2025 repress of the 2019 Re-mastered 3CD clamshell boxed set featuring all three Soft Machine albums released on the Harvest label between 1975 and 1978.
“Bundles” (1975), “Softs” (1976) and “Alive And Wel, Recorded In Paris (“1978) with replica album sleeves and a poster.
The hugely popular Bundles featured a line-up of Mike Ratledge (keyboards), Karl Jenkins (Oboe, Piano, Soprano Sax), John Marshall (Drums), Roy Babbington (Bass) and guitar great Allan Holdsworth. By the time “Softs“was recorded, the lineup included Karl Jenkins John Marshall, Roy Babbington and new members John Etheridge Guitar) and saxophonist Alan Wakeman. The album contained the final appearance on a Soft Machine album by Mike Ratledge (who contributed to Ban-Ban Caliban and Song of Aeolus).
Soft Machine’s final album for Harvest was “Alive And Well, Recorded In Paris.” The band’s lineup had changed once more and comprised Karl Jenkins (Piano, Electric Keyboards, Synthesiser), John Marshall (Drums), John Etheridge (Acoustic and Electric Guitars) and new members Steve Cook (Bass Guitar) and RIic Sanders (Violin). The album was the result of several nights of excellent concerts staged at Le Palace Theatre in Monmartre, Paris in July 1977.
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Tracklist:
CD 1 – BUNDLES – ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS HARVEST SHSP 4044 IN APRIL 1975
- HAZARD PROFILE PART ONE
- HAZARD PROFILE PART TWO
- HAZARD PROFILE PART THREE
- HAZARD PROFILE PART FOUR
- HAZARD PROFILE PART FIVE
- GONE SAILING
- BUNDLES
- LAND OF THE BAG SNAKE
- THE MAN WHO WAVED AT TRAINS
- PEFF
- FOUR GONGS TWO DRUMS
- THE FLOATING WORLD
CD 2 – SOFTS – ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS HARVEST SHSP 4056 IN JULY 1976
- AUBADE
- THE TALE OF TALIESIN
- BAN-BAN CALIBAN
- SONG OF AEOLUS
- OUT OF SEASON
- SECOND BUNDLE
- KAYOO
- THE CAMDEN TANDEM
- NEXUS
- ONE OVER THE EIGHT
- ETIKA
CD 3 – ALIVE AND WELL – RECORDED IN PARIS – ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS HARVEST SHSP 4083 IN APRIL 1978
- WHITE KITE
- EOS
- ODDS BULLETS AND BLADES PART ONE
- ODDS BULLETS AND BLADES PART TWO
- SONG OF THE SUNBIRD
- PUFFIN’
- HUFFIN’
- NUMBER THREE
- THE NODDER
- SURROUNDING SILENCE
- SOFT SPACE