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Published By Ardent Productions Inc.
Published By Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Published By Opus 19 Music
Published By Momentum Music Ltd.
Published By Universal Music Publishing
Published By Bug Music Ltd.
Published By Colin Newman
Published By Copyright Control
Published By House Of Mysteries, Inc.
Published By Harmony Music Ltd.
Published By Warner/Chappell North America Ltd.
Published By Rondor Music
Published By Greg Ogan Music
Published By Mobetta Music
Published By Carlin Music Corp.
Published By Warner/Chappell
Published By Storm King Music
Published By Lupus Music Co. Ltd.
Published By Tessa Publishing
Published By MCS Music Limited
Published By Silver Fiddle Music
Published By Broken Fiddle Music
Published By Jubilee Music Ltd.
Recorded At Blackwing Studios
Recorded At Palladium Studios
Mixed At Blackwing Studios
Remastered At Loud Mastering
Designed At v23
Release date: November 8th (US) / 14th (UK)
The initial release is exclusively in a box set which is a worldwide limited edition of 1.500.

This box set contains all 3 albums + a 4th album with all the singles and unreleased extras, individually packaged each with corresponding Japanese obi strips.

Dedicated to Gina Watts-Russell.

Thanks to: Nigel Grierson for his beautiful portraits of Pallas and digging out the prints one last time. Vaughn Oliver for revisiting these designs and gorgeous results. Chris Bigg for the loan of texture. Eric Radcliffe for Blackwing. Steve Webbon for locating the tapes and co-ordinating everything. John Dent for wizardry in restoring the tapes. Pallas Citroën, the face of This Mortal Coil.
Eternal Gratitude: John Fryer (the only person I’ve ever made music in front of) for his playful curiosity, creativity and shared respect for the pursuit of a happy accident.
-- Ivo Watts-Russell

It’ll End In Tears:
Originally released as CAD 411.
Featured song lyrics for Song To The Siren.
Quote on spine Every day take figuring out, all over again how to live.
Fond Affections now ends the first 35 seconds originally on The Last Ray.
This edition is dedicated to Nigel Grierson and Vaughn Oliver.
Recorded and mixed at Blackwing Studios, London.

Enormous love and gratitude to: Gina Ball, Mark Cox, Howard Devoto, John Fryer, Lisa Gerrard, Robbie Grey, Robin Guthrie, Martin McCarrick, Brendon Perry, Simon Raymonde, Manuala Rickers, Gordon Sharp, Martyn Young and Steve Young. Impossible to quantify is my gratitude to Elizabeth Fraser for helping me realize a dream I didn’t even know was in me.

Filigree & Shadow:
Originally released as DAD 609 in 1986.
Featured song lyrics for The Jeweller.
Quote on spine You know that I don’t like riddles, you know that thinking makes me ill.
This edition is dedicated to Deborah Edgley.
Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London and Palladium Studios, Edinburgh. Mixed at Blackwing.

Enormous love and gratitude to: Dominic Appleton, Gini Ball, Alan Curtis, Dave Curtis, John Fryer, Andrew Gray, Nigel Hine, Jeanette, Alison Limerick, Martin McCarrick, Les McKuen, Keith Mitchell, Chris Pye, Simon Raymonde, Richenel, Deirdre Rutkowski, Louise Rutkowski, Caroline Seaman, Richard Thomas, Anne Turner, Jon Turner, Peter Ulrich, Toney Waerea, Steven Young.

Blood:
Originally released as DAD 1005 in 1991.
Featured song lyrics for Late Night.
Quote on spine But life is not a succession of urgent nows, it’s a listless trickle of why should I?s.
This edition is dedicated to John Fryer.
Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London and Palladium Studios, Edinburgh. Mixed at Blackwing.

Enormous love and gratitude to: Gini Ball, Heidi Berry, Caroline Crawley, kim Deal, Tanya Donelly, Tim Freeman, John Fryer, Anne Garrigues, Sally Herbert, Ikuko Kozu, Alison Limerick, Martin McCarrick, Pieter Nooten, Jocelyn Pook, Deirdre Rutkowski, Louise Rutkowski, Sonia Slaney, Jon Turner, Jim Williams.

Dust & Guitars:
Tracks 1, 2, 3 originally released in 1983 as BAD 310.
Tracks 4 and 5 originally released in 1984 as AD 410.
Tracks 6 and 7 originally released in 1986 as BAD 608.
Track 8 Originally released in 1987 on the compilation album Lonely Is An Eyesore CAD 703.
Tracks 9 and 10 originally intended for release in 1992 as part of the Rough Trade singles club but withdrawn.
It’ll End In Tears is an alternate version of the track A Single Wish that appears on the album.
This edition is dedicated to Pallas Citroën.
Recorded and mixed at Blackwing Studios, London.

4AD released this boxset of all three This Mortal Coil albums. Each record has been re-mastered from the original analogue studio tapes by John Dent at Loud Mastering in 2010, to achieve the best digital sound available today.

Additionally there is a fourth album, Dust & Guitars, that compiles all the singles, including an unreleased one that was to have been part of the Rough Trade Singles Club and features the otherwise unavailable recording of Neil Young’s ’We Never Danced’.

The HDCD albums are packaged in paper sleeves printed to the highest standard by the Ichikudo company in Japan, along with inner sleeves and booklets. They are released in a very limited edition box set, with the box itself a deluxe two-piece.

The official three albums have re-designed sleeves by Ivo Watts-Russell and Vaughan Oliver, 4AD’s long time visual partner, which cater to the reduced size, feature gatefold sleeves, and remain inspired by the originals. The fourth album, which won’t be available to general retail outside the box set, incorporates unseen images of the model Pallas Citroën, the ’face’ of This Mortal Coil.

Made in Japan.

The release barcode appears on a factory sticker that was applied to the shrinkwrap. Some retail copies might not include this sticker.

Publishers:
Tracks 1-1, 1-3, 4-4: Ardent Productions / Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Track 1-2, 2-11, 2-18, 4-2: Opus 19 Music
Tracks 1-4 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10, 1-12, 2-3 to 2-6, 2-9, 2-12, 2-14, 2-15, 2-17, 2-19, 2-21, 2-22, 2-24, 2-25, 3-1, 3-3, 3-9 to 3-11, 3-14, 3-17, 3-19, 3-21, 4-1, 4-3, 4-5, 4-8, 4-10: Momentum Music / Universal Music Publishing
Tracks 1-7, 3-16: Bug Music Ltd
Track 1-11: Colin Newman
Track 2-1: Copyright Control
Track 2-2: House Of Mysteries / Copyright Control
Track 2-7: Harmony Music Ltd.
Tracks 2-8, 4-6: Warner / Chappel [sic] North America Ltd
Tracks 2-10, 3-4, 3-6, 3-7, 3-20: Rondor Music / Universal Music Publishing
Track 2-13: Ogan Music / Bug Music Ltd
Track 2-16: Mobetta Music / Bug Music Ltd
Track 2-20: Carlin Music Corporation
Tracks 2-23, 4-7: Warner Chappel [sic] / Universal Music Publishing
Track 3-2: Complete Music Ltd.
Tracks 3-5, 3-12: Momentum Music / Universal Music Publishing / Copyright Control.
Track 3-8: Harmony Music Ltd / Storm King Music Ltd.
Track 3-13: Lupus Music Co Ltd.
Track 3-15: Universal Music Publishing
Track 3-18: Tessa Publishing / MCS Music Ltd.
Track 4-9: Silver Fiddle / Broken Fiddle / Jubilee Music Ltd.
Barcode: 6 52637 30233 2 (Text from official release sticker)
Barcode: 6 52637 30042 0 (CD1)
Barcode: 6 52637 30052 9 (CD2)
Barcode: 6 52637 30062 8 (CD3)
Barcode: 6 52637 30232 5 (CD4)
Other: CAD 3X04CDJ (CD1 Catalog Number)
Other: CAD 3X05CDJ (CD2 Catalog Number)
Other: CAD 3X06CDJ (CD3 Catalog Number)
Other: TAD 3X23CDJ (CD4 Catalog Number)
Matrix / Runout: CAD3X04CD OP1152A (CD1 - Mirrored)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L304 (CD1 - Mirrored)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4872 (CD1 - Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: CAD3X05CD OP1152A (CD2 - Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: CAD3X05CDJ OP1152A (CD2 - Variant 2 - Mirorred)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L304 (CD2 - Mirrored)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4871 (CD2 - Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: CAD3X06CD OP1152B (CD3 - Mirrored)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L304 (CD3 - Mirrored)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4874 (CD3 - Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: TAD3X23CD OP1152A (CD4 - Mirrorred)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L304 (CD4 - Mirrorred)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4871 (CD4)
Rights Society: Jasrac