Turns On (An Early Collection)

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1-1	I Should've Known Written-By – Hugh Hopper
1-2	We Know What You Mean Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-3	I'm So Low Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-4	Clarence In Wonderland Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-5	Hope For Happiness Written-By – Brian Hopper
1-6	I Should've Known (Version 2) Written-By – Hugh Hopper
1-7	We Know What You Mean (Version 2) Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-8	She's Gone Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-9	Save Yourself Written-By – Robert Wyatt
1-10	Lullaby Letter Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-11	I Should've Known (Version 3) Written-By – Hugh Hopper
1-12	A Certain Kind Written-By – Hugh Hopper
1-13	Clarence In Wonderland (Version 2) Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-14	May I? (Instrumental Variant) Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-15	We Know What You Mean (Version 3) Written-By – Kevin Ayers
1-16	Hope For Happiness (Version 2) Written-By – Brian Hopper
2-1	Moon In June Written-By – Robert Wyatt
2-2	I Should've Known Written-By – Hugh Hopper
2-3	A Certain Kind Written-By – Hugh Hopper
2-4	Save Yourself Written-By – Robert Wyatt
2-5	Lullaby Letter Written-By – Kevin Ayers
2-6	Organistics Written-By – Mike Ratledge
2-7	Lullaby Letter/Priscilla/Lullaby Letter (Reprise) Written-By – Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge
2-8	We Did It Again Written-By – Kevin Ayers
2-9	Why Are We Sleeping Written-By – Kevin Ayers
2-10	Joy Of A Toy Written-By – Kevin Ayers
2-11	Hope For Happiness Written-By – Brian Hopper
2-12	Clarence In Wonderland Written-By – Kevin Ayers
2-13	Moon In June (Reprise) Written-By – Robert Wyatt
2-14	Esther's Nose Job Written-By – Mike Ratledge

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Serendipity
• Remastered At – Sound Mastering
• Recorded At – Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
• Recorded At – The Speakeasy
• Recorded At – Coliseum Ballroom
• Recorded At – Middle Earth Club

Credits

• Bass, Guitar, Vocals – Kevin Ayers
• Design – Becky Stewart
• Drums, Vocals – Robert Wyatt
• Guitar, Vocals – Daevid Allen (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8)
• Mastered By – Chris Thorpe
• Organ – Mike Ratledge
• Photography By – Mark Elidge*
• Piano – Mike Ratledge (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
• Remastered By – Nick*

Notes

Single release reissue of two separate Voiceprint releases from 2001 : Soft Machine Turns On Volume 1 and Soft Machine Turns On Volume 2

Disc 1:
Tracks 1, 3 : recorded April 1967 at DeLane Lea Studios, London UK. [only "Various UK studio" in the liner notes]
Tracks 2, 11: Recorded 22 September 1967, at Vitus Studio, Bussum (Netherlands). [only "European studio" in the liner notes]
Tracks 4, 5, 7, 12 : recorded 5 December 1967 at BBC Radio Studios, London UK. [only "Various UK studio" in the liner notes]
Track 6, 8 : recorded June 1967 at Sound Techniques, Chelsea, UK. [only "Various UK studio" in the liner notes]
Tracks 9, 10, 13 to 16: recorded 10 November 1967 at Middle Earth, London, UK. [also "Speakeasy Club" in the liner notes]
Track 14 - This is an instrumental interpretation by Mike Ratledge based on the chord sequence of the middle section of the Kevin Ayers song 'May I?'.

Disc 2:
Tracks 1 to 5 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands 10th December 1967.
Track 6 - Middle Earth, London, UK, 10th December 1967
Tracks 7 to 14 - Col Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa, USA - 22th August, 1968.

Track 2-1 and 2-13 wrongly titled "Moon in June" are in fact respectively "That's How Much I Need You Now" and "You Don't Remember"
Track 2-14 wrongly titled "Esther's Nose Job" is in fact an Improvisation followed by "10:30 Return To The Bedroom"

Special thanks to Christine Hopper.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0805772621725