Tracklist

1	Golden Promises	2:55
2	Losing Faith In Words	3:38
3	The Jargon King	2:43
4	Fogwalking	4:06
5	The Spirit	2:37
6	In Slow Time	3:26
7	The Wipe	1:51
Flight	19:37
8.1	Flying Blind
8.2	The White Cane Fandango
8.3	Control
8.4	Cockpit
8.5	Silk Worm Wings
8.6	Nothing Is Nothing
8.7	A Black Box

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Arranged By, Performer, Producer, Remastered By – Peter Hammill
• Engineer [Mixing] – David Lord
• Management – Gail Colson
• Saxophone, Flute – David Jackson (tracks: 4, 8.3, 8.4)
• Synthesizer, Tambourine – David Ferguson (tracks: 4, 6, 7)
• Technician [Analogue To Digital Transfer] – Kathy Bryan, Mark Powell

Notes

Original album released as S-Type Records PHS 1 in October 1980.

Recorded at Sofa Sound, Wiltshire, UK, November 1979 - April 1980.
Mixed at Cresent Studios, Bath, UK, April 6 - 13 1980.

Comes in a CD sized papersleeve album replica, with Obi-strip, copy of original insert with lyrics and insert of notes with lyrics and text mostly in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006850484
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L153
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 28S3
• Matrix / Runout: VJCP-68799 1
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PHS 1	Peter Hammill	A Black Box ‎(LP, Album)	S-Type Records	PHS 1	UK	1980
PHSCDR 1, 0946 3 70518 2 5, 00946 3 70518 2 5	Peter Hammill	A Black Box ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, RP)	Charisma, Virgin, Virgin	PHSCDR 1, 0946 3 70518 2 5, 00946 3 70518 2 5	Europe	Unknown
CDOVED 140	Peter Hammill	A Black Box ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Virgin	CDOVED 140	Europe	Unknown
PHCD 1980	Peter Hammill	A Black Box ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Peter Hammill)	PHCD 1980	Russia	2000
PHSCDR 1	Peter Hammill	A Black Box ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin, Charisma	PHSCDR 1	Europe	2006

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