Tracklist

1	God's Monkey	5:01
2	Jean The Birdman	4:10
3	Firepower	10:27
4	Brightness Falls	6:06
5	20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)	11:53
6	Darshan (The Road To Graceland)	17:18
7	Bringing Down The Light	8:31

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – EMI Swindon
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
• Published By – Crimson Music
• Published By – Real World Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Dreamland Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Kingsway Studios, New Orleans
• Produced At – Applehead
• Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios
• Designed At – v23

Credits

• Chapman Stick [Grand And Tenor Sticks], Vocals – Trey Gunn
• Coordinator [Design Co-ordination] – Catherine McRae
• Coordinator [Recording Co-ordination Assisted By] – Natasha White
• Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator] – Richard Chadwick
• Design [Design By] – Dave Coppenhall, Vaughan Oliver
• Drums, Percussion – Jerry Marotta
• Effects [Treatments], Sampler [Sampled Percussion], Programmed By [Computer Programming] – David Bottrill
• Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Dan McLoughlin, John Yates , Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker
• Engineer [Engineered By] – David Bottrill
• Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp
• Guitar, Keyboards, Tape [Tapes], Vocals – David Sylvian
• Lyrics By, Music By – David Sylvian (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Mixed By – Bottrill*, Sylvian*
• Music By – David Bottrill (tracks: 1, 6), Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Percussion – Marc Anderson
• Photography By – Kevin Westenberg
• Producer [Produced By] – Bottrill*, Sylvian*
• Technician [Technical And Strategic Liaison By] – John Sinks
• Vocals – Ingrid Chavez
• Words By – David Sylvian
• Written-By – Bottrill* (tracks: 1, 6), Sylvian* (tracks: 1 to 6), Fripp*, Gunn* (tracks: 1 to 6)

Notes

Pre-production and rehearsals at Applehead Studios, Woodstock, N.Y.
Recorded at Dreamland Studios, Woodstock, N.Y.
and Kingsway Studios, New Orleans.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York, N.Y.
December '92 to March '93.
Recording co-ordination at Opium (Arts) Ltd.
Design at v23.

1, 6 published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. Crimson Music Real World Music.
2, 3, 4, 5 published by Opium (Arts) Ltd. Crimson Music
7 published by Crimson Music.

The copyright in this recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd.
℗ 1993 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1993 Virgin Records Ltd.

Packaging: Transparent tray jewel case with a 16-page booklet
Cat # CDV 2712 appears on both spines, back cover, CD and back of booklet
Cat # 0777 7 88208 2 6 appears on CD.
Cat # 0777 7 88208 26 appears on both spines, back cover and back of booklet

Distribution Code For France PM 520 appears on CD.
Distribution Code For France PM 527 appears on back cover.
Another, almost identical release does have Distribution Code For France PM 520 on both the CD and back cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 77778 82082 6
• Barcode (String): 077778820826
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): EMI SWINDON 788208 2 2 : 2:1
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): EMI SWINDON 788208 2 . 2 1 : 1
• Rights Society: BIEM STEMRA
• Label Code: LC3098
• Other (Distribution Code For France): PM 520
• Other (Distribution Code For France): PM 527

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V2712, 0777 7 88208 19	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(2xLP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	V2712, 0777 7 88208 19	UK & Europe	1993
DGM0522	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric	DGM0522	UK & Europe	2014
JPCD9808387	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Grammy	JPCD9808387	Russia	1998
JPCD9808387	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Grammy	JPCD9808387	Russia	1998
CDV 2712, 0777 7 88208 26	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2712, 0777 7 88208 26	Europe	Unknown