Camphor II (RSD2025 gatefold white vinyl 2xLP)

First time on vinyl for this mainly instrumental collection of David Sylvian’s collaborations with Holger Czukay, Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson and Rain Tree Crow was released on Record Store Day 2025.

This 11-track compilation has been re-sequenced by David and contains an exclusive edit of ‘The Beekeeper’s Apprentice’ from his 1999 ambient masterpiece ‘Approaching Silence’.

Side One
A1: Red Earth (As Summertime Ends) (3:34) – Rain Tree Crow
A2: The Song Which Gives The Key To Perfection (5:52) – David Sylvian
A3: Wave (Version) (3:58) – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
A4: Answered Prayers (2:45) – David Sylvian

Side Two
B1: Mother and Child – Remix (4:03) – David Sylvian
B2: A Brief Conversation Ending in Divorce (3:27) – David Sylvian
B3: Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts) Detail (2:30) – Sylvian & Czukay
B4: Epiphany (2:24) – David Sylvian
B5: Camphor (3:10) – David Sylvian

Side Three
C1: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice I (16:23) – David Sylvian & Frank Perry

Side Four
D1: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice II ( 15:48) – David Sylvian & Frank Perry