Fourth

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Teeth Written-By – Mike Ratledge	9:12
A2	Kings And Queens Written-By – Hugh Hopper	5:00
A3	Fletcher's Blemish Written-By – Elton Dean	4:34
B1	Virtually Part 1 Written-By – Hugh Hopper	5:17
B2	Virtually Part 2 Written-By – Hugh Hopper	7:06
B3	Virtually Part 3 Written-By – Hugh Hopper	4:31
B4	Virtually Part 4 Written-By – Hugh Hopper	3:20

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Olympic Studios
• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse

Credits

• Art Direction – John Hays
• Bass – Hugh Hopper
• Cornet – Marc Charig
• Design – Bloomsbury Group
• Double Bass – Roy Babbington
• Drums – Robert Wyatt
• Engineer – George Chkiantz
• Executive-Producer – Sean Murphy
• Flute [Alto], Clarinet [Bass] – Jimmy Hastings
• Organ, Piano – Mike Ratledge
• Photography – Campbell MacCallum
• Producer – Soft Machine
• Saxophone [Alto, Saxello] – Elton Dean
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Alan Skidmore
• Trombone – Nick Evans

Notes

Recorded Autumn, 1970 at Olympic Studios, London.
Made in England.

Late 70's reissue with orange/yellow CBS labels with the label code.
There is also an earlier version with orange/yellow etiquettes, but without the label code on labels (Fourth).
Plain matt sleeve, not textured and embossed like the first release (Fourth), which also has solid orange CBD labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side runout, stamped): S-64280-A1
• Matrix / Runout (B side runout, stamped): S-64280-B3
• Label Code: LC 0149
• Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S 64280	Soft Machine	Fourth ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	S 64280	UK	1971
MHCP 424	Soft Machine	Fourth ‎(CD, Album, RE, Pap)	Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.	MHCP 424	Japan	2004
S 64280	Soft Machine	Fourth ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CBS	S 64280	UK	Unknown
MHCP 614	Soft Machine	Fourth ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Unofficial, DSD)	Sony Records Int'l	MHCP 614	Russia	2005
MHCP 614	Soft Machine	Fourth ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, DSD)	Sony Records Int'l	MHCP 614	Japan	2005