1981–1998

~ Release by Dead Can Dance (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Track 1 recorded on 4 track in 1981.
Tracks 2-5 from first John Peel session recorded on 19 November 1983.
Track 6 from second John Peel session recorded on 2 June 1984.
Track 7 released on Garden of the Arcane Delights.
Tracks 8-10 from Spleen and Ideal.
Tracks 11-14 from Within the Realm of the Dying Sun.
Track 15 from The Serpent's Egg.
Track 16 from A Passage in Time compilation album.
Track 17 from Lonely Is an Eyesore compilation album.

Disc 1 - Disc 2 - Disc 3

Tracks 1-3 from The Serpent's Egg.
Tracks 4-8 from Aion.
Track 9 recorded for A Passage in Time compilation album.
Tracks 10-11, 14-15 & 17 from Into the Labyrinth.
Tracks 12 & 16 recorded live for the KCRW radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Track 13 recorded live 10 July 1996 at the Keswick Theatre, Philadelphia.

Disc 1 - Disc 2 - Disc 3

Tracks 1-7 from Toward the Within, recorded live at The Mayfair Theater, Santa Monica, CA, USA in 1993.
Tracks 8-12 from Spiritchaser.
Track 13 recorded in 1998.

Disc 1 - Disc 2 - Disc 3

Tracklist

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#TitleLength
1Frontier (demo)
recorded in:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (in 1981)
producer:
Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
vocals:
Lisa Gerrard (in 1981)
mixed at and engineered at:
Blackwing Studios in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1986-11)
music videos:
Frontier by Dead Can Dance
recording of:
Frontier (in 1981)
writer:
Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, James Pinker and Scott Roger
3:01
2Labour of Love (radio)3:57
3Ocean (radio)3:39
4Orion (radio)3:29
5Threshold (radio)4:10
6Carnival of Light (radio)
engineer:
Martin Colley
producer:
Dale Griffin
bass:
Scott Roger (on 1984-06-02)
drums (drum set):
Peter Ulrich (, on 1984-06-02)
guitar:
Brendan Perry (, on 1984-06-02)
instruments:
Scott Roger
percussion:
Brendan Perry (, on 1984-06-02) and James Pinker (, on 1984-06-02)
vocals:
Lisa Gerrard (, on 1984-06-02) and Brendan Perry (, on 1984-06-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BBC
recorded at:
Maida Vale Studios in Paddington, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1984-06-02) and Maida Vale Studios: Studio 5 in Paddington, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1984-06-02)
live recording of:
Carnival of Light (on 1984-06-02)
writer:
Dead Can Dance
composer:
Gus Ferguson, Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, James Pinker, Scott Roger and Peter Ulrich
3:19
7In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated4:07
8De profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)4:00
9Avatar4:35
10Enigma of the Absolute4:15
11Summoning of the Muse4:58
12Anywhere Out of the World5:08
13Windfall3:33
14Cantara5:59
15In the Kingdom of the Blind the One‐Eyed Are Kings4:12
16Bird
producer:
Dead Can Dance
recording of:
Bird
composer:
Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
5:01
17The Protagonist
engineer:
John A. Rivers
producer:
Dead Can Dance, Brendan Perry and John A. Rivers
recorded at:
Woodbine Street in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1987-04 until 1987-05)
music videos:
The Protagonist by Dead Can Dance
recording of:
The Protagonist (from 1987-04 until 1987-05)
composer:
Brendan Perry
8:54
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