plastic cover is a bit damaged, +insert

Released in a laminated card box with closing flaps on two sides.
Each disc is housed in an individually printed card inner sleeve.
Comes with a 12x12" 8-page booklet of credits, Pete Frame's family tree and photos.

Compilation of the first 10 years of the group.

Track A1 recorded January 1967 at Advision; released as a [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/445900]single[/url] 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd.
Track A2 recorded January 1967 at CBS; released as 'B' side of [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/445900]'Love Makes Sweet Music'[/url] 17/2/67. ℗ 1967 Polydor Records Ltd.

Track A3 recorded April 1967 at De Lane Lea; one of numerous demos recorded at this time. Subsequently turned up five years later on [url=https://www.discogs.com/master/731857]'Rock Generation Vol.8'[/url] (French LP). ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track A4 recorded June 1967 at Sound Techniques. Intended as a single but never released. Demo version, produced by Gomelsky, appears on same LP as 'Memories'. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.
[Note : this version, produced by Joe Boyd, remained exclusive to this release for years. It was re-released only in 2006 on the Joe Boyd tribute compilation [r=833531]]

Tracks A5 & B1 recorded April 1968 at The Record Plant, New York; released December 1968 on LP [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/424310]'The Soft Machine'[/url] (Probe CPLP 4500). ℗ 1968 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Tracks B2, B3 & B4 recorded February 1969 at Olympic; released April 1969 on LP '[r=1576780]' (Probe SPB 1002). ℗ 1969 ABC Records Ltd./Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track C1 recorded June 10th 1969 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 21/6/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. An entirely different version to the one which appeared a year later on the LP '[m=16783]'. Much of the lyric was written especially for this recording. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track C2 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. This and the four tracks in D1 are the only recordings made by the ambitious but short-lived seven-piece line-up. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track D1 recorded November 10th 1969 at BBC Playhouse Theatre; transmitted 29/11/69 on programme 'Top Gear'. Different versions of 'Noisette' and 'Backwards' - which concludes 'Slightly All The Time' - can be found on the LP '[m=16783]', 'Mousetrap' has never appeared before on record. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track D2 recorded May 4th 1970 at BBC Maida Vale Studio 4; transmitted 16/5/70 on programme 'Top Gear'. Highly extended versions of 'Slightly All The Time' and 'Out Bloody Rageous' can be found on the LP '[m=16783]'. 'Eamonn Andrews' can't be found anywhere else. Release date of 'Third' (CBS 66246): 6/6/70. ℗ 1977 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

[Note : previously unreleased at the time of this release, these BBC recordings C1, C2, D1 & D2, would be re-issued later on dedicated BBC sessions' albums like [m=16774] (1990) or [r=547121] (2003)]

Tracks E1 & E2 recorded November 1970 at Olympic; released 28/2/71 on LP '[r=467704]' (CBS 64280). ℗ 1971 CBS Records Ltd.

Track E3 recorded November 1971 & track E4 recorded February 1972 at Advision; released 23/6/72 on LP '[r=467779]' (CBS 64806). ℗ 1972 CBS Records Ltd.

Track F1 recorded November 1972 at CBS; released 2/2/73 on LP '[r=467785]' (CBS 68214). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd.

Track F2 recorded July 1973 at CBS; released 5/10/73 on LP '[r=445694]' (CBS 65799). ℗ 1973 CBS Records Ltd.

Track F3 recorded July 1974 at CBS; released 4/4/75 on LP '[r=990344]' (Harvest SHSP 4044). ℗ 1975 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Track F4 recorded March 1976 at Abbey Road; released 25/6/76 on LP '[r=780170]' (Harvest SHSP 4056). ℗ 1976 Soft Machine Music Ltd.

Tracks A1 to A4, C1 to D2 are recorded mono only.

Made and printed in Great Britain.

Mastering credit derived from matrix etching.

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