Soft Machine - Vols. 1 & 2 CD

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 Soft Machine - 'Volumes 1&2' (Big Beat)
Another nice 2-lp's-on-one CD reissue.One of the few Soft Machine titles I actually like,enough to have a copy of anyway.A couple of memorable cuts here are the tripping "Why Am I So Short?",their anthem-like "Save Yourself" and their tribute to Hendrix(because they toured as support act for him,prior to his passing)"Have You Ever Bean Green?".Top of it's genre Canterbury/jazz art rock.Should appeal to fans of Egg,Caravan,Henry Cow and some followers of Gong perhaps.A should-have.
Submitted by mikereedinusa (Shawnee Mission,Kansas;USA)
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 The Soft Machine Trip
Soft Machine 1 is a little bit "unfinished" and a little confusing but this is far outweighed by no.2,which is a classic in jazz/rock-fusion. I haven't listened to it since 1972 but it was still as fresh and engaging as I hoped to remember it. It is a MUST.
Submitted by a reviewer (Oslo,Norway) 
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 Intrepid Trips Unltd.
Volume 2 is a medley of profound psychedelic proportions courtesy of Daevid Allen. If you love Allen's Gong you will stagger and bow before the genius of (t)his 1969! Soft Machine
Submitted by a reviewer (Miami, Florida, USA) 
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 Un sonido interesante
Un sonido interesante, un descubrimiento de las raices del principal grupo de avant rock del sesenta y setenta. Debe ser visto como un referente para entender una de las épocas más fecundas del rock como proyecto de arte.
Submitted by Rodrigo Hernandez (Viña del Mar, South America-Chile)
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 Flawed classics
It took me a few listens to get used to the ever changing tempos and tunes of the Softs but once I did it was well worth the effort. Soft Machine 1 is a superbly and highly overlooked album featuring some great rock / jazz improvisation ("So Boot If At All" "Priscilla") and some wonderful moments of psychedelic pop/rock ("Lullaby Letter" "Save Yourself"). Veering from pop to jazz to rock and to prog in the space of seconds, this album is a classic view of the sixties, and a testament to the great band.
Submitted by eddtipton (Hereford, England)
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