Soft Machine - Live in Paris

The Cuneiform issue of Soft Machine's Paris Olympia Theatre concert is a straight reissue of the One Way set released in 1995 and quickly deleted. It features the short-lived but compelling lineup of Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, and drummer John Marshall. Marshall was in fact the second drummer to be hired after Robert Wyatt's departure in August of 1971 (Phil Howard was the first), and this edition of Soft Machine recorded merely half an album together. Read More