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1	God's Monkey Music By – David Bottrill, David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey GunnWords By – David Sylvian	4:59
2	Jean The Birdman Music By – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey GunnWords By – David Sylvian	4:10
3	Firepower Music By – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey GunnWords By – David Sylvian	10:25
4	Brightness Falls Music By – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey GunnWords By – David Sylvian	6:05
5	20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) Music By – David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey GunnWords By – David Sylvian	11:51
6	Darshan (The Road To Graceland) Music By – David Bottrill, David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey GunnWords By – David Sylvian	17:17
7	Bringing Down The Light	8:26

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Record Company – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
• Published By – Crimson Music
• Published By – Real World Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Dreamland Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Kingsway Studios, New Orleans
• Produced At – Applehead
• Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios

Credits

• Chapman Stick [Grand And Tenor Sticks], Vocals – Trey Gunn
• Coordinator [Recording Co-ordination Assisted By] – Natasha White
• Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator] – Richard Chadwick
• Design [Design By] – Dave Coppenhall, V23, Vaughan Oliver
• Design [Design Co-ordination] – Catherine McRae
• Drums, Percussion – Jerry Marotta
• Effects [Treatments], Sampler [Sampled Percussion], Programmed By [Computer Programming] – David Bottrill
• Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Dan McLoughlin, John Yates , Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker
• Engineer [Engineered By] – David Bottrill
• Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp
• Guitar, Keyboards, Tape [Tapes], Vocals – David Sylvian
• Mixed By – David Bottrill, David Sylvian
• Percussion – Marc Anderson
• Photography [Photography By] – Kevin Westenburg
• Producer [Produced By] – David Bottrill, David Sylvian
• Technician [Technical And Strategic Liaison] – John Sinks
• Vocals – Ingrid Chavez
• Written-By – Bottrill* (tracks: 1 & 6), Sylvian* (tracks: 1 to 6), Fripp* (tracks: 1 to 6), Gunn* (tracks: 1 to 6)

Notes

Japanese promotional CD album which has a 'White/ Red' promo label on the back of the case and the words 'Sample - Not For Sale' on the inside rim of the CD. Includes Obi.

℗ 1993 Virgin Records Ltd. © 1993 Virgin Records Ltd.
Made in Japan
Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI Ltd, in Japan

Pre-production and rehearsals at Applehead Studios, Woodstock, N.Y.
Recorded at Dreamland Studios, Woodstock, N.Y.
and Kingsway Studios, New Orleans.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York, N.Y.
December '92 to March '93.
Recording co-ordination at Opium (Arts) Ltd.
Design at v23.

1, 6 published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. Crimson Music Real World Music.
2, 3, 4, 5 published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. Crimson Music
7 published by Crimson Music.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4 988006 686588
• Barcode (Scanned): 4988006686588
• Matrix / Runout: VJCP-28178 2A1 TO
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Japanese Catalogue #): VJCP-28178
• Other (Secondary Catalogue #): CDVX 2712

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V2712, 0777 7 88208 19	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(2xLP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	V2712, 0777 7 88208 19	UK & Europe	1993
DGM0522	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric	DGM0522	UK & Europe	2014
JPCD9808387	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Grammy	JPCD9808387	Russia	1998
JPCD9808387	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Grammy	JPCD9808387	Russia	1998
CDV 2712, 0777 7 88208 26	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2712, 0777 7 88208 26	Europe	Unknown

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