Gala (album)
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Component EPs/tracks
The EPs and tracks that make up the album are:Sweetness and Light EP
- Tracks 1, 2, and 3: released 15 October 1990
- Produced by Tim Friese-GreeneTim Friese-GreeneTimothy Alan Friese-Greene is an English musician and producer. From 1983 to their breakup in 1992, he worked with the band Talk Talk. He currently releases solo albums under the name "Heligoland".-Producer:...
- Engineered by Ed BullerEd BullerEd Buller is a British record producer and former musician. He primarily works with Australian and British bands like Suede, Pulp, The Raincoats....
- Recorded at The Greenhouse, London, and mixed at Wessex Sound StudiosWessex Sound StudiosWessex Sound Studios was a recording studio located in Highbury New Park, London, England. Many renowned popular music artists recorded there, including The Sex Pistols, King Crimson, The Clash, Theatre of Hate, XTC, The Sinceros, Queen, Talk Talk and The Rolling Stones...
, London, August 1990
- Produced by Tim Friese-Greene
Mad Love EP
- Tracks 4, 5, 6, and 7: released 26 February 1990
- Produced by Robin GuthrieRobin GuthrieRobin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing...
- Engineered by Lincoln Fong and Robin Guthrie
- Recorded at September Sound and The Church Studio, London, December 1989
- Produced by Robin Guthrie
Scar mini-album
- Tracks 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13: released 9 October 1989
- Produced by Lush and John FryerJohn Fryer (music)John Fryer is an English record producer. Best known for his production work, he also branched out as a musician as one of only two constant members of This Mortal Coil , providing keyboards, strings and synthesizer sequencing for the band, and its offshoot, The Hope Blister.- Career :Starting out...
- Engineered by John Fryer
- Recorded at Blackwing StudiosBlackwing StudiosBlackwing Studios was an English recording studio, most notable for early Depeche Mode and Yazoo recordings in the early 1980s.-Background:The Blackwing Studios complex was housed inside a deconsecrated church in South-East London. All Hallows church was partly destroyed during The Blitz in 1941...
, London, July 1989
- Produced by Lush and John Fryer
"Hey Hey Helen"
- Track 14: previously unreleased
- Produced by Robin Guthrie
- Engineered by Guy Fixsen and Rogin Guthrie
- Recorded at First Protocol and September Sound, London, February 1990
"Scarlet" (Longer Version)
- Track 15: previously released as part of Gigantic! 2, a CD available via Melody MakerMelody MakerMelody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
newspaper, April 1990- Produced and engineered by Robin Guthrie
- Recorded at September Sound, London, April 1990
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # |
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United States | 13 November 1990 | 4AD 4AD 4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today... /Reprise Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:... |
CD | 9 26463-2 |
United Kingdom | 3 December 1990 | 4AD | CD | CAD 0017 CD |
LP | CAD 0017 | |||
Japan | 5 December 1990 | Nippon Columbia | CD | COCY-6925 |
Personnel
- Chris AclandChris AclandChris Acland was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the London based shoegazing and britpop musical ensemble, Lush.-Biography:Christopher John Dyke Acland was born in Lancaster Infirmary...
: Drums - Emma AndersonEmma AndersonEmma Anderson is an English musician. She is best known for being a songwriter, guitarist and backing singer in the shoegazing/Britpop band, Lush. As a keen music fan, she used to write a fanzine called Alphabet Soup with school friend Miki Berenyi when she was a teenager...
: Guitar, Backing Vocals - Miki BerenyiMiki BerenyiMiki Berenyi is an English musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist.- Music :At the age of 14, Berenyi met her friend and future bandmate, Emma Anderson. They became interested in music and together wrote the music fanzine Alphabet Soup...
: Lead Vocals, Guitar - Steve Rippon: Bass