Soft Machine - British Tour 75
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Artist: Soft MachineEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-09-12
Music Label: Mlp
Soundtracks:
- Bundles
- Land Of The Bag Snake
- Out Of Season
- Man Who Waved At Trains Jvh
- Floating World
- Ban Ban Caliban
- Sideburn
- Hazard Profile Pts 1-5
- Song Of Aeolus
- Sign Of Five
Music reviews of British Tour 75
Music Review: Soft Machine '75: Later Was Better
Rating: 3 Stars
How very typical of Soft Machine that we could have two concert recordings from the same year, with much of the same material, yet both shows are very different.
Given a choice between this October '75 show and the January one captured on "Floating World Live", many fans might choose the other simply because guitar legend Allan Holdsworth played on that one. For my money however, this show is considerably better.
Holdsworth is a blindingly fast and technically brilliant player. But with Soft Machine he seemed rather overbearing and one-dimensional. His effect on the band seemed to be to inspire the other members to compete with him, which to my mind made the music suffer. To me, the January show with Holdsworth was little more than a long string of amphetamine solos from all members, with little sympathy for the actual music.
What a difference 9 months made! On this disc, replacement guitarist John Etheridge showed that he was perfectly capable of Holdsworth-style pyrotechnics, but he chose not to do these every chance he got. Instead he exercised some artistic restraint and economy. The whole band now sounded more relaxed, and the music was allowed to breathe. There was more depth, texture and subtlety; due largely to the keyboard interplay between Mike Ratledge and Karl Jenkins.
Of course there are still solos galore. Be warned that both of the 1975 shows suffer from the interminably long drum solos of John Marshall. The guy was simply not so good or innovative to warrant this indulgence; even tolerant 70s audiences must've been checking their watches and strolling to the loo.
Description of British Tour 75
Recorded originally for a live radio broadcast at Nottingham University in October 1975, and at over 78 minutes, this amazing, previously un-released live recording, captures the band touring Britain between the releases of the 1975 album Bundles and Softs in 1976. The set list includes fifteen tracks containing numbers from both these albums plus three new numbers comprising over 30 minutes of previously un-recorded material. MLP. 2005.International CDs
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