Various
Miniatures One & Two (2CD)
Format2CDLabelCherry RedGenreExperimental
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Featuring artists as diverse as The Residents, Robert Fripp, XTC’s Andy Partridge, Pete Seeger, Robert Wyatt and The Pretenders’ Martin Chambers, as well as cover artwork contributed by Ralph Steadman, Morgan Fisher’s 1980 release “Miniatures” truly was a first.
Overwhelmed with concepts for potential releases, Fisher decided to see how many of these ideas he might be able to squeeze onto just one album. Rather than performing everything himself, he invited 50 musicians he admired to send in tracks of up to one minute in length. They responded with unanimous enthusiasm, and “Miniatures” was born out of Morgan’s precise editing and sequencing of these tracks, providing a unique snapshot of the cutting-edge music of the period and achieving legendary status amongst those who cherish such creativity and individuality in the process. Fast forward 15 years, several projects and the development of new realms of communication and data transfer afforded by the internet, and Morgan decided the time was right for a sequel. Little did he know that this project would take six years to complete and involve an international cast of players (taking in 18 countries across five continents), but it proved truly worth both the effort and the wait...
Release notes
2020 repress. Subtitled 'two sequences of tiny masterpieces from 1980 and 2000'. Miniatures One originally released as [m32838]. CD1 includes 2 bonus tracks. Miniatures Two originally released as [m1467903]. Comes in a jewel case with 24-page booklet featuring notes about each track and artist. Made in the EU.
| Miniatures 1 | |||
| Side-A Band-1 | |||
| 1-1.a | Bum Love | ||
| 1-1.b | We're A Happy Family / Bali Ha'i | ||
| 1-1.c | The Wreck Of The Hesperus | ||
| 1-1.d | Green And Pleasant | ||
| 1-1.e | Mine Tonight | ||
| Side-A Band-2 | |||
| 1-2.a | My Way | ||
| 1-2.b | Rangers In The Nightst | ||
| 1-2.c | Opus 5 | ||
| 1-2.d | Body Language | ||
| 1-2.e | Andy The Dentist | ||
| 1-2.f | Wagner's Ring In One Minute | ||
| Side-A Band-3 | |||
| 1-3.a | The Entire Works Of Henry Cow | ||
| 1-3.b | Look Beneath The Surface | ||
| 1-3.c | Week-End | ||
| 1-3.d | With Wings Pressed Back | ||
| 1-3.e | Cum On Feel The Noize | ||
| Side-A Band-4 | |||
| 1-4.a | Toscany In Blue (Last Minute) | ||
| 1-4.b | An End To The Matter | ||
| 1-4.c | One Minute In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich | ||
| 1-4.d | Alice | ||
| Side-A Band-5 | |||
| 1-5.a | John Peel Sings The Blues Badly | ||
| 1-5.b | Serrons Nous Les Coudes | ||
| 1-5.c | Sounds That Saved My Life (Homage To K.S.) | ||
| 1-5.d | Miniature | ||
| 1-5.e | The History Of Rock'N'Roll | ||
| 1-5.f | Breather | ||
| Side-B Band-1 | |||
| 1-6.a | Enterbrain Exit | ||
| 1-6.b | An Imaginary Orchestrina | ||
| 1-6.c | Stop The Music For A Minute | ||
| 1-6.d | Tetrad | ||
| 1-6.e | Sweetest Love (Lament After A Broken Sashcord On A Theme Of John Donne) | ||
| 1-6.f | Tipperary | ||
| Side-B Band-2 | |||
| 1-7.a | Beach Double | ||
| 1-7.b | Scene De Ballet | ||
| 1-7.c | Brooch Boat | ||
| 1-7.d | Do Tell Us | ||
| 1-7.e | A Miniaturisation Of Bartok's Sonata For 2 Pianos & Percussion (3rd Movement) | ||
| Side-B Band-3 | |||
| 1-8.a | A Swift One | ||
| 1-8.b | Refreshment Break | ||
| 1-8.c | Night Touch | ||
| 1-8.d | Raging Poodles | ||
| Side-B Band-4 | |||
| 1-9.a | After Mendelssohn (137 Years) | ||
| 1-9.b | Paint It Black | ||
| 1-9.c | Arthur's Treat | ||
| 1-9.d | Talking World War III Blues | ||
| 1-9.e | 89-90-91-92 | ||
| Side-B Band-5 | |||
| 1-10.a | Index Of Ends | ||
| 1-10.b | James, Mark & Me (In The Manner Of Tom Waits) | ||
| 1-10.c | Hep ! | ||
| 1-10.d | The Minute Warp | ||
| 1-10.e | Chorale From Beethoven's 9th Symphony | ||
| Extras | |||
| 1-11 | One Minute Silence | ||
| 1-12 | The Miniatures Miniature (All Artists) | ||
| Miniatures 2 | |||
| 2-1 | Jump Time | ||
| 2-2 | It's Coming (A Fanfare For The Millennium) | ||
| 2-3 | Beacon Of Hope | ||
| 2-4 | Chakras | ||
| 2-5 | 2000 Lights | ||
| 2-6 | Minute Quartet | ||
| 2-7 | Atoms And Stars | ||
| 2-8 | One Minute Blackout | ||
| 2-9 | Jodler | ||
| 2-10 | Newgrange Aeon Fragment | ||
| 2-11 | Dog Barks At Midnight | ||
| 2-12 | Here's To The Next One | ||
| 2-13 | Panda Chant 2 | ||
| 2-14 | Last Christmas | ||
| 2-15 | Healing Voice | ||
| 2-16 | Little Orchestra Of Disaster And Hope (Maly Orchestri Zkazy A Nadëje) | ||
| 2-17 | Solo No. 3 | ||
| 2-18 | Garland Hirschi's Cows | ||
| 2-19 | Red | ||
| 2-20 | Blast | ||
| 2-21 | A Un | ||
| 2-22 | Oxalis | ||
| 2-23 | Pythagorean Roll | ||
| 2-24 | One Cell | ||
| 2-25 | Feira De Asakusa (Asakusa Market) | ||
| 2-26 | Shaka Shaka Shaka | ||
| 2-27 | Light Of Love | ||
| 2-28 | Hunter's Dream | ||
| 2-29 | Timeless | ||
| 2-30 | Freedom (Universal Mix) | ||
| 2-31 | Qui Sait? | ||
| 2-32 | Ashtanga | ||
| 2-33 | ?Sae? | ||
| 2-34 | Invisible Guides | ||
| 2-35 | Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (Miniature) | ||
| 2-36 | The Narrow Bridge | ||
| 2-37 | Soundtrack For Sandin | ||
| 2-38 | Ghu Zu Jun | ||
| 2-39 | Another 21st Century Day | ||
| 2-40 | Islands | ||
| 2-41 | Lighthouse | ||
| 2-42 | Gurdjieff / De Hartman Music | ||
| 2-43 | Seascad Siocand I Dtreo Millennium (Sixty Seconds Towards A Millenium) | ||
| 2-44 | Fail Better | ||
| 2-45 | Theme For A Peaceful Revolution | ||
| 2-46 | Takeda No Komori Uta (Lullaby Of Takeda) | ||
| 2-47 | Passion Sauce | ||
| 2-48 | Came Saw Stayed | ||
| 2-49 | Flowers Of Silence | ||
| 2-50 | Gutan Yerg | ||
| 2-51 | Introspection | ||
| 2-52 | Six To Four | ||
| 2-53 | Dead Dog Of Kairouan | ||
| 2-54 | Hope Street (Rain Chant Remix) | ||
| 2-55 | Have A Nice Century! | ||
| 2-56 | Cosmicode | ||
| 2-57 | Snow | ||
| 2-58 | Toorina | ||
| 2-59 | Passionless Moments | ||
| 2-60 | Alalá Das Mariñas | ||
- Ralph Steadman
- Artwork [Cover Art]
- Morgan Fisher
- Edited By, Concept By [Conceived By], Liner Notes
- Kevin Metcalfe
- Mastered By (1-1.a to 1-12)
- Kotaro Kojima
- Mastered By (2-1 to 2-60)
- Alan Wilson
- Remastered By
