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SOFT MACHINE GENERATIONS (1966-1971)
Dans son ouvrage SOFT MACHINE Out-Bloody-Rageous, Graham Bennett répertorie les différentes formations du groupe, de ses débuts en 1966 jusqu'à la 24ème version, date de sa fin "officielle" en 1984.
Les tableaux ci-dessous récapitulent les différentes formations jusqu'au départ de Robert Wyatt en août 1971.
Soft Machine 1
August-September 1966 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Kevin
Ayers |
Robert
Wyatt
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Daevid
Allen |
Larry
Nowlin |
Organ |
Bass
Vocals
|
Drums
Vocals |
Guitar
Vocals |
Guitar |
Soft Machine 2
September 1966-August 1967 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Kevin
Ayers |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Daevid
Allen |
Organ |
Bass
Vocals
|
Drums
Vocals |
Guitar
Vocals |
Recordings available on :Triple Echo (demos), Soft Machine (demos), Jet-Propelled Photographs (demos), Soft Machine Turns On Volume 1 (demos & Live)
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Soft Machine 3
August 1967-May 1968 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Kevin
Ayers |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Organ |
Bass
Vocals
|
Drums
Vocals |
Recordings available on : Soft Machine (live), "Love Makes Sweet Music"/"Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin" (single), Soft Machine Turns On Volume 1 (live), Soft Machine Turns On Volume 2 (live), BBC Radio 1967-1971 (live), The Soft Machine
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Soft Machine 4
May-August 1968 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Kevin
Ayers |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Andy
Summers |
Organ |
Bass
Vocals
|
Drums
Vocals |
Guitar
|
Soft Machine 5
August-September 1968 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Kevin
Ayers |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Organ |
Bass
Vocals
|
Drums
Vocals |
Recordings available on : Soft Machine Turns On Volume 2 (live)
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Soft Machine 6
December 1968-May 1969 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Hugh
Hopper |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Organ |
Bass
|
Drums
Vocals |
Recordings available on : Volume Two, Soft Machine (live), Backwards (demo)
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Soft Machine 7
May-October 1969 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Hugh
Hopper |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Brian
Hopper |
Organ |
Bass
|
Drums
Vocals |
Saxes |
Recordings available on : Spaced (soundtrack), Triple Echo (live), The Peel Sessions (live), BBC Radio 1967-1971 (live)
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Soft Machine 8
October-December 1969 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Hugh
Hopper |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Elton
Dean |
Lyn
Dobson |
Marc
Charig |
Nick
Evans |
Organ
Piano |
Bass
|
Drums
Vocals |
Alto sax
Saxello |
Saxes
Flute |
Cornet |
Trombone |
Recordings available on : The Peel Sessions (live), Backwards (live), BBC Radio 1967-1971 (live)
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Soft Machine 9
December 1969-March 1970 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Hugh
Hopper |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Elton
Dean |
Lyn
Dobson |
|
Bass
Vocals
|
Drums
|
Alto sax
Saxello |
Saxes
Flute |
Recordings available on : Third (live), Noisette (live), Breda Reactor (live), Live 1970 (live)
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Soft Machine 10
March 1970-August 1971 |
Mike
Ratllege |
Hugh
Hopper |
Robert
Wyatt
|
Elton
Dean |
Organ
Piano |
Bass
|
Drums
|
Alto sax
Saxello & Piano |
Recordings available on : Third (live), Somewhere in Soho (live), Facelift (live), The Peel Sessions (live), Backwards (live), Live at the Proms 1970 (live), BBC Radio 1967-1971 (live), Fourth, Virtually (live)
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