Vinyl records

Soft Machine vinyl records

13 albums with 335 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

English rock & jazz band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966, named after the novel The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. Years active: 1966–1968 1969–1978 1978–1983 (offshot band Soft Head), followed by Soft Heap 1980–1984 1999–2002 (pre-reformation band Soft Ware) 2002–2004 (pre-reformation band Soft Works) 2004–2015 (as Soft Machine Legacy) 2015–present Other offshot bands featuring core members Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean were briefly created during the 2000s: Soft Bounds & Soft Mountain. Current members: ● John Etheridge – guitar (1975–1978, 2015–present) ● Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, piano (2015–present) ● Fred T.