SOFT MACHINE w/JIMI HENDRIX TRIPLE ECHO RARE SEALED ORIG'77 UK PROMO 3LP BOX SET

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·       SOFT MACHINE featuring JIMI HENDRIX* ON TWO TRACKS - TRIPLE ECHO– ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL BRITISH-ONLY PRESSING  - ORIGINAL 1977 HARVEST RECORDS (UK) STEREO 3-LP BOX SET SHTW-800 (ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TRACKS ARE IN MONO).

·       * Jimi Hendrix is believed to play rhythm guitar on both sides of the Soft Machine's first single  (Love Makes Sweet Music c/w Feelin', Reelin', Squeelin')  which open this box set. His presence on these two tracks has not been documented beyond reasonable doubt.

·       ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSING

*** INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSING (NOTE: THE ALBUM WAS APPARENTLY SEALED BY THE AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR AS AN IMPORT FROM GREAT BRITAIN***

·       *** PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORDS (PROBABLY) HAVE STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE BOX  CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL YELLOW HARVEST LABEL WITH GREEN ROGER DEAN-DESIGNED “AMOEBA” LOGO

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       GUARANTEED TO INCLUDE ORIGINAL 8-PAGE ILLUSTRATED BOOK/PHOTO ALBUM

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.K.PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER/SLIPCASE (EUROPEAN STYLE)

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·       COVER HAS A NIFTY US DISTRIBUTOR  STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP.

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Though it is scarcely discernible from the CD box sets that listeners now take for granted, Triple Echo was all but unique when it first appeared in 1977, a three-LP boxed anthology that trawled across an entire career, unearthing outtakes, rarities, radio sessions, and more, to paint a career-spanning portrait of one of Britain's best-loved, if least-appreciated, bands. The Soft Machine, after all, had never scored a hit single, never had a number one album -- had never, to be truthful, disturbed the U.K. pop mainstream in the slightest. But their tale was one of the most extraordinary of the age, from their humble beginnings as the launching pad for Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Robert Wyatt, on through the ceaseless convolutions of nine regular albums and -- according to the accompanying Pete Frame family tree -- no less than 15 different lineups. Lovingly compiled by the band's latest label, Triple Echo opens with both sides of the Softs' first single, the almost whimsical "Love Makes Sweet Music," before plowing into a sweet version of Hugh Hopper's "Memories," cut during early sessions with producer Giorgio Gomelsky -- material, of course, that has since become ubiquitous in Softs collecting circles, but had hitherto appeared only on a badly packaged French import compilation. Spellbinding, too, is the band's unreleased second single, Joe Boyd's production of Ayers' "She's Gone."

The remainder of disc one is devoted to generally unimpeachable highlights from the band's first two albums; disc two, however, opens with a genuine treat, a John Peel Session version of "The Moon in June," radically different from the version subsequently recorded for the group's third album, and frequently regarded as superior, too. Further Peel material follows, as Triple Echo delves into the sole studio legacy of the group's short-lived seven piece lineup. Again, the Softs' BBC output is now readily available in a variety of forms, but this not only marked its debut release, it also stands alone among the very first Peel Session-style releases ever. After so much excitement, the third disc returns to the band's regular output, with two (again well-chosen) tracks apiece from Fourth and Fifth, and one each from the four albums thereafter -- it closes with "The Tale of Taliesen" from the recently released Softs album. A very well-designed eight-page booklet completes the package with the aforementioned family tree, some great rare photos, and reasonable track annotation -- everything, in fact, that you could possibly hope to find in a modern box set. Now, if you could just figure out how to get those big black round things into the CD player....

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY DAVE THOMPSON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORDS:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID). 

(b)          [PLEASE NOTE: THREE SMALL PIECES OF TAPE ON THE SPINES (TWO ON THE LEFT SPINE, ONE ON THE RIGHT) OF THE BOX SET ARE NOT, REPEAT: NOT SIGNS OF TAMPERING OR RESEALING; THIS WAS A DISTRIBUTOR'S INTERVENTION IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE DELICATE SPINES OF THE BOX SET FROM GETTING SQUOOSHED; FROM WHAT WE CAN RECALL, ALL U.S.-DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF THIS SET HAD SMALL PIECES OF TAPE ON THE SPINES)

(c)           The records are apparently (based on weight) pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          The records are  believed to come in their original “Made in England” stock inner sleeve.

(e)           The box set is guaranteed to come with its original 8-page booklet

(f)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER (box)

THE BOX IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams   (nothing significant)

-         The laminated cover has a few air 'bubbles' and wrinkles in lamination (this is a common problem with most laminated 50’s and 60’s covers

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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