* SOFT MACHINE Third VERY RARE SPANISH PRESS PSYCH PROG ORIG 1970 CBS Spain 2 LP 100% ORIGINAL PRESSINGS -  NO NEW RE-ISSUES!
RARE ROCK LPs UP THIS WEEK! Hyper Rare 1970 Pressing from Spain of this classic double lp! Don't Sleep on a sweet copy of this classic! CONDITION: VINYL EX / COVER VG+ gatefold
FROM ALLMUSIC:  The Soft Machine plunged deeper into jazz and contemporary electronic music on this pivotal  release, which incited the Village Voice to call it a milestone achievement when it was released.  It's a double album of stunning music, with each side devoted to one composition --  two by Mike Ratledge, and one each by Hopper and Wyatt, with substantial help from a  number of backup musicians, including Canterbury mainstays Elton Dean and  Jimmy Hastings. The Ratledge songs come closest to fusion jazz, although this is fusion laced  with tape loop effects and hypnotic, repetitive keyboard patterns.  Hugh Hopper's "Facelift" recalls "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson,  although it's more complex, with several quite dissimilar sections. The pulsing rhythms,  chaotic horn and keyboard sounds, and dark drones on "Facelift" predate some of what  Hopper did as a solo artist later (this song was actually culled from two live performances  in 1970). Robert Wyatt draws on musical ideas from early 1967 demos done with producer Giorgio Gomelsky, on his capricious composition "Moon in June." Lyrically, it's a satirical  alternative to the pretension displayed by a lot of rock writing of the era, and combined  with the Softs' exotic instrumentation, it makes for quite a listen  (the collection Triple Echo includes a BBC broadcast recording of this song, with different  albeit equally fanciful lyrics). Not exactly rock, Third nonetheless pushed the boundaries  of rock into areas previously unexplored, and it managed to do so without sounding  self-indulgent. A better introduction to the group is either of the first two records,  but once introduced, this is the place to go.

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