BILL NELSON 4 RECORD SET FROM 1984

Abstract, experimental, Ambient

TRIAL BY INTIMACY ( The book of splendours)

4 ALBUM SET

plus  THE ARCANE EYE GLOSSY BOOK , black and white photos & captions.

8 POSTCARDS

ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSING CONNOISSEUR RECORDS/COCTEAU JEAN2

The 4 records are titled;

1. THE SUMMER OF GOD'S PIANO

2. PAVILLIONS OF THE HEART AND SOUL

3. CHAMBER OF DREAMS (MUSIC FROM THE INVISIBILITY EXHIBITION)

4. A CATALOGUE OF OBSESSIONS

Record 1: The summer of Gods piano

Track listing:A
Antennae Two,Transmission (N.B.C. 97293) , The Sleep Of Hollywood, The Celestial Bridegroom, Under The Red Arch, Orient Pearl, Sacrament, Falling Blossoms, The Difficulty Of Being, Zanoni,The Chinese Nightingale

B: Tantra, Soon September (Another Enchantment),Rural Shrines, Perfidio Incanto, The Lost Years, The Charm Of Transit , Night Thoughts (Twilight Radio),Wysteria, Swing, Snowfall, Real Of Dusk,Over Ocean

Record 2: Chamber of Dreams: A

The Blazing Memory Of Innuendo , Into The Luminous Future, A Dip In The Swimming Pool Reactor ,Tommorowland (The Threshold Of 1947), Listening To Lizards, Endless Torsion, My Sublime Perversion, Eros In Autumn, Sleeplessness.

B: The Latest Skyline,Train Of Thought, Parks And Fountains, Clouds And Trees, The Golden Bough, Forever Orpheus, In Arcadia, Sentimental, Autumn Fires, Wild Blue Yonder .

Record 3: Pavillions of the heart and soul A:

Gift Of The August Tide, Loving Tongues ,Blue Nude, In The Realm Of Bells ,Your Nebulous Smile, The Glance Of A Glittering Stranger , Another Kiss For Your Slender Neck, The Warmth Of Women's Eyes, Seduction (Ritual With Roses), Dreamed Embraces.

B:Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: Herself With Her Shadow , Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: The Exquisite Corpse,Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: Ardent Hands , Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: Her Laughing Torso, Migrating Angels , Les Amoureux, Meshes Of The Afternoon , Mountains Of The Heart , Willow Silk, Tender Encounters (States Of Grace), Melancholia, The Eternal Female.

Record 4: A catalogue of obsessions A:

Sex Party Six, Wider Windows For The Walls Of The World, Time In Tokyo, Happily Addicted To You, Snakes With Wings ,The Boy Pilots Of Bangkok,Erotikon, Birds In Two Hemispheres, Windmills In A World Without Wind.

B: Love's First Kiss,Initiation Of The Heart's Desire, Edge Of Tears , Test Of Affection, Words Across Tables, A Promise Of Perfume, This Dangerous Age, The Glass Breakfast , Talk Technique, The Last Summer For Dancing, View From A Balcony

When reading around online about this album there seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding its rarity. Some boxes apparently according to reviews online, haven't included the track TANTRA on the track listing of the 2nd album. This box set does contain that track. I have also read that the tracks were a collection of unreleased recordings that the artist created as a sketchbook of moods captured over private moments of time. There also seems to be discrepancies about how many copies of the item there is, and the title used on some box sets seems to also differ. All I know is that the box I have looks exactly the same as ones I have seen at auction with the same booklet, postcards, and track listing.

The box is tatty and the corners of the lid on one end open. The records themselves are in very good condition because they were not played I only tried the first album to make sure it was working. I didn't disturb the rest. Its been sat on my self at the end of my vinyl collection for 14 years pretty much undisturbed. Hopefully a Fan or collector will know exactly what they are looking for and it goes to someone who appreciates this 1984 creation.

Feel free to ask any questions

Please note this item is heavy and will cost £7 to send in the UK post. Alternatively this item could be picked up from an easy to get to London zone one tube station. Please communicate ahead of time if choosing this option.