Bill Nelson's Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks From Echo Observatory 3-Disc Boxed Set Available December 1, 2017

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
December 2, 2017
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The set features three albums, all recorded at Bill Nelson's Yorkshire home studio, the Echo Observatory, in 1981 and 1982.

Esoteric Recordings' imprint Cocteau Discs, dedicated to the work of Bill Nelson, are proud to announce the release of a deluxe 3 disc clamshell boxed set limited edition collection titled Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks from the Echo Observatory. The set features three albums, all recorded at Bill Nelson's Yorkshire home studio, the Echo Observatory, in 1981 and 1982—Sounding the Ritual Echo (originally issued as a limited edition bonus LP with Bill's 1981 album Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam), Das Kabinett (a soundtrack to a production of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari by The Yorkshire Actors Company issued as an LP on Bill's Cocteau label in 1981) and La Belle et La Bete (a soundtrack to a stage production of Jean Cocteau's classic 1946 film Beauty & the Beast, first issued as a limited edition bonus LP with Bill's 1982 album The Love That Whirls).

All of the recordings featured in this set demonstrate Bill's creativity utilising primitive recording equipment by today's standards. As Bill has stated, “The music was recorded on a domestic four track machine. A high degree of self-discipline was in order.”

All of the recordings forming Dreamy Screens have now become highly regarded in the prolific discography of Bill Nelson.

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Track Listing

Disc 1 - Annunciation; Sounding the Ritual Echo; Sleep; Near East; Emak Bakia; My Intricate Image; Endless Orchids; The Heat in the Room; Another Willingly Opened Window; Vanishing Parades; Glass Fish (For the Final Aquarium); Cubical Domes; Ashes of Roses; The Shadow Garden; Opium. Disc: 2 - The Asylum; Waltz; The Fairground; Doctor Caligari; Cesare the Somnambulist; Murder; The Funeral; The Somnambulist and the Children; Caligari Disciplines Cesare; Caligari Feeds Cesare; Caligari Opens the Cabinet; Jane Discovers Cesare; The Attempted Murder of Jane; The Dream Dance of Jane and the Somnambulist; Escape Over the Rooftops; The Unmasking; The Shot; The Cabinet Closes. Disc: 3 - Overture; The Family; Sisters and Sedan Chairs; In the Forest of Storms; The Castle; The Gates; The Corridor; The Great Hall; Dreams (The Merchant Sleeps); Fear (The Merchant Wakes); The Rose and the Beast; Magnificent (The White Horse); Beauty Enters the Castle; The Door; The Mirror; Candelabra and Gargoyles; Beauty and the Beast; Transition No. 1; Transition No. 2; The Hunt; The Gift; The Garden; Transition No. 3; Transition No. 4; The Tragedy; Transition No. 5; The Enchanted Glove; Tears As Diamonds (The Gift Reverses); The Beast in Solitude; The Return of the Magnificent; Transition No. 6 (The Journey); The Pavilion of Diana; Transformation No.1; Transformation No. 2; The Final Curtain.