 As Foster puts it,

The work was first issued on record in 1975, as the first release on Brian Eno's short-lived label Obscure Records (paired with Bryars' composition "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet").Within days of "Titanic"s sinking, newsreels and even slide shows were playing in crowded cinemas and theatres in the United States and Europe.By the end of April 1912, no fewer than nine American companies had issued sets of "Titanic" slides that could be bought or rented for public showings, accompanied by posters, lobby photos, lecture scripts and sheet music.