Soft Machine - Volume Two UK First Press 1969

	£		40
	$		53

Soft machine - Volume Two

PROBE 1969

FIRST MACHINED MATRICES A-1G  B-1G

 A REALLY HARD TO FIND PSYCH/BLUES GEM WITH SOME REAL MAGICAL TRACKS

ELUSIVE PSYCHMONSTER!!!STUNNING SONGCRAFT!!!AN INSPIRATION TO MANY SUBSEQUENT TOPACTS!!!

!!!!AN EXTREMELY HARD FIND!!! And especially in this excellent condition!!!

Volume Two is an LP by The Soft Machine, first released in 1969. A jazz influence is introduced to the humour and psychedelia of the first album (1968). A 200% improvement.  Ratledge, Hopper and Wyatt are on topform!!

The album was inspired by Frank Zappa's Absolutely Free and consists of two long compositions with "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" and "Dedicated to You" serving as interludes. Acting on a recommendation from Zappa, the band split the main tracks into smaller pieces to increase the band's income from the album. According to the lyrics in Have You Ever Bean Green? The Soft Machine thanked The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with whom they toured through the USA in 1968, that they as a beginning band were exposed to large crowds. The title of this song refers to a soulful plaint in the song Are You Experienced?, "Have you ever been experienced?"

 A very hard find these days and this has over the years grown to be the early Soft's classic album. 

Some beautiful psych tracks on this LP only known to a few select collectors. The quality just oozes out!!!!! 

Sensational sound quality, I have played this through in its entirety and it was a great joy!!! NO skips or jumps. NO clicks or crackle, this is really a stunning heavy glossy jet black vinyl .  Inspected under an intense lightsource and angled.

       Vinyl: EX+ . A truly great vinyl with only a couple of mini wispy hairlines!!! Many sellers would grade this NM. On replay there are NO problems. NO jumps, NO sticks, NO ticks. Only the lightest of static in between tracks. Probably the best example of this vinyl you are going to see in a long, long while.

     Sleeve:  EX. Front laminated, a lovely sleeve without any writing and minimal tiny creases. Some very slightest laminate lift near the spine which all albums of a certain age have. Light ringwear to the back. Tiny mini "bumps" to the corners.

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! This is in the top 100 of psych's rarest albums!!!

 This is  a great and seriously collectable super album!! 

Labels: NM!!! Unbelievable!! Still like it was bought all those years ago.

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UK postage: if over GBP 200.00 this will be sent out via Special Delivery. This will be fully insured for GBP 7.50.