First time on vinyl for David Sylvian’s 29-track career-spanning compilation from 2000. Features key songs from Japan and Rain Tree Crow, as well as David’s Virgin Records solo years. Also includes key collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp and Alesini & Andreoni.
Alongside the remixes of “Ghosts” and “Bamboo Houses”, the album features tracks such as the beautiful ‘Ride’ from the ‘Secrets of the Beehive’ sessions, two dobro pieces written with Bill Frizell and “Cover Me with Flowers” from the ‘Dead Bees On A Cake’ sessions, plus the classic “Some Kind of Fool’ taken from Japan’s sessions for ‘Gentleman Take Polaroids’.
Released: October 2024
Cat: 6504857
Label: UMR
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Tracklist
LP1 - Side A
The Scent of Magnolia (5:36) – David Sylvian
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Remix ( 5:17) – Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian
Blackwater (4:22) – Rain Tree Crow
Albuquerque (Dobro #6) (1:22) – David Sylvian
Ride (8:00) – David Sylvian
LP1 - Side B
The Golden Way – Remix (5:54) – David Sylvian, Alesini & Andreoni
Ghosts – Remix (3:47) – David Sylvian & Japan
Pop Song (4:30) – David Sylvian
Every Colour You Are (4:44) Rain Tree Crow
Godman (3:58) – David Sylvian
LP2 - Side C
God’s Monkey (4:09) – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
Let The Happiness In (5:37) – David Sylvian
I Surrender (9:24) – David Sylvian
Thoroughly Lost To Logic (1:17) – David Sylvian
LP2 - Side D
Jean The Birdman (4:12) – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
Cover Me With Flowers (6:33) David Sylvian
The Boy With The Gun (5:15) – David Sylvian
Riverman (4:56) – David Sylvian
Aparna & Nimisha (Dobro #5) (0:56) – David Sylvian
LP3 - Side E
Midnight Sun (4:02) – David Sylvian
Orpheus (4:48) – David Sylvian
Some Kind of Fool -2000 (7:31) – David Sylvian & Japan
Cries and Whispers (2:33) – Rain Tree Crow
Wanderlust (6:41) – David Sylvian
LP3 - Side F
Laughter and Forgetting (2:33) – David Sylvian
Buoy- Remix (5:15) – Mick Karn featuring David Sylvian
Weathered Wall – Remix (5:43) – David Sylvian
Bamboo Houses – Remix (5:21) - David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto
Come Morning- Remix (3:56) – David Sylvian, Alesini & Andreoni