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1	Sound Poems	22:18
2	Are Your Children Safe In The Sea Performer [Other] – Annea Lockwood	0:52
3	Worm	1:18
4	Soleil Performer [Other] – Annea Lockwood	7:05
5	Variations On A Theme Of Tan Performer [Other] – François Dufrêne, Ginette Dufrêne, Jennifer Cobbing	5:57
6	Slowly, Slowly The Tongue Unrolls Performer [Other] – François Dufrêne	5:32
7	Computer Poem Performer [Other] – François Dufrêne	3:33
8	Vive Rabelais Performer [Other] – Henri Chopin	3:57
9	Whisper Piece No. 3: Voitex	3:50
10	Hymn To The Sacred Mushroom Performer – Konkrete CanticleVoice – Bob Cobbing, Michael Chant, Paula Claire	5:13
11	e colony Electronics – John WhitingVoice – Bob CobbingVoice, Jew's Harp, Producer – Peter Finch	6:20

Credits

• Compilation Producer – Richard Fairman
• Compiled By – Jennifer Cobbing, Steve Cleary
• Liner Notes [Introduction] – Stephen Willey
• Mastered By [Audio Mastering] – Nigel Bewley
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Jennifer Cobbing

Notes

Track 1 recorded 1965; also known as "ABC in Sound"; previously issued as Side A of the first Writers Forum LP; this transfer taken from the original master tape.
Track 2 recorded 1966; from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive.
Track 3 recorded 1966; from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive; this performance is different from the track titled "Worm" issued on the 1988 Birkyak LP "Aberration" (Klinker Zoundz KZ8801).
Track 4 recorded 1968; this 7.05 version is presumably an unedited version or an alternate treatment of the core material; from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive.
Track 5 recorded 1968; previously released on the LP "Sound Texts. ? Concrete Poetry. Visual Texts" (Stedelijk Museum RSC 246, 1970: this transfer from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive.
Track 6 recorded in Paris, 1968; previously released on cassette on the Balsam Flex label; this transfer taken from the original master tape.
Track 7 recorded in Paris, 1968; previously released on cassette on the Balsam Flex label; this transfer taken from the original master tape; this is a different work from 'Computer Poem 6" on the 1988 Birdyak EP "Green Computer" (Klinker Zoundz KZ8805).
Track 8 recorded 1968; from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive.
Track 9 recorded 1969; from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive.
Track 10 recorded 1971; previously issued on the LP "Experiments in Disintegrating Language / Konkrete Canticle" (Arts Council 33AC, 1971; this transfer from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive; this performance is different from the track titled "The Sacred Mushroom" as issued on the the 1988 Birkyak LP "Aberration" (Klinker Zoundz KZ8801).
Track 11 recorded 1973 at Cardiff University studio; issued on a yellow flexidisc as part of issue four of the American concrete poetry journal Typewriter, under the title "e colony - a version"; also issued on the cassette "The Italian Job" by Peter Finch and Bob Cobbing (Klinker Zoundz KZ8802C, 1988); this transfer from Bob Cobbing's personal tape archive.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (ISBN 10): 0712305947
• Other (ISBN 13): 9780712305945