The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Brief History
back in stock today jeffes' music remains delightfully unclassifiable whilst its accessibility makes it beloved of advertisers and cafe del mar chillout album compilers alike in the 70s however the penguin cafe orchestra was radical even revolutionary catching the attention of brian eno who signed them to his obscure label other evidence of jeffes' eclecticism brought in as producer by malcolm mclaren to raise adam and the ants from punk to pop and chart stardom arranged the strings on sid vicious' version of 'my way' need i say more a review cannot really do credit to this album the penguin cafe orchestra is a legend and the music on 'a brief history' tells the story of an immensely creative and joyous force in music irrepressibly chirpy irresistibly quirky and undeniably original here is music to bring sunshine to a sunday morning