The Soft Machine* ?– The Soft Machine-First USA Press 1968

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The Soft Machine* ?– The Soft Machine

Label: Probe ?– CPLP 4500, ABC Command ?– CPLP-4500 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Uncensored, Die-Cut Gatefold
Country: US Released: Dec 1968 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Experimental

Tracklist

A1 Hope For Happiness Written-By – B. Hopper*, K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge* 4:20 A2 Joy Of A Toy Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge* 2:49 A3 Hope For Happiness (Reprise) Written-By – B. Hopper*, K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge* 1:37 A4 Why Am I So Short? Written-By – H. Hopper*, K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge* 1:38 A5 So Boot If At All Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*, R. Wyatt* 7:22 A6 A Certain Kind Written-By – H. Hopper* 4:10 B1 Save Yourself Written-By – R. Wyatt* 2:25 B2 Priscilla Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*, R. Wyatt* 1:05 B3 Lullabye Letter Written-By – K. Ayers* 4:37 B4 We Did It Again Written-By – K. Ayers* 3:46 B5 Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle Written-By – K. Ayers* 1:01 B6 Why Are We Sleeping? Written-By – K. Ayers*, M. Ratledge*, R. Wyatt* 5:31 B7 Box 25/4 Lid Written-By – H. Hopper*, M. Ratledge* 0:47

Companies, etc.

Published By – Amm Jay Music Inc.
Manufactured By – Grand Award Record Co., Inc.
Mastered At – Longwear Plating
Record Company – ABC Records, Inc.

Credits

Design [Cover Design] – Byron Goto, Eli Allman, Henry Epstein
Drums – Robert Wyatt
Lead Guitar – Kevin Ayres*
Liner Notes – Arnold Shaw
Organ – Michael Ratledge*
Producer – Chas Chandler, Tom Wilson (2)

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-color backing sheet.

Inside:
Uncensored image of nude girl (A bikini was used to censor a US version of this album, cat suffix 'X'). Non-gatefold issues also exist.
"...Selections published by Amm Jay Music Inc. - BMI".

"Mfg. by Grand Award Record Co., Inc., a subsidiary of ABC Records Inc. 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019".

Track timings on labels differ to those on inside sleeve.

First cat.nr. on spine and cover, second on label.

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''.