Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust
| Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust | ||||
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| EP by This Mortal Coil | ||||
| Released | September 1983 | |||
| Genre | Dream pop | |||
| Length | 16:46 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| Producer | John Fryer, Ivo Watts-Russell | |||
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Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust in an EP released by This Mortal Coil, a supergroup on the 4AD label, headed up by label founder and president Ivo Watts-Russell. It was released in 1983, after Ivo had tried to convince Modern English to record a medley of "Sixteen Days" and "Gathering Dust," two of the band's early songs with which they closed out their live sets. The band declined, but Ivo decided to assemble a group of musicians to record the medley. Members of Cocteau Twins, Colourbox and Modern English itself, along with vocalist Gordon Sharp of Cindytalk made up the band that recorded the title track of the EP.[1]
Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins recorded the intended b-side, a cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren." Ivo was pleased enough with the results that "Siren" was made the A-side of the 7" release.
Ivo has expressed displeasure with how the "Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust" medley turned out, and it has become somewhat of a rarity. A 4AD compilation EP, only available through the iTunes Music Store in 2006, was the only re-release of the song until it was included in a box set of all This Mortal Coil recordings, entitled Dust And Guitars, that 4AD released in 2011.
Track listing
12" EP version
Side One
- "Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust" (9:07)
Side Two
- "Song to the Siren" (3:30)
- "Sixteen Days Reprise" (4:10)
7" single version
Side One
- "Song to the Siren" (3:30)
Side Two
- "Sixteen Days Reprise" (4:10)
References
- ↑ Peter Buckley The Rough Guide to Rock 2003 - Page 2108 "The first This Mortal Coil release was a lengthy interpretation of an obscure Modern English song, “Sixteen Days — Gathering Dust", and featured the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on vocals. It was the B-side that got played, however — a ..."
