Soft Machine Feat Allan Holdsworth / Live In Netherlands 1975 Definitive Edition / 2CDR

Soft Machine Feat Allan Holdsworth / Live In Netherlands 1975 Definitive Edition / 2CDR / Star Gazers File

Recorded Live at Vrijhof Cultuurcentrum, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, January 10, 1975. Soundboad Recording

Play sample :

Click Image To Enlarge

It is a live sound source of Soft Machine when Alan Holdsworth was enrolled. Initially, it was a soft machine that was categorized as psychedelic and Canterbury with the color of Kevin Ayers, but after that it went to jazz featuring wind instruments and organs without a guitarist. Meanwhile, the guitarist was selected by the up-and-coming Allan Holdsworth, who was sought after by jazz-rock prog-rock bands such as Nucleus and Gong at that time. With the addition of Holdsworth, Soft Machine, which became a demon and a gold rod, released the masterpiece album “Bundles”, which featured a guitar and strengthened the rock color. This title allows you to enjoy the most rock-oriented jazz-rock performances of the “Bundles” period live. Sound board recording, although there are some parts that are slightly over-level. A remastering recording from a new master with a corrected pitch, and new track IDs such as the medley-style “Hazard Profile”.

アラン・ホールズワース在籍時ソフト・マシーンのライヴ音源です。初期はケヴィン・エアーズの色もありサイケやカンタベリー系にカテゴライズされていたソフト・マシーンですが、その後ギタリスト不在の管楽器とオルガンをフィーチャーしたジャズ方向に進みました。そんな中ギタリストに抜擢されたのが当時ニュークリアスやゴングと言ったジャズ・ロック系のプログレ・バンドで引っ張りだこの活躍をしていた新鋭アラン・ホールズワース。ホールズワースを加え、鬼に金棒状態となったソフト・マシーンはギターを大きくフィーチャーしロック色を強めた名作アルバム『バンドルス』を発表したのでした。本タイトルは『バンドルス』期の最もロック寄りなジャズ・ロックな演奏がライヴで楽しめます。ややオーバー・レヴェル気味の箇所もありますがサウンドボード収録。ピッチが訂正された新たなマスターからのリマスタリング収録で、メドレー式の『ハザード・プロファイル』などトラックIDも新たに整えられています。

 

DISC 1
1. Intro
2. THE FLOATING WORLD
3. BUNDLES
4. LAND OF THE BAG SNAKE
5. EALING COMEDY
6. THE MAN WHE WAVED AT TRAINS
7. PEFF
8. NORTH POINT
9. 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
1. FOUR GONGS TWO DRUMS
2. Improvisation 1
3. SONG OF AEOLUS
4. ENDGAME – PENNY HITCH
Bonus Track (Recorded in November 03, 1974)
5. 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

Star Gazers File. SGF-00034

 

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.