Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!mcnc!unc!wfi From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: GONG Discography Message-ID: <180@unc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-May-85 18:18:11 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.180 Posted: Wed May 8 18:18:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 11-May-85 08:45:49 EDT References: Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 30 > ... rantings of one soft and cuddly Daevid Allen. Allen was a founding > member of Soft Machine (along with Robert Wyatt) ... The name Daevid Allen didn't ring a bell, so I checked out my Soft Machine albums. The personnel on the first two albums are: Soft Machine - Kevin Ayers, guitar; Mike Ratledge, keyboards; Robert Wyatt, drums Soft Machine Volume Two - Mike Ratledge, keyboards; Robert Wyatt, drums; Hugh Hopper, bass As I recall, personnel on their third album was the same as on the second. I can't remember the personnel on the fourth album, or whether they had any albums after the fourth. I saw Soft Machine in concert twice in 1968 prior to the release of their first album; the group consisted of Ayers, Ratledge, and Wyatt. Ratledge's high-volume manic organ solos had to be heard to be believed. Was Allen associated with the group prior to their first American tour, or maybe later in their career? By the way, Kevin Ayers put out a few solo albums after leaving Soft Machine; I still have his first solo album, "Joy of A Toy," on Harvest label. Definitely an enjoyable album and un-Soft-machine-like. I think Robert Wyatt also put out a few solo albums, and also formed another group after S.M. broke up, but can't remember its name. -- Bill Ingogly