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Soft Machine
Man in a Deaf Corner 2CD Anthology 1963-1970
Mooncrest Records CRESTDCD 062 || 2002 || £13.94   $ €  ¥  + p+p +tax
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Double CD of Soft's oddities inc rare early Daevid Allen

Daevid appears on 3 tracks on this double CD of Soft Machine rarities and oddities Track 2, which dates from 1963, is the Daevid Allen Trio Band live in London and is one of the earliest pre Soft Machine recordings around. It was originally included on the deleted 'Live 1963' CD and is a strange and illuminating slice of what was to follow and one of the longest tracks on the release. Daevid also pops up on tracks 7 and 8 in the '66-'67 first Soft Machine line-up.

The rest of the tracks are mostly live recordings of various pre '71 Softs. Tracks 1-10 are the 1969 Paradiso gig, 11-12 from 'Europe 1970' and 13-16 from Croydon in April 1970. The interesting liner notes are by Brian Hooper, who knows coz he was there.

One other non Daevid track of interest to non-Machine aficionados is 'Hope For Happiness' which the University of Errors have been covering so well on gigs - well worth checking out this original.

Track Listing:

CD One: Experiments & Prototypes/The Machine Begins Total Runtime 68.49
  1. Belsized Parked 9.17
  2. Dear Olde Benny Green is A-Turning in His Grave 9.51
  3. Frenetica 4.23
  4. Orientasian 4.00
  5. Da-Da-Da-Dee/Boliver Blues 11.49
  6. Man in a Deaf Corner 5.02
  7. We Know What You Mean 2.54
  8. I Should've Known 7.40
  9. Hope For Happiness 13.41
CD Two: The Classic Period & Beyond - Rivmic Melodies Total Runtime 59.34
  1. Hulloder 0.25
  2. Dada Was Here 8.21
  3. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire 0.45
  4. Have You Ever Bean Green 0.57
  5. Pataphyysical Introduction Part II 1.01
  6. Hibou, Anemone and Bear 4.19
  7. Pig 4.21
  8. Orange Skin Food 0.15
  9. A Door Opens And Closes 1.17
  10. 10:30 Returns To The Bedroom 10.51
  11. Facelift 5.03
  12. Moon In June 5.59
  13. Mousetrap 6.54
  14. Noisette 0.18
  15. Backwards 3.23
  16. Mousetrap (reprise) 0.16
  17. As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still 4.58

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