Cocteau Twins / Lullabies To Violaine Volume One
Artist Cocteau Twins
Album Title: Lullabies To Violaine Volume One
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Ambient/Dream Pop
Format CD (2)
Released 11/21/2005
Reissue Date 03/21/2006
Label 4AD
Catalog No DAD2513CD1
Bar Code No 6 52637 25132 6
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
Lullabies To Violaine Volume One [disc 1]
1. Feathers-Oar-Blades (4:26)
2. Alas Dies Laughing (3:38)
3. It's All But an Ark Lark (8:04)
4. Peppermint Pig (7" version) (3:24)
5. Laughlines (3:19)
6. Hazel (2:49)
7. Sugar Hiccup (12" version) (3:37)
8. From the Flagstones (3:38)
9. Hitherto (3:52)
10. Because of Whirl-Jack (3:26)
11. Spangle Maker (4:40)
12. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (alternate version) (4:47)
13. Pepper-Tree (3:58)
14. Aikea Guinea (alternate version) (3:57)
15. Kookaburra (3:18)
16. Quisquose (4:10)
17. Rococco (3:05)
Lullabies To Violaine Volume One [disc 2]
1. Pink Orange Red (4:37)
2. Ribbed and Veined (3:55)
3. Plain Tiger (4:01)
4. Sultitan Itan (3:49)
5. Great Spangled Fritillary (4:02)
6. Melonella (4:01)
7. Pale Clouded White (4:59)
8. Eggs and Their Shells (3:04)
9. Love's Easy Tears (3:35)
10. Those Eyes, That Mouth (3:38)
11. Sighs Smell of Farewell (3:34)
12. Orange Appled (2:49)
13. Iceblink Luck (3:15)
14. Mizake the Mizan (3:00)
15. Watchlar (3:15)
Date Acquired 04/15/2006
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 12.97

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Notes

Notes:
Disc One:
"Lullabies" Released October 1982.
Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh. Mixed at Blackwing Studios.
"Peppermint Pig" Released March 1983.
Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London.
"Sunburst And Snowblind" Released September 1983.
Recorded and mixed at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh.
"The Spangle Maker" Released April 1984.
11, 13 Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh and mixed at Rooster, London.
12 Recorded and engineered at Rooster, London.
"Aikea-Guinea" Released March 1985.
Recorded at Jacobs Studios, Farnham.
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Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd./ Momentum 3
Tracks 1-3 ℗ 1982 4AD
Tracks 4-10 ℗ 1983 4AD (misprinted 3-10 on the release)
Tracks 11-13 ℗ 1984 4AD
Tracks 14-17 ℗ 1985 4AD

Disc Two:
"Tiny Dynamine" Released October 1985.
"Echoes In A Shallow Bay" Released October 1985.
Recorded at Guerilla, London. Mixed at Aosis, London.
"Love's Easy Tears" Released November 1986.
Recorded and mixed at Good Earth, London.
"Iceblink Luck" Released August 1990.
Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
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Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd./ Momentum 3
Tracks 1-8 ℗ 1985 4AD
Tracks 9-12 ℗ 1986 4AD
Tracks 13-15 ℗ 1990 4AD

Credits:
Art Direction, Design – Vaughan Oliver
Design [Assisted By] – Chris Bigg
Engineer – John Fryer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6), John Madden (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Jon Turner (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-11, 1-13), Ken Thomas (tracks: 1-14 to 1-17)
Mastered By – Robin Guthrie, Walter Coelho
Photography By [Images] – Roger Newbrook
Producer – Alan Rankine (tracks: 1-4 to 1-6), Cocteau Twins (tracks: 1-7 to 2-15), Ivo Watts-Russell (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3)
Transferred By [Analog Tape Transfers] – John Dent
Written-By – Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde (tracks: 1-11 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-15), Will Heggie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)

Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 4AD
Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Momentum 3
Recorded At – Palladium Studios
Recorded At – Blackwing Studios
Recorded At – Rooster Studios
Recorded At – Jacobs Studios
Recorded At – Guerilla Studios
Recorded At – Good Earth Studios
Recorded At – September Sound
Mixed At – Blackwing Studios
Mixed At – Palladium Studios
Mixed At – Rooster Studios
Mixed At – Aosis Studios
Mixed At – Good Earth Studios
Mixed At – September Sound
Engineered At – Rooster Studios
Mastered At – Masterpiece

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 6 52637 25132 6
Barcode (Scanned): 652637251326
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): DAD 2513CD1 sonopress arvato + + F042701
Mastering SID Code (CD 1, 2): IFPI L028
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 1002
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): DAD 2513CD2 sonopress arvato + + F043101
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 1035
Matrix / Runout (CD 1 (Variant 1)): sonopress arvato logo 51685890/CTBOX2-1 21
Mastering SID Code (CD 1, 2 (Variant 1)): IFPI LB 45
Mould SID Code (CD 1 (Variant 1)): IFPI 0780
Matrix / Runout (CD 2 (Variant 1)): sonopress arvato logo 51686002/CTBOX2-2 22
Mould SID Code (CD 2 (Variant 1)): IFPI 0745

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Official DR Value: DR8
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Number of Files: 15
Official DR Value: DR8
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Andy Kellman:

When 4AD released the lavish and extensive Lullabies to Violaine, they also split the original four-disc release into two separate volumes. This, the first volume, covers the Cocteau Twins' 4AD era, from the beginning through Heaven or Las Vegas -- the singles/EPs Lullabies, Peppermint Pig, Sunburst and Snowblind, The Spangle Maker, Aikea-Guinea, Tiny Dynamine, Echoes in a Shallow Bay, Love's Easy Tears, and Iceblink Luck. With the exception of the 12" mixes of "Peppermint Pig" and "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops," everything that appeared on the original releases is contained here, though Robin Guthrie does supply alternate mixes of "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" and "Aikea-Guinea" (which won't make a lick of difference to 999 out of 1,000 fans).
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