Noisette (2000)

About this title: In more than an hour of music from a January 4, 1970 concert, this represents the group just after they shrank from a septet to a quintet due to the departure of Nick Evans and Marc Charig. Only one other track by these five, "Facelift" (on Third), has previously been released; the five-man lineup would be short-lived, as soprano saxophonist/flautist Lyn Dobson would leave in early 1970. This is at least the sixth release of archival, non-album Soft Machine material from the late 1960s and early 1970s, counting their BBC Peel Sessions compilation, Live at the Proms 1970, Live at the Paradiso ... read more

Tracks:

1. Eamonn Andrews [Ratledge]
2. Mousetrap [Hopper]
3. Noisette [Hopper]
4. Backwards [Ratledge]
5. Mousetrap (Reprise) [Hopper]
6. Hibou, Anemone and Bear [Ratledge/Wyatt]
7. Moon in June [Wyatt]
8. 12/8 Theme [Hopper]
9. Esther's Nose Job [Ratledge]
10. We Did It Again [Ayers]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.