Newly remastered for vinyl, the band basks in Softs’ pristine sound, both comfortable and in control, with Jenkins now on keyboard duties alone, and veteran sessioneer Alan Wakeman, picking up ...

Disc One: Dreams; Forever; Merry-Go-Round. Disc Two: Chaturanga; Manhattan Variation; Vienna; Robatsch Defense; Kingside Breakthrough. Disc One: Alan Wakeman: tenor ...

Originally released in 1976, Softs was something of a make-or-break album in Soft Machine’s career. It came after the band had suffered a serious setback in the abrupt departure of guitarist Allan ...