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Venue
City
State
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Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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Royal Albert Hall
London
England
Rivmic Melodies: Pataphysical Intro Pt. I >
A Concise British Alphabet Pt. I & II >
Hulloder >
Dada Was Here >
Thank You, Pierrot Lunaire >
Have You Ever Bean Green? >
Pataphysical Intro Pt. II >
Esther's Nose Job: As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still >
Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging >
Pig >
Orange Skin Food >
A Door Opens & Closes >
10:30 Returns To The Bedroom
Plumpton Racecourse, Plumpton~Aug 8,'69:
Hibou Anemone & Bear
Moon in June (Attempt I)
Moon in June (Attempt II) (both cut short due to power failure)
A very rare Soft Machine show~w/their power failure troubled Plumpton Fest (Aug 8,'69~Plumpton,England)as a bonus!
Paradiso
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Hulloder >
Dada Was Here >
Thank You Pierrot Lunaire >
Have You Ever Been Green? >
Pataphysical Intro Pt 2 >
As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still >
Fire Engines Passin w/Bells Passing >
Hibou,Anemone and Bear >
Fire Engines Passing [reprise] >
Pig >
Orange Skin Food >
A Door Opens and Closes >
10:30 Returns to the Bedroom
Official release; Soft Machine performing the bulk of Vol. 2 LIVE.
Country Club
London
England
Moon In June Pt 1 & 2 >
?Eamonn Andrews? >
Mousetrap >
Noisette >
Backwards >
Mousetrap [reprise] >
Hibou,Anemone & Bear
a short set from a unique time period of this amazing band~featuring Mike Ratledge on organ,Robert Wyatt on drums and vocals and their 'new' bassist Hugh Hopper
London Recording Studio
London
England
Clowns and Jugglers, No Good Trying, Love You
Three studio tracks that feature the Soft Machine backing Pink Floyd's erratic genius Syd Barrett!
Bataclan
Paris
France
drum intro
Moon In June (intro)
Facelift
Moon In June (proper)
Clarence In Wonderland
Mousetrap
Noisette
Backwards
Mousetrap reprise
Hibou Anemone and Bear
improv
Esther's Nosejob
Plumpton Race Track
East Sussex
UK
Hibou Anemone & Bear
Moon in June (Attempt I)
Moon in June (Attempt II) (both cut short due to power failure)
Bilzen Jazz Festival
Bilzen
Belgium
Moon In June
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Moon in June > Facelift > Eamonn Andrews > Moustrap > Noisette > Backwards > Nousetrap Reprise >Esther's Nose Job.
45mn+ continuous medley from the Wyatt~Ratledge~Hopper trio (One of their last gigs as a trio!)
Lyceum
London
UK
Moon In June
Facelift
Eamonn Andrews
Mousetrap
Noisette
Backwards
Mousetrap reprise
Esther's Nosejob
improv / Facelift middle section reprise
Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
We Did It Again
Noisette
Actuel Pop Festival
Amogies
Belgium
Moon In June
Facelift
Eamon Andrews
Mousetrap etc
Noisette
Backwards
Mousetrap Reprise
Drumlink
Esther's Nose Job/Pig (Pigling Bland)/Returns to The Bedroom
Crowd + Robert Wyatt
Hibou, Anemone And Bear
Sometimes circulated with filler from '71 Beat Club (Hamburg,Germany) show:Virtually>Eammon Andrews>Virtually Pt 2>(? in 5/4)>As If & outtake from '69 + 11mns of demos from '71
Theater De La Goutte
Paris
France
Facelift
Eamonn Andrews
Backwards
Out-Bloody-Rageous
Pig
Out-Bloody-Rageous (reprise)
Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
A Door Opens and Closes
London Rehearsal
London
England
Moon In June,Facelift,Esther's Nose Job
This is excerpts from a rehearsal for the four piece horn section joining the Soft Machine