VIRGINIA ASTLEY DISCOGRAPHY

DARKNESS HAS REACHED ITS END

CATALOGUE	YZ53
FORMAT	7" SINGLE
LABEL	WEA
RELEASE DATE	25/11/85
SLEEVE DESIGN	Photographer: Michael Putland. Sleeve by Town & Country Planning. Calligraphy by Lilly Lee.
CURRENT VALUE	£6

RUN-OUT A	YZ53A
RUN-OUT B	YZ53B


TRACK LISTING	WRITERS	PRODUCER	RECORDED
DARKNESS HAS REACHED ITS END	Virginia Astley	Richard James Burgess	Maison Rouge and Jam Studios
THE END OF TIME	Virginia Astley	Virginia Astley	Snake Ranch & Livingston Studios, London

NOTES

'Darkness Has Reached Its End' was inspired by a poem by Theodore Roethke, 'In A Dark Time'. In a press interview for Jamming! at the time, Virginia commented on 'Darkness Has Reached Its End' as "an optimistic song" and referred to the Roethke influence: "when everything's bad then suddenly good seems to come out of it".

The melody on 'Darkness Has Reached Its End' was also used by Virginia on the song 'Nothing At All' on Anne Clark's album Joined Up Writing.

'The End Of Time' first featured on a 1983 radio session under its original title of 'The Nursery At The End Of Time'. It subsequently appeared as an untitled track on the 1985 'Melt The Snow' EP.

TRIVIA

The children on backing vocals for 'Darkness Has Reached Its End' are three of Virginia's nieces: Aminta Townshend, Zelda & Layla Astley.

The original catalogue number for this release was EKR28 - presumably as the record had initially been scheduled for release on the Elektra subsidiary. Although scratched out, the original catalogue number can still be seen on the run-out grooves.