VA – The Complete Obscure Records Collection 1975-1978 (10CD) (2023)

Gavin Bryars – The Sinking of the Titanic (1975)
1. Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (25:54)
2. Gavin Bryars – The Sinking of the Titanic (24:28)

Christopher Hobbs, John Adams & Gavin Bryars – Ensemble Pieces (1975)
1. Christopher Hobbs – Aran (3:57)
2. John Adams – American Standard, Pt. 1: John Philip Sousa (4:28)
3. John Adams – American Standard, Pt. 2: Christian Zeal and Activity (9:13)
4. John Adams – American Standard, Pt. 3: Sentimentals (5:17)
5. Christopher Hobbs – McCrimmon Will Never Return (9:28)
6. Gavin Bryars – 1, 2, 1-2-3-4 (15:02)

Brian Eno – Discreet Music (1975)
1. Brian Eno – Discreet Music (30:35)
2. Brian Eno – Three Variations On The Canon In D Major: (i) Fullness Of The Wind (9:57)
3. Brian Eno – Three Variations On The Canon In D Major: (ii) Frech Catologues (5:20)
4. Brian Eno – Three Variations On The Canon In D Major: (iii) Brutal Ardour (8:18)

David Toop & Max Eastley – New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments (1975)
1. Max Eastley – Hydrophone (8:59)
2. Max Eastley – Metallophone (7:02)
3. Max Eastley – The Centriphone (4:48)
4. Max Eastley – Elastic Aerophone / Centriphone (5:00)
5. David Toop – Do The Bathosphere (2:37)
6. David Toop – The Divination Of The Bowhead Whale (16:42)
7. David Toop – The Chair’s Story (3:30)

Jan Steele & John Cage – Voices and Instruments (1976)
1. Jan Steele – All Day (7:19)
2. Jan Steele – Distant Saxophones (10:52)
3. Jan Steele – Rhapsody Spaniel (5:20)
4. John Cage – Experiences No. 1 (4:12)
5. John Cage – Experiences No. 2 (5:02)
6. John Cage – The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (2:29)
7. John Cage – Forever and Sunsmell (6:22)
8. John Cage – In a Landscape (10:38)

Michael Nyman – Decay Music (1976)
1. Michael Nyman – 1-100 (27:27)
2. Michael Nyman – Bell Set No. 1 (21:35)
3. Michael Nyman – 1-100 (Faster Decay) (13:42)

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Cafe (1976)
1. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Penguin Cafe Single (6:20)
2. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: From the Colonies (For N.R.) (1:39)
3. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: in a Sydney Motel (2:28)
4. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) (2:22)
5. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: Milk (2:22)
6. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: Coronation (1:33)
7. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream (2:17)
8. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Zopf: Pigtail (2:44)
9. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter (11:46)
10. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Hugebaby (4:48)
11. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Chartered Flight (6:44)

John White & Gavin Bryars – Machine Music (1978)
1. John White – Autumn Countdown Machine (5:32)
2. John White – Son of Gothic Chord (10:14)
3. John White – Jew’s Harp Machine (2:50)
4. John White – Drinking and Hooting Machine (4:54)
5. Gavin Bryars – The Squirrel and the Ricketty Racketty Bridge (21:10)

Gavin Bryars – Irma; An Opera by Tom Phillips (1978)
1. Gavin Bryars – Introduction (4:50)
2. Gavin Bryars – Overture and Aria (“I tell you that’s Irma herself”) (6:51)
3. Gavin Bryars – First Interlude (5:27)
4. Gavin Bryars – Aria (1:47)
5. Gavin Bryars – (“Irma you will be mine) (2:40)
6. Gavin Bryars – Second Interlude (4:54)
7. Gavin Bryars – Chorus (“Love is help mate”) (4:51)
8. Gavin Bryars – Postlude (4:18)

Harold Budd – The Pavilion of Dreams (1978)
1. Harold Budd – Bismillahi ‘Rrahmani ‘Rrahim (1974) (18:27)
2. Harold Budd – Two Songs (1973-74) (6:24)
3. Harold Budd – Madrigals of the Rose Angel (1972) (14:20)
4. Harold Budd – Juno (1975) (8:24)