ESOTERIC RECORDINGS are pleased to announce the long overdue release of the re-mastered edition of the classic 1976 album "SOFTS" by the celebrated Jazz and Rock group SOFT MACHINE. The album was the band's second for EMI's Harvest label and featured a line-up of MIKE RATLEDGE (keyboards), KARL JENKINS (Oboe, Piano, Soprano Sax), JOHN MARSHALL (Drums), ROY BABBINGTON (Bass) and new member JOHN ETHERIDGE (Guitar), along with Saxophonist ALAN WAKEMAN. An accessible collection that followed the band's first album for EMI HARVEST, "Bundles", "SOFTS" featured JOHN ETHERIDGE's considerable guitar playing talents and would also be the final album to feature founder member MIKE RATLEDGE. Unavailable on CD for nearly 15 years, this Esoteric Recordings reissue has been re-mastered from the original tapes and fully restores the original artwork.