The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album is an EP by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra was a collective of performing musicians created by classically trained British guitarist, composer and arranger Simon Jeffes...

 consisting of six pieces, two derived from previous released recordings ("The Penguin Cafe Single" and "Air a Danser"), two that were recorded from a live performance in Tokyo ("Numbers 1-4" and "Salty Bean Fumble"), and two previously unreleased pieces which had not appeared elsewhere ("The Toy" and "Piano Music"). The two live pieces were recorded by NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 Radio at the Kain Hoken Hall on June 10, 1982. "Piano Music" is a solo piece recorded by Simon Jeffes in Tokyo on July 7, 1982, and "The Toy" was recorded in 1983. The cover painting was by Emily Young

Emily Young

Emily Young is a British sculptor. She is considered one of the foremost sculptors working in Britain today. She was born in London into a family of artists and writers...

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Track listing

1. "The Penguin Cafe Single"
2. "Air a Danser"
3. "The Toy"
4. "Numbers 1-4"
5. "Salty Bean Fumble"
6. "Piano Music"