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1.
February 27, 1971 - first set
2.
Facelift
3.
Virtually
4.
Slightly All The Time
5.
Fletcher's Blemish
6.
February 27, 1971 - second set
7.
intro
8.
Neo-Caliban Grides
9.
Out-Bloody-Rageous
10.
Vocal Improvisation
11.
Eamonn Andrews
12.
All White
13.
Kings and Queens
14.
Teeth
15.
Pigling Bland
16.
February 28, 1971 - first set
17.
Facelift
18.
Virtually
19.
Slightly All The Time
20.
Fletcher's Blemish
21.
February 28, 1971 - second set
22.
Neo-Caliban Grides
23.
Out-Bloody-Rageous
24.
Vocal Improvisation
25.
Eamonn Andrews
26.
All White
27.
Kings and Queens
28.
Teeth
29.
Pigling Bland
30.
Slightly All The Time [encore]
about
While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.
This is a excellent, stereo recording of the band performing in a relatively small hall; the balances between the instruments are not perfectly balanced, but there is no other recording by Soft Machine that I know of that sounds as much like the band are performing *right* in front of you!
Additionally, we were able to improve in a modest but definitely noticeable way the not-perfect balance between the instruments on this edition.
Soft Machine’s two concerts at the Henie-Onstad Art Center near Oslo, Norway, in late February 1971 were special in several respects. The circumstances, of course, were unusual...in a museum space, as part of an art exhibition by the Boyle Family, and Mark Boyle’s films were projected during the performances. It was part of the last European tour that featured the ‘classic quartet’ line-up before they went to the USA and split apart. But more significantly, both shows were recorded, and superbly at that, providing a rare glimpse into how, at this stage in the band’s existence, the music could change significantly from one night to the next, even when the setting didn’t.
Original recordings engineered by Meny Bloch at the Henie-Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway, February 27-28, 1971.
Mixed and mastered by Ian Beabout at ShedSounds Studio.
Photos: Baerum Photoclub, Einar Braathen, Guro Bjørnstad, Svein S. Hole and supplied by the Henie-Onstad fotoarkiv.
Design by Chester Hawkins.
Thank you: Ian Beabout, Mark Chapman, Aymeric Leroy, Doug Moon, Hans Voigt.
Release coordination and direction by Steven Feigenbaum for Cuneiform and Hans Voigt, who coordinated the logistics and permissions needed from Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter for this release and materials and the accompanying photographs.
Cuneiform Records is a record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. They
have always championed an eclectic mixture of musical styles and artists and have consistently danced at the dangerous intersection where genres meet. In doing so, they have become one of the most prominent labels of New Music.
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This is an amazing recording both musically and technically capturing some amazing musicians playing together to leave us something of wonder daveappleton
