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Seven
The German Lesson

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The German Lesson

Release date: 1st October 1973

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"The German Lesson" is a track by Soft Machine, from the album Seven, released 1st October 1973.

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From Seven

1973

Album

Release year

1973

—Down The Road
—Tarabos
—Day's Eye
—Block
—Bone Fire
—D.I.S.
—Carol Ann
—Nettle Bed
—Penny Hitch
—Snodland
—The French Lesson
—The German Lesson

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Soft Machine — Daevid's Special Cuppa (feat. Daevid Allen) (from Thirteen) [3:11]
Soft Machine — Time Station (from Thirteen) [2:49]
Soft Machine — Disappear (from Thirteen) [3:58]
Soft Machine — Green Books (from Thirteen) [5:35]
Soft Machine — The Longest Night (from Thirteen) [13:05]
Soft Machine — Lemon Poem Song (from Thirteen) [3:23]
Soft Machine — Pens to the Foal Mode (from Thirteen) [2:43]
Soft Machine — Open Road (from Thirteen) [7:29]
Soft Machine — Turmoil (from Thirteen) [5:06]
Soft Machine — Seven Hours (from Thirteen) [5:13]
Soft Machine — Which Bridge Did You Cross (from Thirteen) [2:59]
Soft Machine — Waltz for Robert (from Thirteen) [4:21]
Soft Machine — Daevid's Special Cuppa (from Thirteen)
Soft Machine — Beledo Balado (from Thirteen) [4:34]
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Soft Machine — Maybe Never
Soft Machine — Back in Season
Soft Machine — Whisper Back
Soft Machine — A Flock of Holes
Soft Machine — The Visitors at the Window
Soft Machine — The Stars Apart
Soft Machine — Penny Hitch (Re-Recorded Version)
Soft Machine — Other Doors
Soft Machine — Joy of a Toy (Re-Recorded Version)
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Soft Machine — Crooked Usage
Soft Machine — Fell to Earth
Soft Machine — Now! Is the Time
Soft Machine — The Man Who Waved at Trains (2018 Rerecording)
Soft Machine — Out Bloody Rageous, Pt. 1
Soft Machine — Out Bloody Intro
Soft Machine — Heart Off Guard
Soft Machine — Drifting White
Soft Machine — Flight of the Jett
Soft Machine — Fourteen Hour Dream
Soft Machine — Breathe
Soft Machine — Ground Lift
Soft Machine — Broken Hill
Soft Machine — One Glove
Soft Machine — Hidden Details
Soft Machine — Life on Bridges
Soft Machine — Nettle bed - remastered 2006
Soft Machine — Carol ann - remastered 2006
Soft Machine — Jet Propelled Photograph
Soft Machine — When I Don't Want You
Soft Machine — We Know What You Mean
Soft Machine — That's How Much I Need You Now
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Soft Machine — I Should've Known
Soft Machine — Clarence in Wonderland
Soft Machine — You Don't Remember
Soft Machine — I'd Rather Be With You
Soft Machine — She's Gone
Soft Machine — Instant Pussy
Soft Machine — Panoramania
Soft Machine — (Black) Velvet Mountain
Soft Machine — A Lot of What You Fancy
Soft Machine — Behind the Crystal Curtain
Soft Machine — Hot-Biscuit Slim
Soft Machine — Isle of the Blessed
Soft Machine — Palace of Glass
Soft Machine — Lotus Groves
Soft Machine — Over 'N' Above
Soft Machine — Sly Monkey
Soft Machine — Etika
Soft Machine — Nexus
Soft Machine — One Over the Eight
Soft Machine — Ban-Ban Caliban
Soft Machine — Out of Season
Soft Machine — The Tale of Taliesin
Soft Machine — Song of Aeolus
Soft Machine — The Camden Tandem
Soft Machine — Second Bundle
Soft Machine — Kayoo
Soft Machine — Aubade
Soft Machine — Peff
Soft Machine — Gone Sailing
Soft Machine — Hazard Profile Part 3
Soft Machine — Hazard Profile Part 4
Soft Machine — The Floating World
Soft Machine — Land Of The Bag Snake
Soft Machine — Hazard Profile Part 1
Soft Machine — Hazard Profile Part 5
Soft Machine — Bundles
Soft Machine — Four Gongs Two Drums
Soft Machine — The Man Who Waved At Trains
Soft Machine — Hazard Profile Part 2 (Toccatina)
Soft Machine — Snodland (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Block (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Bone Fire (from Seven)
Soft Machine — D.I.S. (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Carol Ann (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Tarabos (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Down The Road (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Penny Hitch (from Seven)
Soft Machine — The French Lesson (from Seven)
Soft Machine — Day's Eye (from Seven)
Soft Machine — All White
Soft Machine — The Soft Weed Factor
Soft Machine — Fanfare
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Soft Machine — As If
Soft Machine — L B O
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Soft Machine — Virtually Part 4
Soft Machine — Virtually Part 1
Soft Machine — Kings and Queens
Soft Machine — Virtually Part 3
Soft Machine — Teeth
Soft Machine — Moon in June
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Soft Machine — Slightly All the Time
Soft Machine — Facelift
Soft Machine — The Moon in June (BBC Version)
Soft Machine — A Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 1
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Soft Machine — A Door Opens and Closes
Soft Machine — Pataphysical Introduction (Part 1)
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A Flock of Holes
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Credits

Credited: Mike Ratledge