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SOME SMALL HOPE
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  • SINGLES 1982-1987
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formatseven twelve blank2 blank2a blank3 additional songwords promo press blank6 additional
CATALOGUE YZ107
FORMAT 7" SINGLE
LABEL WEA
RELEASE DATE 16/02/87
SLEEVE DESIGN Photographer: Richard Israel.
 
CURRENT VALUE £8
TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER RECORDED
SOME SMALL HOPE Ryuichi Sakamoto & Virginia Astley Ryuichi Sakamoto The Wool Hall, Somerset
A SUMMER LONG SINCE PASSED Virginia Astley Virginia Astley Good Earth Studios, London

NOTES

'Some Small Hope' featured a duet with David Sylvian and was taken from the album Hope In A Darkened Heart.

'A Summer Long Since Passed' had originally featured as the B-side to the 12" release of 'Love's A Lonely Place To Be' and also featured on the album From Gardens Where We Feel Secure.

 

TRIVIA

'A Summer Long Since Passed' was titled 'A Summer Long Since Past' when it appeared on the album From Gardens Where We Feel Secure.

Ryuichi Sakamoto came to prominence as part of Japanese technopop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra, who scored a UK chart hit in 1978 with 'Computer Game'. He has also carved out a career as a solo musician, composer, producer and actor. He starred alongside David Bowie in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) and also composed the film's soundtrack.

David Sylvian is a singer and musician better known as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan. He had also worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto previously.

Random Facts

Had I The Heavens was originally titled The Woodlanders after the novel by Thomas Hardy. Virginia had worked on a possible musical based on the book and some of the songs on this album were an offshoot of that original idea.

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