4 X LP BOX SET - BILL NELSON - TRIAL BY INTIMACY (1985) COMPLETE - ALL MINT

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This is a first release of "Trial By Intimacy" which did not have a book due to problems with assembly. 

So this one includes a letter on how you can receive a book in the box.

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Bill Nelson ‎– Trial By Intimacy (The Book Splendours)

Label:

Cocteau Records ‎– JEAN 2

Format:

Box Set, Limited Edition

Vinyl, LP, Album

Vinyl, LP, Album

Vinyl, LP, Album

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

25 Jan 1985

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Abstract, Experimental, Ambient

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Tracklist

Position Title/Credits          Duration

The Summer Of God's Piano

A1           Antennae Two     

A2           Transmission (N.B.C. 97293)          

A3           The Sleep Of Hollywood   

A4           The Celestial Bridegroom

A5           Under The Red Arch          

A6           Orient Pearl         

A7           Sacrament           

A8           Falling Blossoms

A9           The Difficulty Of Being      

A10         Zanoni  

A11         The Chinese Nightingale 

B1           Tantra   

B2           Soon September (Another Enchantment)     

B3           Rural Shires         

B4           Perfidio Incanto  

B5           The Lost Years    

B6           The Charm Of Transit        

B7           Night Thoughts (Twilight Radio)     

B8           Wysteria

B9           Swing    

B10         Snowfall

B11         Real Of Dusk       

B12         Over Ocean        

Chamber Of Dreams (Music From The Invisibility Exhibition)

C1           The Blazing Memory Of Innuendo 

C2           Into The Luminous Future 

C3           A Dip In The Swimming Pool Reactor            

C4           Tomorrowland (The Threshold Of 1947)       

C5           Listening To Lizards          

C6           My Endless Torsion           

C7           Sublime Perversion            

C8           Eros In Autumn    

C9           Sleeplessness    

D1           The Latest Skyline              

D2           Train Of Thought

D3           Parks And Fountains, Clouds And Trees      

D4           The Golden Bough            

D5           Forever Orpheus

D6           In Arcadia            

D7           Sentimental         

D8           Autumn Fires       

D9           Wild Blue Yonder

Pavilions Of The Heart And Soul

E1           Gift Of The August Tide    

E2           Loving Tongues 

E3           Blue Nude           

E4           In The Realm Of Bells       

E5           Your Nebulous Smile        

E6           The Glance Of A Glittering Stranger              

E7           Another Kiss For Your Slender Neck             

E8           The Warmth Of Women's Eyes        

E9           Seduction (Ritual With Roses)         

E10         Dreamed Embraces          

Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings 

F1           Herself With Her Shadow 

F2           The Exquisite Corpse        

F3           Ardent Hands     

F4           Her Laughing Torso          

F5           Migrating Angels

F6           Les Amoureux     

F7           Meshes Of The Afternoon 

F8           Mountains Of The Heart    

F9           Willow Silk            

F10         Tender Encounters (States Of Grace)           

F11         Melancholia         

F12         The Eternal Female            

A Catalogue Of Obsessions

G1          Sex Party Six       

G2          Wider Windows For The Walls Of The World

G3          Time In Tokyo      

G4          Happily Addicted To You 

G5          Snakes With Wings            

G6          The Boy Pilots Of Bangkok              

G7          Erotikon

G8          Birds In Two Hemispheres               

G9          Windmills In A World Without Wind

H1           Love's First Kiss  

H2           Initiation Of The Heart's Desire       

H3           Edge Of Tears    

H4           Test Of Affection 

H5           Words Across Tables        

H6           A Promise Of Perfume       

H7           This Dangerous Age          

H8           The Glass Breakfast          

H9           Talk Technique  

H10        The Last Summer For Dancing       

H11        View From A Balcony        

Credits

Composed By, Performer, Recorded By – Bill Nelson

Notes

Not a compilation : "Trial By Intimacy was initially issued as a 4 LP boxed set, limited to 5000 copies, containing four previously unreleased instrumental albums, a set of 8 postcards, and a book of Nelson’s photography entitled, The Arcane Eye. The 4 LP set was originally to be called Sensoria, and was to have included Sounding the Ritual Echo rather than The Summer of God's Piano. But as the album was nearing completion, Nelson switched the 1981 album for a brand new collection, reissuing Sounding the Ritual Echo separately later in 1985, but in artwork that complemented the 4 albums housed in Trial By Intimacy." Source : www.billnelson.com/trial-by-intimacy

"I have often found a painter's sketchbook and his finished work to be of equal interest. Despite their apparent lack of sophistication, sketches invariably posses a simplicity and freshness encapsulating all the essential qualities of an idea. It is with this promise in mind that I release 'Trial By Intimacy', a musical sketchbook of instrumental moods captured during many private moments over the last few years.

Although recorded on 'low-tech' domestic equipment, these eighty-three pieces of music are not to be confused with 'demo-tapes' but as a continuation of the process begun in 1979-1980 with my "Sounding The Ritual Echo" album. The set is presented unpolished and complete with all its technical deformities for which I offer no apology. Despite or perhaps because of this, these previously unreleased pieces have become very dear to my heart.

Intuition, spontaneity and the high disregard for error correction were the only rules adhered to during the recording process (Laziness sometimes possessing its own virtue). Each piece of music was dealt with as an infant deals with building-blocks and instinct was always given precedence over reason.

A great deal of time has been spent editing the material into the four albums contained here although there are as yet another forty or so pieces not represented. I acknowledge the difficulties presented to the listener by such a large volume of music and can only suggest that listening should not be rushed in any way. Time and patience will, I hope unveil the innocent charm of what for me has been both a labour of love and a personal exorcism."

- Bill Nelson, Oct '84.

4 LP boxed set, limited to 5000 copies, containing four previously unreleased albums, a set of 8 postcards and a book of Bill's photography entitled "The Arcane Eye".

The first releases of "Trial By Intimacy" did not have a book due to problems with assembly. Cocteau included a letter on how you can receive a book in the box.

The albums each have their own catalogue number and are as follows:

The Summer Of Gods Piano (JC 6)

Chamber Of Dreams (Music From The Invisibility Exhibition) (JC 7)

Pavilions Of Heart And Soul (JC 8)

A Catalogue Of Obsessions (JC 9)

Some versions of this Box Set appear to omit the track "Tantra" from "The Summer Of God's Piano" (B1).