Beautiful 1968 Stereo Original Housed In A Heavy-Duty, Die-Cut Gatefold With Working Pinwheel Cover. Shrink Wrap Intact. LP Appears Unplayed. “A Wild, Freewheeling, And Ultimately Successful Attempt To Merge Psychedelia With Jazz-Rock, Soft Machine's Debut Ranges Between Lovingly Performed Oblique Pop Songs And Deranged Ensemble Playing From Drummer/Vocalist Robert Wyatt And Organist Mike Ratledge. With Only One Real Break (At The End Of Side One), The Songs Merge Into Each Other -- Not Always Smoothly, But Always With A Sense Of Flair That Rescues Any Potential Miscues. Wyatt Takes Most Of The Vocals, And Proves Himself A Surprisingly Evocative Singer Despite His Lack Of Range. Like Pink Floyd's The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Volume One Was One Of The Few Over-Ambitious Records Of The Psychedelic Era That Actually Delivered On All Its Incredible Promise.” John Bush, All Music Guide.