PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Reissue) - LP - Apricot Vinyl [DEC 13]

LP - Limited Edition Apricot Vinyl. This pressing uses the 2008 remaster.

‘Penguin Cafe Orchestra’ is the second studio album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, released in 1981, and recorded between 1977 and 1980.

• By this album, the line-up for the band had expanded greatly, with contribution including Simon Jeffes, Helen Leibmann, Steve Nye and Gavyn Wright of the original quartet, as well as Geoff Richardson, Peter Veitch, Braco, Giles Leamna, Julio Segovia and Neil Rennie.

• All pieces were composed by Simon Jeffes, except for ‘Paul’s Dance’ (Jeffes and Nye), ‘Cutting Branches’ (traditional), and ‘Walk Don’t Run’ (by Johnny Smith).

• The cover painting is by Emily Young.

• ‘Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter’ is based on the traditional Zimbabwean song, ‘Nhemamusasa’, a field recording of which can be heard played on mbira on the Nonesuch Records album ‘The Soul of the Mbira’.

• The Boston Globe opined that “this is one of the most eccentric records released this or any year...It’s also one of the most delightful.”

• In 2021, ‘Penguin Cafe Orchestra’ was named among The Fifty Best Albums Of 1981 by Spin.

•This repress uses the 2008 remaster

• Pressed on apricot vinyl.

Tracklist: 

Side A
A1. Air À Danser 
A2. Yodel 1
A3. Telephone And Rubber Band
A4. Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter
A5. Pythagora's Trousers
A6. Numbers 1-4

Side B
B1. Yodel 2
B2. Salty Bean Fumble
B3. Paul's Dance
B4. The Ecstasy Of Dancing Fleas
B5. Walk Don't Run
B6. Flux
B7. Simon's Dream
B8. Harmonic Necklace
B9. Steady State