FROM GARDENS WHERE WE FEEL SECURE
CATALOGUE HA001/RT58
FORMAT LP
LABEL ROUGH TRADE/HAPPY VALLEY
RELEASE DATE 29/07/83
SLEEVE DESIGN Photos by Virginia Astley. Design by Martin Atkins and David A Jones.
 
CURRENT VALUE £15
  TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER
  WITH MY EYES WIDE OPEN I'M DREAMING Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  A SUMMER LONG SINCE PAST Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  FROM GARDENS WHERE WE FEEL SECURE Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  HIDING IN THE HA-HA Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  OUT ON THE LAWN I LIE IN BED Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  TOO BRIGHT FOR PEACOCKS Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  SUMMER OF THEIR DREAMS Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
WHEN THE FIELDS WERE ON FIRE Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  IT'S TOO HOT  TO SLEEP Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
 

Following on from problems with She Sat Down And Cried, From Gardens Where We Feel Secure was Virginia Astley's debut album.

The album's theme was a blend of live recordings of countryside sounds and music written by Virginia designed to evoke the atmosphere of a summers day.

Each side of the album was titled 'Morning' and 'Afternoon'.

The sound effects used on the album were recorded at various times between April and June 1982 at locations in and around Moulsford, Oxfordshire.

A Summer Long Since Past originally featured as the B-Side to the 12" release of the single Love's A Lonely Place To Be in January 1983.

When The Fields Were On Fire originally appeared on the compilation cassette Meridians Two released in May 1983.
 

Happy Valley was Virginia's own label. The album was licenced to Rough Trade records for distribution.

Russell Webb was also a member of The Skids and The Armoury Show.

A Summer Long Since Past was titled A Summer Long Since Passed when it originally featured as the B-Side to Love's A Lonely Place To Be.