S o f t M a c h i n e T h i r d///+ 1970Full Album///+Third (Soft Machine Album///+Third is the third studio album by the rock band Soft Machine, originally released in 1970 as a double LP, with each side of the original vinyl consisting of a single, long composition.///+Overview
Third marks the most major of Soft Machine's several shifts in musical genre over their career, completing their transition from psychedelic music to jazz, and is a significant milestone of the Canterbury scene, featuring interplay between the band's personnel: Mike Ratledge on keyboards, Robert Wyatt on drums, Hugh Hopper on bass and newest member Elton Dean on saxophone.Lyn Dobson appears on saxophone and flute on \"Facelift\", recorded while he was a full member of the band (then a quintet), although he is credited as an additional performer. Jimmy Hastings (brother of Pye Hastings from Caravan) makes substantial contributions on flute and clarinet on \"Slightly All the Time\", free-jazz violinist Rab Spall (then a bandmate of Wyatt's in the part-time ensemble Amazing Band) is heard on the coda to \"Moon in June\", and Nick Evans (a member of the band during its short-lived septet incarnation) makes brief appearances on trombone in \"Slightly All the Time\" and \"Out-Bloody-Rageous\".In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock (2005), the album came #20 in its list of \"40 Cosmic Rock Albums\"Track listing///+\"Facelift\" (Hugh Hopper) – 18:45
\"Slightly All the Time\" (Mike Ratledge) – 18:12
Including: \"Noisette\" (Hopper), \"Backwards\" (Ratledge) and \"Noisette Reprise\" (Hopper)
\"Moon in June\" (Robert Wyatt) – 19:08
\"Out-Bloody-Rageous\" (Ratledge) – 19:10
Bonus disc from 2007 CD re-issue
\"Out-Bloody-Rageous\" (Ratledge) – 11:54
\"Facelift\" (Hopper) – 11:22
\"Esther's Nose Job\" – 15:39
\"Pig\" (Ratledge)
\"Orange Skin Food\" (Ratledge)
\"A Door Opens and Closes\" (Ratledge)
\"Pigling Bland\" (Ratledge)
\"10:30 Returns to the Bedroom\" (Ratledge/Hopper/Wyatt///+Personnel
Soft Machine
Elton Dean – alto saxophone, saxello (all but 3)
Mike Ratledge – Hohner Pianet, Lowrey organ, piano
Hugh Hopper – bass guitar
Robert Wyatt – drums, vocals (3), plus on 3 (uncredited): Hammond organ, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Lyn Dobson – flute, soprano saxophone (1) (though a full member of the band when playing (live) the track #1)
Jimmy Hastings – flute, bass clarinet (2, 4)
Nick Evans – trombone (2, 4)
Rab Spall – violin (3)
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