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Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Union Cafe

Album DE 1993 on Zopf label
Jazz and Classical (Modern, Contemporary Jazz)

1,2 recorded at Landsdowne Studio, London 3,5,7,15 recorded at Abbey Road, London 4 recorded at Real World Studios, Wiltshire 6,8,13,16 recorded at Hippodrome Place, London 11,14 recorded at The Hit Factory, London 10 recorded at AIR (Lyndhurst) Studio, London 9 recorded on Cadbury Hill, Somerset Mixed at Landsdowne Studio, London. Mastered at Metropolis The electric aoelian harp was conceived and constructed by Geoffrey Richardson, Mike Lesser and Simon Jeffes. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Zopf Ltd ℗1993 Zopf Ltd. ©1993 Zopf Ltd. Zopf Ltd distributed for This Way Up by Polygram Bottled at source by Zopf Ltd - Although track 16 indicates a time of 1.03 on the cover the actual time is 5.19 on the disc., After one minute of music their is silence for 24 seconds then a sound of what seams to be dripping water, electronically generated.

     
Musicians
PortraitPenguin Cafe Orchestra , *1972 GB
album by
PortraitSimon Jeffes , 1949-1997 GB
arranged by, composed by, producer, piano, piano, omnichord, double bass, cuatro, piano, mandolin, guitar, violin, synthesizer, prophet 5, harmonium, double bass, percussion, piano, violin, programmed by, computer realization, violin, piano, double bass
PortraitAnthony Pleeth vc, *1948 GB
cello
PortraitHelen Liebmann vc, GB
cello, cello, solo
PortraitPaul Kegg vc, *1950 GB
cello
PortraitRoger Smith vc, GB
cello
PortraitChris Laurence b, cb, *1949 GB
double bass
PortraitPaul Cullington b,
double bass
PortraitGeorge Robertson vl, GB
viola
PortraitKatie Wilkinson vl,
viola
PortraitRoger Chase vl, *1953 GB
viola, viola, solo
PortraitStephen Tees vl,
viola
PortraitGavyn Wright vn, *1950 GB
violin, 1st, violin, solo
PortraitJim McLeod vn,
violin, 1st
PortraitPeter Oxer vn, GB
violin, 1st
PortraitRita Manning vn, IE
violin, 1st
PortraitRoger Garland vn, GB
violin, 1st
PortraitWilf Gibson vn, *1942 GB
violin, 1st
PortraitBarry Wilde vn, GB
violin, 2nd
PortraitBelinda Bunt vn,
violin, 2nd
PortraitBoguslaw Kostecki vn, GB
violin, 2nd
PortraitPatrick Kiernan vn, GB
violin, 2nd
PortraitRoy Gillard vn, *1946
violin, 2nd
PortraitTim Good acg, vn,
violin, 2nd
PortraitBarbara Bolte ,
cor anglais
PortraitIan Maidman b, key, syn,
percussion, double bass
PortraitSteve Fletcher voc, p, g,
piano
PortraitAnnie Whitehead tb, *1955 GB
trombone
PortraitNeil Rennie uke,
ukulele
PortraitGeoffrey Richardson vl, *1950 GB
viola, clarinet, viola, viola, cello
PortraitPeter McGowan vn,
violin
PortraitKurban Kurbanov acc, p, *1961
accordion
PortraitSabir Rizaev ss, cl, *1958 TM
clarinet, soprano saxophone
PortraitKhakberdy Allamuradov dr, perc, *1958 RU
drums
PortraitNaná Vasconcelos perc, voc, *1944 BR
percussion, clay pot & twigs
PortraitNigel Kennedy vn, *1956 GB
violin
PortraitKathryn Tickell vn, *1967 GB
bagpipes, northumbrian small
PortraitMartin Loveday vc, *1958 GB
cello
Producers
Alex Gifford co-producer
Ben Findlay engineer
Ian Morais engineer, mixed by
Mike Ross-Trevor engineer
Paul Golding engineer
Simon Rhodes engineer
James Collins mixed by, assistant
Emily Young painting, cover painting
Roger Whitaker photography by, paintings
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Scherzo And TrioPenguin Cafe Orchestra6:55
2Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)Penguin Cafe Orchestra7:15
3Nothing Really BluePenguin Cafe Orchestra5:17
4Cage DeadPenguin Cafe Orchestra4:33
5VegaPenguin Cafe Orchestra10:20
6Yodel 3Penguin Cafe Orchestra3:25
7OrganumPenguin Cafe Orchestra3:47
8Another One From PorlockPenguin Cafe Orchestra2:58
9Thorn Tree WindPenguin Cafe Orchestra3:14
10Silver Star Of BolognaPenguin Cafe Orchestra4:05
11Discover AmericaPenguin Cafe Orchestra3:02
12Pythagoras On The LinePenguin Cafe Orchestra1:50
13Kora KoraPenguin Cafe Orchestra3:04
14Lie Back And Think Of EnglandPenguin Cafe Orchestra4:21
15Red ShortsPenguin Cafe Orchestra4:06
16 Passing ThroughPenguin Cafe Orchestra5:19

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