Soft Machine live chronicle
official releases:
<1> Live at the Paradiso 1969 (Voiceprint)
<2> Noisette (Cuneiform)
<3> Third (Sony)
<4> Live 1970 (Blueprint)
<5> Live at the Proms 1970 (Reckless) -> Third [bonus disc] (Sony)
<6> BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (Windsong) -> Heavy Friends / BBC In Concert 1971 (Hux)
<7> Virtually (Cuneiform)
<8> Live in France (One Way) -> Live In Paris (Cuneiform)
<9> BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (Windsong) -> Soft Stage / BBC In Concert 1972 (Hux)
<10> Six (Sony)
<11> Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (Harvest/See For Miles/Esoteric)
<12> Man In A Deaf Corner (Mooncrest)
<13> Turns On Volume 1 (Voiceprint)
<14> Turns On Volume 2 (Voiceprint)
<15> Facelift (Voiceprint)
<16> Backwards (Cuneiform)
<17> Somewhere in Soho (Voiceprint)
<18> Breda Reactor (Voiceprint)
<19> Heavy Friends / BBC In Concert 1971 (Hux)
<20> Soft Stage / BBC In Concert 1972 (Hux)
<21> British Tour '75 (MLP)
<22> Floating World Live (Moonjune)
<23> Grides (Cuneiform)
<24> Middle Earth Masters (Cuneiform)
<25> Alive in Paris 1970 (Voiceprint)
<26> Drop (Moonjune)
<27> Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre 1971 (Reel Recordings)
<28> NDR Jazz Workshop: Hamburg, Germany May 17, 1973 (Cuneiform)
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bootlegs:
[A] Middle Earth (CD-R)
[B] V. A. - Kralingen Pop Festival
[C] Old Machine
[D] Live Bundles (Canterbury Dream)
[E] Hazard Profile
[F] Fusion (Canterbury Dream)
[G] Song Of Aeolus
1967.9.16 - Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London, UK <24>
Clarence In Wonderland / We Know What You Mean / Bossa Nova Express (May I?) / Hope For Happiness / Disorganisation (solo organ) / We Did Again / Why Are We Sleeping? / I Should've Known
Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt
1967.11.10 (9.16?) - Middle Earth, London, UK <13>
Clarence In Wonderland / We Know What You Mean / May I? (instrumental variant) / Hope For Happiness [A] / Save Yourself [A] / Lullabye Letter [A]
Organistics (solo organ) <14>
Ratledge, Ayers, Wyatt
1967.11.18 - 'L'enetre Rose', Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Clarence In Wonderland / We Know What You Mean (filmed by French TV)
Ratledge, Ayers, Wyatt
1967.12.10 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland <14>
Moon In June (That's How Much I Need You Now) / I Should've Known / A Certain Kind / Save Yourself / Lullabye Letter
Ratledge, Ayers, Wyatt
1968.5 - Middle Earth, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK <24>
That's How Much I Need You Now / I Should've Known
Ratledge, Ayers, Wyatt
1968.8.11 - Colonial Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa, USA <14>
Lullubye Letter / Priscilla / Lullubye Letter Reprise / We Did Again / Why Are We Sleeping? / Joy Of A Toy / Hope For Happiness / Clarence In Wonderland / Moon In June (You Don't Remember) / (organ solo) / (collective improvisation) / Esther's Nose Job (10.30 Returns To The Bedroom ~ Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle)
Ratledge, Ayers, Wyatt
1969.2.18 - Royal Albert Hall, London
Pataphysical Introduction Pt1 / A Concise British Alphabet Pt1&2 / Hulloder / Dada Was Here / Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire / Have You Ever Bean Green? / Pataphysical Introduction Pt2 / As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still / Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging / Pig / Orange Skin Food / A Door Opens / 10:30 Returns To The Bedroom
Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Wyatt
1969.3.29 - Paradiso, Amsterdam <1><12 (incomplete) >
Hulloder / Dada Was Here / Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire / Have You Ever Bean Green? / Pataphysical Introduction Pt2 / As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still / Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging / Hibou, Anemone And Bear / Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging (reprise) / Pig / Orange Skin Food / A Door Opens / 10:30 Returns To The Bedroom
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt
1969.4.13 - Country Club, London
Moon In June / (collective improvisation) / Eamonn Andrews / Mousetrap / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise / Esther's Nose Job / Hibou, Anemone And Bear [encore]
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt
1969.6.24 - I.C.A. London <27> (Japanese bonus track)
10:30 Returns To The Bedroom / Did It Again
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Brian Hopper
1969.9.7 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Moon In June / Facelift / Eamonn Andrews / Mousetrap / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise / Esther's Nose Job / (collective improvisation) / Did It Again / Noisette / Hibou, Anemone And Bear [encore]
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt
1969.10.5 - Lyceum, London
Moon In June / Facelift / Eamonn Andrews / Mousetrap / Noisette / Mousetrap Reprise / Esther's Nose Job / (collective improvisation) / Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening / Did It Again / Noisette / Did It Again
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt
1969.10.28 - 'Actuel Music Festival', Amougies, Belgium
Moon In June / Facelift / Eamonn Andrews
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Mark Charig, Nick Evans, Elton Dean, Lyn Dobson
1970.1.4 - Fairfield Hall, Croydon, UK <2>
Eamonn Andrews / Mousetrap / Noisette / Backwards / Noisette [reprise] / Hibou, Anemone And Bear / (Facelift <3>) / Moon In June / 12/8 Theme / Esther's Nose Job / We Did It Again [encore]
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean, Dobson
1970.1.10 - University College, London
(excerpt) <2>
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean, Dobson
1970.1.11 - Mothers Club, Birmingham, UK
Facelift <3>
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean, Dobson
1970.1.16 - De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland
Moon in June / 12/8 theme / Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean, Dobson
1970.1.31 - Turfschip, Breda, Holland <18>
Eamonn Andrews / Moustrap / Noisette / Backwards / Moustrap [reprise] / Hibou, Anemone And Bear / Facelift / Eamonn Andrews / Moon In June / 12/8 theme / Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland / Cymbalism / Out-Bloody-Rageous [excerpt] / Esther's Nose Job [reprise] / We Did It Again
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean, Dobson
1970.2.13 - Swansea, London
(or 1970.2.14 - London School Of Economics, London)
Facelift / Moon In June <4><12>
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dobson
1970.3.2 - Theatre de la Musique, Paris <25>
1st set:
Facelift / Eamonn Andrews / Backwards / Mousetrap reprise
2nd set:
Out-Bloody-Rageous / RW vocal improv / Esther's Nosejob
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dobson
1970.4.20 ~ 25 - Ronnie Scott's, London <17>
1st set:
Out-Bloody-Rageous / Eamonn Andrews / Mousetrap / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise / Hibou, Anemone And Bear
2nd set:
Facelift / Moon In June / (vocal improvisation) / Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland / Cymbalism (drum solo) / Esthers Nose Job [reprise]
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1970.4.26 - Fairfield Hall, Croydon <15>
Slightly All The Time / Out-Bloody-Rageous / Moon in June / Mousetrap<12> / Noisette<12> / Backwards<12> / Mousetrap [reprise]<12> / Hibou Anemone and Bear / Facelift / Eamonn Andrews / Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland / I Should've Known / Esthers Nose Job [reprise]
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1970.5.21 - Paris Theatre, London (BBC In Concert) <16>
Facelift / Moon in June / Esther's Nose Job
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1970.6.28 - 'Holland Pop Festival', Kralingen Park, Rotterdam
Esther's Nose Job [B]
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1970.8.13 - 'Henry Wood Promenade Concert', Royal Albert Hall, London <4><5>
Out-Bloody-Rageous / Facelift / Esther's Nose Job
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1970.10.25 - Concergebow, Amsterdam <23> (except "Kings And Queens")
1st set:
Facelift / Virtually / Out-Bloody-Rageous / Neo-Caliban Grides
2nd set:
Teeth / Slightly All The Time / Eamonn Andrews / Kings And Queens / Esther's Nose Job
Encore:
Slightly All The Time [excerpt] / Noisette
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1971.2.28 - Henie Onstad Arts Centre, Hovikodden, Norway <27>
1st set:
Facelift / Virtually / Slightly All The Time / Fletcher's Blemish
2nd set:
Neo-Caliban Grides / Out-Bloody-Rageous / Eamonn Andrews / All White / Kings And Queens / Teeth / Pigling Bland
Encore:
Slightly All The Time [excerpt] / Noisette
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1971.3.11 - Paris Theatre, London (BBC In Concert) <6><19>
Blind Badger (Elton Dean Quintet - Dean, Ratledge, Charig, Whitehead, Howard) / Neo-Caliban Grides / Out-Bloody-Rageous / Eamonn Andrews / All White / Kings And Queens / Teeth / 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom / Slighty All The Time [excerpt] (<19>only) / Noisette (<19>only)
Dean, Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Ronnie Scott, Charig, Paul Nieman, Roy Babbington, Neville Whitehead, Phil Howard
1971.3.23 - Gondel Filmkunst Theater, Bremen, Germany
Beat Club TV filming: <23>
Neo-Caliban Grides / Out-Bloody-Rageous / (vocal improvisation) / Eamonn Andrews / All White
1st set: <7>
Facelift / Virtually / Slightly All The Time / Fletcher's Blemish
2nd set: <7> [C]
Neo-Caliban Grides / Out-Bloody-Rageous / (vocal improvisation) / Eamonn Andrews / All White / Kings & Queens / Teeth / Pigling Bland
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1971.7.7 - Gaslight, NY, USA
Neo-Caliban Grides / Out-Bloody-Rageous / Eamonn Andrews / All White / Teeth / Pigling Bland
Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt, Dean
1971.10.14 - Stuttgart, Germany <26>?
All White / Slightly All The Time / Drop / MC / Out-Bloody-Rageous /As If / Pigling Bland
Ratledge, Hopper, Dean, Phil Howard
1971.11.7 - Berliner Jazztage (Berlin Jazz Festival), Philharmoniehalle, Berlin, Germany <26>?
Neo-Caliban Grides / All White / Slightly All The Time / Drop / MC / Out-Bloody-Rageous / Pigling Bland
Ratledge, Hopper, Dean, Howard
1972.5.2 - Olympia, Paris <8>
Plain Tiffs / All White / Slightly All The Time / Drop / M.C./ Out-Bloody-Rageous / Facelift / And Sevens / As If / L.B.O./ Pigling Bland / At Sixes
Dean, Ratledge, Hopper, John Marshall
1972.7.20 - Paris Theatre, London (BBC In Concert) <9><20>
Fanfare / All White / Slightly All The Time / M.C./ Drop / Stumble / L.B.O./ As If / Riff
Karl Jenkins, Ratledge, Hopper, Marshall
1972.10.20. - The Dome, Brighton, UK
1972.11.1 - Civic Hall, Guildford, UK <10>
Fanfare / All White / Between / Riff / 37 1/2 / Gesolreut / E.P.V./ Lefty / Stumble / 5 From 13 (For Phil Seamen With Love & Thanks) / Riff II
Jenkins, Ratledge, Hopper, Marshall
1973.5.17 - NDR Jazz Workshop: Congresszentrum, Hamburg, Germany <28>
Fanfare / All White / The Soft Weed Factor / Lefty / 37 1/2 / Riff / 1983 [with H.Hopper] / Down The Road / Between / Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album / Chloe And The Pirates / Gesolreut [with G.Boyle & A.Themen] / EPV / Lefty / Stumble / One Across (jam) [with G.Boyle] / L.B.O. / Riff II / Encore Improvisation / Stumble Reprise
Jenkins, Ratledge, Roy Babbington, Marshall [guests: Hugh Hopper + Gary Boyle, Art Themen & Linda Hoyle]
1973.8.9 - San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Stanley Stomps Gibbon Album / The Soft Weed Factor / Lefty / Down The Road / (bass solo) / Nettle Bed / Penny Hitch / Day's Eye / Block / (drum solo) / Riff II / Gesolreut / (jam)
Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1973.10.26 - De Lantaren, Rotterdam
Stanley Stomps Gibbon Album / Between / The Soft Weed Factor / Lefty / Gesolreut / EPV / Down The Road / 37 1/2 / Riff II / Chloe And The Pirates / Hazard Profile
Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1974.3.13 - Syracuse, NY [D]
Hazard Profile Part 1 ~ 5 / The Floating World / The Man Who Waved At Trains / Bundles / Drum Solo
Allan Holdsworth, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1974.3.23 - Howard Stein's Academy Of Music, NY [E]
Hazard Profile Part 1 ~ 5 / The Man Who Waved At Trains / Peff / Bass Solo / Bundles / Land Of The Bag Snake / Four Gongs, Two Drums
Holdsworth, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1974.7.4 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Hazard Profile [E] / The Floating World / Ealing Comedy / (bass solo) / Bundles / Joint / The Man Who Waved At Trains / L.B.O. / (drum solo) / Riff II / Lefty / Penny Hitch
Holdsworth, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1975.1.29 - Postaula, Bremen <22>[G]?
The Floating World / Bundles / Land Of The Bag Snake / Ealing Comedy / The Man Who Waved At Trains / Peff / North Point / Hazard Profile (Part One) / J.S.M. / Riff III / Song Of Aeolus / Endgame / Penny Hitch (Coda)
Holdsworth, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1975.8.24 - Reading Festival [F]
The Floating World / Ban - Ban Caliban / Out Of Season / Bundles / Land Of The Bag Snake / The Man Who Waved At Trains / Peff
John Etheridge, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1975.10.10 - Nottingham University <21>
Bundles / Land of the Big Snake / Out of Season / Man Who Waved at Trains / JVH / Floating World / Ban-Ban Caliban / Sideburn / Hazard Profile Pt. 1-5 / Song of Aeolus / Sign of Five (collective improv)
Etheridge, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington, Marshall
1977.7.8 - Theatre Le Palace, Montmartre, Paris <11>
White Kite / Eos / Odds Bullets And Blades Pt1 / Odds Bullets And Blades Pt2 / Song Of The Sunbird / Puffin / Huffin / Number Three / The Nodder / Surrounding Silence
2010 Esoteric reissue bonus tracks:
K's Riff / The Nodder / Two Down / The Spraunce / Song Of Aeolus / Sideburn / The Tale Of Taliesin / Organic Matter / One Over The Eight
Etheridge, Jenkins, Rick Sanders, Steve Cook, Marshall
last updated: 2010.11.19
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