Soft Heap Soft Heap (1979)

A1 Circle Line 0:00 A2 . 6:54 A3 Petit 3'S 16:28 B1 Terra Nova 22:48 B2 Fara 32:51 B3 Short Hand 39:33 Bass – Hugh Hopper Design [Sleeve] – Starshine Graphics Drums – Pip Pyle Engineer – Wally Brill Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Anthony David (2) Piano, Synthesizer – Alan Gowen Saxophone – Elton Dean Jazz-rock band formed in January 1978 by ex members of Soft Machine. “Soft“ being an obvious reference to their past band, and “Heap“ being the 4 initial letters of the musicians' first name : Hugh, Elton, Alan, and Pip. The band's direction was very jazzy and improvisational.