Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris is a 1978 release by the band Soft Machine

Soft Machine

Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre...

. Mostly recorded live, during at 4-night residency at Paris' Théâtre Le Palace in July 1977, much of the album was later modified in the studio, with the track "Soft Space" being a completely studio recorded track released the previous year as a single ("Soft Space" parts 1 and 2).

Side one

1. "White Kite" – 3:00
2. "Eos" – 1:22
3. "Odds Bullets and Blades Pt. I" – 2:18
4. "Odds Bullets and Blades Pt. II" – 2:33
5. "Song of the Sunbird" – 1:24
6. "Puffin" – 1:18
7. "Huffin
   Huffin
   "Huffin" is an instrumental song written by Karl Jenkins and performed by Soft Machine. It was only released as a live recording, on their album Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris...
   
   " – 5:12

Side two

1. "Number Three" (John Etheridge
   John Etheridge
   John Michael Glyn Etheridge is a British jazz/fusion guitarist associated with the Canterbury Scene....
   
   ) – 2:25
2. "The Nodder" – 7:13
3. "Surrounding Silence" (Ric Sanders
   Ric Sanders
   Richard 'Ric' Sanders is a British violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, electric folk and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 4:04
4. "Soft Space" – 8:17

Personnel

• John Marshall
  John Stanley Marshall
  John Stanley Marshall, better known as John Marshall, born 28 August 1941 in Isleworth, Middlesex, is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus and has worked with various other jazz and rock bands and musicians, among them J.J...
  
   – drums, percussion
• Karl Jenkins
  Karl Jenkins
  -Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
  
   – piano, electric keyboards, synthesizer
• John Etheridge
  John Etheridge
  John Michael Glyn Etheridge is a British jazz/fusion guitarist associated with the Canterbury Scene....
  
   – acoustic and electric guitars
• Ric Sanders
  Ric Sanders
  Richard 'Ric' Sanders is a British violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, electric folk and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention.-Biography:...
  
   – violin (credited as Rick Sanders)
• Steve Cook – bass guitar