Scans of original 1989 CD front and back covers..

Scan of 1989 CD Disc.

Primary releases:

Words For The Dying (CD, Album) Opal Records 9 26024-2 US 1989
Words For The Dying (CD, Album) Opal Records 7599-26024-2 Germany 1989
Words For The Dying (LP, Album) Opal Records 7599-26024-1 Germany 1989
Words For The Dying (LP, Album) Warner Bros. Records 9 26024-1 US 1989
Words For The Dying (LP, Album) Land Records LAND09 UK 1989
Words For The Dying (CD) Hannibal Records HNCD 1492 UK 1992
Words For The Dying (CD) All Saints ASCD09 UK 1992
Words For The Dying (CD, Album, RE) Hannibal Records HNCD 1492 UK 2005

Spex on selected releases:

John Cale
"Words For The Dying"
Opal Records 9 26024-2, 19 Sep 1989 (US)

1.Introduction
2.There Was A Saviour
3.Interlude I
4.On A Wedding Anniversary
5.Interlude II
6.Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
7.Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
8.Songs Without Words I
9.Songs Without Words II
10.The Soul of Carmen Miranda

All music by John Cale. Lyrics to On A Wedding Anniversary, Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953).

Cale wrote a short text for the premiere of The Falklands Suite which had it's live world premiere November 14th and 15th, 1987 at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Musicians:
The Falklands Suite - The Orchestra Of Symphonic And Popular Music of Gosteleradio (Russia), conducted by Alexander G. Mikhailov; The Choir of Llandaff Cathedral Choir School (Swansea, Wales)
John Cale: Songs Without Words I & II, The Soul of Carmen Miranda
Brian Eno: The Soul of Carmen Miranda
Nell Catchpole: viola and violin on The Soul of Carmen Miranda
Other credits:
Producer: Brian Eno
Front cover photo: Deborah Feingold
Other photos: Eduard Basilia
Art direction: Hugh Brown.
Design: John Heiden, Hugh Brown & Jeri Heiden
The Falklands Suite recorded at Gostelradio Studios, Moscow; engineered by Sasha Karasiov. The Choir of Llandaff Cathedral Choir School, S. Wales; Choirmaster: Dr. Michael Smith. John Cale; recorded at The Strongroom, London and Wilderness Studios, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England; engineered by Stephen Taylor and Brian Eno
Songs Without Words I & II recorded at the Living Room, New York City, USA; engineered by Paul Rice and Blaise Dupuy The Soul Of Carmen Miranda recorded at Wilderness Studios, Woodbridge, UK