Tracklist

A1	Introduction
A2	Overture And Aria: "I Tell You That's Irma Herself"
A3	First Interlude
B1	Aria: "Irma You Will Be Mine"
B2	Second Interlude
B3	Chorus: "Love Is Help Mate"
B4	Postlude

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Obscure Records Ltd.
• Printed By – Robor Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.

Credits

• Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Rory Allam
• Conductor, Music By, Liner Notes – Gavin Bryars
• Engineer – Phil Ault
• Horn [Tenor Horn], Vibraphone [Vibes] – Dave Smith
• Libretto By – Fred Orton
• Piano, Marimba, Glockenspiel – Michael Nyman
• Producer [Produced By] – Brian Eno
• Tuba, Marimba – John White
• Vibraphone, Marimba – Jo Julian
• Violin [Alto Violin] – Adam Skeaping
• Violin [Baritone Violin] – Tim Kraemer
• Violin [Bass Violin] – Roy Babbington
• Violin [Contrabass Violin] – Rodney Slatford
• Violin [Descant Violin] – Stuart Deeks
• Violin [Sopranino Violin] – Roddy Skeaping*
• Violin [Tenor Violin] – Mark Caudie*
• Violin [Treble Violin] – Gavin Wright*
• Voice [Chorus Voice] – Angela Bryars
• Voice [Chorus Voice], Written-By [Opera By] – Tom Phillips
• Voice [Grenville] – Howard Skempton
• Voice [Irma] – Lucy Skeaping*
• Written-By [All Songs Written By] – Orton*, Bryars*, Phillips*

Notes

Includes double-sided insert.

[upper right back sleeve:]
STEREO [symbol of one circle partly covering another] 33⅓ 25MM 0162

[lower right back sleeve:]
℗ 1978 Obscure Records Ltd.
PRODUCED BY BRIAN ENO
obscure 9
MANUFACTURED BY POLYDOR K.K., JAPAN KA 8207 ¥2,500

[lower left back sleeve:]
Printed in England by Robor Ltd.

[on spine:]
25MM 0162 [small empty space] IRMA / PHILLIPS, BRYARS, ORTON [large empty space] 25MM 0162

[label, at left:]
[Polydor symbol]
[JASRAC symbol]
25MM 0162

[label, at bottom:]
℗ 1978 EG Records Ltd.

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Obscure 9, Japanese edition.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 25MM–0162A A—1—2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 25MM–0162B A—1—1
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Date): 8207

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
OBS 9	Tom Phillips , Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	Tom Phillips , Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton - Irma ‎(LP)	Obscure	OBS 9	UK	1978
25MM 0162	Tom Phillips / Gavin Bryars / Fred Orton	Tom Phillips / Gavin Bryars / Fred Orton - Irma ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Editions EG, Polydor	25MM 0162	Japan	1982
EGED 29, 2335 253	Tom Phillips / Gavin Bryars / Fred Orton	Tom Phillips / Gavin Bryars / Fred Orton - Irma ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Editions EG, Polydor	EGED 29, 2335 253	UK	1982

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