David SylvianGone To Earth

Label:

Virgin – VD2393

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Canada

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*
9:55
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
Saxophone [Soprano Sax]Mel 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*
Saxophone [Soprano Sax]Mel Collins
Vocals, KeyboardsDavid Sylvian
Written-BySylvian*
6:05
C1 The Healing Place
Guitar [Solo]Bill Nelson
Written-BySylvian*
5:30
C2 Answered Prayers
Acoustic GuitarBill 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 Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Manufactured ByVirgin Records Canada Inc.
  • Lacquer Cut AtThe Lacquer Channel Limited
  • Pressed ByCinram
  • Printed ByEver Reddy

Credits

  • Artwork [Art & Design]Russell 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

℗ © Virgin Records Ltd 1986

Made In Canada

Housed in a gatefold sleeve.

VD 2393 on cover
VD2393 on labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (Spine): [Ever Reddy logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched, variant 1): VL 2393-A TLC--T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B etched, variant 1): VD 2393-B TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C etched, variant 1): VL 2393-C TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D etched, variant 1): VD 2393-D TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched, variant 2): VL 2393-A2 TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B etched, variant 2): VL 2393-B TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C etched, variant 2): VL 2393-C TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D etched, variant 2): VL 2393-D #2 TLC-T
  • Matrix / Runout (All sides stamped variants 1 & 2): [CR in a circle]

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
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Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album) Virgin VDL1, VDLI UK 1986
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Gone To Earth (Cassette, Album) Virgin 502 803, 502 803-121 Europe 1986
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) Virgin VDLI Italy 1986
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Gone To Earth (2×Cassette, Album, Stereo) Virgin TC-VG 50204, TC-VG 50205 Greece 1986

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  • MrCurious's avatar
    MrCurious
    Just outstanding sound quality on this Canadian press. Second record is so clear. Get these older pressings.

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