Cooper died of multiple sclerosis in 2013. This compilation was assembled by her colleagues in her memory.
The accompanying booklet includes memorials written by Sally Potter, Tim Hodgkinson, David Thomas and Kate Westbrook.
From Outtakes for Other Occasions (1986), originally released as a limited edition cassette to subscribers to Music for Other Occasions
From the play "The Execution"
1. "Tsar's Band" (0:44)
2. "The Assassination" (1:33)
3. "The Evening Before" (1:51)
From the film "Give Us a Smile" by Leeds Animation Workshop:
4. "Give Us a Smile" film score (3:05)
From the film "Green Flutes"
5. "Washing Line" (0:36)
6. "Against the Current" film score (3:08)
7. "The Time of Their Lives" curtain music (1:22)
8. "Trih's Song" (1:17)
All compositions by Cooper
Lindsay Cooper – piano, bassoon
Chris Cutler – drums
Maggie Nicols – voice
Irita Kutchmy – flute, saxophone
Vicky Aspinall – violin
Georgie Born – cello on "Trih's Song"
Fred Frith – guitar
Recorded in London between 1979–84
From The Small Screen: Music for Television, originally released as a limited subscription cassette in 1984
Songs from 5 Short Films, made by Lis Rhodes and Jo Davis
"Four Corners", for Channel 4
9. "The Song of the Goose and the Common" (1:34)
10. "Off the Fence" (1:20)
11. "Fair Exchange" (1:59)
12. "Windscale" (0:47)
13. "The Number 8 Bus" (1:23)
Music for "Green Flutes", a film about a republican flute band in Glasgow, directed by Nancy Schiesari for Channel 4
14. "Belfast" (2:08)
15. "Fanfare" (0:39)
16. "Flute Tune" (1:16)
17. "Priesthill" (0:49)
From "Domestic Bliss", a comedy drama directed by Joey Chamberlain for Channel 4
18. "Domestic Bliss" end credits (2:37)
From "With Our Children", a film about lesbian mothers directed by Melanie Chait for Channel 4
19. "Court Entry" (0:57)
20. "Lord Wilberforce" (1:02)
21. "Home Movie 1" (1:12)
22. "Open Letters" (2:30)
23. "Linda B" (1:05)
24. "Home Movie 2" (2:51)
25. ""Three Heads" (1:14)
26. "Julia", end credits (3:16)
All compositions by Cooper, except "The Song of the Goose and the Common" and "Flute Tune" (trad.); words for "Four Corners" by Lis Rhodes, except "The Song of the Goose and the Common" (trad.)
Lindsay Cooper – piano, Casio, bassoon, oboe, sopranino and alto saxophones, bass guitar on "Off the Fence" and "Domestic Bliss"
Georgie Born – guitar and bass guitar on "Green Flutes" and "Domestic Bliss"
Chris Cutler – drums on "Green Flutes" and "Domestic Bliss"
Celia Gore Booth – singing saw on "With Our Children"
Dagmar Krause – singing on "Windscale" and "The Number 8 Bus"
Irita Kutchmy – piccolo on "Green Flutes"
Maggie Nicols – singing on "With Our Children"
Kate Westbrook – singing on ""The Song of the Goose and the Common", "Off the Fence" and "Fair Exchange"; tenor horn on "Off the Fence", "Fair Exchange" and "With Our Children"
Recorded in 1983 ("Green Flutes"), March and August 1984 ("Four Corners"), June 1984 ("Domestic Bliss"), September 1984 ("With Our Children"). All engineered by Charles Gray.
Lindsay Cooper and orchestra, originally released on Angelica '92 compilation
27. Extract from "Concerto per Sax Sopranino e Archi" (5:07)
Recorded at the Angelica festival, Bologna, 1992.
From A Beginner's Guide to Nomansland (1988), originally released on the No Mans Land compilation sampler A Beginners Guide to Nomansland (1988) Pieces originally written for the films "Das Nächste Jahrhundert Wird Unseres Sein" and "Wir Wollen Lieber Fliegen als Kriechen", directed by Claudia von Allemann for Hessischer Rundfunk television
28. "In the Archive" (0:40)
29. "Mainz" (1:55)
30. "Paulskirche" (2:22)
Elvira Plenar – synthesizer, piano
Lindsay Cooper – sopranino and soprano saxophones
Alfred Harth – bass clarinet
Ann-Marie Roelofs – violin, trombone
Recorded and engineered by Walter Brussow in Frankfurt, March 1987
TOTAL TIME: 52:08 -- Assembled and pre-mastered by Udi Koomran
Trio Trabant (Lindsay Cooper, Alfred 23 Harth, Phil Minton), previously unreleased
1. "Le Detroit" (6:49)
2. "De Breede en de Smalle Weg" (4:41)
3. "Le Cadran Bleu 3" (5:38)
4. "State of Retrograd" (4:43)
5. "Vigilanz" (3:46)
6. "Le Cadran Bleu 5" (8:02)
All compositions by Cooper/Harth/Minton
Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, sopranino saxophone, electronics
Alfred 23 Harth – alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, synthesizer, Farfisa organ, melodika
Phil Minton – voice
Recorded at Festival Musica in Strasbourg on 4 October 1991. Mastered by Harth.
Lindsay Cooper, originally released as a limited edition not-for-sale subscription item with the LP Rags on a hand silkscreened one-sided 7" vinyl
7. "Pictures from the Great Exhibition" (8:08)
"Fingers Weary and Worn" [Tulley]
"Canal Towpath" [Cooper]
"Musical Box" [Tulley]
"Regent Street" [Herold]
"Women's Wrongs" [Cooper]
"Cholera Morbus" [Minton]
"The Housewife's Nightmare" [Herold/Cooper]
"Spitalfields" [Tulley]
Written by Lindsay Cooper
Georgie Born – cello, bass guitar
Phil Minton – trumpet, voice
Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, saxophone
Recorded in April 1979 for the film "Song of the Shirt"
Cooper/Cutler/Wyatt, originally released on The Last Nightingale (1984), released to raise money for the British miners during their strike
8. "In the Dark Year" (3:48)
Words: Chris Cutler; music: Lindsay Cooper
Lindsay Cooper – piano, electric piano, sopranino saxophone, bassoon
Robert Wyatt – voice
Chris Cutler – drums
Bill Gilonis – guitar, bass
Recorded and engineered in Brixton by Gilonis and Tim Hodgkinson, 29–31 October 1984
Lindsay Cooper, previously unreleased
9. "Piano Roulette: Solo Piano" (11:24)
Recorded live in New York, 13 November 1985
David Thomas and the Pedestrians, originally released on Winter Comes Home (1983)
10. "Petrified" (9:49)
Text: David Thomas; music: Lindsay Cooper
David Thomas – voice
Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, sopranino saxophone
Chris Cutler – drums
Concert recorded in Erding, Germany on 11 December 1982; concert mix: EM Thomas
Bauer/Cooper/Cutler/Potter, originally released on Volume 1 No. 1 of the Re Records Quarterly Magazine (1985)
11. "Education" (3:42)
Words: Chris Cutler; music: Lindsay Cooper
Lindsay Cooper – piano, alto and soprano saxophone
Sally Potter – voice
Chris Cutler – drums
Connie Bauer – trombone
Bill Gilonis – guitar, bass
Recorded in Brixton by Gilonis, April 1984
TOTAL TIME: 1:10:26 -- compiled by Chris Cutler and remastered by Bob Drake.
