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CATALOGUE MC 003
FORMAT MC
LABEL PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
RELEASE DATE 1984
SLEEVE DESIGN  
 
CURRENT VALUE £10
   
  TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER
  I LIVE IN DREAMS Virginia Astley  
 

This release also featured contributions by The Cocteau Twins, Modern English and The Wolfgang Press.

I Live In Dreams dates back to the Ravishing Beauties days as a live song. The song was later re-recorded and given a new title Shadows Will Fall Behind and featured as a B-Side track on the 12" release of Darkness Has Reached Its End in 1985.

The sleeve notes about Virginia's contribution state:

"Solo-wise she has just signed to Arista for a long-term album deal, but is also setting up a recording co. with Anne Stephenson (co-founder of The Venomettes). Virginia is working on a soundtrack for a film project along with musician/writer Graeme Miller. The personnel on Dreams is: Anne Stephenson, Gini Ball - Violins, Audrey Riley - Cello, Russell Webb - Bass, Jo Wells - Sax and Kate St John (previously Ravishing Beauties) on Cor Anglais and Oboe."

 

The Venomettes were Marc Almond's backing band (having evolved from The Mambas) and featured Anne Stephenson, Martin McCarrick, Bill McGee and Gini Ball. Gini Ball was married to Soft Cell's Dave Ball at the time.