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Label:	Command – LP 4500 X
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1968
Genre:	Children's
Style:	Experimental

Tracklist

A1	Hope For Happiness Written-By – M. Ratledge*	4:20
A2	Joy Of A Toy Written-By – M. Ratledge*	2:49
A3	Hope For Happiness (Reprise) Written-By – M. Ratledge*	1:37
A4	Why Am I So Short? Written-By – M. Ratledge*	1:38
A5	So Boot If At All Written-By – R. Wyatt*	7:22
A6	A Certain Kind Written-By – H. Hopper*	4:10
B1	Save Yourself Written-By – R. Wyatt*	2:25
B2	Priscilla Written-By – R. Wyatt*	1:05
B3	Lullabye Letter Written-By – K. Ayers*	4:37
B4	We Did It Again Written-By – K. Ayers*	3:46
B5	Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle Written-By – K. Ayers*	1:01
B6	Why Are We Sleeping? Written-By – R. Wyatt*	5:31
B7	Box 25/4 Lid Written-By – M. Ratledge*	0:47

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Grand Award Record Co., Inc.
Published By – Amm Jay Music Inc.

Credits

Design [Cover] – Henry Epstein
Liner Notes – Arnold Shaw
Producer – Tom Wilson (2)

Notes

Censored, gatefolded sleeve with different order logos on labels, which makes it different from most other releases.
This release has no TSM in runouts, further similar to Soft Machine - The Soft Machine

On spine: LP 4500 X THE SOFT MACHINE COMMAND/PROBE
On front: LP 4500 X [logos in this order] Command abc RECORDS, probe
On labels: [logos in this order] probe, abc RECORDS

Inside gatefold:
- Above selections published by Amm Jay Music Inc. - BMI
- Produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson
- Mfg. by Grand Award Record Co., Inc., a subsidiary of ABC Records Inc. 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019
- Cover Design Byron Goto / Eli Aliman / Henry Epstein
- Made in U.S.A.

Durations as listed on labels differs from that on the inside.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): LP-4500-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): LP-4500-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A (Etched): LP-4500AS- 2LW P17 LW ②
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B (Etched): LP- 4500 B - SB - 2SS LW
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Soft Machine (LP, Album, Stereo, Uncensored, Die-Cut Gatefold)	ABC Records	LP 4500, LP-4500	US	1968
Recently Edited	The Soft Machine (LP, Album, Monarch, Gatefold Die-cut, Uncensored)	Probe	LP 4500, LP-4500-S	US	1968
Recently Edited	The Soft Machine (LP, Album, Stereo)	Probe	LP 4500 X	US	1968
	The Soft Machine (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Probe	LP 4500 X	US	1968
Recently Edited	The Soft Machine (LP, Album, Stereo, Flipback Cover)	Barclay	920 082, 0 920 082, 0920 082		1968