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In order of (known or likely) recording dates
*David Thomas & The Pedestrians
Variations On A Theme
Sixth International (USA) Sixth Interntl 2 [LP] 1983
Rough Trade/Island (UK) Rough 60 [LP] 1983
1. A Day At The Botanical Gardens (3’43) 2. Pedestrian Walk (Thomas-Thornton) (4’16) 3. Bird Town (Thomas-Thompson) (2’42) 4. The Egg & I (Thomas-Fier) (2’54) 5. Who Is It? (Thomas-Cutler-Cooper) (3’30) 6. Song of Hoe (5’42) 7. Hurry Back (Thomas-Jones) (3’57) 8. The Rain (Thomas-Cutler-Fier) (3’47) 9. Semaphore (Thomas-Cutler-Cooper-Monck) (5’05)
“All of the songs were mixed and most of the songs were recorded in March 1983 at Suma in Painesville Ohio”; songs and overdubs with Lindsay Cooper and Chris Cutler were recorded at Cold Storage, London, Sunrise Studios Kirchberg (Switzerland) and Surrey Sound, London.
Lindsay Cooper (5, 8, 9) - reeds; Chris Cutler (5, 8, 9) - drums; Anton Fier -; Paul Hamann - bass guitar; Jim Jones -: Jack Monck -: Richard Thompson - guitar
Note: Further editions: Plurex PL3301 (Benelux) [LP] 1983 .
Rough Trade Deutschland (Germany) RTD 9 [LP] 1983
Base Records ? (Italy) ? [LP]
Note: Record is also included in David Thomas’ 5 CD box “Monster” (Cooking Vinyl 110 (1997) resp. Cooking Vinyl 521 (2002)). *Lindsay Cooper
The Golddiggers
Sync Pulse 0617 [12’’ 33 LP] (publishing date not known)
1. Seeing Red 2. Iceland 3. Celeste's Room 4. Banker's Song 5. The Empire Song 6. Melodrama 7. Perfect Clue 8. Ruby's Gold 9. Dawn Skyline 10. Horse Waltz
recorded May 1983 at Wave Studio
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, oboe, alto and soprano (?) saxophone, piano, guitar (on 7); Georgie Born - cello, guitar, bass;; Marylin Mazur - drums, percussion, marimba; Eleanor Sloan - violin: Kate Westbrook - tenor horn; Sally Potter - voice; Colette Laffont - voice; Phil Minton - voice: Lol Coxhill - saxophone; David Holland- piano (on 8)
Note: The music is the music score of Sally Potter’s film “The Golddiggers”
Note: The RéR LCD combines 'The Golddiggers' recordings with those of 'Rags' (Ré/arc) *Lindsay Cooper
Music For Other Occasions
no man's land (FR Germany) (?number?) [12’’ 33 LP] (1986)
no man's land (Germany) nml 8603cd [CD] (1991)
1. Speed Of Light (3’22) 2. Belfast (2’10) 3. The Number 8 Bus (1’25) 4. Torn Away (1’56) 5. Plate Dance (3’01) 6. No Missiles (1’52) 7. Royal Courts Of Justice (2’13) 8. Iceland The Long Dance (5’56) 9. As She Breathes (2’36) 10. The Assassination Waltz (1’38) 11. Who Knows? (1’26) 12. Exchange (2’05) 13. Elegy (3’38) 14. Domestic Bliss (2’37) 15. They're Moving In (1’49) 16. Julia/End Credits (3’16) 17. Next Century (1’17) 18. From Morning Till Midnight (2’09) 19. The Colony Comes A Cropper (4’33) 20. Fledermaus (1’35) 21. We'd Rather Fly (0’59)
All compositions by Lindsay Cooper
Recorded spring 1983 - summer 1985 at Wave and Milo studios, except the CD bonus tracks: (17) & (21) March 1987 at Trion Studio, Frankfurt am Main (FR Germany); (18) recorded March 1987; (19) recorded September 1990 at How Studio, London; (20) recorded July 1990 by Australian Broadcasting Company
Lindsay Cooper - piano, electric piano, synthesizers, alto, sopranino, bassoon, glockenspiel, bass guitar on (14) ; Georgie Born - guitar, bass guitar, cello, electric piano on (1); Sally Potter - voice (1,9); Dagmar Krause - voice (3, 4, 6); Maggie Nicols - voice (7,15,16); Kate Westbrook - voice on (11,12), tenor horn; Chris Cutler - drums; Celia Gore Booth - musical saw; Vicky Aspinall - violin; Zeena Parkins - harp; Irita Kutchmy - piccolo; Helena Paul - cello (5); on CD bonus tracks (17)-(21) only: Elvira Plenar -piano (17,21), synthesizer (17); Alfred 23 Harth - soprano saxophone (17), bass clarinet (21); Annemarie Roelofs - trombone (17), violin (21); John Harle soprano saxophone (18); Helen Liebmann - cello (18); Peter Whyman - soprano saxophone (19), bass clarinet (19), flute (19); Robyn Archer - voice (20); Lynda Patching - violin (20); Teresa Blake - cello (20)
Note: (15) also featured on the BAD ALCHEMY No. 2 tape (1985)
The bonus tracks (17), (21) were written and recorded for Claudia Alemann’s TV movies “Das nächste Jahrhundert wird unser sein” and “Wir wollen lieber fliegen als kriechen” as well as the pieces published on “A Classic Guide To No Man's Land” (No Man's Land NML 8813) and later documented on a “A View From A Bridge” (Impetus 29831). Lindsay Cooper
The Small Screen. Music for Television
Cassette 1984 (Sync Pulse)
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, alto and soprano saxophone, oboe, piano, elctric piano, synthesizer, bass guitar; with Chris Cutler - drums *News from Babel
Sirens and Silences/Work Resumed on the Tower
Recommended Records (UK) Ré 6116 [12" 45 LP] (1984)
Recommended Records (UK) ReRNfB 1 [CD] (1990)
Sirens And Silences 1. Odysseus (Cutler, Cooper) 2. Auschwitz/Babel (Cutler, Cooper) 3. Klein's Bottle (Cutler, Cooper) 4. Black Gold (Cutler, Cooper) 5. Devils (Cutler, Cooper) 6. Dry Leaf (Cutler, Cooper)
Work Resumed On The Tower 7. Arcades (Of Glass) (Cutler, Cooper) 8. Victory (Cutler, Cooper) 9. Anno Mirabilis (Cutler, Cooper)
Recorded and mixed in London, October 10-19 and November 2-3, 1983. Extra work on (6) at Cold Storage, January 23, 1984.
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, sopranino and alto saxophone, piano, other keyboards; Chris Cutler - drums, electrics, percussion; Zeena Parkins - harp, prepared and electric harps, accordion; Dagmar Krause - voice; Phil Minton (8,9) - trumpet, voice (9); Bill Gilonis - bass, guitar; Georgie Born (4) - bass.
Note: The CD also contains LETTERS HOME (1986). News from Babel
Contraries
(Vinyl 7")
1. Contraries (Parkins, Cutler)
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, piano, horns, marimba; Chris Cutler - marimba; Dagmar Krause - voice; Zeena Parkins - harp, accordion.
Recorded at Cold Storage
1984 - Re Records, Re H (7")
Note: This picture disk was originally issued with the subscribers LP edition of 'Work Resumed On The Tower'. The record is a one sided single, and the B-side has been silk-screened in a stunning pattern. The record was later sold separately and also included in the compilation '16 DANCE PARTY SMASH HITS', a box set of all the 7"s issued by Recommended Records (UK) to commemorate their 7th anniversary. * Catherine Jauniaux / Tim Hodgkinson
Fluvial
Woof Records (USA/U.K.) Woof 007 [LP] 1984
A 1. Dream (Hodgkinson, Jauniaux)(1’42) A 2. Une Escadrille De Sorcieres (Suc, arr. Jauniaux) (5’13) A 3. Sweet Smell (Hodgkinson, Jauniaux)(1’54) A 4. Doresc Trei Babys (Hodgkinson, Jauniaux)(3’24) A 5. Copul's Humus (Jauniaux, Hodgkinson)(3’24) A 6. Kebadaya (Jauniaux)(5’10) B 1. Origine Des Femmes (Jauniaux, Hodgkinson, traditional) (4’26) B 2. Tilimbom (Stravinsky, arr. Jauniaux)(4’55) B 3. Chanson de la fraternisation (P. Dessau - B. Brecht)(3’14) B 4. Divine Image (Hodgkinson, Blake) (5’54) B 5. Infant Sorrow (Hodgkinson, Blake) (2’47) B 6. The Dansers Under the Hill (Jauniaux) (3’07)
Catherine Jauniaux - vocals, little saxophone, percussion; Tim Hodgkinson (A 1-5, B 2-6) - guitar, drums, piano, viola, clarinet, percussion, organ; Lindsay Cooper (A 1, B 3, B 5) - bassoon, oboe, sopranino saxophone; Bill Gilonis (A 1, 5, B 2, B 3, B 4) - guitar, bass guitar, piano; Tom Cora (A 2) - cellos; Mario Boyer (A 2, B 1,3) - conga drum, balafon, percussion; Terri Robson (A 4) - violin; Georgie Born (A 4, B 2, B 3) - cello; Charles S. Bullen (B 1, B 3) - percussion; Stephen Kent (B 4) - trumpet; Dominic Weeks (B 5) - percussion, vibraphone, xylophone.
Recorded at Cold Storage Studio in August-September 1983 * Irène Schweizer
Live at Taktlos
Intakt Records (Switzerland) Intakt 001 [33 / 12'' LP]
A 1. First meeting (9’50) A 2. Lungs And Legs Willing? (11’40) B 1. Trutznachtigall (20’15) B 2. Every, Now And Then... (0’55)
Recorded February 4-5, 1984 at the Taktlos Festival, Rote Fabrik Zurich
Irène Schweizer (1, 2, 3) - piano; Maggie Nicols (2, 4) - voice; Lindsay Cooper (4) - piano; George Lewis (1) - trombone; Joëlle Léandre (3) - doublebass; Paul Lovens (3) - percussion; Günter "Baby" Sommer (2) - percussion *Maarten Altena Octet & Nonet
Quick Step
Claxon Records (Netherlands) Claxon 86.16 [33/12'' LP] (1986)
A 1. Quick Step (4'00) A 2. Vaas A 3. Bit B 1. Bes B 2. Mode B 3. Lomo (6'11) B 4. Buona Notte (4'08)
All compositions by Regteren Altena
A 1, B 3, B 4 recorded March 13 & 14, 1984 at the Ijsbreker, Amsterdam; A 2, B 1, B 2 recorded July 2 & 3, 1985 at Bach Hall, Amsterdam, A 3 recorded May 6, 1985 at Vredenburg, Utrecht (Netherlands) during Freedom Festival.
A 1, B 3, B 4: Kenny Wheeler - trumpet; Wolter Wierbos - trombone; Maud Sauer - oboe, alto oboe, shenai; Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Paul Termos - alto saxophone; Maartje ten Hoorn - violin; Guus Janssen - piano; Maarten Altena - double bass, Ab Baars - tenor saxophone. Personal on other tracks: Eric Boeren - trumpet; Simone de Haan - trombone; Paul Termos - alto saxophone; Peter van Bergen - tenor saxophone; Maartje ten Hoorn - violin; Guus Janssen - piano; Michel Vatcher - percusion; Maarten Altena - double bass. Various Artists
Re 0101 Quarterly Volume 1 Number 1
[LP with magazine] (May 1, 1985)
Steve Moore: The Threshold of Liberty
Lars Hollmer: Experiment
Chris Cutler/Lindsay Cooper: Education
5 uu's: Compomisation
Joseph Racaille: Dans Les Yeux Bleues
The Lowest Note: Naiwabi
Adrian Mitchell: Sorry 'bout That
Kalahari Surfers: Prayer for Civilisation
Mission Impossible: Indefinite
Adrian Mitchell: Song In Space
Stefano Delu: Pensa Un Numero
Mikolas Chadima: A Walk Around the Brewery
Adrian Mitchell: Saw It In the Papers David Thomas & The Pedestrians
More Places Forever (1985)
Rough Trade Records (UK) Rough 80 [12'' 33 LP] 1985
Twin/Tone Records TTR8551 [12'' 33 LP] (US) (1985)
A 1. Through The Magnifying Glass (3’07) A 2. Enthusiastic (4’51) A 3. Whale Head King (5’40) A 4. Song of the Bailing Man (4’47) B 1. Big Breezy Day (3’27) B 2. The Farmer's Wife (4’47) B 3. New Broom (4’49) B 4. About True Friends (5’00)
recorded at Suma Studio, Painesville, Ohio (USA), no recording date given
David Thomas - vocals, lyrics; Lindsay Cooper - sopranino and alto saxophone, bassoon, oboe, tuba, piano, organ; Chris Cutler - drums, flotsam; Tony Maimone - bass guitar, piano on B 2
Further editions:
Megadisc Records MD 7992 (Benelux) LP
Rough Trade Deutschland RTDL 1-105 (G) LP IMPROVED ENTRY (Febr. 2004)
* Various Artists
Musique Internationale ’85
Van D'Oeuvre Records (France) Van D'Oeuvre 8501 [12'' 33 LP] (1985)
Side A:
1. Trio de Batterie (Rick Brown, Charles Hayward, Guigou Chenevier - drums) : Three Legs for Two Birds (2:22) 2. Jacques Veille Quartet: Randonnee (8:20) 3. Keith Tippett (piano): Solo Improvisation (3:44) 4. Catalogue: La Fille au Pantalon Noir (4:25)
Side B:
1. David Thomas & The Pedestrians (David Thomas, Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Tony Maimone): Whale Head King (7:20) 2. Hans Reichel / Keith Tippett duet: Improvisation (4:50) 3. La Marmite Infernale: Sardenia (7:10)
“Musique Internationale ’85,” a French import compilation lp was released in 1986. The album title was also the name of a new music festival held in France, from which these recordings were selected. None of this material is available elsewhere. LC only with David Thomas' Pedestrians. *Various Artists
BAD ALCHEMY No. 2
RecRec/no man’s land (Germany) Bad Alchemy No. 2 [magazine+CT]1985
A 1. They ‘re Moving In (1’48) A 2. Cholera (6’00) A 3. “Schmettrich-Stück” (5’00)
(A 2, A 3) recorded live 10 February 1985 by “Lindsay Cooper & Music for Films-Group” at Hannover’s Raschplatz-Pavillion.
Lindsay Cooper - reeds, keyboards; Georgie Born - bass guitar, guitar, cello; Sally Potter (A 2, A 3)- piano, voice; Vicky Aspinall (A 2, A 3) - violin; Phil Minton (A 2, A 3) - voice; Maggie Nicols (A 1)- voice; Chris Cutler - drums
All pieces (except A 2) written by Lindsay Cooper. Text of A 1 by Carolyn Askar; text and tune of (A 2) is traditional.
Note: (A 1) was a take-out from the album “Music For Other Occasions” not published at that time (“to be released in September 1985”, cf. For recording details of A 1). LC does not play on the other 7 pieces documented here. Besides the two Lindsay Cooper Groups the tape features music from Officer (A 4, A 5), Conny Bauer (A 6), René Lussier & Jean Derome (B 1, B 2, B 3) and Eugene Chadbourne’s “Shokabilly” (B 4)
Note: The tape is attached to a small quarterannually magazine. The main theme of this edition of the magazine were women in improvised and art rock music like Lindsay Cooper, Diamanda Galas or Joëlle Leandre. Among others it contains an early discography of LC. *Various Artists
BAD ALCHEMY No. 3
RecRec/no man’s land (Germany) Bad Alchemy No. 3 [magazine+CT]1985
5. Electric Bassoon Demonstration (Materialausgabe) 0’40 (Lindsay Cooper)
Lindsay Cooper - electric bassoon(5)<5>recorded May 24, 1985 at New Jazz Festival Moers (Germany)
Note: (5) was part of the Moers’ edition of Heiner Goebbel’s Materialausgabe consisting of a number of solos with sounds for a contemporary practise of music. LC does not appear on other tracks of the tape.
Note: The tape features besides LC (5) John Zorn’s "Cobra" (1), duo of John Zorn & Tenko (2), David Moss Dense Band (3,4), Dr. Nerve (6,7), Half Japanese (8), The Lo Yo Yo (9,10), Christian Marclay "Tower Of Babel" (11), Lurex 4/Elliott Sharp (12). V.A.
The Improvisors
Tellus #15 (CT) (USA) (1986)
1. no title (CC, AC) (8’40) 2. no title (CE, TC, BF, BP) (5’45) 3. no title (LC, FF, IS) (8’15) 4. no title (CM, BH, DW, DM) (7’00) 5. no title (LC, FF, CM, SB) (8’40) 6. no title (BF, JS) (3’00) 7. no title (DW, FF) (7’56) 8. no title (IM, JZ, LC, FF) (7’42)
Chris Cochrane (1) - electric guitar; Anthony Coleman (1) - electric organ; Carol Emanuel (2) - harp; Tom Cora (2) - electric cello; Bill Frisell (2,6) - electric guitar; Bobby Previte (2) - drums; Lindsay Cooper (3,5,8) - electric bassoon, saxophone, reeds; Fred Frith (3,5,7,8) - electric guitar, home-made electric string instruments; Irene Schweizer (3) - piano; Christian Marclay (4,5) - turntables; Bill Horvitz (4) - guitar, electronics; David Weinstein - (4,7): Mirage, electronics; Denman Maroney (4) - keyboards;Samm Bennett (5) - drums; Jim Staley (6) - trombone; Ikue Mori (8) - drums; John Zorn (8) - reeds, game calls.
Recorded during the Stephanie and Irving Stone Festival of Improvisors at the Roulette, New York City on November 8-10, 1985
Note; This tape from Tellus (The Audio Cassette Magazine) contains small group pieces from an intercontinental herd of improvising musicians. News from Babel
Letters Home
Re Records (U.K.) ReR 7/1986 LP - (also ReR CD)
1. Who Will Accuse ? 2. Heart Of Stone (Megalopolis) 3. Banknote 4. Moss 5. Dragon At The Core 6. Dark Matter 7. Waited / Justice 8. Fast Food 9. Last Evening
All compositions by Lindsay Cooper, words by Chris Cutler
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, sopranino & alto saxophones, piano, other keyboards; Chris Cutler - drums, electrics, percussion; Zeena Parkins - harp, prepared & electric harps, accordion; Dagmar Krause - voice; Sally Potter - voice (3, 6); Robert Wyatt - voice (1, 2, 4, 9); Phil Minton - voice (5); Bill Gilonis - bass, guitar; EBO - guitar (6)
Recorded at Cold Storage during autumn and winter 85/86
1986 - Re, 1...14 (LP) 1990 - ReR, ReRNfB 1 (CD)
Note: the CD also contains 'Sirens And Silences', 'Work Resumed On The Tower' *Various Artists
The Last Nightingale
Re Records (UK) Re 1984 [45" LP] 1984
1. Moments Of Delight (Cutler/Hodgkinson) 2. In The Dark Year (Cutler/Cooper) 3. Back In The Playground Blues (Mitchell) 4. Bittern Storm Revisited (Frith) 5. On the Beach At Cambridge
recorded in October 1984 at Old Storage, London, except (4) recorded in 1973 and remixed on October 21, 1984.
Lindsay Cooper - piano, electric piano, sopranino sax (1, 2), basoon (1, 2, 4); Chris Cutler - drums (1, 2, 4); Tim Hodgkinson - piano, electric piano, moog, baritone saxophone (1, 2), alto saxophone (1, 2, 4); Bill Gilonis - guitar (1, 2); Robert Wyatt - voice (1, 2); Fred Frith - guitars (4); John Greaves - bass (4); Adrian Mitchell - voice (3, 5)
Note: This EP was recorded and published to support the 1984 miners’ strike in Wales. Original version of (4) published on Henry Cow’s “Unrest” (1974). IMPROVED ENTRY (April 2004)
* Alfred 23 Harth
with Lindsay Cooper/John Zorn/Aleister & Alice
Plan Eden
Creative Works Records (CH) CW 1008 [LP] (1987)
B 1. Es sind meine Tiere (1'38) B 2. Hörstück für Alle und Keinen (2'45) B 3. Der Geist der Rache (2'50) B 4 Fürsprache der anders denkenden Nähe zum Fernen (3'00) B. 5 Aleister and Alice (3'13) B 6. Atom Sex-Kino (6'26)
B 1- 4 (music by Harth/Cooper) recorded at FTF studios February 1987
Alfred Harth - soprano and tenor saxophone, Eb, Bb and bass clarinet, voice; Lindsay Cooper (B 1-4) - sopranino saxophone, bassoon; Phil Minton (B 5) - voice; John Zorn (B 6) - alto saxophone; Hans Anliker (B 5) - trombone; Andres Bosshard (B 5) - tapes; Günter Müller (B 5) - drums, electric zither
On side A solo tracks by Alfred Harth IMPROVED ENTRY
*Anthony Phillips/Harry Williamson
Tarka
Amy Intern’l/ PRT Precision Records and Tapes (U.K.) PYC 18 CD] (1988)
PRT Records (UK) PYL 18 [LP] (1988)
Blueprint Records (UK) BP219CD [CD](1996/2001)
1. Movement One: The First Year (11’24) 2. Movement Two: River and Estuary (15’43) 3. Movement Three: The Hunt (15’23) 4. Postlude: The Anthem (6’04)
Composed by Anthony Phillips and Harry Williamson (also all orchestrations and musical arrangements except (4) orchestrated by Anthony Phillips and Simon Heyworth)
Recording date not known, but recorded at CTS studios, Wembley, London and Gooseberry studios, Tulse Hill, London.
Anthony Phillips - acoustic guitar, keyboards; Harry Williamson - acoustic guitar, keyboards
with
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Didier Malherbe - flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone; Nick Cox - clarinet, bass clarinet; Anne Glover - oboe; Ian Hardwick - oboe; Andrew Anscombe - French horn; Julie Allis - harp; Ann Morfee - violin; Krysia Osotowicz - violin; Jane Crouch - cello; Guy Evans - percussion; Dave Sawyer - percussion;
and The National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jeremy Gilbert
The Blueprint CD release has a totally new cover and also includes The Rising Spring as part of Movement 2. Movement 2 on the Blueprint CD has a running time of 16:20.
PRT Records made as well a 7" single release (tracks: The Anthem From Tarka (single mix) / The Rising Spring (PYS 18)) as an CD single (PYD 18), latter containing the following tracks: The Anthem From Tarka (single mix) / The Rising Spring / Excerpt From Tarka, Movement 1, Part 1 / Excerpt From Tarka, Movement 3 / The Anthem From Tarka (single mix extended version). The double CD compilation "Anthony Phillips - Soundscapes / An Anthology" (Recall Records/Voiceprint 636551445825 (2003) contains "The Anthem". *Various Artists
International Women's Festival Of Improvised Music
Intakt 002 (LP) 1988
1. Gaat Uw gang, dames! (6’00) 2. Kromhout 2 Cyl. 80 PK (4’10) 3. Vino Santo (4’55) 4. Hello (1’50) 5. Discovery (5’40) 6. Trutznachtigall II (8’45) 7. Nasty (3’05) 8. Eine kleine Drum-Music (3’05) 9. Metal Nuit (5’05) 10. Sweethearts of Rhythm (3’15)
recorded live on October 17/18, 1986 at the first Swiss Canaille festival, presenting feminist improvising musicians at the “Rote Fabrik” Zurich (Switzerland)
Irène Schweizer (1, 5, 6, 8) - piano, drums; Lindsay Cooper (2, 7) - basoon, live-electronics; Maggie Nicols (4, 7) - voice; Joëlle Léandre (3, 4, 6, 9) - double bass, voice; Annemarie Roelofs (1, 4, 9) - trombone, violine; Marilyn Mazur (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10) - percussion, piano; Elvira Plenar (4, 10) - piano; Petra Ilyes (5, 10) - bass guitar; Flora St. Loup (3, 9) - voice; Co Streiff (1, 5) - alto saxophone; Mariette Rouppe Van der Voort (5, 10) - alto saxophone; Maud Sauer (2, 5, 9) - oboe; Maartje Ten Hoorn (4, 9, 10) - violin *Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Westbrook Rossini Zürich Live
Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) hat ART CD 2-6152 [2xCD] 1994
Disc 1 (61521)
1. William Tell Overture II (5’53) 2. William Tell Overture III (2’10) 3. The Thievish Magpie Overture (3’24) 4. L'amoroso e sincero Lindoro (20’40) 5. William Tell Overture IV (4’05) 6. The Barber of Seville Overture (9’23)
Disc 2 (61522)
7. Thievish Magpie (9’01) 8. William Tell Overture I (4’43) 9. Si cinge il pro'guerriero (4’49) 10. Isaura (12’45) 11. Tutto cangia (3’12) 12. William Tell Overture V (3’50)
Music by Gioacchino Rossini arranged with additional material by Mike Westbrook. (1.4), (2.4) and (2.5) arranged by Kate Westbrook and Mike Westbrook
Kate Westbrook - piccolo, tenor horn, voice; Lindsay Cooper - sopranino saxophone; Peter Whyman - alto saxophone; Paul Nieman - trombone;Andy Grappy - tuba; Mike Westbrook - piano, tuba; Peter Fairclough - drums
recorded 9 November 1986 live at the International Jazz Festival Zürich *Mike Westbrooke
Westbrook-Rossini
Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) HatHut 2040 [2xLP] 1987
Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) hat ART CD 6002 [CD] 1988
1. William Tell Overture II 2. William Tell Overture III 3. The Thieving Magpie Overture 4. L'amoroso e sincero Lindoro 5. William Tell Overture IV 6. The Barber of Seville Overture 7. Thiev-ish Magpie 8. William Tell Overture I 9. Si cinge il pro'guerriero 10. Isaura 11. Tutto cangia 12. William Tell Overture V
Music by Gioacchino Rossini arranged with additional material by Mike Westbrook. (4), (10) and (11) arranged by Kate Westbrook and Mike Westbrook
Lindsay Cooper - sopranino saxophone; Peter Whyman - alto saxophone; Kate Westbrook - piccolo, tenor horn, voice; Paul Nieman - trombone; Andy Grappy - tuba; Mike Westbrook - piano, tuba; Peter Fairclough - drums
recorded November 11 & 12, 1986 in Zürich (DRS radio studios) * Various Artists
A Classic Guide To No Man's Land
No Man's Land NML 8813 CD (BRD 1988)
1. In The Archive 3. Mainz 4. Paulskirche
Annemarie Roelofs - violin, trombone; Elvira Plenar - piano, synthesizer; Alfred 23 Harth - bass clarinett, soprano saxophone; Lindsay Cooper - soprano saxophone.
Recorded March 1987 at Trion studios Frankfurt a.M. (F.R.G.)
Note: These 3 pieces are the only ones in this compilation with Lindsay Cooper. As well as the bonus tracks published on “Music for Other Occassions” these pieces were composed and recorded by Lindsay Cooper for Claudia Alemann’s TV movies “Das nächste Jahrhundert wird unser sein” and “Wir wollen lieber fliegen”. An edited version of these 3 pieces is also included in the double CD “A View From The Bridge”. * Dagmar Krause
Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler
Island Antilles New Directions (U.K.) Antilles AN [CD]1989
Blueprint/Voiceprint (Austria) BP/VP 138[CD]1994
1. Song of the Whitewash 2. Tank Battles 3. You Have to Pay 4. Chanson Allemande 5. Ballad of the Sackslingers 6. Mother Beimlein 7. The Perhaps Song 8. Ballade von der Belebenden Wirkung des Geldes 9. Mankind 10. Bettellied 11. Song of a German Mother 12. Change the World, It Needs It 13. Bankenlied 14. Legende von der Enstehung des Buches Taoteking 15. Ballad of (Bourgeois) Welfare 16. Mother's Hands 17. Berlin 1919 18. And I Shall Never See Again 19. Genevieve: Ostern ist ein Ball sur Seine 20. The Wise Woman and the Soldier 21. Failure in Loving 22. Und Endlich Stirbt 23. The Rat Men/Nightmare 24. The Homecoming 25. The Trenches 26. To a Little Radio
Recorded at West 3 Studios, London, on unknown recording date
Dagmar Krause - voice; Michael Blair - percussion, marimba; Danny Thompson - double bass; Alexander Balanescu - viola; John Harle - soprano saxophone; John Tilbury - piano: Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Andrew Dodge - accordion, harmonium, piano, DX 7 synthesizer, backing vocals; Graeme Taylor - banjo, guitar; Sarah Homer - clarinet, bassclarinet, contrabassclarinett; Ian Mitchell - clarinet, bassclarinet ; Steve Sterling - frenchhorn; John Leonard - bassoon; Bruce Nockles - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, cornet; Ashley Slater - tuba, trombone, bass trombone; Steve Berry (23) - double bass; Phil Edwards - saxophone; Gertrude Thoma - backing vocals.
Note: The english LP version does not contain CD’s tracks (8), (14), (18) and (20). There also exists a German edition “Panzerschlacht” (Ariola AN 259751) with all songs in German language.
Note: The Blueprint CD contains 10 more songs in the German version. * Dagmar Krause
Panzerschlacht: Die Lieder von Hanns Eisler
BMG Ariola (Germany) Antilles AN 259751 [CD]1988
1. Lied von der Tünche (1’58) 2. Panzerschlacht (1’24) 3. Zahlen müßt ihr (1’37) 4. Chanson Allemande (1’13) 5. Ballade von den Säckeschmeißern (3’16) 6. Mutter Beimlein (1’11) 7. Das “Vielleicht”-Lied (1’44) 8. Ballade von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes (4’22) 9. Der Mensch (0’54) 10. Bettellied (1’21) 11. Lied einer deutschen Mutter (2’26) 12. Ändere die Welt - sie braucht es (1’59) 13. Bankenlied (2’52) 14. Legende von der Enstehung des Buches Taoteking (6’31) 15. (Ballade von der) Wohltätigkeit (2’45) 16. Mutterns Hände (1’55) 17. Spartakus 1919 (2’24) 18. Und ich werde nicht mehr sehen (1’48) 19. Genevieve: Ostern ist Ball sur Seine (1’00) 20. Ballade vom Weib und dem Soldaten (3’33) 21. Verfehlte Lebe (1’00) 22. Und endlich stirbt (1'07) 23. The Rat Men - Nightmare (1’11) 24. Die Heimkehr (1’26) 25. Der Graben (3’33) 26. An den kleinen Radioapparat (1’00)
Dagmar Krause - voice; Michael Blair - percussion, marimba; Danny Thompson - double bass; Alexander Balanescu - viola; John Harle - soprano saxophone; John Tilbury - piano: Lindsay Cooper - bassoon; Andrew Dodge - accordion, harmonium, piano, DX 7 synthesizer, backing vocals; Graeme Taylor - banjo, guitar; Sarah Homer - clarinet, bassclarinet, contrabassclarinett; Ian Mitchell - clarinet, bassclarinet ; Steve Sterling - frenchhorn; John Leonard - bassoon; Bruce Nockles - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, cornet; Ashley Slater - tuba, trombone, bass trombone; Steve Berry (23) - double bass; Phil Edwards - saxophone; Gertrude Thoma - backing vocals.
Recorded at West 3 Studios, London, no recording date given IMPROVED ENTRY (May 2004)
Swans
Children of God
Caroline (US) CAROL CD 1346 [CD] (1987)
1. New Mind 2. In My Garden 3. Our Love Lies 4. Sex, God, Sex 5. Blood And Honey 6. Like A Drug (Sha La La La) 7. You're Not Real, Girl 8. Beautiful Child 9. Blackmail 10. Trust Me 11. Real Love 12. Blind Love 13. Children Of God 14. (untitled) - (hidden track)
Michael Gira - vocals, sounds, keyboards, acoustic guitar; Norman Westberg - electric / acoustic guitar; Jarboe - vocals, all female background vocals, sounds, piano; Algis Kizys - bass; Theodore Parsons - drums, percussion; William Barnhardt (9)- piano ; Simon Fraser (2) - flute ; Lindsay Cooper (9, 10) - oboe; Audrey Riley (6)- cello
Recorded at Sawmill Studios, Golant, Cornwall, England in February and March 1987
Note: Also packed together with the Swans' "World of Skin" in a twofer by YOUNG GOD/Atavistic (USA) YG02 [2xCD] (1997). 1987 edition also as double lp by Product Inc. (UK) as PROD 17 resp. CAROL 1346 .
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