David Sylvian / deluxe vinyl reissues

Four early David Sylvian albums will be issued on 180g vinyl in February.

The albums in question are Brilliant Trees (1984), Alchemy – An Index of Possibilities (1985), Gone to Earth (1986) and Secrets of the Beehive (1987).

These are described as ‘deluxe’ vinyl reissues and thus there are a few changes (to presentation, not audio). David’s debut Brilliant Trees is now housed in a gatefold sleeve, the Alchemy, Gone to Earth and Secrets of the Beehive albums feature brand new artwork and all come pressed on 180g vinyl (Gone to Earth is a double) with printed inner bags.

These are all released on 22 February 2019. Similar treatment for the Japan-reunion-in-everything-but-name project, Rain Tree Crow, is expected around March 2019.

Brilliant Trees

Side A
Pulling Punches (5:02)
The Ink In The Well (4:29)
Nostalgia (5:42)
Red Guitar (5:11)

Side B
Weathered Wall (5:44)
Backwaters (4:53)
Brilliant Trees (8:40)

Alchemy – An Index of Possibilities

Side A
Words With The Shamen – Part 1 (5:15)
Words With The Shamen – Part 2 (3:27)
Words With The Shamen – Part 3 (5:18)
Preparations For A Journey (3:41)

Side B
Steel Cathedrals (18:56)

Secrets of the Beehive

Side A
September (1:18)
The Boy With The Gun (5:18)
Maria (2:50)
Orpheus (4:51)
The Devil’s Own (3:12)

Side B
When Poets Dreamed of Angels (4:47)
Mother and Child (3:15)
Let The Happiness In (5:37)
Waterfront (3:27)

Gone To Earth

Side A
Taking The Veil (4:40)
Laughter and Forgetting (2:40)
Before The Bullfight (9:40)
Gone To Earth (3:06)

Side B
Wave (9:11)
River Man (4:54)
Silver Moon (6:10)

Side C
The Healing Place (5:35)
Answered Prayers (3:01)
Where The Railroad Meets The Sea (2:52)
The Wooden Cross (5:04)
Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples (2:22)

Side D
Camp Fire: Coyote Country (3:51)
A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky (3:16)
Home (4:33)
Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees (3:02)
Upon This Earth (6:25)

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