Condition
Cover: VG Slight damage to front cover
Record: EX
The Soft Machine, Vol. 1 Review by John Bush
A wild, freewheeling, and ultimately successful attempt to merge psychedelia with jazz-rock, Soft Machine s debut ranges between lovingly performed oblique pop songs and deranged ensemble playing from drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt, bassist Kevin Ayers and organist Mike Ratledge. With only one real break at the end of side one , the songs merge into each other -- not always smoothly, but always with a sense of flair that rescues any potential miscues. Wyatt takes most of the vocals, and proves himself a surprisingly evocative singer despite his lack of range. Like Pink Floyd s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, it was one of the few records of the psychedelic era that actually delivered on all its incredible promise.
M-: Completely clean, no marks, plays clean. Rarely used
NM: Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, plays clean.
EX: May be faint scuff or superficial mark, Close to NM high gloss, plays clean
VG : Glossy with minimal scuffing and/or a couple of light marks. Will play very nice.
VG : A bit more scuff or marks still plays well with very minimal occasional surface sound.
VG: A few more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep. No repetitive clicks or loud pops.
VG-: Surface noise will be more prominent. Will not have skips or jumps.
G: Pervasive imperfections of varying degrees including both light scratches and scratches deep enough to be felt with a fingernail. G and G- are used to indicate stronger and weaker copies within this range.
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All records are visually grade under bright lighting and play graded on a Rega turntable with a Bronze Ortofon cartridge
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