kayoo
8.The
10.One Over the Eight 11.Elka
(orig
lp)
(reiss
cd) See for Miles 285
1977.01 AT THE BEGINNING
1.That’s How Much I Need You
Now 2.Save Yourself 3.I Should’ve Known
4.Jet-Propelled
Photograph 5.When I Don’t Want You 6.Memories
7.You
Don’t Remember 8.She’s Gone 9.I’d Rather Be with You
(orig
lp) FRA Charly 2933212
(reiss
cd) 2000: Dressed to Kill 380
1977.03 TRIPLE
ECHO
(orig
lp) Harvest 800
1978 ALIVE & WELL: RECORDED IN
1.White Kite 2.Eos
3.Odds Bullets & Blades Part I
4.Odds Bullets &
Blades Part II 5.Song of the Sunbird 6.Puffin
7.Huffin 8.Number Three
9.The Nodder 10.Surrounding Silence 11.Soft Space
(orig
lp)
(reiss
cd) See for Miles 290, 1992: JPN Jimco
JICK-89043
1978 A1.SOFT SPACE PART I (Edited Version)
B1.Soft Space Part II (Edited Disco Version)
7”:
1980 MEMORIES
(orig
lp) Accord SN-7178
1981 THE
1.Over ‘n’ Above 2.Lotus Groves 3.Isle of the Blessed 4.Panoramania
5.Behind the Crystal
Curtain 6.Palace of Glass 7.Hot-Biscuit Slim
8.(Black)
(orig
lp) EMI 3348
(reiss
cd) 1996: US One Way ONE-18936
1988 LIVE
AT THE PROMS 1970
(orig
cd) Reckless 5
1990 THE
COLLECTION (aka THE UNTOUCHABLE)
A1.Hazard Profile Parts 1-5 A2.The Man Who Waved at Trains A3.Peff
A4.Four Gongs Two Drums A5.Ban Ban Caliban A6.Song of Aeolus B1.Aubade
B2.Second Bundle B3.Kayoo B4.Camdem Tandem B5.Nexus
B6.One Over the
Eight
B7.Etika B8.Puffin B9.Huffin
B10.The Nodder B11.Soft Space
(orig
2-lp) UK Castle CCSLP-281 [gf]
(orig
2-cs)
(orig
cd)
1991 THE
PEEL SESSIONS
1.Moon in June 2.Esther’s Nose Job 3.Mousette Noisette Backwards
4.Mousetrap (Reprise) 5.Slightly All the Time 6.Out-Bloody-Rageous
7.Eamonn Andrews 8.Facelift
9.Virtually 10.Neo Caliban
Grides 11.Drop
12.As If 13.Dedicated to You But You Weren’t Listening
(orig
cd) Dutch
1994.06 BBC
RADIO 1 LIVE IN CONCERT
1.Fanfare 2.All White
3.Slightly All the Time
4.M.C. 5.Drop 6.Stumble
7.I.B.O. 8.As If 9.Riff
(orig
cd) Windsong 56
(reiss
cd)
1994 JET-PROPELLED PHOTOGRAPHS
1.That’s How Much I Need You
Now 2.Save Yourself 3.I Should’ve Known
4.Jet-Propelled
Photograph 5.When I Don’t Want You 6.Memories
7.You
Don’t Remember 8.She’s Gone/I’d Rather Be With You
(orig
cd)
(reiss
cd) 2003: UK Snapper SNAP-133CD
(reiss
cdz) released as JET PROPELLED
1995: FRA Spalax 14816
1995.11.7 LIVE IN
1.Plain Tiffs 2.All White
3.Slightly All the Time
4.Drop 5.M.C.
6.Out-Bloody-Rageous 7.Facelift
8.And Sevens 9.As If 10.LBO
11.Pigling Bland 12.At Sixes
(orig
2-cd) US
1995.11.1 LIVE AT THE PARADISO 1969
1.Hulloder 2.Dada Was Here 3.Thank You Pierrot Lunaire 4.Have You Ever
Bean Green? 5.Pataphysical
Introduction, Part 2 6.As Long As He
Lies
Perfectly Still 7.Fire Engine Passing with Bells
Clanging 8.Hibou,
Anemone and Bear 9.Pig
10.Orange Skin Food 11.Door Opens
and Closes
12.10:30 Returns to the Bedroom
(orig
cd)
(reiss
cd) 1996: US Blueprint RSG-193
1995 THE
BEST OF SOFT MACHINE: THE HARVEST YEARS
1.Hazard Profile, Part 1 2.Gone Sailing
3.Bundles 4.Land of the
Bagsnake 5.Man Who Waved at Trains 6.Peff
7.Four Gongs Two Drums
8.Song of Aeolus 9.Kayoo
10.Aubade 11.Second Bundle 12.Camden Tandem
13.One Over the Eight 14.Number Three 15.Nodder
16.Soft Space
(orig
cd) See for Miles 623
1996.10 SPACED
1.Spaced One 2.Spaced Two
3.Spaced Three 4.Spaced Four 5.Spaced Five
6.Space Six 7.Spaced Seven
(orig
cd)
1998.01.12 VIRTUALLY
1.Facelift 2.Virtually
3.Slightly All the Time 4.Fletcher’s
Blemish
5.Neo Caliban Grides 6.Out-Bloody-Rageous 7.Eamonn Andrews 8.All White
9.Kings and
(orig
cd) UK/US Cuneiform RUNE-100
1998.10.13 LIVE
1970
1.Facelift (Excerpt) 2.Moon in June (Excerpt) 3.Out-Bloody-Rageous
4.Facelift 5.Pig
6.Orange Skin Food 7.Door Opens
and Closes 8.10:30
Returns to the Bedroom
(orig
cd) US Blueprint 290
1999 SOFT
MACHINE
(orig
cd) NET label unknown
2000.01.18 NOISETTE
1.Eamonn Andrews 2.Mousetrap
3.Backwards 4.Mousetrap
(Reprise)
5.Hibou, Anemone and Bear 6.Moon in June 7.12/8 Theme
8.Esther’s Nose
Job
9.We Did It Again
(orig
cd)
2001.03.27 MAN IN A DEAF CORNER: ANTHOLOGY 1963-1970
A1.Belsize Parked A2.Dear Olde Benny Green is A-Turnin’
in His Grave
A3.Frenetica A4.Orientasian A5.Da-Da-Dee/Bolivar Blues A6.Man in a Deaf
Corner A7.We Know What You Mean A8.I Should’ve Known A9.Hope for
Happiness B1.Hulloder B2.Dada Was Here B3.Thank You Pierrot Lunaire
B4. Have You Ever Bean Green? B5.Pataphysical Introduction, Part 2
B6.Hibou, Anemone and Bear B7.Pig
B8.Orange Skin Food B9.Door Opens
and
Closes B10.10:30 Returns to the Bedroom B11.Facelift
B12.Moon in June
B13.Mousetrap B14.Noisette (Live) B15.Backwards (Live) B16.Mousetrap
(Reprise) (Live)
B17.As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still (Live)
(orig
2-cd)
(reiss
2-cd) 2004: UK Sanctuary CMDDD-897
2001.07.25 TURNS
ON VOLUME 1
(orig
cd) Vivid Sound
2001.07.25 TURNS
ON VOLUME 2
(orig
cd) Vivid Sound
(reiss
cd)
2002.05.07 BACKWARDS
1.Facelift 2.Moon in June 3.Esther’s Nose Job 4.Facelift
5.Hibou
Anemone and Bear 6.Moon in June
(orig
cd)
2002.05.17 FACELIFT
(orig
2-cd)
2003.03.21 BBC RADIO 1967-1971
A1.Clarence in Wonderland A2.We Know What You Mean A3.Certain Kind
A4.Hope for Happiness A5.Strangest Scene A6.Facelift/Mousetrap/Noisette/
Backwards/Mousetrap Reprise A7.The Moon in June A8.Instant Pussy
A9.Slightly All the Time/Out Bloody Rageous/Eamonn Andrews B1.Virtually
B2.Fletcher’s Blemish B3.Neo-Caliban Grides B4.Dedicated to You But You
Weren’t Listening B5.Eamonn Andrews/All White B6.Mousetrap/Noisette/
Backwards/Mousetrap Reprise/Esther’s Nose Job
(orig
2-cd)
2003.05.26 KINGS OF
A1.Hulloder A2. Dada Was Here A3.Thank You Pierrot Lunaire A4.Have You
Ever Been Green A5.Pataphysical Introduction – Part
2 A6.As Long As He
Lies Perfectly Still A7.Fire Engine Passing with Bells
Clanging A8.Hibou
Anemone and Bear A9.Fire Engine – Reprise A10.Facelift
A11.Moon in June
B1.Slightly All the Time B2.Mousetrap B3.Noisette
B4.Backwards
B5.Mousetrap - Reprise B6.Eamonn Andrews B7.Esther’s Nose Job
B8.Pigling Bland B9.I Should’ve Known B10.Esther’s Nose Job – Reprise
B11.Pig B12.Orange Skin Food/A Door Opens and
Closes/10:30 Returns to the
Bedroom
(orig
2-cd)
2004.03.09 BBC
RADIO 1971-1974
(orig
2-cd)
2004.04.19 SOMEWHERE IN
A1.Slightly All the Time A2.Out-Bloody Rageous A3.Eamonn Andrews
A4.Mousetrap A5.Noisette A6.Backwards
A7.Mousetrap – Reprise A8.Hibou
Anemone & Bear B1.Facelift B2.Moon in June B3.Esther’s Nose Job
B4.Pigling Bland B5.Cymbalism B6.Esther’s Nose Job - Reprise
(orig
2-cd)
2004.05.04 LIVE
IN
A1.Plain Tiffs A2.All White A3.Slightly All the Time A4.Drop
A5.M.C.
A6.Out-Bloody-Rageous B1.Facelift B2.And Sevens
B3.As If B4.LBO
B5.Pigling Bland B6.At Sixes
(orig
2-cd)
2004 LIVE IN CONCERT
A1.Blind Badger 2.Neo Caliban Grides 3.Medley: Out-Bloody-Rageous/Eamonn
Andrews/All White/Kings and Queens/Teeth/Pigling Bland B1.Fanfare B2.All
White
B3.Slightly All the Time
B4.M.C. B5.Drop B6.Stumble B7.LBO
B8.As If B9.Riff
(orig
2-cd)
2005.02.22
A1.Eammon Andrews A2.Mousetrap A3.Noisette
A4.Backwards A5.Mousetrap
(Reprise)
A6.Hibou Anemone & Bear B1.Facelift B2.Moon in June B3.12/8
Theme
B4.Drum Link B5.Esther’s
Nose Job B6.Pigling Bland B7.Cymbalism
B8.Out-Bloody-Rageous (Excerpt) B9.Esther’s Nose Job (Reprise) B10.We
Did It Again
(orig
2-cd)
2005.05.24 OUT-BLOODY-RAGEOUS: AN ANTHOLOGY
1967-1973
A1.Feelin’ Reelin’ Squeelin’ A2.Love Makes Sweet Music A3.Hope for
Happiness A4.Joy of a Toy A5.Hope for Happiness (Reprise) A6.We Did It
Again
A7.Plus Belle qu’une Poubelle
A8.Why Are We Sleeping?
A9.Pataphysical Introduction Part One A10.A Concise British Alphabet Part
One
A11.Hibou Anemone & Bear
A12.A Concise British Alphabet Part Two
A13.Hullo Der A14.As Long As He Lies Perfectly
Still A15.Dedicated to
You But You Weren’t Listening A16.Out-Bloody-Rageous A17.Moon in June
B1.Teeth B2. Virtually Part Four B3.Kings & Queens B4.All White
B5.Drop B6.Pigling Bland B7.Gesolreut (Live) B8.The Soft Weed Factor
B9.Chloe and the Pirates B10.Penny Hitch B11.Down the Road B12.The
German Lesson B13.The French Lesson
(orig
2-cd)
2005.07.12 BBC IN CONCERT 1971
1.John Peel Introduction 2.Blind Badger 3.Neo-Caliban Grides 4.Out-
Bloody Rageous – Excerpt: Eamonn Andrews/All
White/Kings and
Teeth/Pigling Bland/10:30 Returns to the Bedroom 5.Slightly
All the Time
– Excerpt/Noisette
(orig
cd)
2005.09.05 BRITISH TOUR ‘75
1.Bundles 2.Land of the Bag Snake 3.Out of Season 4.The Man Who Waved
at Trains 5.Floating World 6.Ban Ban Caliban 7.Sideburn
8.Hazard
Profile Parts 1-5 9.Song of Aeolus 10.Sign of Five
(orig
cd) MLP
2005.09.20 LIVE IN
1.Ash 2.1212
3.Baker’s Street 4.Kings &
Creese
(orig
cd)
2005.10.04 SOFTSTAGE: BBC IN CONCERT 1972
1.Fanfare 2.All White
3.Slightly All the Time 4.MC 5.Drop
6.Stumble
7.One Across 8.As If
9.Riff 10.Gesolreut
(orig
cd)
2006.03.21 FLOATING WORLD LIVE
1.The Floating World 2.Bundles
3.Land of the Bag Snake 4.Ealing
Comedy
5.The Man Who Waved at
Trains 6.Peff 7.North Point
8.Hazard Profile
Part One 9.J.S.M. 10.Riff III 11.Song of Aeolus 12.Endgame
13.Penny
Hitch (Coda)
(orig
cd) US MoonJune 007, JPN label unknwon
SDCP-1002
2006.05.23 GRIDES
1.Facelift 2.Virtually
3.Out-Bloody-Rageous 4.Neo-Caliban
Grides
5.Teeth 6.Slightly All the Time 7.Eamonn Andrews 8.Esther’s Nose Job
9.Slightly All the
Time/Noisette
(orig
cd/dvd) US Cuneiform RUNE-230/1 [w. DVD]
2006 LIVE AT THE NEW MORNING
A1.Ash A2.Seven for Lee A3.1212
A4.Baker’s Treat B1.Has Riff B2.Kings
&
(orig
2-cd) GER Inakustik INAK-9076
2006 MIDDLE
EARTH MASTERS
1.Clarence in Wonderland 2.We Know What You Mean 3.Bossa Nova Express
4.Hope for Happiness 5.Disorganisation 6.We Did It Again 7.Why Are We
Sleeping 8.I Should Have Known 9.That’s How Much I Need You Now 10.I
Should’ve Known 11.Certain Kind
(orig
cd)
2007.08.21 STEAM
Produced by Soft Machine Legacy
1.Footloose 2.The Steamer
3.The Big Man 4.Chloe & The
Pirates 5.In the
Back Room 6.The Last Day 7.Firefly
8.So English 9.Dave Acto
10.Anything to Anywhere
(orig
cd) US Moonjune
2008 DROP
1.Neo Caliban Grides 2.All White
3.Slightly All the Time
4.Drop 5.M.C.
6.Out-Bloody-Rageous 7.As If
8.Dark Swing 9.Intropigling 10.Pigling
Bland
(orig
cd)