Miniatures One & Two CD - Import

2008 two CD release containing both volumes of Morgan Fisher's groundbreaking releases: the first volume released in 1980, followed 20 years later by Volume Two. In '80, 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. 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, 113 tracks. Cherry Red.

Composers: Chris Butler; Chris Hughes ; Klaus Trabitsch; Daniel Figgis; Mark Perry & Alternative TV; Dave Vanian; David Bedford; David Cunningham; David Darling; Stinky Winkles; Michael Bass; Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool; Woof Woof; Cheng Gongliang; Wolfgang Mitterer; Ellen Tenenbaum; Pete Challis; John White; Henri Chopin; Simon Desorgher; Bob Cobbing; George Melly; Jean Houston; Peadar ó Riada; Dagmar Andrtová; Jane Campion; Trevor Wishart; Hector Zazou; Christos Hatzis; Herbert Distel; Hugh Cornwell; Ivor Cutler; Komitas Vardapet; Ken Ellis; Jane Siberry; Ashik Peter Lynch; Jeff Greinke; John Fiddler; John Halsey; John Otway; Joseph Racaille; Kazufumi Miyazawa; Kevin Coyne; Linton Kwesi Johnson; Lol Coxhill; Alejandro Viñao; Louis Hardin; Mary Longford; Meredith Monk; Michael Nyman; Michael Shrieve; Norman Lovett; Ollie Halsall; Patrick Portella; Pete Seeger; Piero Milesi; Quentin Crisp; Robert Fripp; Robert Wyatt; Roger McGough; Ron Geesin; Sainkho Namtchylak; Shizuru Ohtaka; Simon Jeffes; Talitha MacKenzie; Terry Riley; B.J. Cole; Residents; The Work; Tokiko Kato; Trey Gunn; Gavin Bryars; Morgan Fisher; Fred Frith; Ottmar Liebert; Maggie Nicols; Hermeto Pascoal; Laurie Spiegel; Martin Chambers; Geoffrey Richardson.

Lyricists: Jane Siberry; Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Personnel: Kevin Coyne (vocals, piano); Morgan Fisher (vocals, keyboards, rainsticks, programming, keyboard programming, electronics, sampler); Terry Riley (vocals, synthesizer); Martin Chambers (vocals, drums); Ching Gonzalez, George Melly, Jean Houston, Hugh Cornwell, Komitas Vardapet, Wayne Hankin, Jane Siberry, John Fiddler, Joseph Racaille, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Meredith Monk, Quentin Crisp, Sainkho Namtchylak, Shizuru Ohtaka, Talitha MacKenzie, Tokiko Kato, Robert Een, Andrea Goodman, Naaz Hosseini, Maggie Nicols, Nurit Tilles (vocals); Lobsang Samten (chant); Ellen Tenenbaum (mezzo soprano); Elisha Kilabuk (throat singing); David Cunningham (guitar, keyboards); Jack Hues, Robert Fripp (guitar, synthesizer); Klaus Trabitsch (guitar, glass); Vincent Doherty, Lorenz Viennet, Dagmar Andrtová, Ollie Halsall, Tomoyasu Hotei, Fred Frith (guitar); B.J. Cole (steel guitar); Ron Geesin (banjo, synthesizer); Geoffrey Richardson (ukulele, viola, pennywhistle); Cédric Vuille (ukulele); Cheng Gongliang (zither); Carlo Feige, Debora Tedeschi, Ashik Peter Lynch (violin); Livia Baldi (viola); David Darling, Silvio Righini (cello); Annebelle Thompson, Simon Desorgher (flute); Johnny "Alig" Human (accordion); Patrick Portella (clarinet); Lol Coxhill (saxophone, soprano saxophone); Peter Laurence Gordon (saxophone); Rico (trombone); Daniel Figgis (brass, harmonium, Mellotron, percussion); Peadar ó Riada (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, sampler); John White , Gavin Bryars (piano); Dave Vanian, Ivor Cutler (harmonium); Wolfgang Mitterer, Jerome VanJones (organ); Kazufumi Miyazawa (keyboards, sampler); Gleb Vilnyansky (keyboards); Chris Hughes (synthesizer, programming, sampler); Guy Jackson, Jeff Greinke (synthesize