The Serpent's Egg cover4AD · CAD 808
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the-serpents-egg-xspag2 Europe · 1988-10-21
Cover Art Archive
A1 — B10
  1. A1 The Host Of Seraphim 6:17
  2. A2 Orbis De Ignis 1:35
  3. A3 Severance 3:22
  4. A4 The Writing On My Father's Hand 3:50
  5. A5 In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One-eyed Are Kings 4:11
  6. B6 Chant Of The Paladin 3:48
  7. B7 Song Of Sophia 1:24
  8. B8 Echolalia 1:17
  9. B9 Mother Tongue 5:16
  10. B10 Ullyses 5:09
Liner notes

- printed inner sleeve with lyrics - sequential track positions on inner sleeve and labels - pressing plant identified by means of the labels' characteristics - etched matrices - no durations printed on release Inner sleeve: In loving memory of Susan O'Reilly Sleeve design [...] at V23 Label side B: © 1988 Beggars Banquet Music/Monumentum Music © 1988 4•A•D by Rough Trade Made in Germany Backcover: Licensed from 4 AD Benelux: CAD 808 (Megadisc) D, A, CH.: RTD 92 (Rough Trade Records GmbH) Spine: Made in England

Personnel
Lacquer Cut ByPeter Harenberg
ProducerDead Can Dance
ProducerJohn A. Rivers
Sleeve [Sleeve Design By], Design [Sleeve Design By]Vaughan Oliver
ViolaAndrew Beesley
ViolaSarah Buckley
ViolinAlison Harling
ViolinRebecca Jackson
VioloncelloTony Gamage
VoiceDavid Navarro Sust
VoiceLisa Gerrard
Voice, Hurdy Gurdy, Sleeve [Sleeve Design By], Design [Sleeve Design By]Brendan Perry
Written ByLisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
Written-ByBrendan Perry
Written-ByLisa Gerrard
Matrix / Runout
Runout side AHA RTD 92 A
Runout side BHA RTD 92 B
Rights societyGEMA
Manufacture
Licensed From4AD
Copyright (c)Beggars Banquet Music
Copyright (c)Momentum Music Ltd.
Copyright (c)4AD
Copyright (c)Rough Trade
Distributed ByMegadisc
Distributed ByRough Trade Records GmbH
Lacquer Cut AtHam Audio
Pressed BySchallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
Designed Atv23
℗ 1988 4AD
Digr Archive · the-serpents-egg-xspag2
Release Europe · 1988-10-21 · Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Dead Can Dance

The Serpent's Egg

Label
4AD
Cat #
CAD 808
Country
Europe
Released
1988-10-21
Style
Ethereal, Neo-Classical
Format
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Rights society
GEMA
One pressing of The Serpent's Egg — master
Filed under ClassicalNeo-Classical1980s
On the wall · 1 copy

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