MUSIC FROM THE PENGUIN CAFE

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Discography

Please note that this discography was taken from the (now deleted) official Penguin Cafe Web Site.
See also Other tales.

All cover images are copyright Emily Young.

 

FIRST OCTAVE: Volume 1 - MUSIC FROM THE PENGUIN CAFE
Cover Art - Music from the Penguin Cafe (Emily Young)

Performed by Members of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1976

1.  Penguin Cafe Single                 
2.  Zopf
    a.  From the Colonies                        
    b.  In a Sydney Motel                        
    c.  Surface Tension (where the trees meet the sky)    
    d.  Milk                                    
    e.  Coronation                               
    f.  Giles Farnaby's Dream                    
    g.  Pigtail
3.  The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter
4.  Hugebaby                                   
5.  Chartered Flight

First released on Brian Eno's Obscure Records label in 1976 with the catalogue number Obscure 7, it was originally available from Island Records in the UK on mail order only. Since then it has passed to the Virgin label.

On the Virgin label world-wide, except Caroline in the US. Catalogue no: EEGCD27(UK), CAR1544 (US)International Bar Code No: 0777 7 87448 2 5.

Volume 2 - PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA
Cover Art - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Emily Young)

1982

1.  Air a Danser                                 
2.  Yodel 1                                      
3.  Telephone and Rubber Band                   
4.  Cutting Branches For a Temporary Shelter   
5.  Pythagoras's Trousers                       
6.  Numbers 1-4                                
7.  Yodel 2                                      
8.  Salty Bean Fumble                          
9.  Paul's Dance                                 
10. The Ecstasy Of Dancing Fleas                 
11. Walk Don't Run                               
12. Flux                                         
13. Simon's Dream                                
14. Harmonic Necklace                            
15. Steady State 

Released in 1982 on the Editions E.G. label, now on Virgin.

Virgin/Caroline.Catalogue no: EEGCD 11 (UK) CAR1543 (US). IBCN: 0777 7 87449 2 4.

Volume 3 - BROADCASTING FROM HOME
Cover Art - Broadcasting From Home (Emily Young)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1984

1.  Music for a Found Harmonium          
2.  Prelude & Yodel                              
3.  More Milk                                   
4.  Sheep Dip                                    
5.  White Mischief                              
6.  In the Back of a Taxi                       
7.  Music by Numbers                             
8.  Another One From the Colonies                
9.  Air                                          
10. Heartwind                                    
11. Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)
12. Now Nothing 

Released in 1984 on the Editions E.G, label. Now on Virgin.

Virgin/Caroline. Catalogue no: EEGCD 38 (UK) CAR1545 (US) IBCN: 0777 7 8744726.

Volume 4 - SIGNS OF LIFE
Cover Art - Signs of Life (Emily Young)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1987

1.  Beanfields                         
2.  Southern Jukebox Music                       
3.  Horns Of The Bull                            
4.  Oscar Tango                                  
5.  The Snake And The Lotus (The Pond)           
6.  Rosasolis                                    
7.  Dirt                                         
8.  Sketch                                       
9.  Perpetuum Mobile                  
10. Swing The Cat              
11. Wildlife

Released in 1987 on the Editions E.G. label, now on Virgin.

Virgin/Caroline.Catalogue no: EEGCD 50 (UK), CAR1546 (US) IBCN: 0777 7 8745 020.

Volume 5 - WHEN IN ROME...
Cover Art - When In Rome (Emily Young)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1988

This is a recording of a concert given at THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, on 9th July 1987

1.   Air a Danser                                
2.   Yodel 1                                     
3.   Cutting Branches For a Temporary Shelter    
4.   From the Colonies                           
5.   Southern Jukebox Music                      
6.   Number 1 to 4                              
7.   Telephone and Rubber Band                  
8.   Air                                         
9.   Beanfields                                 
10.  Paul's Dance                                
11.  Oscar Tango                                 
12.  Music for a Found Harmonium                 
13.  Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)  
14.  Prelude and Yodel                           
15.  Dirt                                        
16.  Giles Farnaby's Dream                       

Released in 1988 on Editions E.G. Label. Now on Virgin.

Virgin/Caroline. Catalogue no: EEGCD 56 (UK),CAR1542 (US). IBCN: 0777 7 8745 129.

Volume 6 - 'STILL LIFE' AT THE PENGUIN CAFE

Cover Art - Still Life At the Penguin Cafe (Emily Young)

 

1990

a) 'STILL LIFE' AT THE PENGUIN CAFE & THE PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA- A PROFILE: A video of the ballet performed by the Royal Ballet with music performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Isaiah Jackson. The music comprises eight pieces from the PCO repertoire, orchestrated by Simon Jeffes for the full conventional orchestra.

ALSO on this video, is a profile of the PCO made for the "South Bank Show" on UK television in 1987.

b) 'STILL LIFE' AT THE PENGUIN CAFE & FOUR PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA: Recording of the ballet score performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth, plus four further orchestrations.

'Still Life'......

     1. Air a Danser
     2. Prelude and Yodel
     3. Horns of the Bull 
     4. Pythagoras' Trousers
     5. White Mischief
     6. Now Nothing
     7. Music by Numbers
     8. Numbers 1-4

Four Pieces.....

    1. Perpetuum Mobile
    2. Southern Jukebox Music
    3. Oscar Tango
    4. Music for a Found Harmonium

Released in 1989 on the DECCA/LONDON label.

Laser Disk (PAL): 071 122 - 1. VHS (PAL): 071 122 - 3. Laser Disc (NTSC): 071 222 - 1. VHS (NTSC): 071 222 - 3. CD: 425 218 - 2. Cassette: 425 218 -4.

NOTE: Problems frequently occur when trying to order this. It is sometimes found in catalogues under B for ballet or R for Royal Ballet.

Volume 7 - UNION CAFE
Cover Art - Union Cafe (Emily Young)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1993

1.  Scherzo And Trio                             
2.  Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)                       
3.  Nothing Really Blue                          
4.  Cage Dead                                    
5.  Vega                                        
6.  Yodel 3                                      
7.  Organum                                      
8.  Another One From Porlock                     
9.  Thorn Tree Wind                              
10. Silver Star of Bologna                       
11. Discover America                             
12. Pythagoras On The Line                       
13. Kora Kora                                  
14. Lie Back And Think Of England                
15. Red Shorts                                   
16. Passing Through                              

Released in 1993 on the ZOPF label except in the USA, where it will be on the ZOPF/ Windham Hill label late 1995 or early 1996.

UK and the rest of EUROPE (except France):

FRANCE: Zopf/Tangram. Catalogue no. WM332 - 852 498. (Bar Code: 3 38300 8 524981.)

JAPAN: Zopf/Polydor K.K. Catalogue no. POCP - 1390.

USA: Zopf/TBA

FIRST OCTAVE: Volume 8 (octave)/
SECOND OCTAVE: Volume 1 - CONCERT PROGRAM
Cover Art - Concert Program

Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1995

DISC 1
        1. Air a Danser
        2. Cage Dead (version 2)
        3. Organum
        4. Southern Jukebox Music
        5. Numbers 1-4
        6. Air
        7. Perpetuum Mobile
        8. Nothing Really Blue
        9. Telephone and Rubber Band
             
DISC 2
       10. Beanfields
       11. Vega
       12. Surface Tension (where the trees meet the sky)
       13. Oscar Tango
       14. Music for a Found Harmonium
       15. Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)
       16. Steady State
       17. Scherzo And Trio
       18. Giles Farnaby's Dream 
       19. Salty Bean Fumble
       20. Red Shorts

Live studio concert recording at the Wool Hall in Somerset, England on July 23,1994. Released in May 1995 in the US on the ZOPF/WINDHAM HILL label. Released in the U.K. on July 24,1995 on the ZOPF label, distributed by GRAPEVINE DISTRIBUTION. Release in ITALY on the ZOPF/E.M.I label, September 22,1995, GERMANY (also serving AUSTRIA and SWITZERLAND) on the ZOPF/PEREGRINA MUSIC label November 1995, SPAIN on the ZOPF/ EDITIONES RESISTENCIA label, AUSTRALIA on the ZOPF/LARRIKIN label, and JAPAN on the ZOPF/ PEREGRINA MUSIC label.

CATALOGUE NUMBERS

USA: ZOPF/ WINDHAM HILL. CD- 01934 11169 - 2. Cassette- 01934 11169 - 4

U.K: ZOPF (GRAPEVINE DISTRIBUTION), Double CD - ZOPFD002 (bar code 5 019148 606987), Double length cassette - ZOPFC002 (bar code 5 019148 406 983), Double vinyl set - ZOPFV002 (bar code 5 019148 126980)

ITALY: ZOPF/ E.M.I -7243 836086 2 1

GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND and JAPAN: ZOPF/PEREGRINA MUSIC. CD- PM 50041

SPAIN: ZOPF/EDITIONES RESISTENCIA, distribuido por Arpa Folk Distribucion,S.L.- RESCD.010

AUSTRALIA: ZOPF/LARRIKIN (Cat. No. not known yet. Tel: 00 61 (02) 700 9199/ Fax: 00 61 (02) 700 9155)

SECOND OCTAVE: Volume 2 - PRELUDES, AIRS & YODELS
(A Penguin Cafe Primer)

Cover art - Preludes Airs & Yodels (photograph by Emily Young)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1996

1.  Music for a Found Harmonium (from Broadcasting from Home)
2.  Perpetuum Mobile (from Signs of Life)
3.  Penguin Cafe Single (from Music from the Penguin Cafe)
4.  Air (from Broadcasting from Home)
5.  Telephone and Rubber Band (from Penguin Cafe Orchestra)
6.  Dirt (from Signs of Life)
7.  Giles Farnaby's Dream  (from Music from the Penguin Cafe)
8.  Oscar Tango (from Signs of Life)
9.  Rosasolis (from Signs of Life)
10. Air à Danser (from Penguin Cafe Orchestra)
11. Music for a Found Harmonium (performed by Patrick Street)
12. Yodel 3 (from Union Cafe)
13. White Mischief (from Broadcasting from Home)
14. Prelude and Yodel (from Broadcasting from Home)
15. Harmonic Necklace (from Penguin Cafe Orchestra)
16. Steady State (from Penguin Cafe Orchestra)
17. Nothing Really Blue (from Union Cafe)
18. Pandaharmonium (Orb remix of Music for a Found Harmonium [May 1996])
19. Piano Music (from the Penguin Cafe Mini Album)

CATALOGUE NUMBERS

USA: Carol CD- 1100 2
UK:

SIMON JEFFES SOLO WORK: PIANO MUSIC

Simon Jeffes 2000

A posthumous release of archive material

From the liner notes by Neil Rennie:
"Most of the pieces on this album are previously unreleased material found on Simon's tapes after his death in December 1997. Exceptions are 'Piano Music', which appeared on the Preludes Airs and Yodels compilation, and 'Kora Kora' and 'Silver Star', which were on the Union Cafe album. 'Lullaby' is a new piece completed by Simon but recorded after his death by friends and members of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. The other fourteen pieces were played and recorded by Simon at various times and places (some unknown). 'Shelter' and 'Cajun Piano' are sketches of pieces Simon planned to record for his next album, which would also have included 'Lullaby'. Less specifically, he often imagined a future collection of piano music - not to be confused, of course, with this retrospective one."

  1. Lullaby - Hallfield House, Somerset, 17 January 1999
  2. Untitled - Unknown
  3. Mirror - Stanway, Gloucestershire, 4 - 6 November 1977
  4. Piano Piece # 2 - Stanway, Gloucestershire, 4 - 6 November 1977
  5. Piano Piece # 3 - Stanway, Gloucestershire, 4 - 6 November 1977
  6. Piano Piece # 4- Stanway, Gloucestershire, 4 - 6 November 1977
  7. Piano Piece # 5- Stanway, Gloucestershire, 4 - 6 November 1977
  8. Shelter - Hallfield House, Somerset, c. February 1996
  9. Hallfield Piano Idea 2 - Hallfield House, Somerset, c. February 1996
  10. Silver Star of Bologna - Air Lyndhurst Studios, London, 25 January 1993
  11. Hallfield Piano Idea 1- Hallfield House, Somerset, c. February 1996
  12. Japanese Piano Piece - Hippodrome Place, London, July 1989
  13. Kora Kora - Hippodrome Place, London, 1990 - 1993
  14. Technics Op. 1.2 - Hallfield House, Somerset, March 1996
  15. Piano Sketch - Unknown
  16. Meditation Rag - Air Studios, London, 18 October 1974
  17. Piano Music - Tokyo, 7 July 1982
  18. Cajun Piano - Lansdowne Studio, London, 24 January 1994

CATALOGUE NUMBER

UK: ZOPF ZOPFD003

MISCELLANEOUS DELETED P.C.O RELEASES

1982:" THE PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA MINI ALBUM": UK( E.G.) EGMLP 2, USA (E.G./Jem) EGMLP 2 Japan (E.G./Polydor) 18MM0276

Side 1: 1. Penguin Cafe Single  
             2. Air a Danser
             3. The Toy
Side 2:  1. Numbers 1-4 ( Recorded live in Japan)
             2. Salty Bean Fumble ( Live in Japan)
             3. Piano Music

1985: SINGLE: Music For A Found Harmonium/In the Back of a Taxi (UK)

1987: E.P: EDSX 1 (UK)

Side 1: 1. Music For A Found Harmonium
            2. Beanfields
Side 2: 1. In the Back of a Taxi
            2. Penguin Cafe Single

1987: SINGLE: EDSX 2 (UK)

Dirt/Air a Danser-Air

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