Rubber Riff

Artist: Soft Machine
Label: Blueprint UK
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 604388108923
EAN: 0604388108923
ASIN: B000007S0K

Release Date: 1997-09-26

Rubber Riff

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Tracks:

Crunch
Pavan
Jombles
A Little Floating Music
Hi-Power
Little Miss B
Splot
Rubber Riff
Sam's Short Shuffle
Melina
City Steps
Gentle Turn
Porky
Travelogue

Album Details

1976 Recording of 'Library Music' Themes, Composed by Karl 'Adiemus' Jenkins.

Customer Reviews:

Pure Jenkins.......2007-03-03

"They have their nerve calling this Soft Machine"? Well in point of fact it was originally released as "Library Music" under Karl Jenkins' name, never called, or intended to be called a Soft Machine album. Get your facts straight. This re-issue may be a little disingenuous but that's Voiceprint's fault, not the band's.

Actually, for those of us who think Karl's long convoluted melody lines which weave through ostinato backdrops with serpentine fluidity are the height of late Softs, this album is the bee's knees. Elton's endless wheedling solos and Ratledge's cascades of spastic notes have their place, and it's not here! If unusual chord progressions, unlikely turns of phrase and masterful composing are more to your liking, this LP showed where Jenkins would soon take the Ship of Softs. This is Bundles, Softs and Alive & Well boiled down to their essential nature, in 3-minute songs without any of the self-indulgent rockstar pretensions.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say this is one of my favourite instrumental rock albums, on par with the rehearsal-intensive music of National Health, Turning Point or Gilgamesh. The bum rap it gets from SM purists is entirely undeserved, IMO.

Not that much of a trainweck........2005-07-12

I will say that I'm a Soft Machine completist,but oddly I don't have Volume 1 and 2. And actually this album isn't that bad depending on taste of music, but tracks like Melinda and Little Miss B makes you want to say "Can it get any worse?". This album also shows Karl Jenkins stance as a flute player which is impressive on Travelogue. This album features John Etheridge as permanent replacement,but don't look for his intensifying solos here. Highlights are Jombles,A Little Foating Music and Sam's Short Shuffle. Two and a half stars really.

Not bad for what it is........2000-10-13

This is a pretty decent album if you're into short melodic instrumentals. I can easily see why the average Soft Machine fan would hate it, but I'm more of a Camel fan than a Soft Machine fan. (My first album from SM was Bundles, which I liked, then I got Third and just couldn't get into it). This album resembles Bundles alot, in fact Pavan is practically a remake of 'Song of Aeolis' (which is practically a remake of Jeff Beck's 'Til We Ended As Lovers').

BTW, I didn't catch the Mary Tyler Moore theme, but there is a tune oddly close to the Rockford Files.

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