Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris

Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris
Live album by Soft Machine
Released	1978
Recorded	July 6–9 1977 at Théâtre Le Palace, Paris, France
Genre	Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length	39:06
Label	Harvest
Producer	Soft Machine
Soft Machine chronology
Softs (1976) Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) Land of Cockayne (1981)

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Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris is a 1978 release by the band Soft Machine. Mostly recorded live, during at 4-night residency at Paris' Théâtre Le Palace in July 1977, much of the album was later modified in the studio, with the track "Soft Space" being a completely studio recorded track released the previous year as a single ("Soft Space" parts 1 and 2).

Track listing

All songs composed by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.

Side one

1. "White Kite" – 3:00
2. "Eos" – 1:22
3. "Odds Bullets and Blades Pt. I" – 2:18
4. "Odds Bullets and Blades Pt. II" – 2:33
5. "Song of the Sunbird" – 1:24
6. "Puffin" – 1:18
7. "Huffin" – 5:12

Side two

1. "Number Three" (John Etheridge) – 2:25
2. "The Nodder" – 7:13
3. "Surrounding Silence" (Ric Sanders) – 4:04
4. "Soft Space" – 8:17

Personnel

• John Marshall – drums, percussion
• Karl Jenkins – piano, electric keyboards, synthesizer
• John Etheridge – acoustic and electric guitars
• Ric Sanders – violin (credited as Rick Sanders)
• Steve Cook – bass guitar