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Slightly All The Time: Recordings 1970-1974 - Limited 17-Disc Boxset [Import]
(Limited Edition, Boxed Set, United Kingdom - Import)

ARTIST: Soft Machine 
FORMAT: CD
LABEL: Sony Uk
NUMBER OF DISCS: 17
UPC: 198029988123
GENRE: Rock
RELEASE DATE: 11/6/2026
PRODUCT ID: SNUK2998812.2
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DESCRIPTION
Limited 17 CD set. Packaged in a sturdy 12" x 12" slipcase, with a hardback book featuring many rare photographs and extensive notes by journalist and author Sid Smith, progressive rock fans (who buy detailed boxed sets like this in large quantities), will delight in this comprehensive examination of one the great names in the genre. One of the most influential progressive rock bands of the late '60s / early '70s, Soft Machine's initial line-up was Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals), Daevid Allen (guitar) and Mike Ratledge (organ). They emerged from the UK underground in 1967, featuring prominently at epoch-making London venues such as the UFO Club and Middle Earth to establish a powerful reputation over the next decade with a series of accomplished albums and some innovative concert performances (notably in the UK and France) and with a support slot on the Jimi Hendrix Experience US tours throughout 1968. After two albums for ABC/Probe - The Soft Machine and Volume Two - they signed to CBS/Columbia with a line-up consisting of Wyatt, Ratledge, saxophonist Elton Dean and bassist Hugh Hopper, releasing their most successful long player, Third, in 1970. This was followed by four more albums during a period of significant acclaim across Europe, and a frequently evolving line-up. Soft Machine disbanded in 1978, apart from the occasional reunion, before being relaunched as Soft Machine Legacy in 2004, touring extensively and making many more albums. Since 2016 they have been known simply as Soft Machine and in March this year the current line-up issued their latest album, Thirteen. They will be playing live across the UK and Europe for the rest of the year and well into 2027, including festivals and club dates in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary. This extensive boxed set presents the story of the most vital, influential period in the Soft Machine story. Centred around their five CBS albums, all remastered from the original ¼" tapes and including the discovery of an entirely different and previously unreleased set of recordings of their Fifth album, it also contains all of their extant BBC sessions (some have been released before, decades ago, these are the complete performances for the first time) and a significant amount of previously unavailable audio-visual, full concert recordings from Europe (UK/France/Belgium/Germany).

Tracks
1. CD 1:
2 Third
3 Released in June 1970
4 Facelift
5 Slightly All the Time
6 Moon in June
7 Out-Bloody-Rageous
8 CD 2:
9 London - May 1970
10 Facelift
11 Moon in June
12 Esther's Nose Job
13 CD 3:
14 BBC Radio Sessions 1970
15 Slightly All the Time
16 Out-Bloody-Rageous
17 Eamonn Andrews
18 BBC Session - 4th May 1970
19 Facelift
20 Esther's Nose Job
21 BBC Radio 1 "In Concert" - 31st May 1970
22 Virtually
23 Fletcher's Blemish
24 BBC Radio 1 Session - 15th December 1970
25 CD 4:
26 The Promenade Concert
27 Royal Albert Hall 13th August 1970
28 Recorded and Broadcast By BBC Radio Three
29 Out-Bloody-Rageous
30 Facelift
31 Esther's Nose Job
32 Pig
33 Orange Skin Food
34 a Door Opens and Closes
35 Pigling Bland
36 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom
37 CD 5:
38 Fourth
39 Released in February 1971
40 Teeth
41 Kings and Queens
42 Fletcher's Blemish
43 Virtually Part 1
44 Virtually Part 2
45 Virtually Part 3
46 Virtually Part 4
47 CD 6:
48 BBC Radio 1 in Concert
49 11th March 1971
50 Blind Badger
51 Neo Caliban Grides
52 Out-Bloody-Rageous
53 Eamonn Andrews
54 All White
55 Kings and Queens
56 Teeth
57 Pigling Bland
58 Returns to the Bedroom
59 Slightly All the Time
60 Noisette
61 CD 7:
62 Gondel Filmkunsttheater, Bremen, Germany
63 23rd March 1971
64 Radio Bremen Concert
65 License from Radio Bremen / Studio Hamburg - Onegate Media
66 Facelift
67 Virtually
68 Slightly All the Time
69 Fletcher's Blemish
70 Neo-Caliban Grides
71 Out-Bloody-Rageous
72 Eamonn Andrews
73 All White
74 Kings and Queens
75 Teeth
76 Pigling Bland
77 CD 8:
78 BBC Radio Sessions 1971
79 BBC Radio 1 Session - 1st June 1971
80 Neo-Caliban Grides
81 Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening
82 Eamonn Andrews / All White
83 BBC Radio 1 Session - 15th November 1971
84 As If
85 Drop
86 Welcome to Frillsville
87 BBC Radio 1 Session - 11th July 1972
88 Fanfare
89 All White
90 M C
91 Drop
92 CD 9:
93 Fifth
94 Released in July 1972
95 All White
96 Drop
97 M C
98 As If
99 L B O
100 Pigling Bland
101 Bone
102 Bonus Tracks
103 The Alternative Fifth Sessions
104 As If
105 Untitled Blow
106 Pigling Bland
107 (Coda) Esther's Nose Job
108 All White (Take Two)
109 As If
110 Drum Solo
111 Pigling Bland
112 CD 10
113 BBC Radio 1 in Concert
114 20 July 1972
115 Fanfare
116 All White
117 Slightly All the Time
118 M C
119 Drop
120 Stumble
121 L.B.O
122 As If
123 Riff
124 Gesolreut
125 CD 11:
126 Six
127 Released in February 1973
128 The Live Record:
129 Fanfare
130 All White
131 Between
132 Riff I
133 37 ½
134 Gesolreut
135 E.P.V
136 Lefty
137 Stumble
138 5 from 13 (For Phil Seamen with Love & Thanks)
139 Riff II
140 The Studio Record:
141 the Soft Weed Factor
142 Stanley Stamp's Gibbon Album (For B.O.)
143 Chloe and the Pirates
144 1983
145 5
146 CD 12:
147 Seven
148 Released in October 1973
149 Nettle Bed
150 Carol Ann
151 Day's Eye
152 Bone Fire
153 Tarabos
154 D.I.S
155 Snodland
156 Penny Hitch
157 Block
158 Down the Road
159 the German Lesson
160 the French Lesson
161 CD 13:
162 BBC Sessions 1973 - 1974
163 BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session - 20th November 1973
164 Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album
165 Hazard Profile (Part 1)
166 Sinepost
167 Down the Road
168 BBC Radio 3 Jazz in Britain Session - 26th August 1974
169 North Point
170 the Man Who Waved at Trains
171 Hazard Profile (Parts 1 - 4)
172 CD 14:
173 Montreux Festival
174 4th July 1974
175 Hazard Profile
176 the Floating World
177 Ealing Comedy
178 Bundles
179 Land of the Bag Snake
180 Joint
181 the Man Who Waved at Trains
182 Peff
183 the Man Who Waved at Trains (Reprise)
184 Lbo
185 Riff II
186 Lefty
187 Penny Hitch (Coda)
188 Disc 15 - Blu-ray Video
189 The Video Vaults 1970 - 1971
190 Theatre de la Musique, Paris
191 2nd March 1970
192 Recorded for French Television - Licensed from Ina France
193 Eamonn Andrews
194 Backwards
195 Mousetrap
196 Out-Bloody-Rageous
197 Facelift
198 Vocal Improvisation
199 Esther's Nose Job / Pigling Bland
200 Pop Deux
201 12 December 1970
202 The Recording of Soft Machine Fourth - Licensed from Ina
203 BBC TV - Anatomy of Pop
204 10th January 1971
205 Neo-Caliban Grides
206 Theatre 140, Brussels
207 14th January 1971
208 Filmed for "Pop Shop" - Belgian TV - Licensed from Sonuma Belgium
209 Improvisation
210 Neo-Caliban Grides
211 Out-Bloody-Rageous
212 Kings and Queens
213 Teeth
214 Pigling Bland
215 Esther's Nose Job (Excerpt)
216 8.... It's Nothing
217 Mousetrap
218 Noisette
219 Disc 16 - Blu-ray Video
220 The Video Vaults 1971 - 1975
221 'Beat Club' Radio Bremen TV Session
222 23rd March 1971
223 Licensed from Radio Bremen / Studio Hamburg - Onegate Media
224 Neo-Caliban Grides
225 Out-Bloody-Rageous
226 Vocal Improvisation
227 Eamonn Andrews / All White
228 Berliner Jazztage Philharmonichalle, West Berlin
229 7th November 1971
230 Licensed from Ardplus GMBH
231 Neo Caliban Grides
232 Slightly All the Time
233 Drop
234 M C
235 Out-Bloody-Rageous
236 As If
237 Dark Swing
238 Pigling Bland
239 Esther's Nose Job (Outro)
240 Filmed 5th November 1972 at CBS Studios, London
241 For "Emission Rockenstock"
242 Broadcast 30th January 1973 Ortf French Television
243 Licensed from Ina
244 the Soft Weed Factor
245 Lbo
246 Gesolreut
247 BBC TV - Full House
248 17th February 1973
249 Soft Machine Interviews and the Band Perform
250 Gesolreut
251 Fanfare / All White
252 Disc 17 - Blu-ray Video
253 The Video Vaults 1973 - 1974
254 Soft Machine & Friends 'Jazz Workshop'
255 Congresszentrum, Hamburg, Germany on May 17, 1973
256 Licensed from Radio Bremen / Studio Hamburg - Onegate Media
257 Fanfare
258 All White
259 Link 1
260 the Soft Weed Factor
261 Link 2
262 37 ½
263 Link 3
264 Riff
265 Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album
266 Chloe and the Pirates
267 Gesolreut
268 E.P.V
269 Link 4
270 Stumble
271 One Across
272 Riff II
273 Bataclan, Paris
274 29th May 1973
275 Broadcast on "Pop Deux" - French TV 30th June 1973
276 Licensed from Ina
277 Riff / Down the Road
278 Gesolreut / Chloe and the Pirates
279 Montreux Jazz Festival
280 4th July 1974
281 Licensed from Universal Music Operations
282 Hazard Profile
283 the Floating World
284 Ealing Comedy
285 Bundles
286 Land of the Bag Snake
287 Joint
288 the Man Who Waved at Trains
289 Peff
290 the Man Who Waved at Trains (Reprise)
291 Lbo
292 Riff II
293 Lefty
294 Penny Hitch (Coda)

• Condition: NEW
• Format: CD
• Internal ID: 198029988123
• Genre: ROCK/CLASSIC
• Label: SONY UK
• Catalog Number: SNUK2998812.2
• Format Type: 17xCD
• Released: 11/6/2026