Soft Machine - Triple Echo (3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) (Good Plus (G+))

Media Condition:  Good Plus (G+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country:    UK  
Released:  Mar 1977
Genre:       Jazz, Rock
Style:         Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

Comments:
QUITE CLEAN,SOME SCRATCHES ON SIDE 3, SOME COVERWEAR, SPLIT CORNERS.
 

Notes:

Released in a laminated card box with closing flaps on two sides.
Each disc is housed in an individually printed card inner sleeve.
Comes with a 12x12" 8-page booklet of credits, Pete Frame's family tree and photos.

Compilation of the first 10 years of the group.

Track A1 recorded January 1967 at Advision; released as a single 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd.
Track A2 recorded January 1967 at CBS; released as 'B' side of 'Love Makes Sweet Music' 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd.

Track A3 recorded April 1967 at De Lane Lea; one of numerous demos recorded at this time. Subsequently turned up five years later on 'Rock Generation Vol.8' (French LP). ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track A4 recorded June 1967 at Sound Techniques. Intended as a single but never released. Demo version, produced by Gomelsky, appears on same LP as 'Memories'. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
[Note : this version, produced by Joe Boyd, remained exclusive to this release for years. It was re-released only in 2006 on the Joe Boyd tribute compilation [r=833531

Tracks A5 & B1 recorded April 1968 at The Record Plant, New York; released December 1968 on LP 'The Soft Machine' (Probe CPLP 4500). ℗ 1968 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Tracks B2, B3 & B4 recorded February 1969 at Olympic; released April 1969 on LP '[r=1576780' (Probe SPB 1002). ℗ 1969 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track C1 recorded June 10th 1969 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 21/6/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. An entirely different version to the one which appeared a year later on the LP '16783'. Much of the lyric was written especially for this recording. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track C2 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. This and the four tracks in D1 are the only recordings made by the ambitious but short-lived seven-piece line-up. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track D1 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. Different versions of 'Noisette' and 'Backwards' - which concludes 'Slightly All The Time' - can be found on the LP '16783', 'Mousetrap' has never appeared before on record. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track D2 recorded May 4th 1970 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 16/5/70 on programme 'Top Gear'. Highly extended versions of 'Slightly All The Time' and 'Out Bloody Rageous' can be found on the LP '16783'. 'Eamonn Andrews' can't be found anywhere else. Release date of 'Third' (CBS 66246): 6/6/70. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

[Note : previously unreleased at the time of this release, these BBC recordings C1, C2, D1 & D2, would be re-issued later on dedicated BBC sessions' albums like 16774 (1990) or [r=547121 (2003)

Tracks E1 & E2 recorded November 1970 at Olympic; released 28/2/71 on LP '[r=467704' (CBS 64280). ℗ 1971 CBS Records Ltd.

Track E3 recorded November 1971 & track E4 recorded February 1972 at Advision; released 23/6/72 on LP '[r=467779' (CBS 64806). ℗ 1972 CBS Records Ltd.

Track F1 recorded November 1972 at CBS; released 2/2/73 on LP '[r=467785' (CBS 68214). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd.

Track F2 recorded July 1973 at CBS; released 5/10/73 on LP '[r=445694' (CBS 65799). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd.

Track F3 recorded July 1974 at CBS; released 4/4/75 on LP '[r=990344' (Harvest SHSP 4044). ℗ 1975 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track F4 recorded March 1976 at Abbey Road; released 25/6/76 on LP '[r=780170' (Harvest SHSP 4056). ℗ 1976 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Tracks A1 to A4, C1 to D2 are recorded mono only.

Made and printed in Great Britain.

Mastering credit derived from matrix etching.

A1. Love Makes Sweet Music 2:27
A2. Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' 2:50
A3. Memories 2:58
A4. She's Gone 2:29
A5. Why Am I So Short? / So Boot If At All / A Certain Kind 13:13
B1. We Did It Again / Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle / Why Are We Sleeping? 10:32
B2. A Concise British Alphabet - Part 2 / Hullo Der / Dada Was Here / Thank You Pierrot Lunaire / Have You Ever Been Grean? / Pataphysical Introduction - Part 2 7:33
B3. As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 2:34
B4. Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening 2:33
C1. The Moon In June 13:00
C2. Esther's Nose Job 11:57
D1. Mousetrap / Noisette / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise 8:46
D2. Slightly All The Time / Out Bloody Rageous / Eamonn Andrews 15:19
E1. Teeth 9:13
E2. Kings And Queens 5:01
E3. All White 6:05
E4. Bone 3:28
F1. Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album 5:55
F2. Carol Ann 3:46
F3. Hazard Profile - Part 1 9:16
F4. The Tale Of Taliesin 7:14

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Other SHTW 8001
Other SHTW 8002
Other SHTW 8003
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8001A
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8001B
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8002A
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8002B
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8003A
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8003B
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8001 A-2
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8001 B-1
Matrix / Runout NICK W
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8002 A-1
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8002 B-1
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8003 A-1
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8003 B-1
Matrix / Runout NICK W
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8001 A-2 3 GH
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8001 B-1 1 P NICK W
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8002 A-1 1 GG
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8002 B-1 3 GO
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8003 A-1 1 T
Matrix / Runout SHTW.8003 B-1 1 L NICK W

Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Records Ltd.
Manufactured By EMI Records Ltd.
Record Company EMI
Published By Soft Machine Publishing Company Limited
Published By Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Published By A. Schroeder Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Published By Robbins Music Co. Ltd.
Recorded At Advision Studios
Recorded At CBS Studios, London
Recorded At De Lane Lea Studios
Recorded At Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Recorded At Olympic Studios
Recorded At Maida Vale Studios
Recorded At Playhouse Theatre
Recorded At Abbey Road Studios
Pressed By EMI Records