Soft MacHine - British Tour '75

"I remember around this time, there were mutterings in the press about this line-up not being genuine 'Soft Machine,'" guitarist John Etheridge writes in the liners to British Tour '75, adding, "I personally had no problems with this as I was committed to these four musicians and the great sound of the band." If this accurately summarizes Etheridge's feelings he must have had a positive disposition indeed, because to play with such inspiration -- stepping into the shoes of the heralded Allan Holdsworth after that fleet-fingered axeman had departed The Softs in search of a pair of Million Dollar Legs -- while confronting hoots of inauthenticity from the peanut gallery could have tried the patience of a more self-important sort. Read More