Cardboard sleeve (mini LP) reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players). The cardboard sleeve faithfully replicates the first pressing US LP artwork (gatefold). Includes a description and lyrics. A wild, freewheeling, and ultimately successful attempt to merge psychedelia with jazz-rock, Soft Machine's debut ranges between lovingly performed oblique pop songs and deranged ensemble playing from drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt and organist Mike Ratledge.
With only one real break (at the end of side one), the songs merge into each other – not always smoothly, but always with a sense of flair that rescues any potential miscues. Wyatt takes most of the vocals, and proves himself a surprisingly evocative singer despite his lack of range. Like Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Vol. 1 was one of the few over-ambitious records of the psychedelic era that actually delivered on all its incredible promise. Originally recorded as demos by the Soft Machine's first manager Giorgio Gomelsky in April 1967, these are the only recordings (bar one obscure single) featuring the group's original guitarist Daevid Allen and bassist Kevin Ayers alongside Ratledge and Wyatt.
Personnel:
Kevin Ayers - bass, guitar, vocals
Hugh Hopper - bass
Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals
Mike Ratledge - piano, organ
tracklist:
01. Hope For Happiness
02. Joy Of A Toy
03. Hope For Happiness (Reprise)
04. Why Am I So Short?
05. So Boot If At All
06. A Certain Kind
07. Save Yourself
08. Priscilla
09. Lullabye Letter
10. We Did It Again
11. Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle
12. Why Are We Sleeping?
13. Box 25/4 Lid
14. Love Makes Sweet Music (bonus track)
15. Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' (bonus track)
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