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Soft Works was a spin-off of Soft Machine alumni. They released the album "Abracadabra", and later "Abracadabra In Osaka" after the band broke up. The lineup for the albums was: | Soft Works was a spin-off of Soft Machine alumni. They released the album "Abracadabra", and later "Abracadabra In Osaka" after the band broke up. The lineup for the albums was: | ||
*Allan Holdsworth: guitar | *Allan Holdsworth: guitar | ||
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==EDITED LINER NOTES FROM “FLOATING WORLD LIVE”== | ==EDITED LINER NOTES FROM “FLOATING WORLD LIVE”== | ||
''The liner notes for "Floating World Live" contain a great account of the period Allan was in the band. Here are some excerpts that focus on Allan's role.'' | |||
JOHN MARSHALL: As I said, Karl was getting less interested in playing. He wasn't interested anyway in being the big soloist. That's another reason why we needed someone who would really enjoy playing solos. That's the real thing - you have to enjoy it, you have to want to do it. And Allan certainly did! | JOHN MARSHALL: As I said, Karl was getting less interested in playing. He wasn't interested anyway in being the big soloist. That's another reason why we needed someone who would really enjoy playing solos. That's the real thing - you have to enjoy it, you have to want to do it. And Allan certainly did! | ||
