This Mortal Coil – Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust
Tracklist
| Over | |||
| A | Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust | 9:00 | |
| This Side | |||
| B1 | Song To The Siren | 3:30 | |
| B2 | Sixteen Days Reprise | 4:11 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 4AD
- Recorded At – Blackwing Studios
- Published By – Beggars Banquet Music
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Pressed By – MPO
Credits
- Bass – Michael Conroy (tracks: A, B2)
- Engineer [Engineered By] – John Fryer
- Guitar – Gary Mc Dowell* (tracks: A, B2), Robin Guthrie
- Keyboards – Martyn Young (tracks: A, B2)
- Producer [Produced By] – Ivo*, John Fryer
- Sleeve [Sleeve By] – 23 Envelope
- Voice – Elizabeth Frazer*, Gordon Sharp (tracks: A, B2)
Notes
Contributions from:
Michael Conroy, Gary McDowell (Modern English).
Elizabeth Frazer, Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins).
Gordon Sharp (Cindytalk).
Martyn Young (Colourbox).
Recorded at Blackwing, London, 1983.
For Tim Buckley
℗ 1983 4-A-D
Beggars Banquet Music except "Song To The Siren" Copyright Control.
Credits appear on label side B, picture A side label ('lights' design) without identifiers.
Over = A / This Side = B
Michael Conroy, Gary McDowell (Modern English).
Elizabeth Frazer, Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins).
Gordon Sharp (Cindytalk).
Martyn Young (Colourbox).
Recorded at Blackwing, London, 1983.
For Tim Buckley
℗ 1983 4-A-D
Beggars Banquet Music except "Song To The Siren" Copyright Control.
Credits appear on label side B, picture A side label ('lights' design) without identifiers.
Over = A / This Side = B
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 1): BAD 310 A¹ MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 1): BAD 310 B¹ MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 2): BAD 310 A1 EXP MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 2): BAD 310 B1 EXP MPO
Other Versions (5 of 18)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Song To The Siren (7", 45 RPM, Single) | 4AD | AD 310 | UK | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Song To The Siren (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) | Virgin, Virgin, 4AD, 4AD, Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet | 106 123, 106 123-100 | Europe | 1983 | ||
| Song To The Siren / Sixteen Days (12", Single, 45 RPM) | Virgin, 4AD | 601 142 | Europe | 1983 | |||
Recently Edited | Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust (12", 45 RPM) | 4AD, Edisom | 519405 | Portugal | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Song To The Siren (7", 45 RPM, Single) | 4AD | 104318 | Australia & New Zealand | 1983 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Nick Warren played Song To The Siren over Chicane's - Offshore on a couple of Essential Mixes and it couldn't of worked out any better the haunting vocals just seem to fit perfectly over the classic Offshore.- Edited one year agoAn odd pairing as many have said, its not that Sixteen Days is a bad tune but more a poor choice as an A Side. As for Song To The Siren what more can be said about this most sonically beautiful of songs. It surely should have been an A Side and if issued as such with airplay could have been a number one. To this day when I play this song to people for the first time it leaves them stunned. An incredible piece of music sung superbly. This is the sound of heaven. There is very little that sounded like this before or after.
I’m a massive Tim Buckley fan but even if he had lived to hear it I’m sure he would have said that’s it,it’s your song now. 
My copy has reverse labels. Curious if this was widespread or a mispress (?)
Edited 2 years agoI need to get into more Coil and Twins (or even just '80s 4AD) if stuff like this is in store. The A side is my favorite.- Edited 4 years agoI was introduced to this by a friends boyfriend, who reminded me of Peter Murphy, barmaids would swoon over him. Such a charmer.
I rushed out and bought it. Never had a barmaid swoon over me but got one of the best 12" records of the 80's. 
Totally agree with andrewstuart - I love this 12". The A side is a 9 minute whirlwind. Gordon Sharpe and Elizabeth Fraser make a dramatic vocal duo. One of the best of the 4AD catalogue.- Kaboom, an explosive wall of sound and great reimagining of the Modern English original.
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