Soft Machine - The Soft Machine - VG-VG+ 1968 1st Vinyl Command Probe CPLP-4500
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Description
The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine - VG-VG+ 1968 1st Vinyl LP Command Probe - CPLP-4500
Label: Probe - CPLP 4500, ABC Command - CPLP-4500
Format: 1st Pressing Vinyl, LP, Album, Uncensored, Die-Cut Gatefold
Country: US Import
Released: Dec 1968
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Experimental
Condition: From a well looked after large private collection.
Vinyl: Very Good - Very Good Plus - 1st pressing, odd pops and clicks from superficial scuffs and marks;
Labels: Very Good - minor wear to the paper at the spindle aperture, otherwise clean and tidy.
Gatefold Cover: Very Good - uncensored US import cutout version, showing signs of wear at corners and edges. Outer surfaces yellowing with age and some surface rubbing. Inner gatefold spread Very Good Plus with some yellowing with age. Separate clockwork roundel and group image sheet are Very Good Plus, intact and show minimum wear.
Inner Paper Sleeves: Poor - Heavy creasing and yellowing with age.
Tracks:
Side One:
1. Hope For Happiness 4:20
2. Joy Of A Toy 2:49
3. Hope For Happiness (Reprise) 1:37
4. Why Am I So Short? 1:38
5. So Boot If At All 7:22
6. A Certain Kind 4:10
Side Two:
1. Save Yourself 2:25
2. Priscilla 1:05
3. Lullabye Letter 4:37
4. We Did It Again 3:46
5. Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle 1:01
6. Why Are We Sleeping? 5:31
7. Box 25/4 Lid 0:47
Written and Performed by: The Soft Machine - Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt and Michael Ratledge;
Drums - Robert Wyatt and Vocals;
Lead Guitar - Kevin Ayres and Vocals;
Organ - Michael Ratledge and Vocals;
Produced by: Chas Chandler, Tom Wilson.
Cover Design by: Byron Goto, Eli Allman, Henry Epstein
Liner Notes by: Arnold Shaw
Published by: Amm Jay Music Inc.
Mastered at: Longwear Plating
Record Company; ABC Records, Inc.
Manufactured by: Grand Award Record Co., Inc., a subsidiary of ABC Records Inc. 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019
Notes:
1st Issue Cover: Front cover - Circular cut-out in sleeve, revealing rotating 'clockwork image' card insert through which the band members can be viewed on a further inserted full-colour backing sheet.
Inside - Uncensored image of nude girl (A bikini was used to censor a version of this album, cat suffix 'X'). Non-gatefold issues also exist.
Track timings on labels differ to those on inside sleeve.
On the spine the caption 'Command/Probe'' appears, on the label & front cover it's 'Command/ABC Records/Probe'.
On the labels the side indications are Side 1 and Side 2 and the cat.nr. is suffixed with ''A'' and ''B''.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (A-side label): CPLP-4500-A
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): CPLP-4500-B
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched): CPLP- 4500 AS - 2LW P17 LW (sideways)
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched): CPLP- 4500 B - SB - 255 LW (sideways)
Rights Society: BMI
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