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The only official members of the project were 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell and well-known producer John Fryer, but many vocalists and musicians from 4AD (and non-4AD) groups such as Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Dif Juz, Colourbox, Howard Devoto, Cindytalk, Breathless and more were involved at various points in the project's lifespan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the project was retired following the 1991 album \"Blood\", the concept was revisited by Ivo in 1998 with a similar collective called The Hope Blister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe name This Mortal Coil is taken from Monty Python's Flying Circus \"Dead Parrot sketch\", which in turn is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet (\"... what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil...\").\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"filigree-and-shadow","title":"Filigree and Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiligree and Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e is one powerful album, mainly a 25 tracks album that sounds like one and only song moving through different landscapes of feelings. this impressive intrications of ambient soundscapes with the deep vocals of Alison Limerick and the distant vocals of Dominic Appleton renders a tremendous sensation throughout the album. Sometimes dark, sometimes full of hope, \u003ci\u003eFiligree and Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e is a sombre melancholic journey into the mind of an ethereal heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Deluxe Vinyl which is different from the original release with the artwork reimagined by Ivo Watts-Russell and Vaughan Oliver (4AD’s long-time visual partner). Presented in a beautiful, hand finished and high-gloss gatefold sleeve. Remastered audio made from the original analogue studio tapes by the late, great John Dent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD - Deluxe CD edition manufactured by the Ichikudo company in Japan, Packaged in striking gatefold paper sleeve which are printed to the highest standard. 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