Volume Two
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| Studio album by The Soft Machine | ||
| Released | April 1969 | |
| Recorded | Olympic Sound, London, February-March 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 33:36 | |
| Label | Probe SPB 1002 | |
| Producer(s) | The Soft Machine, executive: Mike Jeffrey | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Soft Machine chronology | ||
| The Soft Machine (1968) |
Volume Two (1969) |
Third (1970) |
Volume Two is an LP by The Soft Machine, first released in 1969. Its music introduces a jazz influence to the sort of humour and psychedelia present on "volume one": The Soft Machine (1968).
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
Rivmic Melodies
- "Pataphysical Introduction - part I" (Robert Wyatt) - 1:01
- "A Concise British Alphabet - part I" (Hugh Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:10
- "Hibou Anemone and Bear" (Mike Ratledge, Wyatt) - 5:59
- "A Concise British Alphabet - part II" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:12
- "Hullo Der" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:54
- "Dada Was Here" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 3:26
- "Thank You Pierrot Lunaire" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:49
- "Have You Ever Bean Green?" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 1:19
- "Pataphysical Introduction - part II" (Wyatt) - 0:51
- "Out of Tunes" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) - 2:34
[edit] Side two
Esther's Nose Job
- "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" (Ratledge, Wyatt) - 2:35
- "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (Hopper) - 2:32
- "Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging" (Ratledge) - 1:51
- "Pig" (Ratledge) - 2:09
- "Orange Skin Food" (Ratledge) - 1:47
- "A Door Opens and Closes" (Ratledge) - 1:10
- "10:30 Returns to the Bedroom" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) - 4:13
[edit] Personnel
- Brian Hopper - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Hugh Hopper - bass guitar, alto saxophone
- Mike Ratledge - keyboards, flute
- Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals
[edit] References
| Soft Machine |
| Daevid Allen | Kevin Ayers | Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt |
| Roy Babbington | John Etheridge | Karl Jenkins | John Marshall |
| Steve Cook | Marc Charig | Lyn Dobson | Nick Evans | Jimmy Hastings | Allan Holdsworth | Brian Hopper | Ric Sanders | Alan Skidmore | Rab Spall | Andy Summers | Alan Wakeman |
| Discography |
| Regular albums: |
| The Soft Machine (1968) | Volume Two (1969) | Third (1970) | Fourth (1971) |
| Five (1972) | Six (1973) | Seven (1973) | Bundles (1975) | Softs (1976) | Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) |
| Related articles |
| Canterbury sound - Jazz fusion - Wilde Flowers |
