Bundles (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Bundles
Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
* [http://www.music.com/release/bundles/1/ www.music.com]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=3243 www.progarchives.com] Rating|4|5
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfpxq85ldde link]
Last album = "Seven"
(1973)
This album = "Bundles"
(1975)
Next album = "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. [http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=633] [http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=12]

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. [http://calyx.club.fr/softmachine/works.html]

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 (Mike Ratledge)
#"Peff" – 1:57 (Mike Ratledge)
#"Four Gongs Two Drums" – 4:09 (John Marshall)
#"The Floating World" – 7:12 (Karl Jenkins)

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)

References

* [http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=633 Soft Machine biography] at [http://www.progarchives.com www.progarchives.com]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=12 Canterbury Scene definition] at [http://www.progarchives.com www.progarchives.com]
* [http://calyx.club.fr/softmachine/works.html Discography] at [http://calyx.club.fr/ calyx.club.fr]