--- product_id: 41566924 title: "Volumes One & Two" price: "SAR 127" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/41566924-volumes-one-and-two store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Volumes One & Two **Price:** SAR 127 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Volumes One & Two - **How much does it cost?** SAR 127 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/41566924-volumes-one-and-two) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Ace. Review: My most amazing concert! - I had third-row tickets to see Jimi Hendrix at the Virginia Beach Dome. But of course we had to suffer through some unknown opening act first, a trio called "The Soft Machine". After the Soft Machine got through with us, Hendrix was an anti-climax! There was Kevin Ayers on bass guitar and vocals, Mike Ratledge on organ (with some extra sounds built in-first time I'd ever heard fuzz organ before), and up front was drummer and lead singer Robert Wyatt. The organ and bass were on a higher level behind Robert, who actually led the band. They began their set, and played without a break for something like an hour and fifteen minutes, doing smooth transitions from one song to the other so that it came off like a suite of songs. Their musicianship was astonishing! And their music was so unlike anything I'd heard before (or since), that I was absolutely blown away! They quit, and the lights came back up, and as I looked around, I saw others with their mouths hanging open and their eyes wide, just as mine were. There was a moment or two of complete silence as people gathered their wits and came back down to earth. Then a standing ovation! We were completely wrung out. I didn't know how much of what they did was planned and how much was improvised, but when I bought their first album, I was amazed to hear that the record was a short version of the concert that I had been lucky enough to see. A true psychadelic journey! Hendrix did the smart thing when he came on. He left the lights on, and started slow, doing an intimate version of "Red House Blues" while smoking a cigarette, giving us time to recover, and slide into his vision of reality bit by bit. Volume two is a logical extension of volume one. A bit jazzier, a bit more refined sound-wise than volume one, which was a bit on the raw side from time to time. But it's a further look at the same musical vision, and a unique one at that. The two albums work together well as a musical unit. This is not background music, it is not dance music. It is not music that you listen to casually. It's music that will take you on an emotional journey if you give it a chance. It's somewhat free-form, not adhering to conventional song structures or chord progressions, but they used a lot of jazz and rock elements to make a music vision that was theirs and theirs alone. If you have time and a reasonable attention span, give the Soft Machine a chance to show it to you. But please don't do as one clueless reviewer did, and judge a body of music from just listening to a few brief clips. That's ridiculous! After their third album this group lost me. As much as I loved their music, they moved into personal avenues of expression that I was no longer able to share. Some songs sounded to me as if they inadvertantly recorded the time they spent tuning and doing sound checks and put that on the record instead of the songs. But the first two Soft Machine albums, and much of the Third, still shine as gems, as unique today as they were in the late sixties. Nothing like it before or since. Review: Every Time is the First Time - These two recordings are absolutely jaw dropping in terms of originality, youthful joy and musicianship. This is psychedelic rock, leavened with jazz, but infused with an exhuberant love of the pop idom. This may sound an impossible combination, but the Soft Machine manages to pull it off, song after song. Indeed, these songs fly into one another with a daffy coherence; and like Zappa, whole albums have been created by other [lesser!]groups based upon a single musical idea thrown off herein. Buy this album, and let it take over your ears, and excite your mind. It is that good. I listen to these two recordings over and over again, and each and every time, it seems like the very first time. Mind blowing music. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0000004F9 | | Best Sellers Rank | #53,415 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #654 in Special Interest #734 in Classic Psychedelic Rock #957 in Progressive Rock | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (178) | | Date First Available | February 19, 2007 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Label | Big Beat Uk | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Big Beat Uk | | Number of discs | 1 | | Original Release Date | 1995 | | Product Dimensions | 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches; 3.52 ounces | ## Images ![Volumes One & Two - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71VPLfF-JYL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My most amazing concert! *by J***S on November 13, 2002* I had third-row tickets to see Jimi Hendrix at the Virginia Beach Dome. But of course we had to suffer through some unknown opening act first, a trio called "The Soft Machine". After the Soft Machine got through with us, Hendrix was an anti-climax! There was Kevin Ayers on bass guitar and vocals, Mike Ratledge on organ (with some extra sounds built in-first time I'd ever heard fuzz organ before), and up front was drummer and lead singer Robert Wyatt. The organ and bass were on a higher level behind Robert, who actually led the band. They began their set, and played without a break for something like an hour and fifteen minutes, doing smooth transitions from one song to the other so that it came off like a suite of songs. Their musicianship was astonishing! And their music was so unlike anything I'd heard before (or since), that I was absolutely blown away! They quit, and the lights came back up, and as I looked around, I saw others with their mouths hanging open and their eyes wide, just as mine were. There was a moment or two of complete silence as people gathered their wits and came back down to earth. Then a standing ovation! We were completely wrung out. I didn't know how much of what they did was planned and how much was improvised, but when I bought their first album, I was amazed to hear that the record was a short version of the concert that I had been lucky enough to see. A true psychadelic journey! Hendrix did the smart thing when he came on. He left the lights on, and started slow, doing an intimate version of "Red House Blues" while smoking a cigarette, giving us time to recover, and slide into his vision of reality bit by bit. Volume two is a logical extension of volume one. A bit jazzier, a bit more refined sound-wise than volume one, which was a bit on the raw side from time to time. But it's a further look at the same musical vision, and a unique one at that. The two albums work together well as a musical unit. This is not background music, it is not dance music. It is not music that you listen to casually. It's music that will take you on an emotional journey if you give it a chance. It's somewhat free-form, not adhering to conventional song structures or chord progressions, but they used a lot of jazz and rock elements to make a music vision that was theirs and theirs alone. If you have time and a reasonable attention span, give the Soft Machine a chance to show it to you. But please don't do as one clueless reviewer did, and judge a body of music from just listening to a few brief clips. That's ridiculous! After their third album this group lost me. As much as I loved their music, they moved into personal avenues of expression that I was no longer able to share. Some songs sounded to me as if they inadvertantly recorded the time they spent tuning and doing sound checks and put that on the record instead of the songs. But the first two Soft Machine albums, and much of the Third, still shine as gems, as unique today as they were in the late sixties. Nothing like it before or since. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Every Time is the First Time *by D***N on February 10, 2010* These two recordings are absolutely jaw dropping in terms of originality, youthful joy and musicianship. This is psychedelic rock, leavened with jazz, but infused with an exhuberant love of the pop idom. This may sound an impossible combination, but the Soft Machine manages to pull it off, song after song. Indeed, these songs fly into one another with a daffy coherence; and like Zappa, whole albums have been created by other [lesser!]groups based upon a single musical idea thrown off herein. Buy this album, and let it take over your ears, and excite your mind. It is that good. I listen to these two recordings over and over again, and each and every time, it seems like the very first time. Mind blowing music. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Soft Machine or Hard Jazz-Rock? *by C***G on March 16, 2019* This hit me as it did when it first was released in the late '60s. But now I don't do hard drugs! Really....anyway, the fusion is so "FAR OUT" man, it almost comes with dayglo trippy lava lamp vibes. The music is sometimes jangling and discorded but knowing about the times and this groups leadership in that direction should explain why it is a "timepiece" and important to the collector. To have both the first (1st) & second (2nd) L.P.s on one CD is a real treat. I await "Soft Machine- Third (3rd)" which is on order. These three musicians are tough to pin down except to ay they were pioneers and accomplished writers/ players. A treat! 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