Soft MachineSix

Label:

CBS – 68214

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Avantgarde

Tracklist

Live Record
A1 Fanfare
Composed ByKarl Jenkins
0:42
A2 All White
Composed ByMike Ratledge
4:43
A3 Between
Composed ByMike Ratledge
2:24
A4 Riff
Composed ByKarl Jenkins
4:31
A5 37½
Composed ByMike Ratledge
6:53
B1 Gesolreut
Composed ByMike Ratledge
6:13
B2 E.P.V.
Composed ByKarl Jenkins
2:47
B3 Lefty
Composed BySoft Machine
4:50
B4 Stumble
Composed ByKarl Jenkins
1:50
B5 5 From 13 (For Phil Seamen With Love & Thanks)
Written-ByJohn Marshall
5:15
B6 Riff II
Composed ByKarl Jenkins
0:26
Studio Record
C1 The Soft Weed Factor
Composed ByKarl Jenkins
11:17
C2 Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (For B.O.)
Composed ByMike Ratledge
5:57
D1 Chloe And The Pirates
Composed ByMike Ratledge
9:29
D2 1983
Composed ByHugh Hopper
Effects [Sound Effects]Hugh Hopper
7:11

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtBrighton Dome
  • Recorded AtGuildford Civic Hall
  • Recorded AtAdvision Studios
  • Recorded AtCBS Studios, London
  • Mixed AtAdvision Studios
  • Mixed AtCBS Studios, London
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗CBS Records
  • Copyright ©Soft Machine Publishing Company Limited
  • Copyright ©Essex Music
  • Copyright ©Warner Bros. Music
  • Published ByEssex Music International Ltd.
  • Published ByWarner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Pressed ByCBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
  • Printed ByShorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.

Credits

  • Bass GuitarHugh Hopper
  • Crew [Roady]Gerry Stevens (2)
  • Design [Design / Co-ordination]Barbara Salisbury
  • Drums, PercussionJohn Marshall
  • EngineerRoger Beale (tracks: C1 to D1)
  • Executive-ProducerSean Murphy
  • Oboe, Baritone Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Celesta [Celeste]Karl Jenkins
  • Organ, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Celesta [Celeste]Mike Ratledge
  • PaintingTerry Pastor
  • Photography ByMike Putland*
  • ProducerSoft Machine

Notes

Original first UK release

℗ 1973 CBS Records
Tubepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England.
Made in England.

Double Pack Cat# is 68214 - on both cover and labels.
Cat#s S 65374 / S 65375 on respective labels.

Released with 'The Inner Sleeve' (Issue II & III) company inner sleeves.

On sleeve it's stated "1983 Copyright of Warner Bros. Music. All other compositions copyright of Soft Machine Publishing Company Limited/Essex Music"
On discs is stated "Soft Machine Pub. Co./Essex M. (Int'l) Ltd. And Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

'Special Priced 2-Record Set'
A golden sticker says: RECOMMENDED RETAIL PRICE £ 2.99 THIS LABEL IS REMOVABLE

Record 1: Live LP
Recorded at The Dome, Brighton and at the Civic Hall, Guildford, UK and mixed at Advision Studios, London during the months of October and November 1972.
Side A total running time: 19:21
Side B total running time: 22:24

Record 2: Studio LP
'1983' recorded and mixed at Advision Studios, London.
All other compositions recorded and mixed at CBS Studios, London during the months of November and December 1972.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (Catalog number disc 1): S 65374
  • Other (Catalog number disc 2): S 65375
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): S 65374 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): S 65374 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side C): S 65375 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side D): S 65375 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1, stamped): S 65374 A1 S 68214 A S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶A̶1̶ ̶S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶C̶ ∴ 1O
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1, stamped): S 65374 B1 S 68214 B S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶B̶1̶ ̶S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶D̶ ∴ 1O
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1, stamped): S 65375 A1 S 68214 C S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶A̶1̶ ̶S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶A̶ ∴ O
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1, stamped): S 65375 B1 S 68214 D S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶B̶1̶ ̶S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶B̶ ∴ 11
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2, stamped): S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶A̶1̶ S 65374 A1 S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶C̶ S 68214 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2, stamped): S 68214 B S 65374 B3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2, stamped): S 65375 A1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶A̶1̶ S 68214 C S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶A̶
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2, stamped): S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶B̶1̶ S 65375 B1 S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶B̶ S 68214 D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3, stamped): S 65374 A1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶A̶1̶ S 68214 A ̶S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶C̶ ∴ C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3, stamped): S 65374 B1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶B̶1̶ S 68214 B S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶D̶ ∴ C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 3, stamped): S 65375 A1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶A̶1̶ S 68214 C S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶A̶ ∴ C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 3, stamped): S 65375 B1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶B̶1̶ S 68214 D S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶B̶ ∴ C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4, stamped): S 65374 A1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶A̶1̶ S 68214 A ̶S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶C̶ ∴ 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4, stamped): S 65374 B1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶5̶ ̶B̶1̶ S 68214 B S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶D̶ ∴ 4
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 4, stamped): S 65375 A1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶A̶1̶ S 68214 C S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶A̶ ∴ 4
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4, stamped): S 65375 B1 S̶ ̶6̶5̶3̶7̶4̶ ̶B̶1̶ S 68214 D S̶ ̶6̶8̶2̶1̶4̶ ̶B̶ ∴ 5

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    Worth seeking out just for the ‘soft weed factor’ alone - mo’wax eat yer heart out!

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