| "Love Makes Sweet Music" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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) | |||
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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
- ^ The Sunday Times, Sept 2, 2007
- ^ Stump, Paul (1997). The Music's All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock. Quartet Books Limited. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-7043-8036-6.
