Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris

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Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris is a (mostly) live album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1978. It is their first album recorded entirely without any founding members of the band, as Mike Ratledge left the group during recording of the previous album Softs. It is also first album since their debut not to include any wind instruments.

Overview

As reported on the booklet of the 2010 edition, it was recorded almost entirely live, by The Manor Mobile recording engineer Alan Perkins, during a 4-night residency at Paris' Théâtre Le Palace in July 1977. Much of the album was later mixed and partially re-recorded in studio; the track "Soft Space" was completely re-recorded in studio and released as a single ("Soft Space" parts 1 and 2) in April 1978. After the final performance recorded for the album, the band's van was broken into and burglarized. Among the items stolen was Etheridge's Gibson SG electric guitar he used during the shows.

Track listing

All songs composed by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.

Side one

Note: on original LP pressings, the audience noises after the end of "Huffin" continue into the runout groove.

Side two

2010 Double-CD issue

CD 1

CD 2

(all previously unreleased except tracks 9 & 10)

Personnel

Soft Machine

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