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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Various Refers
SOFT MACHINE
Canterbury, GB
*  1966+  1979

Line-Up (1979):

SOFT MACHINE (photo)
 

John Etheridge - g
Steve Cook - bg
Ric Sanders - viol
Karl Jenkins - kb,oboe,sax
John Marshall - ds

Former Members:

Linda Hoyle (voc, cca 1973)

Larry Nolan (g, 1966); Daevid Allen (voc,g, 1966-7/67); Kevin Ayers (voc,g, 1966-68); Andy Summers (g, 1968); Gary Boyle (g, cca 1973); Allan Holdsworth (g, 1/74-4/75, 1981)

Hugh Hopper (bg, 1968-5/73); Roy Babbington (bg, 5/73-cca 8/76); Percy Jones (bg, 10/76 g.a.)

Mike Ratledge (kb, 1966-3/76)

Robert Wyatt (voc, ds, 1966-7/71); Phil Howard (ds, 10/71-2/72)

Brian Hopper (sax, 1969); Elton Dean (sax, 1969-72); Art Theman (sax, cca 1973); Alan Wakeman (sax,fl, 3/76-cca 8/76)

Mark Charig (tr, 1969-12/69); Nick Evans (tr, 1969-12/69); Lyn Dobson (sax,fl, 1969-3/70)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.The Soft Machine
produced by: Tom Wilson
11/1968 Probe
2.Volume 24/1969 Probe
3.Third
(2LP)
6/1970 CBS18
4.Fourth3/1971 CBS32
5.Fifth08.12.1972CBS
6.Six
(2LP)
2/1973 CBS
7.Seven05.10.1973Epic
8.Bundles21.03.1975Harvest
9.Softs25.06.1976Harvest
10.Faces And Places1976
11.At The Beginning1/1977 Charly
12.Triple Echo
(3LP)
3/1977 Harvest
13.Alive & Well: Recorded In Paris
produced by: Mike Thorne
10.03.1978See For Miles
14.Rock Generation 71979
15.Rock Generation 81979
16.In The Land Of Cockayne3/1981 EMI
17.Jet Propelled Photographs9/1987 Charly
18.Live At The Proms 19708/1988 Reckless
19.The Peel Sessions9/1990 Strange Fruit
20.The Collection (75-78)12/1990 Castle
21.As If ...5/1991 Elite
22.BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert 19714/1993 Windsong
23.BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert 19726/1994 Windsong
24.Rubber Riff11/1994 Voiceprint
25.The Best Of Soft Machine: The Harvest Years6/1995 C5
26.Live In France 1972
(2CD)
11/1995 One Way
27.Live At The Paradiso 196917.06.1996Resurgence/EFA
28.Spaced1996 Cuneiform
29.Virtually1/1998 Cuneiform
30.Live 197013.10.1998
31.Noisette
(unreleased tracks)
18.01.2000Cuneiform
32.Turns On, Vol. 101.08.2001Floating World
33.Man in a Deaf Corner: Anthology 1963-197008.01.2002Sanctuary
34.Backwards07.05.2002Cuneiform
35.Turns On, Vol. 208.04.2003United States Dist
36.BBC Radio 1967-197112.08.2003Hux
37.All Night Wrong09.09.2003Favored Nations
38.BBC Radio 1971-197409.03.2004Hux
39.Live in Paris04.05.2004Cuneiform
40.Somewhere in Soho13.07.2004Smokeprint
41.Story of Soft Machine07.06.2005Retro Music
42.Breda Reactor21.06.2005United States Dist
43.Out-Bloody-Rageous: An Anthology09.08.2005Sony International
44.BBC in Concert 1971
& Heavy Friends
04.10.2005Hux
45.Floating World Live21.03.2006Moonjune
46.Grides23.05.2006Cuneiform
47.Middle Earth Masters10.10.2006Cuneiform
48.Drop13.01.2009Moonjune
49.Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre 197110.11.2009Reel
50.NDR Jazz Workshop: Hamburg, Germany 197325.05.2010Cuneiform
51.Common Ground06.07.2010Megaforce
52.Original Album Classics
(5CD)
22.10.2010Sony
53.Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris07.12.2010Esoteric
54.Soft Machine At Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club23.07.2011Vinyl Lovers
55.Live At Het Turfschip Netherlands 31 January 1970
(2LP)
24.02.2012Vinyl Lovers
56.Live 1967-196925.09.2012B13
57.Recorded For John Peel's Top Gear 1967-196922.10.2012B13
58.Live At Royal Albert Hall In London On 13th August 197002.08.2014B13
59.Tanglewood Tails07.10.2014Secret
60.Live in the 70s17.03.2015Floating World
61.On & On / This Place Was Meant for Me12.05.2015Eskimo
62.Switzerland 197423.05.2015Cuneiform
63.Live at My Father's Place23.06.2015Rockbeat
64.Wonderland14.08.2015Secret

Hugh Hopper:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.198430.03.1973CBS
2.Hopper Tunity Box
produced by: Mike Dunne/Hugh Hopper
4/1977 Compendium
3.Cruel But Fair
& Elton Dean & Keith Tippett & Joe Gallivan
5/1977 Compendium
4.Rogue Element
& Elton Dean & Alan Gowen & Dave Sheen
1978 Ogun
5.Monster Band1979 Atmosphere
6.Two Rainbows Daily
& Alan Gowen
1980 Red
7.Mercy Dash
& Elton Dean & Keith Tippett & Joe Gallivan
1985 Culture Press
8.Alive
credited to: Hugh Hopper Band
1989 Voiceprint
9.Meccano Pelorus
credited to: Hugh Hopper Band
1991 Cuneiform
10.And Odd Friends
(mini CD)
1993 Voiceprint
11.Hooligan Romantics
credited to: Hugh Hopper Band
1994 Fot
12.Carousel
credited to: Hugh Hopper Band
1995 Cuneiform
13.A Remark Hugh Made
& Mark Kramer
1995 Shimmy Disc
14.Andreamor
& Mark Hewins
1995 Impetus
15.Bracknell-Bresse/Improvisations
& Alan Gowen
1996 Voiceprint
16.Somewhere In France
& Richard Sinclair
1996 Voiceprint
17.Huge
& Mark Kramer
1997 Shimmy Disc
18.Improvisations / Mind in the Trees18.11.2003Voiceprint
19.Brainville Live in the UK
& Daevid Allen & Pip Pyle
19.09.2006United States Dist
20.Numero d'Vol21.08.2007Moonjune
21.Stolen Hour22.02.2011Burning Shed
22.Hugh Hopper & Honey Ride Me A Goat
& Honey Ride Me A Goat
17.09.2013Floating World
23.Volume 1: Memories16.09.2014Gonzo
24.Vol. 2: Frangloband30.09.2014Gonzo Multimedia
25.Heart to Heart, Vol. 5
& Phil Miller
02.12.2014Gonzo
26.Special Friends, Vol. 603.02.2015Gonzo
27.Volume 7: Soft Boundaries19.05.2015Gonzo
28.Bass on Top, Vol. 810.07.2015Gonzo
29.Was a Friend 1011.09.2015
30.Volume 9: Anatomy of a Facelift18.09.2015Gonzo

Linda Hoyle:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Pieces Of Me1971 Vertigo
2.The Fetch10.08.2015Angel Air

John Marshall:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Is This Heaven?1987

Karl Jenkins:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Adiemus 2 Cantata Mundi24.02.1997Sony
2.Imagined Oceans23.06.1998Sony
3.Vocalise12/2003 EMI Classic
4.Armed Man: A Mass for Peace10.05.2005EMI Classics
5.Some Shufflin'
& Mike Ratledge
15.06.2010Voiceprint
6.Movement
& Mike Ratledge
29.06.2010Voiceprint
7.Karl Jenkins: Gloria Te Deum10.08.2010EMI
8.The Very Best Of Karl Jenkins3/2011 EMI Classics54
9.Cantata Memoria - For The Children
& Bryn Terfel & Elin Manahan Thomas & Catrin Finch
07.10.2016Decca71

Allan Holdsworth:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Velvet Darkness1976 Columbia
2.Sunbird
& Gordon Beck
1979 JMS
3.The Things You See
& Gordon Beck
1980 JMS
4.I.O.U.1982 Enigma
5.Road Games2/1984 WEA
6.Metal Fatigue1985 Enigma
7.Atavachron1986 Enigma
8.Sand1987 Relativity
9.With A Heart In My Song
& Gordon Beck
1988 Gramavision
10.Secrets1989 Intima
11.Dreams
& Gordon Beck
1989 JMS
12.Truth In Shredding
& Frank Gambale, prod. Frank Gambale
1990 Legato
13.Wardenclyffe Tower1992 Restless
14.Hard Hat Area1993 Restless
15.None Too Soon1996 Polydor
16.I.O.U. Live1997 Pyramid
17.The Sixteen Men Of Tain3/2000 Brunel Music
18.Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie01.12.2001
19.All Night Wrong2002 Favored Nations
20.Then! Live01.06.2004
21.Sonic Undertow
& Riptyde
07.09.2004Alternity
22.Against the Clock: The Best of Allan Holdsworth24.05.2005Alternity
23.Blues for Tony
& Alan Pasqua & Jimmy Haslip & Chad Wackerman
19.01.2010Moonjune
24.The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection07.04.2017Manifesto
25.Eidolon07.04.2017Manifesto

John Etheridge:

1. Invisible Threads
2. Sweet Chorus
3. Places Between: Live in Dublin
4. When the World Stopped for Snow
5. Out of the Sky

Lyn Dobson:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Jam Sandwich1974

Mike Ratledge:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Some Shufflin'
& Karl Jenkins
15.06.2010Voiceprint
2.Movement
& Karl Jenkins
29.06.2010Voiceprint

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Love Makes Sweet Music / Reeling, Feeling & Squealing2/1967 Polydor
2.Soft Space / Soft Space (part 2)4/1978 Harvest

Karl Jenkins:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Cantilena
& London Philharmonic Orchestra
24.02.1997Sony
2.Song Of Tears07.04.1997Sony

Mike Ratledge:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Riddles Of The Sphinx EP
(Sequence 1 / Sequence 2 / Sequence 3 / Sequence 4 / Sequence 5 / Sequence 6 / Sequence 7 / Sequence 8 / Sequence 9 / Sequence 10)
06.11.2013Mordant Music

Various:

1964-66 The Wilde Flowers
1966 Mister Head
2004 Soft Machine Legacy

Compilation Appearances:

"Penny Hitch" on compilation "Athens" (23.11.09)

Mike Ratledge:

1/1977 stage performance David Bedford: The Odyssey (kb)

appeared on the LP:

Kevin Ayers: Bananamour (27.4.73, Harvest)
Kevin Ayers: Confessions Of Doctor Dream (24.5.74, Island)
Richard Hill: Planet Earth (4/78)

Allan Holdsworth:

appeared on the LP:

Nucleus: Belladonna (10/72, Vertigo)
Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Ocean (16.9.77, Atlantic)
Bill Bruford: Feels Good To Me (1/78, Polydor)
Jean-Luc Ponty: Individual Choice (8/83, Atlantic)
Alex Masi: Attack Of The Neon Shark (1989, SPV)
Jack Bruce: A Question Of Time (1/90, Epic)
Jeff Watson: Lone Ranger (6.4.92, Roadrunner)

Awards:

1990 Guitar Player
- Best Experimental Guitar
- Best Guitar Synthesizer

John Marshall:

appeared on the LP:

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (6/68, Track)
Jack Bruce: Harmony Row (9.7.71, Polydor)
The Trio: Conflagration (6/71, Dawn)
Hugh Hopper: 1984 (30.3.73, CBS)
Elton Dean/Alan Skidmore: El Skid (11/77, Vinyl)

Hugh Hopper:

appeared on the LP:

Kevin Ayers: Joy Of A Toy (12/69, Harvest)
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (26.7.74, Virgin)
Gilgamesh: Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into (1978, Charly)

Roy Babbington:

appeared on the LP:

Soft Machine: Fourth (3/71, CBD)
Barbara Thompson: Paraphernalia (15.9.78, MCA)

Karl Jenkins:

appeared on the LP:

Richard Hill: Planet Earth (4/78)

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1970025.04.197016Caught In The Actgig review
1971003.04.197125Choicealbum review
1971010.04.197118Caught In The Actgig review
1971004.12.197130Caught In The Actgig review
1972012.02.19725
1972009.12.197251Melody Maker Fileprofile
1973903.03.197345Caught In The Actgig review
19744402.11.197434Caught In The Actgig review
19751222.03.197559Caught In The Actgig review
19751405.04.197516Caught In The Actgig review
19751405.04.197518MM Band Breakdownprofile, interview
19751726.04.19755
19751726.04.197549Albumsalbum review
19761220.03.19764
19762626.06.197621New Albumsalbum review
19762703.07.197619Caught In The Actgig review
19772121.05.197739Any Questions?
19773130.07.197735profile
19781729.04.197813Albumsalbum review
1993713.02.199346Info Freako
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1973017.02.197324News Desk
1973026.05.19733News Desk
1973009.06.197328
1973020.10.197320Albumsalbum review
1974002.11.197455On The Towngig review
1975025.01.197532Lookin' Back
1975001.03.197536On The Towngig review
1975019.04.197517
1975026.04.19753News
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19912011.10.199127Profilyprofile
19952207.11.19956Galerie
19977 56profile, discography
200710 8Rock & Top - News