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Concert Program (Vinyl, LP, Album) album cover
Penguin Cafe Orchestra Concert Program
Label: Zopf ZOPFV 002
Format: 2 Χ Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1995
Genre: Pop, Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Modern, Classical
Tracklist
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A1 Air ΐ Dancer
Cuatro Neil Rennie
5:25
A2 Cage Dead (Version 2) 4:33
A3 Organum 4:26
A4 Southern Jukebox Music
Bass Simon Jeffes
5:09
A5 Numbers 1-4 7:43
B1 Air 4:12
B2 Perpetuum Mobile
Harmonium Simon Jeffes
4:42
B3 Nothing Really Blue 5:16
B4 Telephone And Rubber Band 3:54
B5 Beanfields
Cuatro Neil RennieUkulele Simon Jeffes
4:37
C1 Vega 10:09
C2 Surface Tension (Where The Trees Meet The Sky) 2:08
C3 Oscar Tango 3:42
C4 Music For A Found Harmonium 2:35
C5 Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock) 6:48
D1 Steady State 5:19
D2 Scherzo And Trio 6:57
D3 Giles Farnaby's Dream
Composed By Farnaby*
5:25
D4 Salty Bean Fumble 4:04
D5 Red Shorts 3:58
Companies, etc.
Recorded At The Wool Hall
Mixed At Real World Studios
Mastered At Metropolis Mastering
Copyright (c) Editions Penguin Cafe Ltd.
Published By Editions Penguin Cafe Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Zopf Ltd.
Distributed By Grapevine Distribution
Distributed By PolyGram
Credits
Bass Ian Maidman
Cello Helen Liebmann
Cuatro Simon Jeffes (tracks: B1, B4)
Design MadArk
Engineer [Assistant] Matthew Lawrence*
Engineer [Sound], Producer [Assistant] Ian Morais
Guitar, Composed By, Producer, Design Simon Jeffes
Harmonium Stephen Fletcher* (tracks: A2, A3, C5)
Mastered By Tony Cousins
Mixed By [Assistant] Ben Findlay
Oboe, Cor Anglais Barbara Bolte
Painting [Penguin Man] Emily Young
Percussion Ian Maidman (tracks: A5 to B2)
Photography By Chris Rydlewski
Piano Simon Jeffes (tracks: A2, A3, B3, C2 to C5, D2, D4), Stephen Fletcher*
Trombone Annie Whitehead
Ukulele Neil Rennie
Viola, Clarinet Geoffrey Richardson
Violin Peter McGowan
Notes
On front cover: round blue sticker: "Double Vinyl Set - 20 Definitive New Studio Recordings".
Back cover info:
"This is a recording of a studio concert given at the Wool Hall, Beckington, Somerset, on the evening of July 23, 1994, ....."
"Concert Program is Volume 8 (octave) of Music from the Penguin Cafe."
© 1995 Simon Jeffes and Editions Penguin Cafe Limited.
Sound Recording ℗ 1995 Zopf Limited.
Center-label info:
℗ 1995 Zopf Limited
© 1995 Zopf Limited
Audiophile edition with 180 gr vinyl
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 4012116500424
Matrix / Runout (Runout hand-etched side A): ZOPF V 002 - A1 PR-m SUN
Matrix / Runout (Runout hand-etched side B): ZOPF V 002 - B1 PR-m SEA
Matrix / Runout (Runout hand-etched side C): ZOPF V 002 - C1 PR-m SKV
Matrix / Runout (Runout hand-etched side D): ZOPF V 002 - D1 PR-m SOMERSET
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Tracks : .......................
DISC 1: .......................
1-1 Air A Dancer 5:25 .......................
1-2 Cage Dead (Version 2) 4:33 .......................
1-3 Organum 4:26 .......................
1-4 Southern Jukebox Music 5:09 .......................
1-5 Numbers 1-4 7:43 .......................
1-6 Air 4:12 .......................
1-7 Perpetuum Mobile 4:42 .......................
1-8 Nothing Really Blue 5:16 .......................
1-9 Telephone And Rubber Band 3:54 .......................
DISC 2 .......................
2-1 Beanfields 4:37 .......................
2-2 Vega 10:09 .......................
2-3 Surface Tension (Where The Trees Meet The Sky) 2:08 .......................
2-4 Oscar Tango 3:42 .......................
2-5 Music For A Found Harmonium 2:35 .......................
2-6 Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock) 6:48 .......................
2-7 Steady State 5:19 .......................
2-8 Scherzo And Trio 6:57 .......................
2-9 Giles Farnaby's Dream 5:25 .......................
2-10 Salty Bean Fumble 4:04 .......................
2-11 Red Shorts 3:58 .......................
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Album Notes .....................
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Simon Jeffes (guitar, piano, harmonium, cuatro, ukelele, bass); Neil Rennie (ukelele, cuatro); Peter McGowan (violin); Geoffrey Richardson (viola, clarinet); Helen Liebmann (cello); Barbara Bolte (oboe, cor anglais); Annie Whitehead (trombone); Stephen Fletcher (piano, harmonium); Ian Maidman (bass, percussion); Julio Segovia (percussion).
Recorded at Wool Hall, Somerset, England on July 23, 1994.
This two-disc live program of music spanning the history of the group from the early 1970s to the early 1990s is remarkable not only for the quality of the music, but for the absolute hush of the audience; there's not a cough or a clap out of them. We are thus left free from distraction to enjoy PCO's unique combination of old-time parlor stylings, park bandstand music, folk, and classical. Emotionally, the mιlange adds up to a wistful yet hopeful nostalgia. Intellectually, it's fascinating to watch the kaleidoscopic interplay of elements, such as the minimalist factor that enters the mix in "Numbers 1-4" with its Glass-like repeated gallop.
The music is all instrumental (it really is all small orchestra), but the possible sameness of the sound is broken up by clever arrangements and a little variation in the instruments, as with the occasional harmonium and the ukulele featured on the all-out hoe-down "Beanfields" (not to mention the telephonesounds on "Telephone and Rubber Band"). The instruments are unfortunately pushed too far back in the sound-space, as an effect rather like a soft-focus in a movie flashback. This may have been composer/producer Simon Jeffes' intent, but it doesn't serve the music well.
Half the fun of listening to PCO is trying to pin down the allusions and influences, the funniest being the riff from "La Bamba" played on the cuatro by Jeffes in "Giles Farnaby's Dream." However, the eclecticism makes it hard to define the market who will appreciate this music. If you like Cafe Noir, 81/2 Souvenirs, or Squirrel Nut Zippers, there's a pretty good chance you'll like this, too. But remember that Penguin Cafe Orchestra was there first. ~ Kurt Keefner
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