Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris

Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris is (mostly) a live album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1978.

Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris
Live album by
Soft Machine
ReleasedMarch 1978
Recorded6–9 July 1977 at Théâtre Le Palace, Paris, France
GenreJazz rock[1]
Length39:06
LabelHarvest
ProducerSoft Machine
Soft Machine chronology
Softs
(1976)		 Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris
(1978)		 Land of Cockayne
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Overview

As reported on the booklet of the 2010 edition, it was recorded almost entirely live, by The Manor Mobile recording engineer Alan Perkins, during a 4-night residency at Paris' Théâtre Le Palace in July 1977. Much of the album was later mixed and partially re-recorded in studio; the track "Soft Space" was completely re-recorded in studio and released as a single ("Soft Space" parts 1 and 2) in 1978.

Track listing

All songs composed by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "White Kite" – 3:00
  2. "Eos" – 1:22
  3. "Odds Bullets and Blades Pt. I" – 2:18
  4. "Odds Bullets and Blades Pt. II" – 2:33
  5. "Song of the Sunbird" – 1:24
  6. "Puffin" – 1:18
  7. "Huffin" – 5:12

Note: on original LP pressings, the audience noises after the end of "Huffin" continue into the runout groove.

Side two
  1. "Number Three" (John Etheridge) – 2:25
  2. "The Nodder" – 7:13
  3. "Surrounding Silence" (Ric Sanders) – 4:04
  4. "Soft Space" – 8:17

2010 Double-CD issue

CD 1
  1. "White Kite" – 3:00
  2. "Eos" – 1:20
  3. "Odds Bullets and Blades (Part I)" – 2:19
  4. "Odds Bullets and Blades (Part II)" – 2:33
  5. "Song of the Sunbird" – 1:25
  6. "Puffin'" – 1:17
  7. "Huffin'" – 4:42
  8. "Number Three" (John Etheridge) – 2:26
  9. "The Nodder" – 7:12
  10. "Surrounding Silence" (Ric Sanders) – 4:05
  11. "Soft Space" – 8:18

CD 2

(all previously unreleased except tracks 9 & 10)

  1. "K's Riff" – 4:41
  2. "The Nodder" – 7:13
  3. "Two Down" (John Etheridge, John Marshall) – 2:27
  4. "The Spraunce" (Peter Lemer, Steve Cook) – 6:27
  5. "Song of Aeolus" – 3:41
  6. "Sideburn" (John Marshall) – 7:44
  7. "The Tale of Taliesin" – 8:08
  8. "Organic Matter (Alan Wakeman, John Etheridge, John Marshall, Karl Jenkins, Roy Babbington) / One Over the Eight" (Steve Cook) – 5:55
  9. "Soft Space, Part One" (edited version) – 4:15
  10. "Soft Space, Part Two" (disco version) – 5:41

Personnel
  • Ric Sanders – violin (credited as Rick Sanders)
  • John Etheridge – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Karl Jenkins – piano, electric keyboards, synthesizer
  • Steve Cook – bass guitar
  • John Marshall – drums, percussion

References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Soft Machine - Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) album review, releases & credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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