Soft Machine - Somewhere in Soho

Primary Artist
Soft Machine
Album Title
Somewhere in Soho
Release Date
July 13, 2004 
Time
 
Review by Dave Thompson
The sheer ubiquity of Soft Machine live recordings ensures that most fans look askance at any new arrivals to the collection. Too many poorly recorded, badly annotated, and, quite honestly, just plain boring CDs have crept out over the years -- hey, is another one really necessaryNULL In this case, yes. Somewhere In Soho was recorded during the band's residency at Ronnie Scott's in London in late April 1970, with the classic Softs lineup of Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, and Robert Wyatt joined by saxophonist Elton Dean -- the sole survivor from an earlier experiment with a brass section. Read More