Bundles (album)

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Bundles
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
www.music.com www.progarchives.com
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

1. "Hazard Profile Part 1" – 9:18 (Karl Jenkins)
2. "Part 2" – 2:21 (Karl Jenkins)
3. "Part 3" – 1:05 (Karl Jenkins)
4. "Part 4" – 0:46 (Karl Jenkins)
5. "Part 5" – 5:29 (Karl Jenkins)
6. "Gone Sailing" – 0:59 (Allan Holdsworth)
7. "Bundles" – 3:14 (Karl Jenkins)
8. "Land Of The Bag Snake" – 3:35 (Allan Holdsworth)
9. "The Man Who Waved At Trains" – 1:50
10. "Peff" – 1:57 (Mike Ratledge)
11. "Four Gongs Two Drums" – 4:09 (John Marshall)
12. "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)

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