Video Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Best Of (PCO) 49' minutes playlist

A Brief History (2001) [FULL ALBUM

00:00 Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Air à Danser
04:31 Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Yodel 1
08:41 The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Telephone and Rubber Band
11:12 Penguin Café Orchestra - Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter
14:20 Penguin Café Orchestra - Pythagoras's Trousers
17:47 Penguin Café Orchestra - Numbers 1-4
24:40 Penguin Café Orchestra - Yodel 2
29:19 Penguin Café Orchestra - Salty Bean Fumble
31:32 Penguin Café Orchestra - Paul's Dance
33:20 Penguin Café Orchestra - The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas
37:21 Penguin Café Orchestra - Walk Don't Run
40:26 Penguin Café Orchestra - Flux

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was a collective of performing musicians founded by classically trained British guitarist, composer and arranger Simon Jeffes. Jeffes and cellist co-founder Helen Liebmann were core members throughout its life and a number of other musicians joined as the band grew and developed, many of whom appear on the PCO's six studio and two live albums.

The PCO toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s, and two albums, When in Rome... (1988) and Concert Program (1995) captured the sound of the live ensemble. The Penguin's sound is not easily categorized, but has elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass.

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra recorded and performed for 24 years until Jeffes died of a brain tumour in 1997. Several remaining members of the original group reunited for three concerts in 2007. Since then five original members have continued to play concerts of the Penguins music, initially as 'The Anteaters' and more recently under the name 'The Orchestra That Fell to Earth'.

Simon Jeffes' son, Arthur Jeffes, subsequently founded a distinct successor band called simply Penguin Cafe in 2009, which features no original PCO members. This new ensemble does, however, feature many PCO numbers in its live repertoire, and also records and performs new music written by the younger Jeffes.

Personnel:
Simon Jeffes -- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, cuatro, ukulele, bass, voice, Omnichord, Dulcitone, penny whistle, pitch pipes, harmonium, shakers, drums, ring modulator, rubber band, electronic organ, milkbottles, triangle, violin, drum, Linn Drum computer, soloban, spinet, Prophet V, fretless guitar, Bluthner and Bosendorfer pianos, zebra drum, tape, pianica, mandolin, electric aeolian harp
Helen Liebmann -- cello
Steve Nye -- electric piano, cuatro, Bluthner piano, Wurlitzer piano, harmonium
Gavyn Wright -- violin
Geoffrey Richardson -- viola, slide guitar, bass, bongos, metal frame, ukelele, mandolin, electric guitar, penny whistle, clarinet
Emily Young -- vocals
Mike Giles -- drums
Dave Defries -- trumpet, fluegelhorn
Annie Whitehead -- trombone
Nigel Kennedy -- violin
Nana Vasconcelos -- clay pot, twigs
Kathryn Tickell -- Northumbrian small pipes
Chris Laurence -- bass
Wilfred Gibson -- violin
Roger Chase -- viola
Braco -- drums
Marcus Beale -- violin
Kuma Harada -- bass
Barbara Bolte -- oboe
Stephen Fletcher -- piano
Peter McGowan -- violin
Jennifer Maidman -- percussion, bass guitar, ukelele, cuatro, electric guitar, zebra drum
Ian Maidman -- percussion, bass guitar, ukulele, cuatro, zebra drum
Giles Leaman -- woodwinds
Bob Loveday -- violin
Neil Rennie -- ukelele
Julio Segovia -- percussion
Jill Streater -- oboe
Peter Veitch -- accordion
Fami -- drums
Trevor Morais -- drums
Danny Cummings -- percussion
Paul Street -- guitar

Studio albums:
Music from the Penguin Cafe (1976) OBSCURE 7, later EEGCD 27
Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981) EEGCD 11
Broadcasting from Home (1984) EEGCD 38
Signs of Life (1987) EEGCD 50 - UK #49[7]
Union Cafe (1993) ZOPFD 001
A Matter Of Life... (2011) (as Penguin Cafe)

Soundtracks
Night Shift (1982) ("Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter")
Malcolm (1986)
She's Having A Baby Trailer (1988) ("Music For A Found Harmonium")
Oskar und Leni (1999) (10 songs, all new recordings of previously released tracks from back catalogue)
Chuck and Buck (2000) ("Air a Danser," "Paul's Dance," "Prelude and Yodel," "Nothing Really Blue")
Slim Susie (2003) ("Perpetuum Mobile")
The Good Girl (2002) ("Air" and "Steady State")
The Princess and the Warrior Official Soundtrack (2000) ("Nothing Really Blue")
Napoleon Dynamite Official Soundtrack (2005) ("Music For A Found Harmonium")
It's All Gone Pete Tong Official soundtrack (2005) ("Music For A Found Harmonium")
Hewlett Packard - Advert (2006) ("Perpetuum Mobile")
3 lbs - "Lost For Words" (2006) ("Perpetuum Mobile")
Year of the Dog (2007) ("Music for a Found Harmonium")
All the Little Animals Music written by Simon Jeffes, performed and recorded by PCO members Geoffrey Richardson, Jennifer Maidman and Steve Fletcher
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) ("Music For A Found Harmonium")
Mary and Max (2009) ("Perpetuum Mobile")
Origin Energy 'Sustainability Drive' advert ("Perpetuum Mobile")