Soft Machine - Seven (1974) {2013, Blu-Spec CD2, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 280 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 104 Mb
Full Scans ~ 49 Mb | 00:43:13 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock, Fusion, Experimental, Canterbury Scene | Sony Records Int'l #SICP 30167
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 280 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 104 Mb
Full Scans ~ 49 Mb | 00:43:13 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock, Fusion, Experimental, Canterbury Scene | Sony Records Int'l #SICP 30167
Soft Machine's revolving door of personnel changes continued with 1973's Seven, the last Softs album with a numbered title and also the last released by Columbia. Bassist Hugh Hopper was gone, replaced by Roy Babbington, a guest musician on 1971's Fourth who had played bass with Nucleus. Two other Nucleus alumni, keyboardist/reedman Karl Jenkins and drummer John Marshall, were on board as well, and since keyboardist/composer Mike Ratledge was now the band's only founding member (actually, Hopper wasn't an original member either, having replaced Kevin Ayers for Volume Two), the group's links to their early years seemed increasingly tenuous – and would become more so.