Nelson,Bill Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks From Echo Observatory CD

Deluxe three CD clamshell boxed collection. Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks from the Echo Observatory set features three albums, all recorded at Bill Nelson's Yorkshire home studio, the Echo Observatory, in 1981 and 1982 - Sounding the Ritual Echo (originally issued as a limited edition bonus LP with Bill's 1981 album Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam), Das Kabinet (a soundtrack to a production of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari by The Yorkshire Actors Company issued as an LP on Bill's Cocteau label in 1981) and La Belle et La Bete (a soundtrack to a stage production of Jean Cocteau's classic 1946 film Beauty & the Beast, first issued as a limited edition bonus LP with Bill's 1982 album The Love That Whirls). All of the recordings featured in this set demonstrate Bill's creativity utilizing primitive recording equipment by today's standards. As Bill has stated; "The music was recorded on a domestic four track machine. A high degree of self-discipline was in order. All of the recordings forming Dreamy Screens have now become highly regarded in the prolific discography of Bill Nelson.

1. Annunciation 2. Sounding the Ritual Echo 3. Sleep 4. Near East 5. Emak Bakia 6. My Intricate Image 7. Endless Orchids 8. The Heat in the Room 9. Another Willingly Opened Window 10. Vanishing Parades 11. Glass Fish (For the Final Aquarium) 12. Cubical Domes 13. Ashes of Roses 14. The Shadow Garden 15. Opium 16. The Asylum 17. Waltz 18. The Fairground 19. Doctor Caligari 20. Cesare the Somnambulist 21. Murder 22. The Funeral 23. The Somnambulist and the Children 24. Caligari Disciplines Cesare 25. Caligari Feeds Cesare 26. Caligari Opens the Cabinet 27. Jane Discovers Cesare 28. The Attempted Murder of Jane 29. The Dream Dance of Jane and the Somnambulist 30. Escape Over the Rooftops 31. The Unmasking 32. The Shot 33. The Cabinet Closes 34. Overture 35. The Family 36. Sisters and Sedan Chairs 37. In the Forest of Storms 38. The Castle 39. The Gates 40. The Corridor 41. The Great Hall 42. Dreams (The Merchant Sleeps) 43. Fear (The Merchant Wakes) 44. The Rose and the Beast 45. Magnificent (The White Horse) 46. Beauty Enters the Castle 47. The Door 48. The Mirror 49. Candelabra and Gargoyles 50. Beauty and the Beast 51. Transition No. 1 52. Transition No. 2 53. The Hunt 54. The Gift 55. The Garden 56. Transition No. 3 57. Transition No. 4 58. The Tragedy 59. Transition No. 5 60. The Enchanted Glove 61. Tears As Diamonds (The Gift Reverses) 62. The Beast in Solitude 63. The Return of the Magnificent 64. Transition No. 6 (The Journey) 65. The Pavilion of Diana 66. Transformation No.1 67. Transformation No. 2 68. The Final Curtain