Dedicated To Rob, But He (Probably) Isn't Listening
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Chapter Seven - A Most Prolific Year (1973)
Soft Machine, 1973 After touring the first half of 1972, the band got back together in CBS Studios around the summertime to record their next album. With Robert Fripp at the production helm, the album was conceived as a “musical adaptation of The Little Red Book” . Robert Fripp, 1973 Originally the double album was set to be titled Soft Machine’s Little Red Records with an accompanying cover parodying a piece of Chinese propaganda artwork. The title and artwork, however, was turned down by Harvest, who feared the potential controversy. “I honestly don’t blame ‘em, I doubt our original cover would have done us any favours in the US, what with the Cold War and Red Terror and all that. Personally I never really cared that much for Rob’s politics either way, so I was sort of unphased by it.” Kevin Ayers, 1980 Initial cover art for Little Red Records The album was then retitled after one of Ayers’ songs, Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes. Unlike their former record, where most of the song...
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