David SylvianGone To Earth

Label:

Virgin – 90577-1

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold Sleeve

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Ambient

Tracklist

A1 Taking The Veil
Acoustic GuitarPhil Palmer
BassIan Maidman
Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
Guitar [Guitars]Robert Fripp
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Electronics [Radio]David Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
4:40
A2 Laughter & Forgetting
FlugelhornKenny Wheeler
PianoJohn Taylor (2)
Vocals, Electronics [Atmospherics]David Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
2:40
A3 Before The Bullfight
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Solo Electric]Bill Nelson
Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
Electronics [Atmospherics]Richard Barbieri
FlugelhornKenny Wheeler
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
9:53
A4 Gone To Earth
Guitar [Guitars], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Vocals, GuitarDavid Sylvian
Written-BySylvian/Fripp*
3:00
B1 Wave
Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
Electronics [Atmospherics]Richard Barbieri
FlugelhornHarry Beckett
GuitarBill Nelson
Guitar [Solo Guitars], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Vocals, KeyboardsDavid Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
9:13
B2 River Man
Bass [Bass Harmonics]Ian Maidman
Guitar [Sky Saw], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Percussion, Bass [Sampled Bass]Steve Jansen
Soprano SaxophoneMel Collins
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
4:50
B3 Silver Moon
BassIan Maidman
DrumsSteve Jansen
Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
Guitar [Solo], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Pedal Steel GuitarB.J. Cole*
Soprano SaxophoneMel Collins
Vocals, KeyboardsDavid Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
6:05
C1 The Healing Place
Guitar [Solo]Bill Nelson
Written-BySylvian*
5:30
C2 Answered Prayers
Acoustic Guitar, Written-ByBill Nelson
Written-BySylvian*
3:10
C3 Where The Railroad Meets The Sea
PianoSteve Nye
Written-BySylvian*
2:55
C4 The Wooden Cross
Written-BySylvian*
5:00
C5 Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples
Pedal Steel GuitarB.J. Cole*
Written-BySylvian*
2:25
D1 Camp Fire : Coyote Country
Guitar [Solo]Robert Fripp
Written-BySylvian/Fripp*
3:45
D2 A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky
Written-BySylvian*
3:20
D3 Home
Written-BySylvian*
4:35
D4 Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees
Guitar [Solo]Bill Nelson
Written-BySylvian*
3:00
D5 Upon This Earth
Guitar [Solo]Robert Fripp
Written-BySylvian/Fripp*
6:30

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Virgin Records America, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Virgin Records America, Inc.
  • Pressed BySpecialty Records Corporation
  • Mastered AtArtisan Sound Recorders

Credits

  • Artwork [Art], DesignRussell Mills
  • Coordinator [Assistant]Catherine Wilson
  • Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator]Richard Chadwick (2)
  • Engineer [Assistant]Noel Haris (2)
  • Engineer, Mixed BySteve Nye
  • Mixed By [Assistant]David Sylvian
  • Photography ByDavid Buckland
  • ProducerSteve Nye

Notes

This is a Specialty Records Corporation pressing; note the '-SP' on the label matrices.
An Allied Record Company pressing "Gone To Earth" '-AR' also exists.

Some copies on the rear face of the gatefold have the following in embossed gold lettering:
"Lent For Promotional Use Only. Any Sale or
Unauthorised Transfer is Prohibited and Void. Subject
to Return Upon Demand by Owner. Acceptance of This
Record Constitutes Agreement to the Above."

Cat# on spine: 7 90577-1
Cat# on labels: 1-90577
Cat# on back cover 90577-1

Recorded In London & Oxfordshire 1985-86
For Klangfarben Productions
℗ 1987 Virgin Records America, Inc. © 1987 Virgin Records America, Inc.

Special Thanks To Yuka Fujii

All Instruments by David Sylvian except where stated
The voice of J.G. Bennett by kind permission of Mrs. E. Bennett
The voice of Joseph Beuys by kind permission of Audio Arts

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 7567-90577-1 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): ST-VR-876299-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): ST-VR-876300-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 3 Label): ST-VR-876301-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 4 Label): ST-VR-876302-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout Etched): ST-VR-876299-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout Etched): ST-VR-876300-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 3 Runout Etched): ST-VR-876301-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 4 Runout Etched): ST-VR-876302-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped All Sides): SRC [Logo] Artisan Sound Recorders [Logo]

Other Versions (5 of 76)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Virgin 302 803, 302 803-420 Europe 1986
Recently Edited
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album) Virgin VDL1, VDLI UK 1986
Recently Edited
Gone To Earth (Cassette, Album) Virgin 502 803, 502 803-121 Europe 1986
Recently Edited
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album) Virgin VD2393 Canada 1986
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) Virgin VDLI Italy 1986

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Reviews

  • Vivalafica's avatar
    Vivalafica
    Edited 3 years ago
    One word: masterpiece!
    This is the soundtrack of my life, I was 19 when i've found the cassette at a local record store, from the first notes of "Taking The Veil" I was blown away, this album transports you in a different state, Sylvian's voice, the keyboards, the flugelhorn and Fripp's guitar are dreamlike soundscapes, they draw you in and you're listening with devotion, almost like under hypnosis, raptured.
    I can't cherry pick a standout track out of this majestic double record, this is that rare album that works magnificently as a whole, an enormous wave of emotions...if memories and nostalgia could be described with music they would sound like this.

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