Sounding the Ritual Echo was recorded in the privacy of my own home on broken or faulty tape machines & speakers, each track possessing its own technological deformity. For this I offer no apology as the music owes its existence to a very personal & selfish obsession. As a direct result, some pieces will require a little patience. This album, originally released in a limited edition in 1981 as a bonus album for Quit Dreaming & Get on the Beam , was the first in a series of purely instrumental albums issued by Cocteau Records from the archives of the Echo Observatory." - Bill Nelson

• A1 Annunciation
• A2 The Ritual Echo
• A3 Sleep
• A4 Near East
• A5 Emak Bakia
• A6 My Intricate Image
• A7 Endless Orchids
• A8 The Heat In The Room
• B1 Another Willingly Opened Window
• B2 Vanishing Parades
• B3 Glass Fish (For The Final Aquarium)
• B4 Cubical Domes
• B5 Ashes Of Roses
• B6 The Shadow Garden
• B7 Opium