David Sylvian 1989 Weatherbox [5xCD] {DSCD1}

David Sylvian ‎– Weatherbox
Label: Virgin ‎– DSCD1
Format: 5 × CD, Album, Reissue: Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1989
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Art Rock, Experimental, Ambient

Tree: Brilliant Trees

1-1 Pulling Punches    Bass – Wayne Braithwaite Drums, Synthesizer – Steve Jansen Electronics [Dictaphone], French Horn – Holger Czukay Guitar – Ronny Drayton*Piano, Synthesizer – David Sylvian Synthesizer – Richard Barbieri Trumpet – Mark Isham 5:01
1-2 Ink In The Well    Acoustic Guitar – Phil Palmer Double Bass – Danny Thompson Drums – Steve Jansen Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler Synthesizer – David Sylvian 4:29
1-3 Nostalgia    Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen Electronics [Dictaphone] – Holger Czukay Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler Guitar, Synthesizer, Tape – David Sylvian Piano – Steve Nye 5:39
1-4 Red Guitar     Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Phil Palmer Bass – Wayne Braithwaite Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen Guitar – Ronny Drayton Piano – Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano [Additional] – Steve Nye Synthesizer – David Sylvian Trumpet – Mark Isham 5:07
1-5 Weathered Wall     Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen Electronics [Dictaphone] – Holger Czukay Synthesizer – David Sylvian, Richard Barbieri Synthesizer, Piano – Ryuichi Sakamoto Trumpet – Jon Hassell 5:40
1-6 Backwaters    Electronics [Dictaphone], Voice – Holger Czukay Percussion – Steve Jansen Piano, Piano [Treated], Synthesizer, Tape, Percussion – David Sylvian 4:49
1-7 Brilliant Trees     Electronics [Dictaphone], Guitar – Holger Czukay Percussion – David Sylvian, Steve Jansen Synthesizer – Ryuichi Sakamoto Trumpet – Jon Hassell 8:35

Stone: Alchemy

Words With The Shaman (Songs From The Treetops)
2-1 Pt. 1 Ancient Evening     Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Additional] – Steve Jansen Electronics [Radio] – Holger Czukay Fretless Bass – Percy Jones Keyboards, Guitar, Tape – David Sylvian Trumpet – Jon Hassell 5:14
2-2 Pt. 2 Incantation    Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Additional] – Steve Jansen Electronics [Radio] – Holger Czukay Fretless Bass – Percy Jones Keyboards, Guitar, Tape – David Sylvian Trumpet – Jon Hassell 3:28
2-3 Pt. 3 Awakening    Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Additional] – Steve Jansen Electronics [Radio] – Holger Czukay Fretless Bass – Percy Jones Keyboards, Guitar, Tape – David Sylvian Trumpet – Jon Hassell 5:16
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2-4 The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin)    Performer, Written-By – David Sylvian 8:28
2-5 A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce    Computer [Programming], Engineer – Stuart Bruce Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboards [Programming], Composed By – David Sylvian Mastered By [Original] – Tony Cousins Piano – John Taylor (2)Remastered By – Ian Gillespie 3:28
2-6 Steel Cathedrals     Electronics [Dictaphone] – Holger Czukay Engineer – Nigel Walker, Seigen Ono Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler Guitar [Abstractions] – Masami Tsuchiya Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp Keyboards, Tape, Percussion [Digital] – David Sylvian Mixed By – Walker*Percussion – Steve Jansen Piano, Strings – Ryuichi Sakamoto 18:52

Earth: Gone To Earth

3-1 Taking The Veil    Acoustic Guitar – Phil Palmer Bass – Ian Maidman Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen Guitar – Robert Fripp Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Electronics [Radio] – David Sylvian 4:40
3-2 Laughter And Forgetting    Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler Keyboards – John Taylor (2)Vocals, Electronics [Atmospherics] – David Sylvian 2:40
3-3 Before The Bullfight     Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – Bill Nelson Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen Electronics [Atmospherics] – Richard Barbieri Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar – David Sylvian 9:45
3-4 Gone To Earth     Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert FrippV ocals, Guitar – David Sylvian 3:01
3-5 Wave    Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen Electronics [Atmospherics] – Richard Barbieri Flugelhorn – Harry Beckett Guitar – Bill Nelson Guitar [Solo], Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp Vocals, Keyboards – David Sylvian 9:13
3-6 River Man    Bass [Harmonics] – Ian Maidman Guitar [Sky Saw], Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp Percussion, Bass [Sampled] – Steve Jansen Soprano Saxophone – Mel Collins Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar – David Sylvian 4:53
3-7 Silver Moon     Bass – Ian Maidman Drums – Steve Jansen Guitar [Solo], Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp Pedal Steel Guitar – B.J. Cole*Soprano Saxophone – Mel Collins Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar – David Sylvian 6:07

Water: Gone To Earth Instrumental

4-1 The Healing Place     Guitar [Solo] – Bill Nelson 5:27
4-2 Answered Prayers     Acoustic Guitar – Bill Nelson 3:09
4-3 Where The Railroad Meets The Sea     Piano – Steve Nye 2:51
4-4 The Wooden Cross 4:59
4-5 Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples     Pedal Steel Guitar – B.J. Cole* 2:21
4-6 Camp Fire: Coyote Country     Guitar [Solo] – Robert Fripp 3:50
4-7 A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky 3:15
4-8 Home 4:30
4-9 Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees    Guitar [Solo] – Bill Nelson 2:59
4-10 Upon This Earth     Guitar [Solo] – Robert Fripp 6:24

Light: Secrets Of The Beehive

5-1 September    Arranged By [Strings] – Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano, Vocals – David Sylvian 1:17
5-2 The Boy With The Gun     Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals – David Sylvian Double Bass – Danny Thompson Electric Guitar – David Torn Organ, Synthesizer, Arranged By [Strings] – Ryuichi Sakamoto Percussion – Danny Cummings 5:18
5-3 Maria     Loops [Loop] – David Torn Piano [Treated], Organ, Arranged By [Strings] – Ryuichi Sakamoto Synthesizer, Tape, Vocals – David Sylvian 2:50
5-4 Orpheus     Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals – David Sylvian Arranged By [Orchestra] – Brian Gascoigne Double Bass – Danny Thompson Drums – Steve Jansen Flugelhorn – Mark Isham Piano, Synthesizer – Ryuichi Sakamoto Slide Guitar – Phil Palmer 4:48
5-5 The Devil's Own     Piano [Treated], Synthesizer, Tape, Vocals – David Sylvian Piano, Organ, Arranged By [Woodwind] – Ryuichi Sakamoto 3:11
5-6 When Poets Dreamed Of Angels     Acoustic Guitar – Phil Palmer Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – David Sylvian Arranged By [Strings] – Ryuichi Sakamoto Percussion – Danny Cummings Trumpet – Mark Isham 4:45
5-7 Mother And Child     Acoustic Guitar – David Torn Double Bass – Danny Thompson Percussion – Danny Cummings Piano, Organ – Ryuichi Sakamoto Vocals – David Sylvian 3:12
5-8 Let The Happiness In     Arranged By [String] – Brian Gascoigne Percussion – Danny Cummings, Steve Jansen Synthesizer, Organ, Arranged By [Brass] – Ryuichi Sakamoto Synthesizer, Organ, Vocals – David Sylvian Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Mark Isham 5:33
5-9 Waterfront     Piano, Arranged By [Strings] – Ryuichi Sakamoto Vocals – David Sylvian 3:22

   Composed By – Sylvian* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 2-6), Hassell* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3), Sakamoto* (tracks: 2-6), Jansen* (tracks: 2-3)
   Composed By, Arranged By – David Sylvian (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
   Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator: Assisted By] – Catherine Wilson (tracks: 3-1 to 5-9)
   Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator] – Richard Chadwick (2) (tracks: 2-6 to 5-9)
   Design, Artwork [Art] – Dave Coppenhall, Russell Mills
   Engineer – Nigel Walker (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 2-6), P. Williams* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Steve Nye (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 3-1 to 5-9)
   Engineer [Assistant] – Jean-Jacques Lemoine (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9), Nick Blundell (tracks: 3-0 to 4-10), Noel Haris* (tracks: 3-1 to 4-10), Roland Prent* (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
   Engineer [Second] – John Timperley (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9), Richard Moakes (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
   Instruments [All] – David Sylvian (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
   Liner Notes – Steve Lake (2)
   Mastered By – Tony Cousins (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
   Mixed By – David Sylvian (tracks: 1-2, 1-6, 2-6), Steve Nye (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 2-6 to 5-9)
   Mixed By [Assistant] – David Sylvian (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 3-1 to 5-9), P. Williams* (tracks: 1-1, 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7)
   Music By, Words By – David Sylvian (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Jon Hassell (tracks: 1-5, 1-7)
   Photography By – David Buckland
   Producer – David Sylvian, Nigel Walker (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3), Steve Nye (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 2-5, 3-1 to 5-9)
   Written-By – Nelson* (tracks: 4-2), Sylvian* (tracks: 3-1 to 5-9), Fripp* (tracks: 3-4, 4-6, 4-10)

Notes:

"Words With The Shaman" recorded in London 1985.
"The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin)" is an excerpt from the score of "Kin", a show devised by Gaby Agis and Kate Blacker, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, 8th September 1987.
"A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce" recorded in London, June 1989. Originally cut at the Townhouse, re-mastered at Tape.
"Steel Cathedrals" is the soundtrack to the short film by David Sylvian and Yasuyuki Yamaguchi, recorded in Tokyo & London 1984/85.
"Gone To Earth" & "Gone To Earth Instrumental" recorded in London and Oxfordshire 1985/86.
"Secrets Of The Beehive" recorded in London and Bath; Chateau Miraval, Le Val; Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum.

Box includes a 60 page embossed booklet, a fold-out catalogue poster and individual custom printed Jewel Cases.