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Title: Even Elevators Might Avoid This
Review: I am second to none in my admiration for the Soft Machine, but THIS CD is not the Soft Machine. To be sure, it bears the name of that group, but absolutely none of the original members -- and most of the secondary and tertiary members -- appear on it. Was this recording made to fulfill a contract? Or did someone think (as they often do) that the world needs more bland, mediocre music -- and market it under a respected name? Even the presence of the estimable Jack Bruce fails to save this. And (if memory serves; the CD has long since gone into the discards in the cellar) even the ever-tedious Karl Jenkins took a pass on this one.
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