HARVEST RECORDS, MADE IN ENGLAND. 1977. RARE VINYL BOX SET FROM ART ROCKERS, THE SOFT MACHINE. THREE VINYL LP'S IN ORIGINAL PICTURE SLEEVES, AND BOOKLET HOUSED IN BOX WITH CLOSING FLAPS ON TWO SIDES.

Soft Machine ?– Triple Echo

Label: Harvest ?– SHTW 800, EMI ?– OC 153-99 090/1/2 Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono
Box Set
Country: UK Released: Mar 1977 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

Credits

• Compiled By – Al Clark

Notes:

Released in a box with closing flaps on two sides.
Every disc is housed in a separate printed inner sleeve.

Compilation of the first 10 years of the group.

Track A1 recorded January 1967 at Advision; released as a single 17/2/67. ? 1967 Polydor Records Ltd.
Track A2 recorded January 1967 at CBS; released as 'B' side of 'Love Makes Sweet Music' 17/2/67. ? 1967 Polydor Records Inc.
Track A3 recorded April 1967 at De Lane Lea; one of numerous demos recorded at this time. Subsequently turned up five years later on 'Rock Generation Vol.8' (French LP). ? 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track A4 recorded June 1967 at Sound Techniques. Intended as a single but never released. Demo version, appears on same LP as 'Memories'. ? 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks A5 & B1 recorded April 1968 at The Record Plant, New York; released December 1968 on LP 'The Soft Machine' (Probe CPLP 4500). ? 1968 ABC Records Lt./Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks B2, B3 & B4 recorded February 1969 at Olympic; released April 1969 on LP 'Volume Two' (Probe SPB 1002). ? 1969 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track C1 recorded June 10th 1969 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 21/6/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. An entirely different version to the one which appeared a year later on the LP 'Third'. Much of the lyric was written especially for this recording. ? 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track C2 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. This and the four tracks in D1 are the only recordings made by the ambitious but short-lived seven-piece line-up. ? 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track D1 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; tranmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. Different versions of 'Noisette' and 'Backwards' - which concludes 'Slightly All The Time' - can be found on the LP 'Third', 'Mousetrap' has never appeared before on record. ? 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track D2 recorded May 4th 1970 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 16/5/70 on programme 'Top Gear'. Highly extended versions of 'Slightly All The Time' and 'Out Bloody Rageous' can be found on the LP 'Third'. 'Eamonn Andrews' can't be found anywhere else. Release date of 'Third' (CBS 66246): 6/6/70. ? 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Tracks E1 & E2 recorded November 1970 at Olympic; released 28/2/71 on LP 'Fourth' (CBS 64280). ? 1971 CBS Records Ltd.
Track E3 recorded November 1971 & track E4 recorded February 1972 at Advision; released 23/6/72 on LP 'Fifth' (CBS 64806). ? 1972 CBS Records Ltd.
Track F1 recorded November 1972 at CBS; released 2/2/73 on LP 'Six' (CBS 68214). ? 1973 CBS Records Ltd.
Track F2 recorded July 1973 at CBS; released 5/10/73 on LP 'Seven' (CBS 65799). ? 1973 CBS Records Ltd.
Track F3 recorded July 1974 at CBS; released 4/4/75 on LP 'Bundles' (Harvest SHSP 4044). ? 1975 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
Track F4 recorded March 1976 at Abbey Road; released 25/6/76 on LP 'Softs' (Harvest SHSP 4056). ? 1976 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Tracks A1 to A4, C1 to D2 are recorded mono only.

Made and printed in Great Britain

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Cat.nr. disc 1): SHTW 8001
• Other (Cat.nr. disc 2): SHTW 8002
• Other (Cat.nr. disc 3): SHTW 8003
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side A): SHTW.8001A
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side B): SHTW.8001B
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side C): SHTW.8002A
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side D): SHTW.8002B
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side E): SHTW.8003A
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side F): SHTW.8003B

GOLDMINE GRADING:
                                         SLEEVE = OUTER BOX IN VG CONDITION, WITH FOUR TORN CORNERS, TAPE RESIDUE, BENDING AND SOME TEARING.
                                         VINYL =VG+, WITH NO SCRATCHES OR MARKS OF ANY KIND.. VINYL IS IN BEAUTIFUL, SHINY CONDITION.
                                          ORIGINAL PRINTED PICTURE SLEEVES IN VG+ CONDITION, WITH MINOR BENDING, RING WEAR, AND SEAM SPLIT.
                                          PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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GOLDMINE GRADING:
* M =MINT-A MINT RECORD SHOULD APPEAR TO HAVE JUST LEFT THE MANUFACTURER WITHOUT ANY HANDLING.
* NM = NEAR MINT- A RECORD THAT IS OTHERWISE MINT BUT HAS ONE OR TWO TINY, INCONSEQUENTIAL FLAWS THAT DO NOT AFFECT THE PLAY IS NEAR MINT. COVERS SHOULD    
   STILL BE CLOSE TO PERFECT WITH MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR OR AGE JUST BECOMING EVIDENT.
* VG+ =VERY GOOD PLUS- A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED AND PLAYED EITHER INFREQUENTLY OR VERY CAREFULLY. ON A DISC, THIS COULD MEAN THAT THERE ARE LIGHT  
    PAPER SCUFFS FROM SLIDING IT IN AND OUT OF A SLEEVE, OR THE VINYL MAY HAVE LOST SOME, BUT NOT ALL, OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTER. ON COVERS, SOME WEAR FROM STORAGE
    IS ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEAR THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE BEAUTY OF THE ARTWORK.
* VG = VERY GOOD- A VERY GOOD RECORD WILL DISPLAY VISIBLE SIGNS OF HANDLING AND PLAYING, SUCH AS LOSS OF VINYL LUSTER, LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES, GROOVE WEAR,
    AND SPINDLE TRAILS FROM COUNTLESS SPINS ON THE TURNTABLE. A VG RECORD LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HAVE SOME SURFACE NOISE WHEN IT IS PLAYED, ALTHOUGH ANY SUCH
    NOISE SHOULD NOT OVERWHELM THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE. LIKE A DISC, USUALLY A COVER IS VG WHEN A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS ARE EVIDENT: RING WEAR, SEAM SPLITS, BENT
    CORNERS, LOSS OF GLOSS, STAINS, ETC.
* G = GOOD- GOOD WILL MEAN THAT THE RECORD IS WELL-PLAYED WITH ANY NUMBER OF DEFECTS THAT COLLECTORS NORMALLY SHY AWAY FROM, SUCH AS AN ALMOST
    COMPLETE LOSS OF SURFACE SHEEN, AGGRAVATING SURFACE NOISE, ETC., BUT WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PURCHASER TO STILL ENJOY LISTENING TO IT. A GOOD COVER HAS SEEN
    CONSIDERABLE HANDLING OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS AND DISPLAYS THE OBVIOUS SIGNS: RING WEAR ON THE COVER, SOME SEAM SPLITTING, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE
    BOTTOM; CORNERS MAY BE DOG-EARED TO A LIGHT DEGREE; AN OWNER MAY HAVE WRITTEN HIS OR HER NAME SOMEWHERE; ETC.
* SS = STILL SEALED
* SW = SHOP WORN