Third is the third studio album by the English rock band Soft Machine, released on 6th June 1970 by CBS Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. The album was recorded
The tape loops on "Out-Bloody-Rageous" were inspired by Terry Riley
Michael Ronald Ratledge was a British musician. A part of the Canterbury scene, he was a founding member of Soft Machine. He was the last founding member to leave the group, doing so in 1976.