Bundles (album)

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Bundles
Studio album by Soft Machine
Released	22 March, 1975
Recorded	July 1974 at CBS Whitfield St Studios, London
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	41:55
Label	Harvest
Producer	Soft Machine
Professional reviews
www.music.com www.progarchives.com All Music Guide link
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 for seven years, since their debut. [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 (Mike Ratledge)
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

• Mike Ratledge - Fender Rhodes electric piano, Lowrey Holiday Deluxe organ, AKS synthesizer
• Karl Jenkins - oboe, soprano sax, acoustic & electric pianos
• Roy Babbington - bass
• Allan Holdsworth - acoustic & electric guitars
• John Marshall - drums, percussion

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

v • d • e Soft Machine Kevin Ayers • Elton Dean • Hugh Hopper • Mike Ratledge • Robert Wyatt Daevid Allen • 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 Studio Albums The Soft Machine (1968) • Volume Two (1969) • Third (1970) • Fourth (1971) • Five (1972) • Six (1973) • Seven (1973) • Bundles (1975) • Softs (1976) • Land of Cockayne (1981) Singles "Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967) • "Joy of a Toy" (1968) Live Albums Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) • Live at the Proms 1970 (1988) • BBC Radio 1967-1971 (2003) • BBC Radio 1971-1974 (2003) • Soft Machine and Heavy Friends (2005) • Softstage (2005) Cuneiform albums Spaced (1996) • Virtually (1998) • Noisette (2000) • Backwards (2002) • Live in Paris (2004) • Grides (2006) • Middle Earth Masters (2006) Related articles Canterbury sound • Jazz fusion • The Wilde Flowers