Andi Chorley5d ago

Fourth is the fourth studio album by Soft Machine.

The numeral "4" is the title as shown on the cover in all countries, but a written-out title appears on the spine and label. This was the group's first all-instrumental album, although their previous album Third had almost completed the band's move in this direction toward instrumental jazz, and a complete abandonment of their original self-presentation as a psychedelic and progressive rock group. It was also the last of their albums to include drummer and founding member Robert Wyatt who afterwards left... - Wikipedia

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gongplanetDec 17
Soft Machine #2 : October 1967 to July 1968 - Did six month tour of U.S. with Jimi Hendrix #RobertWyatt #KevinAyers #MikeRatledge #SoftMachine https://heads.social/@bourgwick/115731400331012975
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Attached: 1 image if frame had made his soft machine family tree later in 1977, he would've had to fork off a new branch for the police.

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gongplanetNov 18
Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, & Mike Ratledge: The 4 Kings, 1968 Soft Machine - Part 2 [youtube video 46m05s] #SoftMachine #CanterburyScene #1968AndAllThat #DaevidAllen #KevinAyers #MikeRatledge #RobertWyatt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmrR5rtsfhQ
Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, & Mike Ratledge: The Four Kings,1968 Soft Machine - Part 2

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gongplanetNov 2
Soft Machine - The Original Lineup - Rock's Ultimate Super Group [youtube video 44m38s] #SoftMachine #DaevidAllen #KevinAyers #MikeRatledge #RobertWyatt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNyVUXVxpbY
Soft Machine – The Original Lineup - Rock’s Ultimate Super Group

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics Karl Jenkins, Miriam Stockley, Mary Carewe, Pamela Thorby, Mike Ratledge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Karl Jenkins: 🎵 Adiemus #BBCRadio3 #KarlJenkins #MiriamStockley #MaryCarewe #PamelaThorby #MikeRatledge #LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra
gongplanetApr 14, 2025
Richard Sinclair talks about The Wilde Flowers #TheWildeFlowers #RichardSinclair #DaevidAllen #RobertWyatt #HughHopper #MikeRatledge #KevinAyers #PyeHastings #SoftMachine https://richardsinclairsongs.bandcamp.com/album/concert-dates-6
Concert Dates, by The Wilde Flowers

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gongplanetFeb 7, 2025
Mike Ratledge tribute new on Facelift - The Canterbury scene(zine) #MikeRatledge #CanterburyScene #SoftMachine https://canterburyscene.com/2025/02/06/mike-ratledge-a-tribute/
Mike Ratledge – a tribute

Soft Machine at Amougies, photographer Guy le Querrec How do you begin to pen a tribute to someone who has been such an essential part of your musical listening for 40 years? Keyboard player Mike R…

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los-endos.comFeb 6, 2025

Soft Machine Efsanesi Mike Ratledge Hayata Veda Etti

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Soft Machine Efsanesi Mike Ratledge Hayata Veda Etti

Canterbury sahnesinin etkili progresif psikedelik rock grubu Soft Machine’in kurucu klavyecisi Mike Ratledge, 81 yaşında hayatını kaybetti. Louder’ın haberine göre, acı haberi Ratledge’in esk…

Exposé OnlineFeb 5, 2025
Wayback #review: #SoftMachine - Volume 2 "Like the second Caravan album, this album still has an almost childlike glee to it, a sense of wonder and innocence of the era, but it was also a leap forward from their first and still brilliant debut psych record and perhaps something of a transition." #MikeRatledge #JazzRock #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/the-soft-machine-volume-two-21.html
Reviews | The Soft Machine - Volume Two

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Exposé OnlineFeb 5, 2025
#MikeRatledge of #SoftMachine has died at the age of 81. https://www.loudersound.com/news/he-was-the-backbone-of-soft-machine-founding-member-and-keyboard-player-mike-ratledge-dead-at-81
"He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81

Soft Machine's longest-serving member Mike Ratledge, who also worked with Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, has died after a short illness

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