Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris

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

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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.

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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

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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" - 2:26
9. "The Nodder" - 7:12
10. "Surrounding Silence" - 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" - 2:27
4. "The Spraunce" - 6:27
5. "Song of Aeolus" - 3:41
6. "Sideburn" - 7:44
7. "The Tale of Taliesin" - 8:08
8. "Organic Matter / One Over the Eight" - 5:55
9. "Soft Space Part One (Edited Version)" - 4:15
10. "Soft Space Part Two (Disco Version)" - 5:41

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Personnel

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

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia