Current 93 – Earth Covers Earth
Label: |
United Dairies – UD 029 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
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UK |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Neofolk |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Dilly Song | 1:39 | |
| A2 | Hourglass For Diana | 6:38 | |
| A3 | Earth Covers Earth | 4:21 | |
| B1 | Rome For Douglas P. | 3:54 | |
| B2 | Time Tryeth Truth | 4:24 | |
| B3 | Hourglass For Abelisk | 3:10 |
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – Adrenalin (4)
Credits
- Accordion – Steven Stapleton
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Tony Wakeford
- Engineer [Engineered By] – Dik (2)
- Flute – Lu (4)
- Guitar [Stick Guitar] – Douglas P.* (tracks: B1)
- Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5)
- Other [In Spirit] – John Balance
- Photography By – Ruth Bayer
- Piano – Dik (2)
- Plated By – PAG
- Producer [Produced By] – Steven Stapleton
- Sitar – Chris Wallis
- Violin – Maria Enzell
- Vocals – Rose McDowall
Notes
Personnel: David Tibet, Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), Rose McDowall (Sorrow), Catharine Wallis, Dik, Lu, Maria Enzell, Chris Wallis, Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound), Douglas P. (Death In June), John Balance (Coil).
Edition of 2500 copies, some copies with insert (UD 1988 catalogue).
On the back cover:
"This record is dedicated to Idei-Cho You, son of Yuko and Yongsoo. May he live long and happily. My thanks to Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus for allowing me to adapt 'Fields' into 'Earth Covers Earth'. This is a United Dairies release, made in England, and was engineered by Dik and produced by Steven Stapleton. All photographs by Ruth Bayer. A second utterance for Comus. My thanks to: Sianne, Ási, James Low, Jane Mayers, Harry Oldfield, Höh.
May all sentient beings be Happy.
David Michael Tibet, London 16/X/1988."
Polylined white double hole inner sleeve.
Durations are not mentioned on release.
Edition of 2500 copies, some copies with insert (UD 1988 catalogue).
On the back cover:
"This record is dedicated to Idei-Cho You, son of Yuko and Yongsoo. May he live long and happily. My thanks to Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus for allowing me to adapt 'Fields' into 'Earth Covers Earth'. This is a United Dairies release, made in England, and was engineered by Dik and produced by Steven Stapleton. All photographs by Ruth Bayer. A second utterance for Comus. My thanks to: Sianne, Ási, James Low, Jane Mayers, Harry Oldfield, Höh.
May all sentient beings be Happy.
David Michael Tibet, London 16/X/1988."
Polylined white double hole inner sleeve.
Durations are not mentioned on release.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): UD 029A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): UD 029B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched runout): ADRENALIN– UD-029 A1 PAG FOR ROSY ABELISK. A PORKY PRIME CUT.
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched runout): ADRENALIN– UD-029 B1 PAG AND YOUR EYES SHALL TURN TO GLASS. A PORKY PRIME CHINK.
Other Versions (5)
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Earth Covers Earth (LP, Album, White Label) | United Dairies | UD 029 | UK | 1988 | ||
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Earth Covers Earth (LP, Album, Reissue, 7", Limited Edition, Numbered, All Media, Limited Edition, Numbered) | Supernatural Organization | SUR LP4 | Japan | 1989 | ||
| Earth Covers Earth (CD, Album, Reissue) | Durtro | DURTRO 012CD | UK | 1992 | |||
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Earth Covers Earth (CD, Unofficial Release, Album, Limited Edition) | ArsNova | 8-500 | Russia | 2000 | ||
| Earth Covers Earth (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue) | Free Porcupine Society | FPS11 | US | 2005 |
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Reviews
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It is high time that this gets a current repress. Essential work and hard to obtain on vinyl. -
This (mini) album, one of their finest in my opinion, definitely needs a re-press to combat the ridiculous prices being asked for here.
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Replacing Douglas P. with Tony Wakeford for Earth Covers Earth marked a necessary evolution in the sound of Current 93. Wakeford's compositional style is much more suited to David Tibet's vocal style. His three main compositions on the Earth Covers Earth mini-album - 'Hourglass', 'Earth Covers Earth' and 'Rome' - are all beautiful, wistful sounding pieces, a step above the somewhat limited sound achieved on the previous album, Swastikas for Noddy. The addition of violin, flute, accordian and piano to the mix really helps do the music justice. This is the first time C93 started to sound like actual folk music. 'The Dilly Song' and the second version of 'Hourglass' are more experimental in sound, but still rooted in folk music sounds, a world away from the group's earlier electronic soundscapes.
The original 25 minute album is the format I prefer to listen to the album as. Although 'She is Dead and All Fall Down' is lovely, the other bonus tracks on the CD edition sound somewhat unfinished or totally unrelated in comparison to the main record.
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