Bundles
Album by Soft Machine
Released	1975
Recorded	1974
Genre	Rock
Length	41:55
Label	Harvest
Producer(s)	?
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Soft Machine chronology
Seven (1973)	Bundles (1975)	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. The Soft Machine were a pioneering British psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, Kent, England, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album Jazz fusion (sometimes referred to simply as fusion) is a musical genre that loosely encompasses the merging of jazz with other styles, particularly rock, funk, R&B, and world music. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... The Soft Machine were a pioneering British psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, Kent, England, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. ... The Canterbury Scene (or Canterbury Sound) is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock musicians that were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

On Bundles, only keyboardist and founding member Mike Ratledge is left of the early Soft Machine line-ups. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions, reminding sometimes of the jazz fusion of John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, are possibly the biggest difference to former Soft Machine recordings, . A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946) is a British jazz guitarist and composer. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album Jazz fusion (sometimes referred to simply as fusion) is a musical genre that loosely encompasses the merging of jazz with other styles, particularly rock, funk, R&B, and world music. ... John McLaughlin (born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Yorkshire in England. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ...

Track listing

1. "Hazard Profile Part 1" (9:18)
2. "Part 2" (2:21)
3. "Part 3" (1:05)
4. "Part 4" (0:46)
5. "Part 5" (5:29)
6. "Gone Sailing" (0:59)
7. "Bundles" (3:14)
8. "Land Of The Bag Snake" (3:35)
9. "The Man Who Waved At Trains" (1:50)
10. "Peff" (1:57)
11. "Four Gongs Two Drums" (4:09)
12. "The Floating World" (7:12)

Personell

• Roy Babbington - bass
• Allan Holdsworth - acoustic & electric guitars
• Karl Jenkins - oboe, soprano sax, acoustic & electric pianos
• John Marshall - drums, percussion
• Mike Ratledge - electric piano, organ, synthesizer

with Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946) is a British jazz guitarist and composer. ... Karl Jenkins (born February 17, 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. ...

• Ray Warleigh - alto & bass flutes on (12)