🔎

Swans Soundtracks For The Blind / Die Tür Ist Zu
2018 2x CD, CD, All Media Digipak
Industrial
Post Rock
Experimental
Dark Ambient

Main image
Young God Records
artwork [1st execution: for atavistic] Braden King
artwork [1st execution: for atavistic] Paula M. Froehle
artwork [execution by] Phil Puleo
artwork [execution] Volker
artwork [photo manipulation] Paula M. Froehle
design [art design] Michael Gira
design [package design], design concept [package concept] Michael Gira
design [re-issue package design by] Michael Gira
tracks 3-6 engineer Berry Kamer
tracks 1-1 to 2-14 engineer [all material comprising this album was combined, collaged, manipulated, and eq'd with..., engineer at griffin mastering, atlanta ga] Chris Griffin
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 engineer [all material was rearranged, collaged, cut-up, eq'd, mastered etc (engineer)] Chris Griffin
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 engineer [b.c. studios (engineer)] Martin Bisi
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 engineer [coast recorders (engineer)] Billy Anderson
tracks 1-5, 2-8, 2-12, 2-13 engineer [live recordings engineered by] Andy Ray
tracks 3-4, 3-7 engineer [live-engineer] Andy Ray
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 engineer [plastikville studios (engineer)], double bass [also dbl bass] Lary Seven
engineer [recording and mixing engineers: (bc studios, brooklyn), silver and copper discs] Martin Bisi
engineer [recording and mixing engineers: (coast, s.f.), silver and copper discs] Billy Anderson
engineer [recording and mixing engineers: (griffin mastering, atlanta), silver and copper discs] Chris Griffin
engineer [recording and mixing engineers: (plastikville, nyc), silver and copper discs] Larry Lamé
tracks 1-3, 1-5, 1-9, 1-12, 2-2, 2-7, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13 guest [guest musicians, 1995:], bass guitar, electric guitar Joe Goldring
tracks 1-3, 1-5, 1-9, 1-12, 2-2, 2-7, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13 guest [guest musicians, 1995:], drums, percussion, vibraphone [vibraphones] Larry Mullins
tracks 1-3, 1-5, 1-9, 1-12, 2-2, 2-7, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13 guest [guest musicians, 1995:], electric guitar, acoustic guitar Vudi
tracks 1-12, 2-9 guest [guest musicians, 1995:], viola Kris Force
tracks 1-1 to 2-14 musician [musicians contributing to these recordings:], voice, electric guitar [electric guitars], acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars], samples, sounds, loops Michael Gira
tracks 1-1 to 2-14 musician [musicians contributing to these recordings:], voice, keyboards, sounds, loops Jarboe
musician [musicians, various segments, silver and copper discs] Algis A. Kizys
musician [musicians, various segments, silver and copper discs] Clinton Steele
musician [musicians, various segments, silver and copper discs] Kristof Hahn
musician [musicians, various segments, silver and copper discs] Larry Lamé
musician [musicians, various segments, silver and copper discs] Norman Westberg
musician [musicians, various segments, silver and copper discs] William Rieflin
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 performer [contributions to swans in 1995 were:], bass, guitar Joe Goldring
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 performer [contributions to swans in 1995 were:], drums, percussion, vibraphone Larry Mullins
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 performer [contributions to swans in 1995 were:], guitar [guitars] Vudi
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 performer [contributions to swans in 1995 were:], voice, guitar, sounds Michael Gira
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 performer [contributions to swans in 1995 were:], voice, keyboards [keyboard] Jarboe
photography by [smoke and bones photos] Marion Rosendahl
photography by [smoke and bones photos] Wim Van De Hulst
tracks 1-7 producer Jarboe
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 2-14 producer Michael Gira
tracks 3-1 to 3-7 producer Michael Gira
remastered by Doug Henderson
translated by [english-german translations] Karin Aderhold
translated by [english-german translations] Todd Cote
Licensed To Mute
Manufactured By The ADS Group
Manufactured By The ADS Group
Manufactured By The ADS Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Young God Records
Copyright (c) Young God Records
Published By Young God Publishing
Published By Mute Song Ltd.
Recorded At Coast Recorders
Recorded At BC Studio
Recorded At Plastikville Studios
Recorded At Astoria (2)
Recorded At Schlachthof Bremen
Recorded At VPRO Radio
Mixed At Coast Recorders
Mixed At BC Studio
Mixed At Plastikville Studios
Mastered At Griffin Mastering
Remastered At micro-moose-berlin
Embossed 8-panel Digipak with 8-panel fold-out booklet.
Copies sold directly through Young God Records signed by Michael Gira.

An undisclosed number of copies were sold through Jarboe's webshop. The Jarboe Art Edition features Digipaks hand-painted/collaged by Jarboe.

Track titles for Die Tür Ist Zu (3-1 to 3-7) not listed on back cover but do appear in the booklet.

A few of the actual track durations differ from the duration printed in the booklet by more than 5 seconds. For these, the actual durations are given above. The printed durations for these tracks are as follows:
3-1: 21:33
3-2: 4:40
3-4: 8:39
3-6: 3:45

[Hype Sticker]
Swans Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
(Remastered 2018) Deluxe 3xCD
Includes remastered German language
companion album Die Tür Ist Zu.
(YG61) 658457006122 ℗& © 2018 Young God Records

[Booklet]
All material comprising this album [Soundtrack for the Blind] was compiled from a wide variety of sources - ranging from hand-held cassette recordings and found sounds (Gira/Jarboe archives), to loops, to finished multi-track recordings
Die Tür Ist Zu Recorded/mixed at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, B.C. Studios, Brooklyn, Plastikville Studios, NYC. 3-4 & 3-7 recorded at Astoria 2, London, and Slaughterhouse, Bremen. 3-6 recorded at VPRO Radio, Amsterdam. All material was rearranged, collaged, cut-up, EQ'd, mastered etc at Griffin Mastering, Atlanta, GA.
...This compilation ℗ & © 1995, 1996, 2018 Young God Records LLC. All songs published by Young God Publishing (ASCAP) Administered outside of North America by Mute Songs Ltd. Re-mastered 2017 at Micro Moose Berlin. YGR is administered by Peter Wright/ Virtual Label. Licensed outside North America to Mute.
Barcode: 658457006122 (On hype sticker, scanned)
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout: YG612 6745-CD-2252 18-179-15-2 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY89 (CD1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI L816 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: YG612 6745-CD-2253 18-179-16-2 (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY89 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI L825 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: YG612 6745-CD-2254 18-179-17-2 (CD3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY89 (CD3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI L825 (CD3)