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DELUXE REMASTERED 2CD EDITION OF SOFT MACHINE S CLASSIC 1978 LIVE ALBUM WITH 10
BONUS TRACKS, 8 OF WHICH ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED.
BONUS TRACKS, 8 OF WHICH ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED.
ESOTERIC RECORDINGS are pleased to announce the long overdue release of an expanded 2CD remastered
edition of the classic 1978 live album ALIVE & WELL RECORDED IN PARIS by the celebrated Jazz and Rock
group SOFT MACHINE. The album was the band s third for EMI s Harvest label and featured a line-up of KARL
JENKINS (Piano, Electric Keyboards, Synthesiser), JOHN MARSHALL (Drums), JOHN ETHERIDGE (Acoustic and
Electric Guitars) and new members STEVE COOK (Bass Guitar) and RIC SANDERS (Violin).
The final live recordings to be released by the band during their lifetime, ALIVE & WELL was the product of
several nights of excellent concerts at Le Palace Theatre in Monmartre, Paris in July 1978. The album was
initially released as a single album, although the discovery of multi-track masters of a concert in the archives
has resulted in this expanded edition with a CD of additional material recorded in July 1978.
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(2CD) New 2010 remastered reissue of their classic 1978 live album expanded with 8 previously unreleased live tracks & 2 studio tracks previously unavailable on CD!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This soft machine album represents the live group from 1976, Line up John Marshall Drums, Karl Jenkins Keyboards, John Etheridge Guitars with Steve Cook on Bass and Rick Sanders Violin, Recorded Live in 1976. With the two Johns in the group the Soft Machine took a more rock guitar sound, and away from the Jazz sounds of earlier versions of the band. As a consequence this album for me is probably one of their more accessible albums The original album on disc one is well played and easy to listen too with Guitar and Keyboards prominent, nice use of both electric and acoustic guitars through out. Stand out track s probably `white Kite', `Soft Space' and the `Odds Bullets and Blades' suite.
This version however comes with a second disc of out-takes from the original shows, showing how much more interesting an album this could have been with more funky and jazzy rhythms and Drum Solos. What would have made this album really good was if they had restructured it so that it was released as originally played, though I think the original alum does represent a very good edit of the live performances.
A further bonus on top of the 8 bonus live tracks is the A and B sides of eth soft Machine single `Soft Space' nice to have on CD for the first time.
This album is not a bad album, though later Soft Machine does have it knockers I like this album and re-issue with its bonus tracks.
This version however comes with a second disc of out-takes from the original shows, showing how much more interesting an album this could have been with more funky and jazzy rhythms and Drum Solos. What would have made this album really good was if they had restructured it so that it was released as originally played, though I think the original alum does represent a very good edit of the live performances.
A further bonus on top of the 8 bonus live tracks is the A and B sides of eth soft Machine single `Soft Space' nice to have on CD for the first time.
This album is not a bad album, though later Soft Machine does have it knockers I like this album and re-issue with its bonus tracks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I never saw this line up live but I had the honour of working with Ric Sanders the violin player.
This album inspired me to make my album and work with Ric in 1986 "White Light".
Ric adds a realy wonderful musical dimension to Soft Machines Music.He is the strongest composer on the album with an equal footing to the keyboard player and writer Karl Jenkins.He really shines on the track "The Nodder" and his own composition "Surrounding Silence"
Although at this point there were no original members left from the 1967 line up.I saw Soft Machine in 1967 suporting Jimi Hendrix at the Watergate Hilton,Washington DC USA and continued to follow to the end.
I still love the music on this album.
An enigma to me is Why did this line up stop playing?The final track Soft "Space" predicted the future or electronic dance music.Why wasn't this dance genre followed further?Soft Machine started out playing music that you could dance to!
This album inspired me to make my album and work with Ric in 1986 "White Light".
Ric adds a realy wonderful musical dimension to Soft Machines Music.He is the strongest composer on the album with an equal footing to the keyboard player and writer Karl Jenkins.He really shines on the track "The Nodder" and his own composition "Surrounding Silence"
Although at this point there were no original members left from the 1967 line up.I saw Soft Machine in 1967 suporting Jimi Hendrix at the Watergate Hilton,Washington DC USA and continued to follow to the end.
I still love the music on this album.
An enigma to me is Why did this line up stop playing?The final track Soft "Space" predicted the future or electronic dance music.Why wasn't this dance genre followed further?Soft Machine started out playing music that you could dance to!
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It was great to hear this cutting again after so many years . I loved it then and still do .
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I don't care who's playing on this album. All I know is I heard it in 1980 and it blew me away. I've been trying to get hold of a cd copy for as long as I've been shopping on... Read more
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