| Bundles | ||||
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| Released | March 1975 | |||
| Recorded | July 1974 at CBS Whitfield St Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Jazz rock [1] | |||
| Length | 41:55 | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Soft Machine | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Bundles is the eighth studio album by the jazz-rock band Soft Machine, released in 1975. [1]
By the time of Bundles, 4/5 of Soft Machine's members had all previously been part of the jazz-rock band Nucleus, the exception being keyboardist Mike Ratledge, who at this point was the only remaining original member of Soft Machine. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions set the album apart from previous Soft Machine recordings, [1] as guitar was an instrument ignored by Soft Machine since 1969's Volume Two .
Bundles is the only Soft Machine studio album with Allan Holdsworth as a member, although he would later contribute as one of several session musicians to the 1981 album Land of Cockayne . This is also the band's last full studio album recorded with Mike Ratledge. [1] Only two compositions by him are included, one of which is less than two minutes long. He left the band during the early sessions for the next album Softs , leaving the band with no original members.
All compositions by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.
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