Soft Machine - Carol Ann (1974)

[philipatoz]

This is such an introspective piece, so beautiful, tranquil and melancholy. It always mentally takes me back to when I first began listening to SM, back in the mid-70s, when I was just a wee hippie boy. It's absolutely stunning to me that this track is 35+ years old - that and the fact that I'm that much older since first hearing it. Precious memories of a different time and simple entertainment, just sitting around listening to great music on vinyl.

[TheColkevin]

Stating the obvious..They don't make music like this anymore

[Romencer17]

sooo dreamy

[ThatKidMalcolm]

this song is what my mind sounds like

[rjlnell88]

THANKS.....

[TheJesterday70s]

A song so mournful it can bring you to tears...

[Ducksayquack8]

clear the mind music

[MrsMusber]

Thom Yorke sent me here too :)

[604kushfields]

"LAST ROLL" BY DOMO GENESIS

[gangstapanda102]

Domo Genisis brought me here. 

[lilbobmarly]

Aaflgnow

[sjdbBEATZ]

OFWGKTA!!!!!!

[sturoc0]

Ohh man the scratch at 2:55 kills the whole thing , Fix it please.

[nubient]

been playing this one in ambient sets for 20 years

[puddypuss]

this and parts of six are a slight return to form after the heydays of 67 to 71

[TheCorholio]

eitale thom gracias.

[Noobschoolbus14]

Man thom knows alot of music

[timeboy]

Thank you Thom!

[nirbee2000]

Thom sent me here

i havent known this artist who made this song few minutes ago.i will go store to buy lp that contain this song

i like this song



[DoctaDualist]

Poltergeist sent me here.

[15Surprise]

Thom.

[MITCHsaysHI]

Thank you Based Thom!

[abudierus]

thank u thom!

[Seagerash]

i'm so chilled after listening to this 

[matikomatatitati]

トムのoffice chartから

[absoluteIyflabulous]

Cheers Thom.

[yayamax]

なるほど。トム、リフレクションエターナル？？

[Hianndryv]

really cool office chart Thom

[Camillegutman]

Office chart Nº 2, thanks Thom!!

[carouselambra7]

Thom sent me. Great taste.

[needledropdamagedone]

What a great song. I always thought that The Soft Machine weren't interesting after 4th but here we are, it's gorgeous !

They really learnt from Miles Davis' s Filles de Kilimandajaro or In A Silent Way, it's obvious here. Also, we can consider that this is what Weather Report would have sounded in 1974 if they had kept the direction of their 2 / 3 first albums and hadn't chosen to incorporate funk to their music.

[MrShuggieTodd]

@needledropdamagedone YOU GOT IT MAN !

[wnelson410]

People Under the Stairs - Roadbeaters

[InfidelTheFusionist]

Long live the fusion

[agnostick1]

Thanks so much for putting this stuff out here. Wistful is a good term used by someone here. I would run out to the record store to buy every new release by Soft Machine, and early Weather Report, back when labels like Columbia were supporting creative musicians. And now, wistful, thinking of those days, listening to this stuff with friends that have since passed.

[DollaTwo]

Lord almighty thank you for this gift you have brung upon us

[CindyVision]

Won't you all be my neighbours?

[spsnova]

P.U.T.S. - Musical Dope.

[sirrich0608]

I tried to kill myself after hearing this. Allah please kill me...

[philipatoz]

Listening to this makes me often wistful, reflective, sometimes a bit sad, sometimes tranquil. But mostly it reminds me of how much time has gone by since I was a young kid listening to the great Soft Machine on vinyl, with a turntable and huge speakers, and also of how much the world has changed and of the many things that have happened since those long gone days. I'm 52, but it seems like I was 20, just yesterday. No matter, this great music is timeless, still evokes emotion, STILL holds up!

[vivicastrogache]

@philipatoz

I know exactly how you feel, I feel the same way too, as if 30 years hadn't passed , and that's the magic of music, it's timeless like you say

[philipatoz]

@vivicastrogache, yes, it seems like it took forever to just get to 20, but somewhere SOMEONE must have hit the fast-foward button. But we were privileged to have grown up in an era with so much good music. Of course, there's a lot of good stuff around now, but it's rarer. The days of total creative freedom in the studio are about gone, except for small independent artists. Cheers!

[vivicastrogache]

@philipatoz I totally agree. Cheers to you too (from Argentina!)

[cptawesome11]

PUTS

[Leodorus]

Wonderful!!

[sturoc0]

The record skips at 2:55 UGH Don't post imperfect vinyl.

[BigWoozi]

This was sampled for Talib's "Memories Live"

[amamuffin]

wonderful

[MPOURNOUZIS]

who is the keyboard player of soft machine.man this synth sound so good...

[gianca60]

Mike Ratledge.

[ronaldmcdonald333]

@MPOURNOUZIS they've had many different ones im not sure who this is check out hugh hopper and alan gowen alan gowen is pretty sweet with the synth sounds too they have an album together just type hugh hopper alan gowen in the search bar

[MARECLOUD]

could these guy have started the nu jazz genre?

[echopractic]

Soft Machine 3 anticipates jazz-rock/fusion, and Soft Machine 6 anticipates new age. Soft Machine and Pink Floyd are usually considered the founders of psychedelic.

[MARECLOUD]

I understand your point mate, but there're musical elements within this tune and other tunes by them that makes me question, if they could have influence nu jazz/new jazz...listen to skalpel; ninja tunes records or warp records lol

[mauvezonemagick]

Winter in New York. Memories of Lee Teich, Stevie C. Silent nights under the stars. All those rooftops. Amacord my friends.. I remember..

[MPOURNOUZIS]

fender rhodes was such an amazing instrument is gives great feellings and takes you in an other land...

[ronaldmcdonald333]

@MPOURNOUZIS i agree 100% its my favorite instrument ever and the moog synthesizer and organs of the canterbury era especially dave stewart's sounds

[fatherfocus]

gran tema pero creo que la grabacion original esta cortada

[InterstellarJoe]

Thnx.