Switzerland 1974 (album)

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"Switzerland 1974" is a 2015 live album by Soft Machine, featuring a recording made at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1974. The album was released as a CD/DVD package. The band performs material from the "Bundles" album, as well as older Soft Machine material. Allan contributes the tune "Land Of The Bag Snake". The album is available digitally as audio files on Bandcamp, and with video as a CD/DVD release.

Track listing

Soft Machine: Switzerland 1974 (D - F)
# Title Composer Length
1 Hazard Profile Karl Jenkins 16:46
2 The Floating World Karl Jenkins 5:16
3 Ealing Comedy Roy Babbington 4:14
4 Bundles Karl Jenkins 3:10
5 Land Of The Bag Snake Allan Holdsworth 4:28
6 Joint John Marshall, Mike Ratledge 2:21
7 The Man Who Waved At Trains Mike Ratledge 3:02
8 Peff Mike Ratledge 4:28
9 The Man Who Waved At Trains (Reprise) Mike Ratledge 0:22
10 LBO John Marshall 4:46
11 Riff II Karl Jenkins 3:09
12 Lefty (Collective Improvisation) Holdsworth, Marshall, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington 2:08
13 Penny Hitch (Coda) Karl Jenkins 5:47

Links

Bandcamp: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/switzerland-1974

Ed's blog: http://threadoflunacy.blogspot.no/2017/06/4-soft-machine.html

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/1418590-Soft-Machine-Switzerland-1974