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Brilliant Trees
1	Pulling Punches Bass – Wayne Braithwaite*Guitar – Ronny Drayton*Synthesizer – Richard Barbieri	5:01
2	The Ink In The Well Double Bass – Danny ThompsonFlugelhorn – Kenny WheelerGuitar – Phil Palmer	4:29
3	Nostalgia Flugelhorn – Kenny WheelerPiano, Synthesizer – Steve Nye	5:39
4	Red Guitar Bass – Wayne Braithwaite*Guitar – Phil Palmer, Ronny Drayton*Piano, Synthesizer – Riuichi Sakamoto*, Steve NyeTrumpet – Mark Isham	5:07
5	Weathered Wall Piano, Synthesizer – Riuichi Sakamoto*Synthesizer – Richard BarbieriTrumpet – Jon Hassell	5:40
6	Backwaters	4:49
7	Brilliant Trees Piano, Synthesizer – Riuichi Sakamoto*Trumpet – Jon Hassell	8:35
Words With The Shaman
8.1	Pt. 1 Ancient Evening Fretless Bass – Percy JonesTrumpet – Jon Hassell	5:14
8.2	Pt. 2 Incantation Bass [Fretless] – Percy JonesTrumpet – Jon Hassell	3:28
8.3	Pt. 3 Awakening (Songs From The Tree Tops) Bass [Fretless] – Percy JonesTrumpet – Jon Hassell	5:16

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – ArsNova – ANPC 9909008

Credits

• Design [Original Cover] – D. Sylvian*, Y. Fujii*
• Design [Original Design Realization] – HughesGroup
• Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer – Steve Jansen
• Electronics [Dictaphone, Radio], Guitar, French Horn, Voice – Holger Czukay
• Engineer – N. Walker* (tracks: 8), P. Williams* (tracks: 1 to 7), S. Nye* (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Mixed By – David Sylvian (tracks: 2, 6, 8), Nigel Walker (tracks: 2, 6, 8), S. Nye* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7)
• Mixed By [Assistant] – D. Sylvian* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7), P. Williams* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7)
• Music By – J. Hassell* (tracks: 5, 7, 8), S. Jansen* (tracks: 8.3)
• Photography By [Cover] – Yuka Fujii
• Producer – David Sylvian, Nigel Walker (tracks: 8), Steve Nye (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Vocals, Guitar, Piano [Treated], Synthesizer, Percussion, Tape [Tapes] – David Sylvian
• Words By, Music By – D. Sylvian*

Notes

'Brilliant Trees' recorded Berlin/London '83/'84, 'Words With The Shaman' recorded London '85.

The inside of the front insert is black and white.
CD package: Jewel case with 4-page booklet.

Printed on back cover:
℗ & © 1984/1985

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: ANPC 9909008

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CAROL 1812-2	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman ‎(CD, Comp)	Caroline Blue Plate, Caroline Records	CAROL 1812-2	US	1994
ANPC 9909008	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman ‎(CD, Comp, Ltd, RE, Unofficial)	ArsNova	ANPC 9909008	Russia	1999
CAROL 1812-2	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman ‎(CD, Comp, RP)	Caroline Blue Plate	CAROL 1812-2	US	Unknown
CAROL 1812-2	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman ‎(CD, Comp)	Caroline Blue Plate	CAROL 1812-2	US	1994
CAROL 1812-2	David Sylvian	Brilliant Trees / Words With The Shaman ‎(CD, Comp)	Caroline Blue Plate	CAROL 1812-2	US	1994