Neil Ardley – A Symphony Of Amaranths

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Label:	Regal Zonophone – 1E 062 ◦ 93387
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	1972
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Modal

Tracklist

	A Symphony Of Amaranths	(24:56)
A1	Carillon	5:50
A2	Nocturne	7:19
A3	Entracte	6:06
A4	Impromptu	5:41
B1	The Dong With A Luminous Nose Narrator [Told By] – Ivor Cutler Words By – Edward Lear (2)	11:42
	Three Poems	(11:13)
B2	After Long Silence Words By – W. B. Yeats*	4:08
B3	She Weeps Over Rahoon Words By – James Joyce	3:21
B4	Will You Walk A Little Faster? Words By – Lewis Carroll	3:44

Companies, etc.

Record Company – EMI
Record Company – E.M.I. Records
Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Published By – P.S.M.

Credits

Bass – Jeff Clyne
Cello – Francis Gabarro*
Conductor – Neil Ardley (tracks: B1 to B4)
Design – Jill Oxley
Drums – Jon Hiseman
Electric Piano – Karl Jenkins
Engineer – John Mackswith
Glockenspiel – Dave Gelly
Harp – Sidonie Goossens
Harpsichord – Alan Branscombe
Liner Notes – Richard Williams (5)
Music By – Neil Ardley (tracks: B1 to B4)
Piano [Prepared Piano] – Neil Ardley
Piano, Celesta [Celeste] – Stan Tracey
Producer, Supervised By [Supervision] – Denis Preston
Soloist, Saxophone – Don Rendell (tracks: A3)
Soloist, Trombone – Derek Wadsworth (tracks: B4)
Soloist, Trumpet – Henry Lowther (tracks: A2)
Soloist, Vibraphone – Frank Ricotti (tracks: B2)
Trombone – Ray Premru
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Nigel Carter
Tuba – Dick Hart
Vibraphone – Frank Ricotti
Viola – Ken Essex*
Violin – Kelly Isaacs
Vocals [Sung By] – Norma Winstone (tracks: B2 to B4)
Woodwind, Bassoon – Bunny Gould
Woodwind, Oboe – John Clementson (3)
Woodwind, Saxophone – Don Rendell
Written-By – Neil Ardley (tracks: A1 to A4)

Notes

Amaranth: an everlasting flower, symbol of immortality.

℗ 1972.
E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) Hayes٠Middlesex٠England.

Made and printed in Great Britain.
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

A Denis Preston production.

P.S.M.

A1 to A4, "A Symphony Of Amaranths", for Duke Ellington and Gil Evans.

This recording is made with the financial assistance from the Arts Council Of Great Britain.
"After long Silence" (The words of this poem are by W. B. Yeats and are used by permission of the copyright owner M. B. Yeats).
"She Weeps Over Rahoon" (By courtesy of The Society Of Authors on behalf of the trustees of the James Joyce Estate).
Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith appear by courtesy of Bronze and Island Records.

Liner Notes: Richard Williams — Radio Times 25.9.71.

Note on durations:
A1 to A4, "A Symphony Of Amaranths" suite, the individual durations are approximate as they run into one another.
B2 to B4, "Three Poems" suite, the individual durations of B2 & B3 are approximate as they run into one another.

Runouts are stamped

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label: A-Side): YCARX 89
Matrix / Runout (Label: B-Side): YCARX 90
Other (Printer code on sleeve: back bottom): 7206 TPS
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): YCARX 89-1U
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): YCARX 90-1U
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): YCARX 89-1U G 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): YCARX 90-1U G 1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	A Symphony Of Amaranths (LP, Album)	Regal Zonophone	SLRZ 1028	New Zealand	1972
	A Symphony Of Amaranths (LP, Album, Reissue)	Wah Wah Records	WBSLP016	Spain	2012
Recently Edited	A Symphony Of Amaranths (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered)	Dusk Fire Records	DUSKCD107	UK	2013
Recently Edited	A Symphony Of Amaranths (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve)	P-Vine Records	PCD-24558	Japan	2016
Recently Edited	A Symphony Of Amaranths (LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Unofficial Release)	Wah Wah Records	WBSLP016	Spain	2018