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David Sylvian - Weatherbox

Label:
Catalog#:
DSCD1
Format:
5 x CD
Box Set
All Media, Limited Edition
Country:
UK
Released:
Nov 1989
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Art Rock, Experimental, Ambient

Tracklist

  Tree: Brilliant Trees
1-01   Pulling Punches 5:01
    Bass - Wayne Braithwaite*
  Drums, Synthesizer - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Dictaphone], French Horn - Holger Czukay
  Guitar - Ronny Drayton*
  Piano, Synthesizer - David Sylvian
  Synthesizer - Richard Barbieri
  Trumpet - Mark Isham
1-02   Ink In The Well 4:29
    Acoustic Guitar - Phil Palmer
  Double Bass - Danny Thompson
  Drums - Steve Jansen
  Flugelhorn - Kenny Wheeler
  Synthesizer - David Sylvian
1-03   Nostalgia 5:39
    Drums, Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Dictaphone] - Holger Czukay
  Flugelhorn - Kenny Wheeler
  Guitar, Synthesizer, Tape - David Sylvian
  Piano - Steve Nye
1-04   Red Guitar 5:07
    Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] - Phil Palmer
  Bass - Wayne Braithwaite*
  Drums, Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Guitar - Ronny Drayton*
  Piano - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Piano [Additional] - Steve Nye
  Synthesizer - David Sylvian
  Trumpet - Mark Isham
1-05   Weathered Wall 5:40
    Drums, Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Dictaphone] - Holger Czukay
  Synthesizer - David Sylvian , Richard Barbieri
  Synthesizer, Piano - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Trumpet - Jon Hassell
1-06   Backwaters 4:49
    Electronics [Dictaphone], Voice - Holger Czukay
  Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Piano, Piano [Treated], Synthesizer, Tape, Percussion - David Sylvian
1-07   Brilliant Trees 8:35
    Electronics [Dictaphone], Guitar - Holger Czukay
  Percussion - David Sylvian , Steve Jansen
  Synthesizer - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Trumpet - Jon Hassell
 
  Stone: Alchemy
  Words With The Shaman (Songs From The Treetops)
2-01   Pt. 1 Ancient Evening 5:14
    Bass [Fretless] - Percy Jones
  Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Additional] - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Radio] - Holger Czukay
  Keyboards, Guitar, Tape - David Sylvian
  Trumpet - Jon Hassell
2-02   Pt. 2 Incantation 3:28
    Bass [Fretless] - Percy Jones
  Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Additional] - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Radio] - Holger Czukay
  Keyboards, Guitar, Tape - David Sylvian
  Trumpet - Jon Hassell
2-03   Pt. 3 Awakening 5:16
    Bass [Fretless] - Percy Jones
  Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Additional] - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Radio] - Holger Czukay
  Keyboards, Guitar, Tape - David Sylvian
  Trumpet - Jon Hassell
  -
2-04   The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin) 8:28
    Performer, Written-By - David Sylvian
2-05   A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce 3:28
    Computer [Programming], Engineer - Stuart Bruce
  Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboards [Programming], Composed By - David Sylvian
  Mastered By [Original] - Tony Cousins
  Mastered By [Remastering] - Ian Gillespie
  Piano - John Taylor (2)
2-06   Steel Cathedrals 18:52
    Electronics [Dictaphone] - Holger Czukay
  Engineer - Nigel Walker (2) , Seigen Ono
  Flugelhorn - Kenny Wheeler
  Guitar [Abstractions] - Masami Tsuchiya
  Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] - Robert Fripp
  Keyboards, Tape, Percussion [Digital] - David Sylvian
  Mixed By - Walker*
  Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Piano, Strings - Ryuichi Sakamoto
 
  Earth: Gone To Earth
3-01   Taking The Veil 4:40
    Acoustic Guitar - Phil Palmer
  Bass - Ian Maidman
  Drums, Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Guitar - Robert Fripp
  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Electronics [Radio] - David Sylvian
3-02   Laughter And Forgetting 2:40
    Flugelhorn - Kenny Wheeler
  Keyboards - John Taylor (2)
  Vocals, Electronics [Atmospherics] - David Sylvian
3-03   Before The Bullfight 9:45
    Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Solo Electric] - Bill Nelson
  Drums, Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Atmospherics] - Richard Barbieri
  Flugelhorn - Kenny Wheeler
  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar - David Sylvian
3-04   Gone To Earth 3:01
    Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] - Robert Fripp
  Vocals, Guitar - David Sylvian
3-05   Wave 9:13
    Drums, Percussion - Steve Jansen
  Electronics [Atmospherics] - Richard Barbieri
  Flugelhorn - Harry Beckett
  Guitar - Bill Nelson
  Guitar [Solo], Electronics [Frippertronics] - Robert Fripp
  Vocals, Keyboards - David Sylvian
3-06   River Man 4:53
    Bass [Harmonics] - Ian Maidman
  Guitar [Sky Saw], Electronics [Frippertronics] - Robert Fripp
  Percussion, Bass [Sampled] - Steve Jansen
  Saxophone [Soprano] - Mel Collins
  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar - David Sylvian
3-07   Silver Moon 6:07
    Bass - Ian Maidman
  Drums - Steve Jansen
  Guitar [Pedal Steel] - B.J. Cole*
  Guitar [Solo], Electronics [Frippertronics] - Robert Fripp
  Saxophone [Soprano] - Mel Collins
  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar - David Sylvian
 
  Water: Gone To Earth Instrumental
4-01   The Healing Place 5:27
    Guitar [Solo] - Bill Nelson
4-02   Answered Prayers 3:09
    Acoustic Guitar - Bill Nelson
4-03   Where The Railroad Meets The Sea 2:51
    Piano - Steve Nye
4-04   The Wooden Cross 4:59
4-05   Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples 2:21
    Guitar [Pedal Steel] - B.J. Cole*
4-06   Camp Fire: Coyote Country 3:50
    Guitar [Solo] - Robert Fripp
4-07   A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky 3:15
4-08   Home 4:30
4-09   Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees 2:59
    Guitar [Solo] - Bill Nelson
4-10   Upon This Earth 6:24
    Guitar [Solo] - Robert Fripp
 
  Light: Secrets Of The Beehive
5-01   September 1:17
    Arranged By [Strings] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Piano, Vocals - David Sylvian
5-02   The Boy With The Gun 5:18
    Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals - David Sylvian
  Double Bass - Danny Thompson
  Guitar [Electric] - David Torn
  Organ, Synthesizer, Arranged By [Strings] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Percussion - Danny Cummings
5-03   Maria 2:50
    Guitar [Loop] - David Torn
  Piano [Treated], Organ, Arranged By [Strings] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Synthesizer, Tape, Vocals - David Sylvian
5-04   Orpheus 4:48
    Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals - David Sylvian
  Arranged By [Orchestra] - Brian Gascoigne
  Double Bass - Danny Thompson
  Drums - Steve Jansen
  Flugelhorn - Mark Isham
  Guitar [Slide] - Phil Palmer
  Piano, Synthesizer - Ryuichi Sakamoto
5-05   The Devil's Own 3:11
    Piano [Treated], Synthesizer, Tape, Vocals - David Sylvian
  Piano, Organ, Arranged By [Woodwind] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
5-06   When Poets Dreamed Of Angels 4:45
    Acoustic Guitar - Phil Palmer
  Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - David Sylvian
  Arranged By [Strings] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Percussion - Danny Cummings
  Trumpet - Mark Isham
5-07   Mother And Child 3:12
    Acoustic Guitar - David Torn
  Double Bass - Danny Thompson
  Percussion - Danny Cummings
  Piano, Organ - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Vocals - David Sylvian
5-08   Let The Happiness In 5:33
    Arranged By [String] - Brian Gascoigne
  Percussion - Danny Cummings , Steve Jansen
  Synthesizer, Organ, Arranged By [Brass] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Synthesizer, Organ, Vocals - David Sylvian
  Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Mark Isham
5-09   Waterfront 3:22
    Piano, Arranged By [Strings] - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Vocals - David Sylvian

Credits

Artwork By [Art, Design] - Russell Mills, Dave Coppenhall
Composed By - Sylvian* (tracks: 2-01 to 2-03, 2-06) , Hassell* (tracks: 2-01 to 2-03) , Sakamoto* (tracks: 2-06) , Jansen* (tracks: 2-03)
Composed By, Arranged By - David Sylvian (tracks: 5-01 to 5-09)
Engineer - Nigel Walker (2) (tracks: 2-01 to 2-03, 2-06) , P. Williams* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-07) , Steve Nye (tracks: 1-01 to 1-07, 3-01 to 5-09)
Engineer [Assistant] - Jean-Jacques Lemoine (tracks: 5-01 to 5-09) , Nick Blundell (tracks: 3-01 to 4-10) , Noel Haris* (tracks: 3-01 to 4-10) , Roland Prent* (tracks: 5-01 to 5-09)
Engineer [Second] - John Timperley (tracks: 5-01 to 5-09) , Richard Moakes (tracks: 5-01 to 5-09)
Mastered By - Tony Cousins (tracks: 5-01 to 5-09)
Mixed By - David Sylvian (tracks: 1-02, 1-06, 2-06) , Steve Nye (tracks: 1-01, 1-03 to 1-05, 1-07, 2-06 to 5-09)
Mixed By [Assistant] - David Sylvian (tracks: 1-01, 1-03 to 1-05, 1-07, 3-01 to 5-09) , P. Williams* (tracks: 1-01, 1-03 to 1-05, 1-07)
Music By, Lyrics By [Words] - David Sylvian (tracks: 1-01 to 1-07) , Jon Hassell (tracks: 1-05, 1-07)
Other [Liner Notes] - Steve Lake
Performer [All Instruments] - David Sylvian (tracks: 4-01 to 4-10)
Photography - David Buckland
Producer - David Sylvian , Nigel Walker (2) (tracks: 2-01 to 2-03) , Steve Nye (tracks: 1-01 to 1-07, 2-05, 3-01 to 5-09)
Recorded By [Recording Co-ordination Assistant] - Catherine Wilson (tracks: 3-01 to 5-09)
Recorded By [Recording Co-ordination] - Richard Chadwick (2) (tracks: 2-06 to 5-09)
Written-By - Nelson* (tracks: 4-02) , Sylvian* (tracks: 3-01 to 5-09) , Fripp* (tracks: 3-04, 4-06, 4-10)

Notes

"Words With The Shaman" recorded in London 1985.
"The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin)" is an excerpt from the score of "Kin", a show devised by Gaby Agis and Kate Blacker, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, 8th September 1987.
"A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce" recorded in London, June 1989. Originally cut at the Townhouse, re-mastered at Tape.
"Steel Cathedrals" is the soundtrack to the short film by David Sylvian and Yasuyuki Yamaguchi, recorded in Tokyo & London 1984/85.
"Gone To Earth" & "Gone To Earth Instrumental" recorded in London and Oxfordshire 1985/86.
"Secrets Of The Beehive" recorded in London and Bath; Chateau Miraval, Le Val; Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum.

Box includes a 60 page embossed booklet, a fold-out catalogue poster and printed jewel-cases.

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