Union Cafe
Union Cafe is the fifth studio album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and was released in 1993 under the Zopf label. The album was originally released only as a cassette and CD, with a 2017 re-release under the Erased Tapes label producing vinyl versions. Union Cafe was the last studio album produced by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, due to Simon Jeffes's premature death in 1997.Track listing
All music composed by Simon Jeffes except as indicated.
- "Scherzo And Trio" – 06:57
- "Lifeboat " – 07:16
- "Nothing Really Blue" – 05:18
- "Cage Dead" – 04:37
- "Vega" – 10:32
- "Yodel 3" – 03:26
- "Organum" – 03:49
- "Another One From Porlock" – 02:57
- "Thorn Tree Wind" – 03:17
- "Silver Star Of Bologna" – 04:06
- "Discover America" – 03:04
- "Pythagoras On The Line" – 01:52
- "Kora Kora" – 03:05
- "Lie Back And Think Of England" – 04:21
- "Red Shorts" – 04:10
- "Passing Through" – 05:20
Personnel
- Khakberdy Allamurdov – Drums
- Barbara Bolte – Cor Anglais
- Belinda Bunt- Violin
- Roger Chase – Soloist, Viola
- Paul Cullington – Bass
- Steve Fletcher – Piano
- Roger Garland – Violin
- Wilf Gibson – Violin
- Roy Gillard – Violin
- Tim Good – Violin
- Simon Jeffes – Arranger, Bass, Composer, Cuatro, Guitar, Harmonium, Mandolin, Omnichord, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Prophet 5, Viola, Violin
- Paul Kegg – Cello
- Nigel Kennedy – Violin
- Patrick Kiernan – Violin
- Boguslav Kostecki – Violin
- Kurban Kurbanov – Accordion
- Chris Laurence – Bass
- Helen Liebmann – Cello, Soloist
- Martin Loveday – Cello
- Ian Maidman – Bass, Percussion
- Rita Manning – Violin
- Peter McGowan – Violin
- James McLeod – Violin
- Peter Oxer – Violin
- Tony Pleeth – Cello
- Neil Rennie – Ukulele
- Geoffrey Richardson – Cello, Clarinet, Viola
- Sabir Rizaev – Clarinet, Sax
- George Robertson – Viola
- Roger Smith – Cello
- Stephen Tees – Viola
- Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian Smallpipes
- Naná Vasconcelos – Clay Pot
- Annie Whitehead – Trombone
- Barry Wilde – Violin
- Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin – Viola
- Gavyn Wright – Soloist, Violin