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The Complete Obscure Records Collection
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One of the great anomalies and triumphs of 20th Century recording, Obscure Records was initially conceived by Brian Eno as a vehicle for the work of his yet to be recorded friend, Gavin Bryars, before taking on grander ambitions. Having left Roxy Music in 1973 and launched his own solo career, during this period Eno had become immersed in London’s thriving experimental music scene - occasionally playing with Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra and Portsmouth Sinfonia - cultivating a deep connection with the avant-garde that had begun in his student years, finding a deep sympathy with his own ideas and approaches among the artists he encountered there. Among these were Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, David Toop, and Max Eastley, who, in addition to Eno and a lone American, John Adams, would contribute the first suite of works: Gavin Bryars’ “The Sinking of the Titanic”, Christopher Hobbs, John Adams, and Gavin Bryars’ “Ensemble Pieces”, Brian Eno’s “Discreet Music”, David Toop and Max Eastley’s “New and Rediscovered Musical Instrument” - released by Obscure in 1975.
Issued in both CD and vinyl editions of 1000 copies, with the later accompanied by a hand-numbered certificate, each box set contains all of Obscure’s albums, completely remastered by Andrea Marutti and housed in faithful replicas of their original covers and liner notes, as well as an 80/130-page book (respectively, LP/CD)
One of the great anomalies and triumphs of 20th Century recording, Obscure Records was initially conceived by Brian Eno as a vehicle for the work of his yet to be recorded friend, Gavin Bryars, before taking on grander ambitions. Having left Roxy Music in 1973 and launched his own solo career, during this period Eno had become immersed in London’s thriving experimental music scene - occasionally playing with Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra and Portsmouth Sinfonia - cultivating a deep connection with the avant-garde that had begun in his student years, finding a deep sympathy with his own ideas and approaches among the artists he encountered there. Among these were Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, David Toop, and Max Eastley, who, in addition to Eno and a lone American, John Adams, would contribute the first suite of works: Gavin Bryars’ “The Sinking of the Titanic”, Christopher Hobbs, John Adams, and Gavin Bryars’ “Ensemble Pieces”, Brian Eno’s “Discreet Music”, David Toop and Max Eastley’s “New and Rediscovered Musical Instrument” - released by Obscure in 1975.
Issued in both CD and vinyl editions of 1000 copies, with the later accompanied by a hand-numbered certificate, each box set contains all of Obscure’s albums, completely remastered by Andrea Marutti and housed in faithful replicas of their original covers and liner notes, as well as an 80/130-page book (respectively, LP/CD)
The Sinking Of The Titanic:
1-1 Gavin Bryars– The Sinking Of The Titanic
1-2 Gavin Bryars– Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Ensemble Pieces:
2-1 Christopher Hobbs – Aran
2-2 – John Philip Sousa
2-3 – Christian Zeal And Activity
2-4 – Sentimentals
2-5 Christopher Hobbs – McCrimmon Will Never Return
2-6 Gavin Bryars – 1, 2, 1-2-3-4
Discreet Music:
3-1 - Brian Eno – Discreet Music
Brian Eno Three Variations On The Canon In D Major By Johann Pachelbel:
3-2 – Fullness Of Wind
3-3 – French Catalogues
3-4 – Brutal Ardour
New And Rediscovered Musical Instruments:
4-1 Max Eastley– Hydrophone
4-2 Max Eastley– Metallophone
4-3 Max Eastley– The Centriphone
4-4 Max Eastley– Elastic Aerophone / Centriphone
4-5 David Toop– Do The Bathosphere
4-6 David Toop– The Divination Of The Bowhead Whale
4-7 David Toop– The Chairs Story
Voices And Instruments:
5-1 Jan Steele – All Day
5-2 Jan Steele – Distant Saxophones
5-3 Jan Steele – Rhapsody Spaniel
5-4 John Cage – Experiences No.1
5-5 John Cage – Experiences No.2
5-6 John Cage – The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs
5-7 John Cage – Forever And Sunsmell
5-8 John Cage – In A Landscape
Decay Music:
6-1 Michael Nyman– 1-100
6-2 Michael Nyman– Bell Set No. 1
6-3 Michael Nyman– 1-100 (Faster Decay)
Music From The Penguin Café:
7-1 Simon Jeffes– Penguin Café Single
Simon Jeffes - Zopf
7-2 – From The Colonies
7-3 – In A Sydney Motel
7-4 – Surface Tension (Where The Trees Meet The Sky)
7-5 – Milk
7-6 – Coronation
7-7 – Giles Farnaby's Dream
7-8 – Pigtail
7-9 Simon Jeffes – The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't
7-10 Simon Jeffes – Hugebaby
7-11 Simon Jeffes – Chartered Flight
Machine Music:
8-1 John White– Autumn Countdown Machine
8-2 John White– Son Of Gothic Chord
8-3 John White– Jew's Harp Machine
8-4 John White– Drinking And Hooting Machine
8-5 Gavin Bryars– The Squirrel And The Ricketty Racketty Bridge
Irma:
9-1 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Introduction
9-2 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Overture
9-3 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Aria : "I Tell You That's Irma Herself"
9-4 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– First Interlude
9-5 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Aria: "Irma You Will Be Mine"
9-6 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Second Interlude
9-7 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Chorus: "Love Is Help Mate"
9-8 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Postlude
The Pavilion Of Dreams:
10-1 Harold Budd– Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
Harold Budd Two Songs:
10-2a – Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
10-2b – Butterfly Sunday
Harold Budd Madrigals Of The Rose Angel:
10-3a – Rossetti Noise
10-3b – The Crystal Garden And A Coda
10-4 Harold Budd– Juno
1-1 Gavin Bryars– The Sinking Of The Titanic
1-2 Gavin Bryars– Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Ensemble Pieces:
2-1 Christopher Hobbs – Aran
2-2 – John Philip Sousa
2-3 – Christian Zeal And Activity
2-4 – Sentimentals
2-5 Christopher Hobbs – McCrimmon Will Never Return
2-6 Gavin Bryars – 1, 2, 1-2-3-4
Discreet Music:
3-1 - Brian Eno – Discreet Music
Brian Eno Three Variations On The Canon In D Major By Johann Pachelbel:
3-2 – Fullness Of Wind
3-3 – French Catalogues
3-4 – Brutal Ardour
New And Rediscovered Musical Instruments:
4-1 Max Eastley– Hydrophone
4-2 Max Eastley– Metallophone
4-3 Max Eastley– The Centriphone
4-4 Max Eastley– Elastic Aerophone / Centriphone
4-5 David Toop– Do The Bathosphere
4-6 David Toop– The Divination Of The Bowhead Whale
4-7 David Toop– The Chairs Story
Voices And Instruments:
5-1 Jan Steele – All Day
5-2 Jan Steele – Distant Saxophones
5-3 Jan Steele – Rhapsody Spaniel
5-4 John Cage – Experiences No.1
5-5 John Cage – Experiences No.2
5-6 John Cage – The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs
5-7 John Cage – Forever And Sunsmell
5-8 John Cage – In A Landscape
Decay Music:
6-1 Michael Nyman– 1-100
6-2 Michael Nyman– Bell Set No. 1
6-3 Michael Nyman– 1-100 (Faster Decay)
Music From The Penguin Café:
7-1 Simon Jeffes– Penguin Café Single
Simon Jeffes - Zopf
7-2 – From The Colonies
7-3 – In A Sydney Motel
7-4 – Surface Tension (Where The Trees Meet The Sky)
7-5 – Milk
7-6 – Coronation
7-7 – Giles Farnaby's Dream
7-8 – Pigtail
7-9 Simon Jeffes – The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't
7-10 Simon Jeffes – Hugebaby
7-11 Simon Jeffes – Chartered Flight
Machine Music:
8-1 John White– Autumn Countdown Machine
8-2 John White– Son Of Gothic Chord
8-3 John White– Jew's Harp Machine
8-4 John White– Drinking And Hooting Machine
8-5 Gavin Bryars– The Squirrel And The Ricketty Racketty Bridge
Irma:
9-1 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Introduction
9-2 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Overture
9-3 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Aria : "I Tell You That's Irma Herself"
9-4 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– First Interlude
9-5 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Aria: "Irma You Will Be Mine"
9-6 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Second Interlude
9-7 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Chorus: "Love Is Help Mate"
9-8 Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton– Postlude
The Pavilion Of Dreams:
10-1 Harold Budd– Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
Harold Budd Two Songs:
10-2a – Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
10-2b – Butterfly Sunday
Harold Budd Madrigals Of The Rose Angel:
10-3a – Rossetti Noise
10-3b – The Crystal Garden And A Coda
10-4 Harold Budd– Juno
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