VIRGINIA ASTLEY DISCOGRAPHY

SOME SMALL HOPE

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
SO LIKE DORIAN (INSTRUMENTAL)	Ryuichi Sakamoto & Virginia Astley	Ryuichi Sakamoto	The Wool Hall, Somerset

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.

The original version of 'So Like Dorian' featured on the album Hope In A Darkened Heart.

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.