Name: Volumes One & Two
Brand: Soft Machine
SKU: 161575
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Volumes One & Two

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Album: Volumes One & Two
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hope For Happiness	More Info...
2)	Joy Of A Toy	More Info...
3)	Hope For Happiness (reprise)	More Info...
4)	Why Am I So Short?	More Info...
5)	So Boot If At All	More Info...
6)	A Certain Kind	More Info...
7)	Save Yourself	More Info...
8)	Priscilla	More Info...
9)	Lullabye Letter	More Info...
10)	We Did It Again	More Info...
11)	Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle	More Info...
12)	Why Are We Sleeping?	More Info...
13)	Box 25/4 Lid	More Info...
14)	Pataphysical Introduction-PT I	More Info...
15)	A Concise British Alphabet-PT I	More Info...
16)	Hibou, Anemone And Bear	More Info...
17)	A Concise British Alphabet-PT II	More Info...
18)	Hulloder	More Info...
19)	Dada Was Here	More Info...
20)	Thank You Pierrot Lunaire	More Info...
21)	Have You Ever Bean Green?	More Info...
22)	Pataphysical Introduction-PT II	More Info...
23)	Out Of Tunes	More Info...
24)	As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still	More Info...
25)	Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening	More Info...
26)	Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging	More Info...
27)	Pig	More Info...
28)	Orange Skin Food	More Info...
29)	A Door Opens And Closes	More Info...
30)	10:30 Returns To The Bedroom	More Info...
2)	Joy of a Toy	More Info...	0:02
3)	Hope for Happiness (Reprise)	More Info...	0:01
4)	Why Am I So Short?	More Info...	0:01
5)	So Boot If at All	More Info...	0:07
6)	Certain Kind, A	More Info...	0:04
7)	Save Yourself	More Info...	0:02
8)	Priscilla	More Info...	0:01
9)	Lullabye Letter	More Info...	0:04
10)	We Did It Again	More Info...	0:03
11)	Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle	More Info...	0:01
12)	Why Are We Sleeping?	More Info...	0:05
13)	Box 25/4 Lid	More Info...
14)	Rivmic Melodies	More Info...	0:01
15)	Pataphysical Introduction-PT 1 (Concise, A)	More Info...
16)	British Alphabet-PT 1 (Hibou, Anemone And Bear)	More Info...	0:06
17)	Concise British Alphabet-PTII	More Info...
18)	Hulloder	More Info...	0:01
19)	Dada Was Here	More Info...	0:03
20)	Thank You Pierrot Lunaire	More Info...
21)	Have You Ever Bean Green?	More Info...	0:01
22)	Pataphysical Introduction - PT II	More Info...	0:01
23)	Out of Tunes	More Info...	0:02
24)	As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still	More Info...	0:02
25)	Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening	More Info...	0:02
26)	Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging	More Info...	0:02
27)	Pig	More Info...	0:02
28)	Orange Skin Food	More Info...	0:01
29)	Door Opens And Closes, A	More Info...	0:01
30)	10.30 Returns to the Bedroom	More Info...	0:04

Album: Volumes One & Two
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hope For Happiness	More Info...
2)	Joy Of A Toy	More Info...
3)	Hope For Happiness (reprise)	More Info...
4)	Why Am I So Short?	More Info...
5)	So Boot If At All	More Info...
6)	A Certain Kind	More Info...
7)	Save Yourself	More Info...
8)	Priscilla	More Info...
9)	Lullabye Letter	More Info...
10)	We Did It Again	More Info...
11)	Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle	More Info...
12)	Why Are We Sleeping?	More Info...
13)	Box 25/4 Lid	More Info...
14)	Pataphysical Introduction-PT I	More Info...
15)	A Concise British Alphabet-PT I	More Info...
16)	Hibou, Anemone And Bear	More Info...
17)	A Concise British Alphabet-PT II	More Info...
18)	Hulloder	More Info...
19)	Dada Was Here	More Info...
20)	Thank You Pierrot Lunaire	More Info...
21)	Have You Ever Bean Green?	More Info...
22)	Pataphysical Introduction-PT II	More Info...
23)	Out Of Tunes	More Info...
24)	As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still	More Info...
25)	Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening	More Info...
26)	Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging	More Info...
27)	Pig	More Info...
28)	Orange Skin Food	More Info...
29)	A Door Opens And Closes	More Info...
30)	10:30 Returns To The Bedroom	More Info...
2)	Joy of a Toy	More Info...	0:02
3)	Hope for Happiness (Reprise)	More Info...	0:01
4)	Why Am I So Short?	More Info...	0:01
5)	So Boot If at All	More Info...	0:07
6)	Certain Kind, A	More Info...	0:04
7)	Save Yourself	More Info...	0:02
8)	Priscilla	More Info...	0:01
9)	Lullabye Letter	More Info...	0:04
10)	We Did It Again	More Info...	0:03
11)	Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle	More Info...	0:01
12)	Why Are We Sleeping?	More Info...	0:05
13)	Box 25/4 Lid	More Info...
14)	Rivmic Melodies	More Info...	0:01
15)	Pataphysical Introduction-PT 1 (Concise, A)	More Info...
16)	British Alphabet-PT 1 (Hibou, Anemone And Bear)	More Info...	0:06
17)	Concise British Alphabet-PTII	More Info...
18)	Hulloder	More Info...	0:01
19)	Dada Was Here	More Info...	0:03
20)	Thank You Pierrot Lunaire	More Info...
21)	Have You Ever Bean Green?	More Info...	0:01
22)	Pataphysical Introduction - PT II	More Info...	0:01
23)	Out of Tunes	More Info...	0:02
24)	As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still	More Info...	0:02
25)	Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening	More Info...	0:02
26)	Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging	More Info...	0:02
27)	Pig	More Info...	0:02
28)	Orange Skin Food	More Info...	0:01
29)	Door Opens And Closes, A	More Info...	0:01
30)	10.30 Returns to the Bedroom	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

2 LPs on 1 CD.
Liner Note Author: Arnold Shaw.
Recording information: ??/1968-03/1969.
Arranger: Robert Wyatt.
A pairing of Soft Machine's first two albums, an astounding set of music that hasn't been repeated or equaled by anyone else since. Mixing rampant experimentalism with a well-grounded sense of human scale, Hugh Hopper's bass playing and Mike Ratledge's electric piano and organ playing were both freely embellished with sonic innovations. Robert Wyatt's drumming drew more from jazz and Elvin Jones than rock music, not unlike Mitch Mitchell in the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Here Robert Wyatt's distinctive singing voice is a fragile and subtly beautiful instrument that is expressive in an utterly honest, near-conversational way. Kevin Ayers, who was responsible for a wide-eyed folk-rock element in Soft Machine's early songwriting, left after the first album. However, the band's overall sound was so distinctive that this change was easily absorbed.