Land of Cockayne (album)
Land of Cockayne is the tenth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1981. By this point, the band had lost all of its original members. The title refers to the medieval land of plenty. It would be the last album released under the Soft Machine name until Hidden Details in 2018.
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | June & July 1980 | |||
| Studio | Pye Studios & Riverside Studios in London | |||
| Genre | Jazz rock | |||
| Length | 43:51 | |||
| Label | EMI EMC 3348 | |||
| Producer | Mike Thorne | |||
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Overview
The album came about as the result of a project in which Karl Jenkins and John Marshall had been involved featuring top session musicians. The ad hoc band, Rollercoaster, had recently recorded the Stevie Wonder tribute album Wonderin' (1980) and decided to record another album together.[2] Many of the musicians included on the Cockayne album would make up Soft Machine's final live line-up which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984. This is the only Soft Machine album to feature a string section.[citation needed]
Track listing
All compositions by Karl Jenkins.
Side one
- "Over 'n' Above" – 7:24
- "Lotus Groves" – 4:57
- "Isle of the Blessed" – 1:56
- "Panoramania" – 7:07
- "Behind the Crystal Curtain" – 0:53
Side two
- "Palace of Glass" – 3:22
- "Hot-Biscuit Slim" – 7:27
- "(Black) Velvet Mountain" – 5:10
- "Sly Monkey" – 5:00
- "A Lot of What You Fancy..." – 0:35
Personnel
Soft Machine[3]
- Karl Jenkins – piano, Minimoog, Yamaha CS-80, Synclavier, arranger, conductor
- John Marshall – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar
- Ray Warleigh – alto saxophone, bass flute
- Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
- Alan Parker – rhythm guitar
- John Taylor – electric piano
- Jack Bruce – bass
- Stu Calver – vocals, backing vocals
- John Perry – vocals, backing vocals
- Tony Rivers – vocals, backing vocals
Production
- Mike Thorne – production
- Roy Ellsworth – artwork
- Bill Harman – orchestra leader
References
- ^ "Soft Machine - Land of Cockayne (1981) album rating, user reviews, credits & releases | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Bennett, Graham Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous SAF Publishing Ltd, 2005 ISBN 0-946719-84-5 ISBN 978-0-946719-84-6 at Google Books
- ^ Land of Cockayne (liner notes). Soft Machine. EMI Records. 1981. 1A 062-07439.
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