Bundles (album)
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| Studio album by Soft Machine | ||
| Released | 22 March, 1975 | |
| Recorded | 1974 | |
| Genre | jazz-rock fusion | |
| Length | 41:55 | |
| Label | Harvest | |
| Producer(s) | Soft Machine (executive producer Sean Murphy) | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Soft Machine chronology | ||
| Seven (1973) |
Bundles (1975) |
Softs (1976) |
Bundles is a 1975 album by the British psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz/fusion band Soft Machine who were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene. [1] [2]
On Bundles, only keyboardist and founding member Mike Ratledge is left of the early Soft Machine line-ups. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions set the album apart from previous Soft Machine recordings, which had not featured guitars. [3]
[edit] Track listing
- "Hazard Profile Part 1" – 9:18 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Part 2" – 2:21 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Part 3" – 1:05 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Part 4" – 0:46 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Part 5" – 5:29 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Gone Sailing" – 0:59 (Allan Holdsworth)
- "Bundles" – 3:14 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Land Of The Bag Snake" – 3:35 (Allan Holdsworth)
- "The Man Who Waved At Trains" – 1:50
- "Peff" – 1:57 (Mike Ratledge)
- "Four Gongs Two Drums" – 4:09 (John Marshall)
- "The Floating World" – 7:12 (Karl Jenkins)
[edit] Personnel
- Roy Babbington - bass
- Allan Holdsworth - acoustic & electric guitars
- Karl Jenkins - oboe, soprano sax, acoustic & electric pianos
- John Marshall - drums, percussion
- Mike Ratledge - electric piano, organ, synthesizer
with
- Ray Warleigh - alto & bass flutes on (12)
[edit] References
- Soft Machine biography at www.progarchives.com
- Canterbury Scene definition at www.progarchives.com
- Discography at calyx.club.fr
| Soft Machine |
| Daevid Allen | Kevin Ayers | Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt |
| Roy Babbington | John Etheridge | Karl Jenkins | John Marshall |
| Steve Cook | Marc Charig | Lyn Dobson | Nick Evans | Jimmy Hastings | Allan Holdsworth | Brian Hopper | Ric Sanders | Alan Skidmore | Rab Spall | Andy Summers | Alan Wakeman |
| Discography |
| Regular albums: |
| The Soft Machine (1968) | Volume Two (1969) | Third (1970) | Fourth (1971) |
| Five (1972) | Six (1973) | Seven (1973) | Bundles (1975) | Softs (1976) | Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) |
| Related articles |
| Canterbury sound - Jazz fusion - Wilde Flowers |
