FROM GARDENS WHERE WE FEEL SECURE

CATALOGUE RETRADECD001
FORMAT CD
LABEL HAPPY VALLEY/ROUGH TRADE
RELEASE DATE 29/09/03
SLEEVE DESIGN  
 
CURRENT VALUE £8-10
  TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER
  WITH MY EYES WIDE OPEN I'M DREAMING Virginia Astley Russell Webb & Virginia Astley
  A SUMMER LONG SINCE PASSED 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
 

This reissue of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure had been remastered from the original tapes by Simon Heyworth.

Unfortunately, the original artwork was lost which meant a new design had to be put together, based on a brief by Virginia.

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.

The album was divided into two sections 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 Passed 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 is Virginia's own label.

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

Simon Heyworth had co-produced/co-engineered the original release of Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells.