Land of Cockayne (album)
Land of Cockayne is the tenth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1981. By this point, the band had lost all of its original members. The title refers to the medieval land of plenty. It would be the last album released under the Soft Machine name until "Hidden Details" in 2018. Overview. The album came about as the result of a project in which Karl Jenkins and John Marshall had been involved featuring top session musicians. The ad hoc band, Rollercoaster, had recently recorded the Stevie Wonder tribute album "Wonderin'" (1980 ) and decided to record another album together. Many of the musicians included on the "Cockayne" album would make up Soft Machine's final live line-up which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984. This is the only Soft Machine album to feature a string section. Track listing. All compositions by Karl Jenkins.