Soft Machine Allan Holdsworth/Netherlands 1975

This is a live sound source of Soft Machine when Alan Holdsworth was enrolled. In the early days, Soft Machine was categorized as psychedelic or Canterbury-style, with some Kevin Ayers influences, but later they moved toward jazz, featuring wind instruments and organs without a guitarist. Meanwhile, the up-and-coming guitarist Alan Holdsworth, who was in demand at the time with jazz-rock prog bands such as Nucleus and Gong, was selected as the guitarist. With the addition of Holdsworth, Soft Machine was in a state of disrepair and released the masterpiece album “Bundles,” which featured guitars heavily and had a stronger rock flavor. With this title, you can enjoy the most rock-oriented jazz/rock performance of the “Bundles” period live. There are some parts that are a little over-leveled, but the soundboard is included. This is a remastered recording from a new master with corrected pitch, and track IDs such as the medley-style “Hazard Profile” have also been newly arranged. DISC 1 01. Intro 02. THE FLOATING WORLD 03. BUNDLES 04. LAND OF THE BAG SNAKE 05. EALING COMEDY 06. THE MAN WHE WAVED AT TRAINS 07. PEFF 08. NORTH POINT 09. HAZARD PROFILE PART ONE 10. HAZARD PROFILE PART TWO (TOCCATINA) 11. HAZARD PROFILE PART THREE 12. HAZARD PROFILE PART FOUR 13. HAZARD PROFILE PART FIVE DISC 2 01. FOUR GONGS TWO DRUMS 02. Improvisation 1 03. SONG OF AEOLUS 04. ENDGAME – PENNY HITCH Bonus Track (Recorded in November 03, 1974) 05. Interview with Mike Ratledge and Allan Holdsworth Mike Ratledge – organ, synthesizer Karl Jenkins – oboe, saxophone, recorder, piano Allan Holdsworth – guitar Roy Babbington – bass John Marshall – drums Recorded Live at Vrijhof Cultuurcentrum, Universiteit Twente , Enschede, The Netherlands, January 10, 1975 EXCELLENT-Soundboad Recording // Pitch-adjusted Master // 121 min