Label : ? Reel Recordings - RR014/015 Format : UK
Country : 2 × CD, Remastered Year : 1971
Remastered : 2009
Genre : Jazz, Rock Style : Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Free Improvisation
TRACKS
CD 1
1. First Continuous Set : 39:20
including
a. Facelift b. Virtually c. Slightly all the Time d. Fletcher's Blemish
CD 2
1. Second Continuous Set & Encore : 55:18
including
a. Neo-Caliban Grides b. Out Bloody Rageous c. Eamonn Andrews d. All White e. Kings and Queens f. Teeth g. Pigling Bland
CREDITS
Alto Sax, Saxello, Electric Piano : Elton Dean
Bass Guitar : Hugh Hopper
Drums , Cowbell, Voice : Robert Wyatt
Organ, Electric Piano : Michael Ratledge
INFO / BIO
«On the day Fourth was released Soft Machine performed in Høvikodden, Norway. It was a very special occasion for the Henie Onstad Art Centre. It was a place for modern arts and music and with old light-friend Mark Boyle producing his miraculous light show it seemed to be a combination of the two. All chairs were removed, so the audience could sit or lay down. The space was perfect for a good concert, with good sound as well. Soft Machine hadn’t visited Norway before and the band wasn’t well known. They played two nights, 27 and 28 February, but the found tapes are from the set on February 28th. Both concerts were sold out and the audience had some special evenings. On both evenings Soft Machine performed two continuous sets, which are released on the two discs.»
«The first set included:
Facelift, Virtually, Slightly all the Time and Fletcher's Blemish
. Set two:
Neo-Caliban Grides, Out-Bloody-Rageous, Eamonn Andrews, All White, Kings and Queens, Teeth and Pigling Bland
. All compositions had been on the playlist already; although some were performed more often. All ‘Fourth’- tracks were performed, a couple of Third and again All White and Pigling Bland, which would appear on Fifth. But it wasn’t like other concerts; there was more space, a more relaxed approach and much more freedom. Because of that the music was lifted to a higher level. As Hans Voigt writes in his liner notes: “No one leaving the Art Centre that night was disappointed”. And if that wasn’t enough an extra CD-ROM is added into the package with two long articles about recording techniques and a history of electronic music in a nutshell. There are some pictures of the band and some of the Henie Onstad Centre. But it is all about the music of course. If you like Grides, you’ll like this one for sure. They are two of the best releases of Soft Machine in this setting. But things would change in the near future.»
