SOFT MACHINE – SOFTS LP – Nr MINT- A1/B4 UK 1976 JAZZ FUSION ROCK

Soft Machine – Softs
(Harvest Records  1976  SHSP4056)
Matrix No’s: A1/B4 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT- condition
1 mark in the very first track which gives a few clicks

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– still in original shrinkwrap – a little wear along opening edge

Soft Machine are an English rock band from Canterbury, Kent. The band were formed in 1966 by Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Larry Nowlin. Soft Machine were central in the Canterbury scene; they became one of the first British psychedelic acts, and later moved into progressive and jazz rock. In 1971, Soft Machine became a purely instrumental band. Soft Machine’s lineup has undergone many changes, and has included Andy Summers, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Marshall, Karl Jenkins, Roy Babbington and Allan Holdsworth. As of 2025, the current lineup consists of John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Fred Thelonious Baker and Asaf Sirkis.

Softs is the ninth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1976.

All compositions by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.

Soft Machine

• Roy Babbington – bass guitar
• John Etheridge – acoustic and electric guitars
• John Marshall – drums, percussion
• Alan Wakeman – soprano and tenor saxophones
• Karl Jenkins – piano, electric piano, Hohner Pianet, Minimoog and string synthesizers, orchestrations

Additional musician

• Mike Ratledge – synthesizer (3, 4)