Cocteau Twins – Treasure Hiding (The Fontana Years)
| Label: | Fontana – 5771558, UMC – 5771558 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Box Set, Compilation, Remastered CD, Album, Reissue CD, Album, Reissue CD, Compilation CD, Compilation |
| Country: | UK & Europe |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic, Rock |
| Style: | Alternative Rock, Downtempo, Ethereal, Dream Pop |
Tracklist
| Four-Calendar Café | |||
| 1-1 | Know Who You Are At Every Age | 3:38 | |
| 1-2 | Evangeline | 4:29 | |
| 1-3 | Bluebeard | 3:54 | |
| 1-4 | Theft, And Wandering Around Lost | 4:30 | |
| 1-5 | Oil Of Angels | 4:37 | |
| 1-6 | Squeeze-Wax | 3:48 | |
| 1-7 | My Truth | 4:32 | |
| 1-8 | Essence | 3:01 | |
| 1-9 | Summerhead | 3:37 | |
| 1-10 | Pur | 5:02 | |
| Milk & Kisses | |||
| 2-1 | Violaine | 3:46 | |
| 2-2 | Serpentskirt | 3:57 | |
| 2-3 | Tishbite | 3:51 | |
| 2-4 | Half-Gifts | 4:18 | |
| 2-5 | Calfskin Smack | 4:58 | |
| 2-6 | Rilkean Heart | 4:02 | |
| 2-7 | Ups | 3:36 | |
| 2-8 | Eperdu | 4:41 | |
| 2-9 | Treasure Hiding | 4:53 | |
| 2-10 | Seekers Who Are Lovers | 4:41 | |
| EPs & Rarities | |||
| 3-1 | Mud And Dark | 3:42 | |
| 3-2 | Summer-Blink | 3:09 | |
| 3-3 | Winter Wonderland | 2:50 | |
| 3-4 | Frosty The Snowman | 2:55 | |
| 3-5 | Three Swept | 3:36 | |
| 3-6 | Ice Pulse | 3:45 | |
| 3-7 | Bluebeard (Acoustic Version) | 3:08 | |
| 3-8 | Rilkean Heart | 2:22 | |
| 3-9 | Golden-Vein | 2:50 | |
| 3-10 | Pink Orange Red | 4:31 | |
| 3-11 | Half-Gifts | 4:14 | |
| 3-12 | Feet Like Fins | 5:30 | |
| 3-13 | Seekers Who Are Lovers | 5:41 | |
| 3-14 | Violaine | 5:07 | |
| 3-15 | Cherry-Coloured Funk | 5:47 | |
| 3-16 | Tishbite | 3:13 | |
| 3-17 | Primitive Heart | 4:07 | |
| 3-18 | Flock Of Soul | 3:36 | |
| 3-19 | Round | 3:36 | |
| 3-20 | An Elan | 4:38 | |
| Sessions & Rarities | |||
| 4-1 | Smile | 4:26 | |
| 4-2 | Tranquil Eye | 3:54 | |
| 4-3 | Circling Girl | 3:33 | |
| 4-4 | Alice | 4:29 | |
| 4-5 | Circling Girl (Volume Magazine Version) | 3:36 | |
| 4-6 | Touch Upon Touch (Volume Magazine Version) | 4:06 | |
| 4-7 | Serpentskirt | 3:46 | |
| 4-8 | Golden-Vein | 2:46 | |
| 4-9 | Half-Gifts | 3:50 | |
| 4-10 | Seekers Who Are Lovers | 4:22 | |
| 4-11 | Calfskin Smack | 4:27 | |
| 4-12 | Fifty-Fifty Clown | 3:15 | |
| 4-13 | Violaine | 3:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Phonogram Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
- Recorded At – September Sound
- Recorded At – Pors Poulhan
- Recorded At – Wessex Sound Studios
- Mixed At – September Sound
- Published By – Sony Music Publishing
- Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
- Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0103071548-0101
- Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0103071567-0101
- Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0103071571-0101
- Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0103071586-0101
Credits
- Artwork – Black Finch Design, James Isaacs (3)
- Artwork [Sleeve - "Milk & Kisses"] – Blue Source
- Cello – Helen Thomas (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
- Compiled By [Track Listing] – Graeme Anderson (4), Steve Hammonds
- Coordinator [Project Co-ordination] – Steve Hammonds
- Design [Sleeve - "Four-Calendar Café"] – Lifeboat Matey
- Editor [Proof Reading] – Michael Cobb
- Engineer – Cocteau Twins (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10, 3-16 to 4-4), Des Ward (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Lincoln Fong (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10, 4-7 to 4-10), Mitsuo Tate (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10), Paul Strudwick (tracks: 4-11 to 4-13)
- Engineer [Additional] – Des Ward (tracks: 3-16 to 3-20), Lincoln Fong (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10, 3-1 to 3-7, 3-16 to 3-20), Mitsuo Tate (tracks: 3-16 to 4-4)
- Guitar [Additional Guitars On "Evangeline"] – Ben Blakeman, Mitsuo Tate
- Mastered By [Mastering At Abbey Road] – Alex Gordon (9)
- Performer [Line Up] – Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde
- Photography By ["Milk & Kisses"] – Spiros Politis
- Photography By [Original - "Four-Calendar Café"] – Walter Wick
- Producer [BBC] – Jim Lahat (tracks: 4-11 to 4-13), Lis Roberts (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Suzanne Gilfilian (tracks: 4-11 to 4-13)
- Producer [Licensing] – Graeme Anderson (4)
- Production Manager – Lydia Kohl
- Remix [Recycled By] – Mark Clifford (tracks: 3-12 to 3-15)
- Sleeve Notes – Chris Roberts (3)
- Viola – Fiona Griffith (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
- Violin – Paul Costin (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Phil Boyden (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
- Written-By, Producer – Cocteau Twins
Notes
Including a 24-page booklet containing liner note and credits.
CD1: "Four-Calendar Café" - Released: 18 October 1993. Recorded at various studios and September Sound, London.
CD2: "Milk & Kisses" - Released: March 1996. Recorded at Pors Poulhan and September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-1, 3-2 from "Evangeline" - Released: September 1993 / Cat No: CTCD1. Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-3, 3-4 from "Snow EP" - Released: December 1993 / Cat No: COCCD1. Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-5 to 3-7 from "Bluebeard Single" - Released: February 1994 / Cat No: CTCD2. Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-8 to 3-11 from "Twinlights" - Released: September 1995 / Cat No: CTCD3. Recorded and mixed at September Sound. Additional recordings at Wessex.
Tracks 3-12 to 3-15 from "Otherness" - Released: October 1995 / Cat No: CTCD4. Mixed at September Sound and Polyfusion, London.
Tracks 3-16 to 3-20 from "Tishbite" - Released: March 1996 / Cat No: CTCD5 / CTDD5.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-4 from "Violaine EP" - Released: October 1996 / Cat No: CTCD6 / CTDD6.
Tracks 4-5, 4-6 from "Volume" compilations:
Track 4-5 is an Alternative Mix of 4-3 and was released on the compilation CD/Magazine "Volume 15"
Track 4-6 released in late 1996 on the compilation "Volume 17"
Tracks 4-7 to 4-10 from "Mark Radcliffe BBC Session, 12 March 1996"
Tracks 4-11 to 4-13 from "Robert Elms BBC Session, 10th April 1996"
Track durations are not printed on the release.
On the discs:
© 2018 Phonogram Ltd. (London).
BIEM/STEMRA
On the box:
℗ 2018 Phonogram Records Limited.
© 2018 Phonogram Records Limited.
A Universal Music Group release. BIEM/SDRM. LC00268. Made in EU.
Typo only on rear: Cherry Coloured Funk
Typo throughout: Volaine EP
CD1: "Four-Calendar Café" - Released: 18 October 1993. Recorded at various studios and September Sound, London.
CD2: "Milk & Kisses" - Released: March 1996. Recorded at Pors Poulhan and September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-1, 3-2 from "Evangeline" - Released: September 1993 / Cat No: CTCD1. Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-3, 3-4 from "Snow EP" - Released: December 1993 / Cat No: COCCD1. Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-5 to 3-7 from "Bluebeard Single" - Released: February 1994 / Cat No: CTCD2. Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Tracks 3-8 to 3-11 from "Twinlights" - Released: September 1995 / Cat No: CTCD3. Recorded and mixed at September Sound. Additional recordings at Wessex.
Tracks 3-12 to 3-15 from "Otherness" - Released: October 1995 / Cat No: CTCD4. Mixed at September Sound and Polyfusion, London.
Tracks 3-16 to 3-20 from "Tishbite" - Released: March 1996 / Cat No: CTCD5 / CTDD5.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-4 from "Violaine EP" - Released: October 1996 / Cat No: CTCD6 / CTDD6.
Tracks 4-5, 4-6 from "Volume" compilations:
Track 4-5 is an Alternative Mix of 4-3 and was released on the compilation CD/Magazine "Volume 15"
Track 4-6 released in late 1996 on the compilation "Volume 17"
Tracks 4-7 to 4-10 from "Mark Radcliffe BBC Session, 12 March 1996"
Tracks 4-11 to 4-13 from "Robert Elms BBC Session, 10th April 1996"
Track durations are not printed on the release.
On the discs:
© 2018 Phonogram Ltd. (London).
BIEM/STEMRA
On the box:
℗ 2018 Phonogram Records Limited.
© 2018 Phonogram Records Limited.
A Universal Music Group release. BIEM/SDRM. LC00268. Made in EU.
Typo only on rear: Cherry Coloured Funk
Typo throughout: Volaine EP
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 6 02557 71558 3
- Barcode: 602557715583
- Matrix / Runout (CD1): Sony DADC [Universal Logo] 00602557715590 A0103071548-0101 17 A00
- Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L557
- Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 943P
- Matrix / Runout (CD2): Sony DADC [Universal Logo] 00602557715606 A0103071567-0101 17 A00
- Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L557
- Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 945S
- Matrix / Runout (CD3): Sony DADC [Universal Logo] 00602557715613 A0103071571-0101 13 A00
- Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI L553
- Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 941Q
- Matrix / Runout (CD4): Sony DADC [Universal Logo] 00602557715620 A0103071586-0101 27 A00
- Mastering SID Code (CD4): IFPI L557
- Mould SID Code (CD4): IFPI 943P
- Matrix / Runout (Catalog nr. CD1): 5771559
- Matrix / Runout (Catalog nr. CD2): 5771560
- Matrix / Runout (Catalog nr. CD3): 5771561
- Matrix / Runout (Catalog nr. CD4): 5771562
- Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
- Rights Society: BIEM STEMRA
- Label Code: LC00268
Other Versions (1)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | Treasure Hiding (The Fontana Years) (53×File, AIFF, Compilation) | UMC | none | 2018 |
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Reviews
The best way to listen to the CT is to get NM copies of the original vinyls, clean them well, and play them on a nice system. Period.
Some of this material has been *severely* remastered. Whether that's good or bad is in the eye of the beholder; digital recording and mastering techniques are still improving year over year, and to me the Cocteau Twins' original albums sounded muted, squashed by too much headroom - a hangover from analog mastering standards.
I don't know many fans who were happy with Robin Guthrie's work on the 4AD reissues in the early 2000s - there are endless threads online complaining about them, and I never bought any of them after a cursory listen. Every one is a blown-out mess.
Treasure Hiding was mastered at Abbey Road by Alex Gordon from the original tapes, and approved by Robin Guthrie. To my ears, Alex has substantially improved on the original editions, which suffered from the usual 80s/90s V-shaped EQ - all bass and treble, overreacting to the historic mid-range sound of vinyl. Milk & Kisses never sounded right to begin with, and while it's *much* fuller now, I'd say Alex has polished a sneaker.
If you're a massive Cocteaus fan, you've undoubtedly already sourced all of the "rarities" here, which are less fiddled with, but appear to be remastered. I have Volume 15 for "Circling Girl," which is probably the last great Cocteau Twins song IMO. It sounds slightly stronger as presented here, as do the Snow EP and Mark Clifford of Seefeel's Otherness remixes.
The bulk of the remastering clearly focused on the proper LPs; the value here is the opportunity to hear Four-Calendar Cafe in a completely new, kaleidoscopic glory promised by the album cover.- I couldn't find any details of remastering on the records, booklet or boxset, are you sure it's remastered? Or is it the remastered editions of the two studio lp's made some years ago (2006)? Nothing is written, and it seems to sound like the old original versions.
A missed opportunity. The channels are reversed on Four-Calendar Café and the remastering is overly bright throughout.
were all these BBC session tracks on the BBC live album?
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