Bill Nelson ?– Trial By Intimacy (The Book Splendours)

Label: Cocteau Records ?– JEAN 2 Format: 4 × Vinyl, LP, Album 
Box Set, Limited Edition 
Country: UK Released: 1984 Genre: Electronic Style: Abstract, Experimental, Ambient

4 LP boxed set, limited to 5000 copies, containing four previously unreleased albums, a set of 8 postcards and a book of Bill's photography entitled "The Arcane Eye". 

1st photo is stock - the remainder are actual photos of the item showing condition of outer box and protective book cover. Any questions, please ask.

Tracklist

The Summer Of Gods Piano A1 Antennae Two A2 Transmission (N.B.C. 97293) A3 The Sleep Of Hollywood A4 The Celestial Bridegroom A5 Under The Red Arch A6 Orient Pearl A7 Sacrament A8 Falling Blossoms A9 The Difficulty Of Being A10 Zanoni A11 The Chinese Nightingale B1 Tantra B2 Soon September (Another Enchantment) B3 Rural Shires B4 Perfidio Incanto B5 The Lost Years B6 The Charm Of Transit B7 Night Thoughts (Twilight Radio) B8 Wysteria B9 Swing B10 Snowfall B11 Real Of Dusk B12 Over Ocean Chamber Of Dreams (Music From The Invisibility Exhibition) C1 The Blazing Memory Of Innuendo C2 Into The Luminous Future C3 A Dip In The Swimming Pool Reactor C4 Tommorowland (The Threshold Of 1947) C5 Listening To Lizards C6 My Endless Torsion C7 Sublime Perversion C8 Eros In Autumn C9 Sleeplessness D1 The Latest Skyline D2 Train Of Thought D3 Parks And Fountains, Clouds And Trees D4 The Golden Bough D5 Forever Orpheus D6 In Arcadia D7 Sentimental D8 Autumn Fires D9 Wild Blue Yonder Pavilions Of The Heart And Soul E1 Gift Of The August Tide E2 Loving Tongues E3 Blue Nude E4 In The Realm Of Bells E5 Your Nebulous Smile E6 The Glance Of A Glittering Stranger E7 Another Kiss For Your Slender Neck E8 The Warmth Of Women's Eyes E9 Seduction (Ritual With Roses) E10 Dreamed Embraces F1 Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: Herself With Her Shadow F2 Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: The Exquisite Corpse F3 Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: Ardent Hands F4 Four Pieces For Imaginary Strings: Her Laughing Torso F5 Migrating Angels F6 Les Amoureux F7 Meshes Of The Afternoon F8 Mountains Of The Heart F9 Willow Silk F10 Tender Encounters (States Of Grace) F11 Melancholia F12 The Eternal Female A Catalogue Of Obsessions G1 Sex Party Six G2 Wider Windows For The Walls Of The World G3 Time In Tokyo G4 Happily Addicted To You G5 Snakes With Wings G6 The Boy Pilots Of Bangkok G7 Erotikon G8 Birds In Two Hemispheres G9 Windmills In A World Without Wind H1 Love's First Kiss H2 Initiation Of The Heart's Desire H3 Edge Of Tears H4 Test Of Affection H5 Words Across Tables H6 A Promise Of Perfume H7 This Dangerous Age H8 The Glass Breakfast H9 Talk Technique H10 The Last Summer For Dancing H11 View From A Balcony

Credits

• Composed By, Performer, Recorded By – Bill Nelson

Notes

"I have often found a painter's sketchbook and his finished work to be of equal interest. Despite their apparent lack of sophistication, sketches invariably posses a simplicity and freshness encapsulating all the essential qualities of an idea. It is with this promise in mind that I release 'Trial By Intimacy', a musical sketchbook of instrumental moods captured during many private moments over the last few years. 

Although recorded on 'low-tech' domestic equipment, these eighty-three pieces of music are not to be confused with 'demo-tapes' but as a continuation of the process begun in 1979-1980 with my "Sounding The Ritual Echo" album. The set is presented unpolished and complete with all its technical deformities for which I offer no apology. Despite or perhaps because of this, these previously unreleased pieces have become very dear to my heart. 

Intuition, spontaneity and the high disregard for error correction were the only rules adhered to during the recording process (Laziness sometimes possessing its own virtue). Each piece of music was dealt with as an infant deals with building-blocks and instinct was always given precedence over reason. 

A great deal of time has been spent editing the material into the four albums contained here although there are as yet another forty or so pieces not represented. I acknowledge the difficulties presented to the listener by such a large volume of music and can only suggest that listening should not be rushed in any way. Time and patience will, I hope unveil the innocent charm of what for me has been both a labour of love and a personal exorcism." 

- Bill Nelson, Oct '84.