Soft Machine5

Label:

Columbia – KC 31604

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Pitman Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 All White
Written-ByM. Ratledge*
6:06
A2 Drop
Written-ByM. Ratledge*
7:42
A3 M.C.
Written-ByH. Hopper*
4:57
B1 As If
Written-ByM. Ratledge*
8:02
B2 L B O
Written-ByJ. Marshall*
1:54
B3 Pigling Bland
Written-ByM. Ratledge*
4:24
B4 Bone
Written-ByE. Dean*
3:29

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtAdvision Studios
  • Mastered AtCustomatrix
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
  • Manufactured ByColumbia Records
  • Manufactured ByCBS Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗CBS Inc.

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone, Saxello, Electric PianoElton Dean
  • Bass GuitarHugh Hopper
  • Double BassRoy Babbington (tracks: B1 to B4)
  • DrumsPhil Howard (tracks: A1 to A3)
  • EngineerGarry Martin*
  • Executive-ProducerSean Murphy
  • Organ, Electric PianoMike Ratledge
  • ProducerSoft Machine

Notes

℗ 1972 CBS, Inc.

Pitman Pressing with variant center labels (typeset), and including distinctly different concentric ring than this copy by same catalog #.

Embossed sleeve / Printed in U.S.A.

Recorded at Advision Studios, London. Nov./Dec. 1971, Jan./Feb. 1972.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (A side label): AL 31604
  • Matrix / Runout (B side label): BL 31604
  • Pressing Plant ID (Runout stamp): P
  • Matrix / Runout (A side stamped, var. 1): º P AL 31604-1A P
  • Matrix / Runout (B side stamped, var. 1): º P BL 31604-1A P
  • Matrix / Runout (A side Sstamped, var. 2): AL 31604-1B P
  • Matrix / Runout (B side stamped, var. 2): BL 31604-1B P
  • Matrix / Runout (A side stamped, var. 3): º P AL 31604-1A P 2 A
  • Matrix / Runout (B side stamped, var. 3): º P BL 31604-1A P 1A
  • Matrix / Runout (A side stamped, var. 4): º P AL 31604-1A P 3A
  • Matrix / Runout (B side stamped, var. 4): º P BL 31604-1A P 1A

Other Versions (5 of 48)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Fifth (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS S 64806 UK 1972
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5 (LP, Album, Stereo) Columbia KC 31604 US 1972
Fifth (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS S 64806, 64806 Italy 1972
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Fifth (LP, Album, Stereo) Barclay 920 394 1972
New Submission
Fifth (LP, Album) CBS SPB 234125, S 64806 Australia 1972

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Reviews

  • charkenman's avatar
    charkenman
    First side is quiet. Second side is loud. Great mix and sound distribution. Very strong bass. 100% go for this pressing.
    • macohen808's avatar
      macohen808
      Pretty "out there" jazz fusion, though enjoyable from track to track even without specific knowledge of the genre. Just a good, listenable record, devoid of pretension.

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