Weatherbox is a five-CD limited-edition box set by David Sylvian

David Sylvian

David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan...

. Only 5000 copies were produced in 1989 and they quickly sold out. A Japanese version was also produced. The set comprises Sylvian's first four albums: Brilliant Trees

Brilliant Trees

Brilliant Trees is the debut solo album by British singer/songwriter David Sylvian, released in 1984.-History:Produced by Sylvian with Steve Nye, it was his first full length release after the break-up of his band Japan in late 1982. The album peaked at no.4 in the UK, the highest chart position of...

, Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Alchemy - An Index of Possibilities is David Sylvian's second solo album, released in 1985 on cassette only and produced by Sylvian and Nigel Walker...

, Gone to Earth and Secrets of the Beehive

Secrets of the Beehive

Secrets of the Beehive is the fourth solo album by David Sylvian and was released in 1987. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian, the album features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others.-Track listing:...

. None of the discs were remastered and the sound quality is identical to the original discs.

For this release, each album was given entirely new artwork with an elemental theme. Because Gone to Earth featured one disc with vocals and the second without, the second disc was retitled Gone to Earth Instrumental for this set. (At the time of release, the full 10 track version of this disc was only available on CD within this box outside of Japan, and would remain so until 2003.) Alchemy's subtitle, "An Index of Possibilities", was removed from this set. The song "Preparations for a Journey" from Alchemy was removed, despite being part of the original album, and replaced by two tracks issued as B-sides to the "Pop Song" single. (See below.) Also, the re-recorded 'Forbidden Colours' (1984 b-side version) included on the original CD of 'Secrets Of The Beehive' was removed.

The art for Weatherbox was designed by Russell Mills and Dave Coppenhall, and included a poster featuring Sylvian's discography on one side and art by Russell Mills

Russell Mills

Russell Mills is a British artist who was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, UK in 1952. He paints, creates multimedia installations, designs stage sets and lighting and has produced record covers and book covers for Brian Eno, the Cocteau Twins,Michael Nyman, David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel, and Nine Inch...

 on the other. The Japanese box came out with an additional 54-page booklet designed by Shinro Otake and Katsuhiro Kinoshita. All the lyrics are printed both in Japanese and English, with liner notes by Steve Lake and photos by Russell Mills and Alistar Thain.

Disc 1: Tree: Brilliant Trees

1. "Pulling Punches" – 5:01
2. "The Ink in the Well" – 4:29
3. "Nostalgia" – 5:39
4. "Red Guitar" – 5:07
5. "Weathered Wall" (Sylvian/Jon Hassell
   Jon Hassell
   Jon Hassell is an American trumpet player and composer. He is known for his influence in the world music scene and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 5:40
6. "Backwaters" – 4:49
7. "Brilliant Trees" (Sylvian/Hassell) – 8:35

Disc 2: Stone: Alchemy

"Words with the Shaman"

1. "Pt.1 Ancient Evening" (Sylvian/Jon Hassell
   Jon Hassell
   Jon Hassell is an American trumpet player and composer. He is known for his influence in the world music scene and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 5:15
2. "Pt.2 Incantation" (Sylvian/Hassell) – 3:29
3. "Pt.3 Awakening - Songs from the Treetops" (Sylvian/Hassell/Steve Jansen
   Steve Jansen
   Steve Jansen is an English drummer, percussionist, singer and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London, where he failed academically, leaving at 16....
   
   ) – 5:18
4. "The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin)" – 8:30
5. "A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce" – 3:31
6. "Steel Cathedrals" (Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto
   Ryuichi Sakamoto
   After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...
   
   ) – 18:58

Disc 3: Earth: Gone to Earth

1. "Taking the Veil" – 4:40
2. "Laughter and Forgetting" – 2:40
3. "Before the Bullfight" – 9:45
4. "Gone to Earth" (Robert Fripp
   Robert Fripp
   Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
   
   /Sylvian) – 3:01
5. "Wave" – 9:13
6. "Riverman" – 4:53
7. "Silver Moon" – 6:07

Disc 4: Water: Gone to Earth Instrumental

1. "The Healing Place" – 5:27
2. "Answered Prayers" (Bill Nelson
   Bill Nelson (musician)
   Bill Nelson is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter and experimental musician...
   
   /Sylvian) – 3:09
3. "Where the Railroad Meets the Sea" – 2:51
4. "The Wooden Cross" – 4:59
5. "Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples" – 2:21
6. "Camp Fire: Coyote Country" (Fripp/Sylvian) – 3:50
7. "A Bird of Prey Vanishes into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky" – 3:15
8. "Home" – 4:30
9. "Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees" – 2:59
10. "Upon This Earth" (Fripp/Sylvian) – 6:24

Disc 5: Light: Secrets of the Beehive

1. "September" – 1:17
2. "The Boy with the Gun" – 5:18
3. "Maria" – 2:50
4. "Orpheus" – 4:48
5. "The Devil's Own" – 3:11
6. "When Poets Dreamed of Angels" – 4:45
7. "Mother and Child" – 3:12
8. "Let the Happiness In" – 5:33
9. "Waterfront" – 3:22

Promo disc

A CD sampler was released to promote the box set and is now itself a collectors item. It is housed in a slip-cased slimline jewel case and is notable for containing "Pop Song", a song that was not included in the box set itself, but released as a stand-alone single around the same time. It was later included on the compilation Everything and Nothing

Everything and Nothing

Everything and Nothing is a compilation album by David Sylvian. Released in October 2000, the album touches on music from Sylvian's twenty years with Virgin Records.It was released in two versions...

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1. "Pop Song" – 4:30
2. "Pulling Punches" – 5:01
3. "Red Guitar" – 5:07
4. "Taking the Veil" – 4:40
5. "Orpheus" – 4:48