Fred Orton – Irma

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Label:	Editions EG – 25MM 0162, Polydor – 25MM 0162
Series:	Obscure (2) – obscure 9
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:	Japan
Released:	Jul 1982
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Modern Classical, Minimal, Experimental

Tracklist

A1		Introduction
A2		Overture And Aria: "I Tell You That's Irma Herself"
A3		First Interlude
B1		Aria: "Irma You Will Be Mine"
B2		Second Interlude
B3		Chorus: "Love Is Help Mate"
B4		Postlude

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – E.G. Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Obscure Records Ltd.
Printed By – Robor Ltd.
Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.

Credits

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Rory Allam
Conductor, Music By, Liner Notes – Gavin Bryars
Engineer – Phil Ault
Horn [Tenor Horn], Vibraphone [Vibes] – Dave Smith (3)
Libretto By – Fred Orton
Piano, Marimba, Glockenspiel – Michael Nyman
Producer [Produced By] – Brian Eno
Tuba, Marimba – John White
Vibraphone, Marimba – Jo Julian
Violin [Alto Violin] – Adam Skeaping
Violin [Baritone Violin] – Tim Kraemer
Violin [Bass Violin] – Roy Babbington
Violin [Contrabass Violin] – Rodney Slatford
Violin [Descant Violin] – Stuart Deeks
Violin [Sopranino Violin] – Roddy Skeaping*
Violin [Tenor Violin] – Mark Caudie*
Violin [Treble Violin] – Gavin Wright*
Voice [Chorus Voice] – Angela Bryars
Voice [Chorus Voice], Written-By [Opera By] – Tom Phillips (3)
Voice [Grenville] – Howard Skempton
Voice [Irma] – Lucy Skeaping*
Written-By [All Songs Written By] – Orton*, Bryars*, Phillips*

Notes

Japanese reissue with new front cover artwork.
Includes double-sided insert.

[upper right back sleeve:]
STEREO [symbol of one circle partly covering another] 33⅓ 25MM 0162

[lower right back sleeve:]
℗ 1978 Obscure Records Ltd.
PRODUCED BY BRIAN ENO
obscure 9
MANUFACTURED BY POLYDOR K.K., JAPAN KA 8207 ¥2,500

[lower left back sleeve:]
Printed in England by Robor Ltd.

[on spine:]
25MM 0162 [small empty space] IRMA / PHILLIPS, BRYARS, ORTON [large empty space] 25MM 0162

[label, at left:]
[Polydor symbol]
[JASRAC symbol]
25MM 0162

[label, at bottom:]
℗ 1978 EG Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 25MM–0162A A—1—2
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 25MM–0162B A—1—1
Rights Society: JASRAC
Other (Date): 8207

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Irma (LP, White Label)	Obscure (2)	OBS 9	UK	1977
Recently Edited	Irma (LP)	Obscure (2)	OBS 9	UK	1978
Recently Edited	Irma (LP, Reissue, Album)	Editions EG, Polydor	EGED 29, 2335 253	UK	1982
New Submission	Irma (LP, Album, Reissue)	Editions EG, Polydor	25MM 0162	Japan	1982