Alive and Well: Recorded in Paris

Overview

As reported on the booklet of the 2010 edition, it was recorded almost entirely live, by The Manor Mobile recording engineer Alan Perkins, during a 4-night residency at Paris' Théâtre Le Palace in July 1977. Much of the album was later mixed and partially re-recorded in studio; the track "Soft Space" was completely re-recorded in studio and released as a single ("Soft Space" parts 1 and 2) in 1978.

Track listing

All songs composed by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.

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" – 5:12

Note: on original LP pressings, the audience noises after the end of "Huffin" continue into the runout groove.

Side two

1. "Number Three" (John Etheridge) – 2:25
2. "The Nodder" – 7:13
3. "Surrounding Silence" (Ric Sanders) – 4:04
4. "Soft Space" – 8:17

CD 1

1. "White Kite" – 3:00
2. "Eos" – 1:20
3. "Odds Bullets and Blades (Part I)" – 2:19
4. "Odds Bullets and Blades (Part II)" – 2:33
5. "Song of the Sunbird" – 1:25
6. "Puffin'" – 1:17
7. "Huffin'" – 4:42
8. "Number Three" – 2:26
9. "The Nodder" – 7:12
10. "Surrounding Silence" – 4:05
11. "Soft Space" – 8:18

CD 2

(all previously unreleased except tracks 9 & 10)

1. "K's Riff" – 4:41
2. "The Nodder" – 7:13
3. "Two Down" – 2:27
4. "The Spraunce" – 6:27
5. "Song of Aeolus" – 3:41
6. "Sideburn" – 7:44
7. "The Tale of Taliesin" – 8:08
8. "Organic Matter / One Over the Eight" – 5:55
9. "Soft Space Part One (Edited Version)" – 4:15
10. "Soft Space Part Two (Disco Version)" – 5:41

Personnel