Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Miniatures: A Sequence of Fifty-one Tiny Masterpieces Edited by Morgan Fisher

(Hayabusa Landings, HYCA-3045) (Japan) (CD)


  1. (5:05)
    1. Ollie Halsall & John Halsey - Bum Love
    2. The Residents - We're a Happy Family + Bali Ha'i
    3. Roger McGough - The Wreck of the Hesperus
    4. Morgan Fisher - Green and Pleasant
    5. John Otway - Mine Tonight
  2. (5:56)
    1. Pete Challis & Phil Diplock - My Way
    2. Robert Wyatt - Rangers in the Night
    3. Stinky Winkles - Opus
    4. Mary Longford - Body Language
    5. Andy "Thunderclap" Newman - Andy the Dentist
    6. David Bedford - Wagner's Ring in One Minute
  3. (4:18)
    1. Fred Frith - The Entire Works of Henry Cow
    2. Maggie Nicols - Look beneath the Surface
    3. Joseph Racaille - Week-end
    4. The Work - With Wings Pressed Back
    5. Neil Innes & Son - Cum on Feel the Noize
  4. (4:04)
    1. Herbert Distel - Toscany in Blue (Last Minute)
    2. Lol Coxhill - An End to the Matter
    3. Ken Ellis - One Minute in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
    4. Steve Miller - Alice
  5. (5:13)
    1. Norman Lovett - John Peel Sings the Blues Badly
    2. Patrick Portella - Serrons Nous les Coudes
    3. George Melly - Sounds That Saved My Life (Homage to K.S.)
    4. Robert Fripp - Miniature
    5. Andy Partridge (XTC) - The History of Rock'n'roll
    6. Phantom Captain - Breather
  6. (6:02)
    1. Ron Geesin - Enterbrain Exit
    2. Alejandro Viñao - An Imaginary Orchestrina
    3. Quentin Crisp - Stop the Music for a Minute
    4. Simon Desorgher - Tetrad
    5. Ralph Steadman - Sweetest Love (Lament after a Broken Sashcord on a Theme of John Donne)
    6. R.D. Laing & Son - Tipperary
  7. (4:27)
    1. Trevor Wishart - Beach Double
    2. John White - Scene de Ballet
    3. Ivor Cutler - Brooch Boat
    4. Hector Zazou - Do Tell Us
    5. Michael Bass & Ellen Tenenbaum - A Miniaturization of Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion (3rd Movement)
  8. (3:51)
    1. Martin Chambers (The Pretenders) - A Swift One
    2. Bob Cobbing & Henri Chopin - Refreshment Break
    3. Dave Vanian (The Damned) - Night Touch
    4. Metabolist - Racing Poodles
  9. (4:31)
    1. Gavin Bryars - After Mendelssohn (137 Years)
    2. 1/2 Japanese - Paint It Black
    3. Simon Jeffes - Arthur's Treat
    4. Mark Perry - Talking World War III Blues
    5. Michael Nyman - 89-90-91-92
  10. (5:17)
    1. David Cunningham (The Flying Lizards) - Index of Ends
    2. Kevin Coyne - James, Mark & Me (in the Manner of Tom Waits)
    3. Etron Fou Leloublan - Hep!
    4. Neil Oram & Ken Campbell & The Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool - The Minute Warp
    5. Pete Seeger - Chorale from Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Re-mastered by Soichiro Nakamura

Released in November 2014
Originally released in 1980 as an LP on Pipe Records/Cherry Red Records (PIPE 2)