The Soft Machine*Volume Two

Label:

Probe – 1E 062 ○ 90416

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo , Pink Labels

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Pataphysical Introduction Pt. 1
A2 A Concise British Alphabet Pt. 1
A3 Hibou, Anenome And Bear
A4 A Concise British Alphabet Pt. 2
A5 Hulloder
A6 Dada Was Here
A7 Thank You Pierrot Lunaire
A8 Have You Ever Bean Grean?
A9 Pataphysical Introduction Pt. 2
A10 Out Of Tunes
B1 As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still
B2 Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
B3 Fire Engine ing With Bells Clanging
B4 Pig
B5 Orange Skin Food
B6 A Door Opens And Closes
B7 10:30 Returns To The Bedroom

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyE.M.I. Records
  • Record CompanyThe Gramophone Co. Ltd.
  • Record CompanyABC Records, Inc.
  • Pressed ByThe Gramophone Co. Ltd.
  • Recorded AtOlympic Studios
  • Printed ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Published ByA. Schroeder Music
  • Published ByRobbins Music
  • Published By Mélodie

Credits

  • Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Alto Saxophone [Alto]Hugh Hopper
  • Composed ByWyatt* (tracks: A1 to B1, B7)
  • Design [Front Cover]Henry Epstein
  • Drums, VoiceRobert Wyatt
  • Electric Organ [Lowry, Hammond], Flute, Piano, HarpsichordMike Ratledge
  • EngineerGeorge Chkhantz*
  • Executive-ProducerMike Jeffrey*
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photograph]Paul Misso
  • Producer [Produced]Soft Machine
  • Soprano Saxophone, Tenor SaxophoneBrian Hopper

Notes

Recorded Feb/March 1969 at Olympic Studios, London.
Laminated flipback sleeve printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd., date code of 6911 (November 1969).
UK pressing with pink label and black print and Gramophone rim text.

The runouts are stamped, the separate letters and digits behind the strings are tilted.

Cat# SPB 1002 on the back cover and labels
Cat# 1E 062 ○ 90416 on the back cover between parentheses

Tracks A1, A3, A9 to B1, B3 to B7: A. Schroeder Mus. NCB.
Tracks A2, A4 to A7, B2: Robbins Mus. Fr. Melodie. BIEM, Mecolico, NCB
Track A8: Robbins Mus. Fr. Melodie.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society (A1 to A7, A9 to B7): NCB
  • Rights Society (A2, A4 to A7, B2): BIEM
  • Rights Society (A2, A4 to A7, B2): Mecolico
  • Other (Printer date code): 6911
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): SPB 1002A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): SPB 1002B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): SPB 1002 A-1G
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): SPB 1002 B-1G
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): SPB 1002 A-1G P 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): SPB 1002 B-1G L 1

Other Versions (5 of 44)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Volume Two (LP, Album, Gatefold) Command LP 4505, LP 4505 S, LP-4505-S US 1969
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Volume Two (LP, Album) Probe SPB 1002, 1E 062 ○ 90416 UK 1969
Vol 2 (LP, Album) Barclay 921 019, 0921 019, 0921019 1969
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Volume Two (LP, Album, Gatefold) ABC Records LP 4505, LP 4505 S Canada 1969
Volume Two (LP, Album) ABC Records LP 4505 US 1969

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    jtm1967
    The definitive pressing of this classic that is their best in my humble opinion. A major classic

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