cover of Cooper, Lindsay - Music For Other Occasions

Lindsay Cooper – Music For Other Occasions

1985, United Kingdom
00:52:22; 96M; 256S; 716;
  1. Speed Of Light - 3:35
  2. Belfast - 2:12
  3. The Number 8 Bus - 1:26
  4. Torn Away - 1:58
  5. Plate Dance - 3:01
  6. No Missiles - 1:55
  7. Royal Courts Of Justice - 2:16
  8. Iceland The Long Dance - 5:58
  9. As She Breathes - 2:36
  10. The Assasination Waltz - 1:40
  11. Who Knows? - 1:24
  12. Exchange - 2:12
  13. Elegy - 3:40
  14. Domestic Bliss (end credits) - 2:38
  15. They're Moving In - 1:51
  16. Julia / End Credits - 3:18
  17. Next Century - 1:20
  18. From Morning Till Midnight - 2:11
  19. The Colony Comes A Cropper - 4:34
  20. Fledermous - 1:38
  21. We'd Rather Fly - 0:59

All compositions by Lindsay Cooper
Text as noted above


LINDSAY COOPER: Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Alto and Sopranino Saxophones, Bassoon, Glockenspiel, Bass Guitar on "Domestic Bliss"
GEORGIE BORN: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Cello, Electric Piano on "Speed of Light"
SALLY POTTER: Singing ("Speed of Light", "As She Breathes")
DAGMAR KRAUSE: Singing ("The Number 8 Bus", "Torn Away", "No Missiles")
MAGGIE NICOLS: Singing ("Royal Courts of Justice", "They're Moving In", "Julia/End Credits")
KATE WESTBROOK: Singing ("Who Knows?", "Exchange"), Tenor Horn
CHRIS CUTLER: Drums
CELIA GORE BOOTH: Musical Saw
VICKY ASPINALL: Violin
ZEENA PARKINS: Harp
IRITA KUTCHMY: Piccolo
HELENA PAUL: Cello ("Plate Dance")
ELVIRA PLENAR: Piano, Synthesizer ("Next Century"), Piano ("We'd Rather Fly")
ALFRED 23 HARTH: Soprano Saxophone, ("Next Century"), Bass Clarinet ("We'd Rather Fly")
ANNEMARIE ROELOFS: Trombone ("Next Century"), Violin ("We'd Rather Fly")
JOHN HARLE: Soprano Saxophone ("From Morning Till Midnight")
HELEN LIEBMANN: Cello ("From Morning Till Midnight")
PETER WHYMAN: Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute ("The Colony Comes A Cropper")
ROBYN ARCHER: Singing ("Fledermaus")
LYNDA PATCHING: Violin ("Fledermaus")
TERESA BLAKE: Cello ("Fledermaus")


Recorded and mixed at Wave and Milo studios, spring 83 - summer 85, by Charles Gray, except: "No Missles" and "They're Moving In" recorded at Cold Storage Studio by Bill Gilonis, "Plate Dance" at Camden 8 studio by Ray Roberts, "Next Century" and "We'd Rather Fly" recorded march 87 by John Leonard, "The Colony Comes A Cropper" recorded September 90 at HOW Studio London by Paul Westwater, mixed July 91 at Milo Studio by Charles Gray. "Fledermaus" recorded July 90 by Australian Broadcasting Company.

Produced by Lindsay Cooper & Charles Gray

Photo of the Burggarten Cafe, Vienna, by Sally Potter
Photo of Lindsay Cooper by Edith Walz
Layout by Edith Walz
Thanks to Recommended Records and to everyone who commissioned the music.


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