David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees
Tracklist
| A1 | Pulling Punches | 5:00 | |
| A2 | The Ink In The Well | 4:28 | |
| A3 | Nostalgia | 5:39 | |
| A4 | Red Guitar | 5:06 | |
| B1 | Weathered Wall | 5:41 | |
| B2 | Backwaters | 4:50 | |
| B3 | Brilliant Trees | 8:34 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Published By – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
- Published By – Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd.
- Published By – Opal Music
- Produced For – Klangfarben Productions
- Mastered At – The Town House
- Pressed By – EMI Records
Credits
- Drums – Steve Jansen
- Engineer – S. Nye*
- French Horn, Voice – Holger Czukay
- Guitar – Holger Czukay
- Mixed By – S. Nye* (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3)
- Mixed By [Assisted By] – P. Williams*
- Photography By – Yuka Fujii
- Producer – Steve Nye
- Synthesizer, Percussion – Steve Jansen
- Vocals, Piano [Treated], Tape [Tapes] – David Sylvian
- Words By, Music By – D. Sylvian*
Notes
℗ 1984 Virgin Records Ltd. (on labels and sleeve)
© 1984 Virgin Records Ltd. (on sleeve only)
Manufactured in the UK
Produced by David Sylvian , Steve Nye For Klangfarben Productions.
Published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. except B1 & B3 Published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. Opal Music.
Special Thanks to Yuka Fujii and Peter Barakan for their assistance.
This release includes a printed inner sleeve with credits and additional artwork.
Runouts are stamped, except for TOWNHOUSE, which is etched.
© 1984 Virgin Records Ltd. (on sleeve only)
Manufactured in the UK
Produced by David Sylvian , Steve Nye For Klangfarben Productions.
Published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. except B1 & B3 Published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. Opal Music.
Special Thanks to Yuka Fujii and Peter Barakan for their assistance.
This release includes a printed inner sleeve with credits and additional artwork.
Runouts are stamped, except for TOWNHOUSE, which is etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): V2290A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): V2290B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): V 2290 A-3U-1-1-0
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): V 2290 B-5U-1-1- TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): V 2290 A -4U - 1-1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): V 2290 B-5U-1-1- 3 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): V 2290 A-4U-1-1-10
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): V 2290 B-6U-1-1-1 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): V 2290 A-4U-1-1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): V 2290 B-5U-1-2-0 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): V 2290 A-4U-1-1-
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): V 2290 B-5U-1-2-3 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): V 2290 A-3U-1-1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): V 2290 B-5U-1-2- 11 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): V 2290 A-3U-1-1-
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): V 2290 B-6U-1-1-11 TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): V 2290 A-3U-1-1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): V 2290 B-5U-1-2- TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): V 2290 A-3U-1-1-0
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): V 2290 B-5U-1-2- TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 10): V 2290 A-3U-1-1-
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 10): V 2290 B-5U-1-1- TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 11): V 2290 A-4U-1-1-
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 11): V 2290 B-5U-1-1- TOWNHOUSE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 12): V 2290 A-4U-1-1- 3 5
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 12): V 2290 B-5U-1-2- 21 TOWNHOUSE
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| Brilliant Trees (LP, Album) | Virgin | VIL-6114, VIRG-6114 | Japan | 1984 | |||
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Brilliant Trees (LP, Album) | Virgin | VL 2297 | Canada | 1984 | ||
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Brilliant Trees (LP, Album) | Virgin | V-2290, V2290 | Australia | 1984 | ||
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Brilliant Trees (LP, Album) | Virgin | V 2290, V2290 | New Zealand | 1984 |
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Shhh! Don't listen to The Silver Gun. Never do that… :-)
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Found a near-perfect copy in a charity shop today for £2. Bass is mustard! The overall feel is warm and soothing. Had the CD years ago. This sounds much better -
UK original DMM pressing isn't great. cut at townhouse through a primitive digital delay line, and it certainly sounds like it: stuffy, dry, blunted transients, just generally unappealing. the original japanese pressing is much better. it sounds like it was cut on a fully analogue signal path from an analogue tape copy, and everything is much lusher, more pleasant, more natural. it's not that much more expensive and it's also pressed on the same JVC supervinyl that the old mofi stuff used.
listening setup: rega p6, ortofon mc cadenza bronze cartridge, stein music 'the perfect interface' carbon mat, liberty b2b-1 preamp, hegel h95 integrated amp, elac debut b5 speakers -
Can’t believe how cheap this album is after all these years
A true work of art, moving and enveloping
An under rated classic of ambient and acoustic musics. -
The solo debut from Japan frontman David Sylvian is absolutely stunning. A timeless tour de force in dreamy, melancholic art-rock. Massive contributions from legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Kenny Wheeler, and Jon Hassell. Brilliant Trees still sounds remarkably fresh after almost 40(!) years.
I have several first pressing from the UK and Europe. None of them are quiet, but they all sound very very good. Are all of them pressed on bad vinyl?
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