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33: 333:'s "Song to the Siren". Watts-Russell was so pleased with the track that he made "Siren" the A-side of the 7-inch release. At the same time, he was unhappy with the "Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust" medley, and did not reissue it until 2006, when it was included on a 4AD compilation EP that was only available through the 302:
in 1980. A few years later, he asked them to record a medley of two of their early songs, "Sixteen Days" and "Gathering Dust". The band had been performing these particular songs together at the conclusion of their live sets. When the band declined, Watts-Russell decided to assemble a group of
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The first This Mortal Coil release was a lengthy interpretation of an obscure Modern English song, 'Sixteen Days — Gathering Dust', and featured the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on vocals. It was the B-side that got played,
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Music Store. 4AD reissued it again in 2011 (this time remastered), as part of This Mortal Coil's eponymous
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musicians to record the medley instead. He chose members of
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of the Cocteau Twins recorded the B-side, a cover of
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EP
This Mortal Coil
Genre
Post-punk
gothic rock
Label
4AD
Producer
John Fryer
Ivo Watts-Russell
This Mortal Coil
It'll End in Tears
This Mortal Coil
supergroup
Ivo Watts-Russell
4AD
Modern English

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