''The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album'' is an EP by

Penguin Cafe Orchestra The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) were an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, it toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s. The band's sound is not easily categorized, having elemen ...

consisting of six pieces, two derived from previous released recordings ("The Penguin Cafe Single" and "Air a Danser"), two that were recorded from a live performance in Tokyo ("Numbers 1-4" and "Salty Bean Fumble"), and two previously unreleased pieces which had not appeared elsewhere ("The Toy" and "Piano Music"). The two live pieces were recorded by

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Radio at the Kan-i Hoken Hall on 10 June 1982. "Piano Music" is a solo piece recorded by Simon Jeffes in Tokyo on 7 July 1982 and "The Toy" was recorded in 1983. The cover painting was by

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Simon Jeffes; except where indicated # "The Penguin Cafe Single" (Simon Jeffes,

Helen Liebmann Helen Liebmann was a founding member (along with Simon Jeffes) of the avant garde music group Penguin Cafe Orchestra in 1973. A cellist, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the olde ...

Gavin Wright Gavin Wright (born 1943) is an economic historian and the William Robertson Coe Professor of American economic history at Stanford University. He received his B.A from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. with distinction from Yale University. He has ...

) # "Air a Danser" # "The Toy" # "Numbers 1-4" # "Salty Bean Fumble" # "Piano Music"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album 1983 debut EPs Penguin Cafe Orchestra albums Albums produced by Simon Jeffes E.G. Records albums