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Sunday, February 09, 2025

Nice tribute to Soft Machine’s Mike Ratledge 1943 -2025 | URBANASPIRINES

Mike Ratledge (6 May 1943 – 5 February 2025) - 

The Soft Machine: Volume Two 1969 + Fourth 1971


This from Kostas is worth a check out and download . . . . . . as per

Michael Roland Ratledge (6 May 1943 – 5 February 2025) was a British musician. A part of the Canterbury scene, he was a founding member of Soft Machine. He was the last founding member to leave the group, doing so in 1976. Ratledge was born in Maidstone, Kent, the son of a Canterbury secondary modern school headmaster. As a child, he was educated in classical music, the only kind of music played in his parents' home. He learned to play the piano, and with his friend Brian Hopper, whom he had met at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury, played classical piano and clarinet pieces.


The Soft Machine: The Soft Machine 1968 on Urban Aspirines HERE
The Soft Machine: Third 1970 on Urban Aspirines HERE 

1 comment:

Kostas said...

Many thanks as always Andy 😊.