"VOLUME TWO" THE SOFT MACHINE 1969 US PROBE / ABC STEREO GATEFOLD LP CPLP 4505

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"VOLUME TWO" THE SOFT MACHINE 1969 US PROBE/ABC STEREO GATEFOLD LP CPLP 4505 

• Matrix / Runout:A-side, etching, variant 2): CPLP 4505 A 2-LW LW SS LH
• Matrix / Runout: B-side, etching, variant 2): CPLP 4505 B 2-LW LW SS LH

The album was inspired by The Mothers Of Invention's "Absolutely Free" and consists of two suites – "Rivmic Melodies " and "Esther's Nose Job" – with "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" and "Dedicated to You" serving as interludes. Acting on a recommendation from Zappa, the band split the main tracks into smaller pieces to increase the band's income from the album.

In the lyrics to "Have You Ever Bean Green?" Soft Machine thanks the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with whom they had just toured through the United States in 1968; as Hendrix's opening band they were exposed to large crowds for the first time. The title of this song is a play on the chorus lyric in the Hendrix song "Are You Experienced?", "Have you ever been experienced?". Wyatt thanks "Brian" (Brian Hopper) and "George" (engineer George Chkiantz) in the next section, Pataphysical Introduction – Pt. 2, which also includes a quote of "These Foolish Things." The title of the side-two suite, "Esther's Nose Job", is derived from a chapter in Thomas Pynchon's novel V."

• Mastered at Longwear Plating
• Lacquer Cut at Sterling Sound
• Arranged by R. Wyatt (tracks: A2, A4 to A8)
• Cover And Liner Design by Byron Goto, Henry Epstein
• Executive-Producer Mike Jeffrey
• Mastered by Lee Hulko
• Produced by The Soft Machine

Track listing, personnel and credits:

Track listing:

Side 1:

1. "Rivmic Melodies" - 17:07
   1. "Pataphysical Introduction – Pt. 1" (Robert Wyatt) – 1:00
   2. "A Concise British Alphabet – Pt. 1" (Hugh Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:10
   3. "Hibou, Anemone and Bear" (Mike Ratledge, Wyatt) – 5:58
   4. "A Concise British Alphabet – Pt. 2" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:12
   5. "Hulloder" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:52
   6. "Dada Was Here" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 3:25
   7. "Thank You Pierrot Lunaire" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:47
   8. "Have You Ever Bean Green?" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 1:23
   9. "Pataphysical Introduction – Pt. 2" (Wyatt) – 0:50
   10. "Out of Tunes" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) – 2:30

Side 2:

1. "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" (Ratledge, Wyatt) – 2:30
2. "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (Hopper) – 2:30
3. "Esther's Nose Job" - 11:13
   1. "Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging" (Ratledge) – 1:50
   2. "Pig" (Ratledge) – 2:08
   3. "Orange Skin Food" (Ratledge) – 1:52
   4. "A Door Opens and Closes" (Ratledge) – 1:09
   5. "10:30 Returns to the Bedroom" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) – 4:14

Personnel:

• Robert Wyatt – drums, lead and backing vocals
• Mike Ratledge – piano, Lowrey Holiday De Luxe organ, Hammond organ (on 3) harpsichord (on 12), flute (on 3 and 10)
• Hugh Hopper – bass guitar, acoustic guitar (on 12), alto saxophone (on 3 and 14-16)

• Brian Hopper – soprano and tenor saxophone

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