Miniatures: A Sequence of Fifty‐One Tiny Masterpieces
Album by Various Artists
Released 1980
Tracklist
- 1Bum Love / We’re a Happy Family/Bali Ha’i / The Wreck of the Hesperus / Green and Pleasant / Mine TonightOllie Halsall and John Halsey / The Residents / Roger McGough / Morgan Fisher / John Otway5:06
- 2My Way / Rangers in the Night / Opus 5 / Body Language / Andy the Dentist / Wagner’s Ring in One MinutePete Challis and Phil Diplock / Robert Wyatt / Stinky Winkles / Mary Longford / Andy “Thunderclap” Newman / David Bedford5:56
- 3The Entire Works of Henry Cow / Look Beneath the Surface / Week‐End / With Wings Pressed Back / Cum On Feel the NoizeFred Frith / Maggie Nicols / Joseph Racaille / The Work / Neil Innes and Son4:18
- 4Toscany in Blue (Last Minute) / An End to the Matter / One Minute in the Life of Ivan Denisovich / AliceHerbert Distel / Lol Coxhill / Ken Ellis / Steve Miller4:04
- 5John Peel Sings the Blues Badly / Serrons nous les coudes / Sounds That Saved My Life (Homage to K.S.) / Miniature / The History of Rock’n’Roll / BreatherNorman Lovett / Patrick Portella / George Melly / Robert Fripp / Andy Partridge / Phantom Captain5:13
- 6Enterbrain Exit / An Imaginary Orchestrina / Stop the Music for a Minute / Tetrad / Sweetest Love (Lament After a Broken Sashcord on a Theme of John Donne) / TipperaryRon Geesin / Alejandro Viñao / Quentin Crisp / Simon Desorgher / Ralph Steadman / R.D. Laing and Son6:01
- 7Beach Double / Scène de ballet / Brooch Boat / Do Tell Us / A Miniaturisation of Bartok’s Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion (3rd Movement)Trevor Wishart / John White / Ivor Cutler / Hector Zazou / Michael Bass and Ellen Tenenbaum4:27
- 8A Swift One / Refreshment Break / Night Touch / Racing PoodlesMartin Chambers / Bob Cobbing and Henri Chopin / Dave Vanian / Metabolist3:51
- 9After Mendelssohn / Paint It Black / Arthur’s Treat / Talking World War III Blues / 89‒90‒91‒92Gavin Bryars / ½ Japanese / Simon Jeffes / Mark Perry / Michael Nyman4:31
- 10Index of Ends / James, Mark & Me (in the manner of Tom Waits) / Hep! / The Minute Warp / Chorale from Beethoven’s 9th SymphonyDavid Cunningham / Kevin Coyne / Etron Fou Leloublan / Neil Oram and Ken Campbell and the Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool / Pete Seeger5:15
- 11One Minutes Silence[no artist]1:00
- 12The Miniatures MiniatureAll Artists0:59
Release credits
- editor
Issues
M1980
M1994