Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris

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Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris
Live album by Soft Machine
Released	March 1978
Recorded	6–9 July 1977 at Théâtre Le Palace, Paris, France
Genre	Jazz rock[1]
Length	39:06
Label	Harvest
Producer	Soft Machine
Soft Machine chronology
Softs (1976) Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) Land of Cockayne (1981)

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AllMusic	[1]

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

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, ) – 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
•  – bass guitar
• John Marshall – drums, percussion

References[]

External links[]

• Soft Machine - Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) album review by William Ruhlmann, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Soft Machine - Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Soft Machine - Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Soft Machine - Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) album to be listened on Spotify
• Soft Machine - Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) album to be listened on YouTube