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Third of the fifteen Soft Machine records held here. It came four years into a run that began in 1966. 1970 is two years into Canterbury scene, which this tree dates from 1968. It is one of the four records Canterbury scene is listed as starting from.

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Third is the third studio album by the English rock band Soft Machine, released in June 1970 by CBS Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. The album was recorded from January to May 1970, partially at IBC Studios, based in London, and was produced by the band themselves. It is a double album with a single composition on each of the four sides, and was the first of two albums recorded with a four-piece line-up of keyboardist Mike Ratledge, drummer and vocalist Robert Wyatt, saxophonist Elton Dean, and bass guitarist Hugh Hopper.

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• Canterbury scene