Third [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Soft Machine & Heavy Frinds, Soft Machine

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 1970
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony Bmg Europe
• ASIN: B000H8RWCE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,738 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Facelift [Live]

2. Slightly All the Time

3. Moon in June

4. Out-Bloody-Rageous

Disc: 2

1. Out-Bloody-Rageous [Live][*]

2. Facelift [Live][*]

3. Esther's Nose Job: Pig/Orange Skin Food/A Door Opens and Closes/Pigling

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Includes the Remastered Four Track Original Album plus a Bonus Disc of a a BBC Live Session from the Royal Albert Hall.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hallelujah! finally, this masterpiece gets the remastering it deserved., March 18, 2007

By	fluffy, the human being. (forest lake, mn) - See all my reviews

one of the first scribblings i ever put out on amazon was a cry for somebody to remaster this great album. the original cd version had about as bad a sound quality to it that you can get. now that egregious error has been corrected. this masterpiece is finally available in a rich wonderful sound. and you even get liner notes and a bonus disc of a live performance done at a classic music festival broadcast on bbc 3 in 1970, the same year this album was recorded. soft machine took their name from a william burroughs novel, and nowhere else in their discography does that seem more appropriate than on this recording. the sounds here (which are an energetic fusion of avante-garde jazz and wildly creative rock) are completely iconoclastic in spirit, just as mr burroughs novels are in the world of literature. there is a pure vibrant joy of self-expression that blasts forth from this music. i can listen to it again and again and it always sounds new and fresh. soft machine made several excellent albums, but this is their best. a true masterpiece of cutting edge art.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply amazing!, April 1, 2007

By	David R. Swanson (Rocky River, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While always a big fan of the first two Soft Machine albums (as well as the early recordings issued as 'Jet Propelled Photographs'), they started to lose me as the rock became jazz. Time moves on, however, and I am now fully in love with 'Third'! It grew on me over the years, but with this amazing new remaster, it now sits alongside those first two as an equal yet very different animal. 'Moon In June' is still the tops here featuring the genius of Robert Wyatt, while 'Out Bloody Rageous' is simply breathtaking. The sound on this re-issue is just fantastic--so clear and sharp! The bonus disc of BBC recordings is a wonderful addition and a very nice booklet too. Highly recommended!!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best this landmark classic has sounded on CD!!! This great remastered Sony/BMG 2-CD Set is Out-Bloody-Rageous!!!, March 10, 2007

By	Jason Pumphrey (Falls Church, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is the best that Soft Machine's "Third" album has ever sounded on CD!!!This great import 2-CD set from Sony/BMG includes the landmark classic double album on Disc 1(all four classic side long compositions!) , And a bonus live concert Recorded At The Royal Albert Hall on Disc 2(originally released as "Live at the Proms on the Reckless label")!!! This release puts other CD editions of "Third" to shame!!! It sounds that good!!! For example,you can hear the sqeak of Robert Wyatt's bass drum petal on his composition "Moon In June" and Hugh Hopper's "Facelift" has much improved sonics,stuff like that!!! Every one of these side long classics sounds awesome!!! And the bonus live CD is the icing on the cake!!! Also includes a cool booklet full of great photos and detailed liner notes!!! The sound is much more fuller and full of detail,thanks 24-bit remastering from the original tapes!!! An awesome release!!! Two thumbs up!!! Way up!!! A+