Love Makes Sweet Music
"Love Makes Sweet Music" | ||||
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![]() Side A of the UK single | ||||
Single by Soft Machine | ||||
B-side | "Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin'" | |||
Released | February 17, 1967 | |||
Recorded | January 1967, Advision Studios | |||
Label | Polydor 56 151 (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kevin Ayers | |||
Producer(s) | Chas Chandler (A-side) Kim Fowley (B-side) | |||
Soft Machine singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Makes Sweet Music" was the first single released by the psychedelic rock group Soft Machine. It is one of the first British psychedelic releases, predating Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne" by a month.[1] The A-side is more pop-oriented, featuring Robert Wyatt on lead vocals. The other side, "Feelin’ Reelin Squeelin" is a disturbing tour de force with Kevin Ayers handling the lead vocal for the verses, while Wyatt sings the chorus; there is an elliptical series of strange noises and flute in the solo.
The single was a commercial flop.[2]
The tracks from the single have been reissued on the Soft Machine compilations Triple Echo and Out-Bloody-Rageous - An Anthology 1967 -1973 (Sony), on the 1972 Polydor compilation LP Rare Tracks, and on the 2009 CD edition of the album The Soft Machine. A cover of "Love Makes Sweet Music" was recorded by The Valentines, an early band of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, as a B-side for their cover of "Peculiar Hole in the Sky".
Track listing
- "Love Makes Sweet Music" (Kevin Ayers)
- "Feelin’ Reelin' Squeelin’" (Robert Wyatt)
Personnel
- Kevin Ayers - guitar ("Love Makes Sweet Music"), bass ("Feelin..."), vocals
- Daevid Allen - bass ("Love Makes Sweet Music"), guitar ("Feelin...")
- Robert Wyatt – drums, vocals
- Mike Ratledge - keyboards
References
External links
- http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1790 Review
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- "Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967)
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