| Weatherbox | ||||
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| Released | 13 November 1989[1] | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Label | Virgin DSCD1 | |||
| Producer | David Sylvian and Steve Nye | |||
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Weatherbox is a five-CD limited-edition box set by David Sylvian, released in 1989.[2] Only 5000 copies were produced. The set comprises Sylvian's first four albums: Brilliant Trees, Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities, Gone to Earth and Secrets of the Beehive; and was, at the time, the only way to acquire all of the songs from Gone to Earth on compact disc.
Weatherbox is notable for giving each disc entirely new artwork based around the classical elements. The second half of Gone to Earth was retitled Gone to Earth Instrumental for this box set. The song "Preparations for a Journey" from Alchemy was removed, despite being part of the original album, and replaced by two tracks issued as B-sides to the "Pop Song" single. Gone to Earth was quietly remastered for Weatherbox. Also, the re-recorded "Forbidden Colours (Version)", included on the original CD of Secrets of the Beehive was removed.
The art for Weatherbox was designed by Russell Mills and Dave Coppenhall, and included a poster featuring Sylvian's discography on one side and art by Russell Mills on the other. The liner notes for Weatherbox were provided by Steve Lake, with photos by Russell Mills and Alistar Thain. A Japanese edition of the box set, with an additional 54-page booklet designed by Shinro Otake and Katsuhiro Kinoshita and the lyrics are printed both in Japanese and English, was also produced.[3]
- ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 11 November 1989. p. 63. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "David Sylvian - "Weatherbox"". Davidsylvian.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ [1] Archived June 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine