THE SOFT MACHINE, The Soft Machine UNCENSORED NUDE SLEEVE USA 1st pressing LP

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Soft Machine, The*?– The Soft Machine Label: Probe ?– CPLP 4500, Probe ?– CPLP-4500 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold die-cut, uncensored Country: US Released: Dec 1968 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Experimental Tracklist Hide Credits 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 Mastered At– Longwear Plating Credits Design [Cover Design]– Byron Goto, Eli Allman, Henry Epstein Drums– Robert Wyatt Lead Guitar– Kevin Ayres* Liner Notes– Arnold Shaw Organ– Mike 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 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''.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP IN DIE-CUT ROTATING GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: SIDE A: CPLP- 4500 AS - 2LW P17 LW[sideways] / SIDE B: CPLP- 4500 B SB - 255 LW[sideways].

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD WITH SOME SHELF, CORNER, RING AND EDGE WEAR. CORNER DRILL HOLE AND TOP RIGHT TWO INCH SEAM SPLIT. INNER SLEEVE HAS WEAR AND NICKS ALONG EDGES.

DISC: VISUALLY VERY GOOD THAT PLAYS BETWEEN VERY GOOD+ AND SOMETIMES EXCELLENT MINUS. NO FEELABLE SCRATCHES BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF HAIRLINES AND PLAY SCUFFS. SOME SPINDLE WEAR. A DECENT BUT NOT PERFECT COPY OF A CLASSIC PROG-JAZZ-PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE. CLEAN LABELS.

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