Cocteau Twins- Blue Bell Knoll (1988)

Elizabeth Fraser - vocals
Robin Guthrie - guitar
Simon Raymonde - bass guitar

When I revisit my Cocteau Twins collection I seldom play anything later than this (well, apart from Iceblink Luck). 
1988. 
A mad summer followed by an even madder autumn. Hard to believe and yet glad to know it's 24 years, a lifetime, gone.
 http://d01.megashares.com/dl/ffcu69p/Cocteau Twins- Bluebell Knoll.rar

Harold Budd, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser - The Moon and the Melodies (1986)

The sound of the wind humming in telephone wires was a formative influence on American composer Harold Budd. No surprise then, that his early works included experiments in drone music.
Budd, (b 1936), an important figure in ambient music, has collaborated with a variety of artists including Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Andy Partridge, John Foxx and David Sylvian.
In 1986 he teamed up with Scottish 4AD darlings Cocteau Twins...
Harold Budd – piano
Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
Robin Guthrie – guitar
Simon Raymonde – bass
Richard Thomas – saxophone, drums

Cocteau Twins- Victorialand (1986)

Victorialand is the Cocteau Twins’ fourth album. The title refers to a region of Antarctica.Beautiful- beautiful music beautifully produced and beautifully packaged. A sparse ambient sound, this is a fantasic ‘chill out’ record. Ripped from vinyl at the correct speed of 45 rpm… I had a friend who bought this without hearing the Cocteau Twins (honestly!) to see what the fuss was about and told me that it was an unlistenable industrial dirge … as indeed it is at 33 1/3 rpm
Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
Robin Guthrie – guitar
Richard Thomas – saxophone,tablas

This Mortal Coil- It'll End In Tears (1984)

An ethereal collection of songs by artists who were, at the time, signed to the 4AD label. The quintessential 4AD LP?
Who does what is here.
And from the 4AD website: This Mortal Coil's full-length debut, It'll End In Tears, arrived in October 1984 and was a long-term feature at the top of the UK Indie charts. In addition to the Cocteaus, this brilliantly-woven aural tapestry featured members of 4AD artists Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, Modern English, Xmal Deutschland and The Wolfgang Press, plus ex-Magazine/Buzzcocks frontman Howard Devoto and celebrated cellist Martin McCarrick ...

My link got killed off, but there's a good download here: http://thisisnthqhiphop.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-mortal-coil-itll-end-in-tears-1984.html

Cocteau Twins – Peel Session- 21st June 1982

Cocteau Twins took the name of a song by fellow Scots Johnny and the Self-Abusers (who later renamed themselves Simple Minds).
I try and avoid cliché like the plague, so before writing on Cocteau Twins I drew up a list of words that I was going to studiously avoid: sensuous, atmospheric, layered, textured, complex, enigmatic, ethereal, dreamlike, lepidoptorous, jewelled, charming, crystalline, enchanting, hypnotic, filigree, opalescent, obscure…
The trio created soundscapes based around Guthrie's innovative use of distorted guitars, tape loops, and echo boxes butressed by Heggie's rhythmic bass and an insistent Roland 808 drum machine. And then there was Liz Fraser’s singing, often simplistically dismissed as nonsensical, exceptionally susceptible to mondegreens, at times reminiscent of some sacred Balkan chant.
Asked to explain the lyrics by Sounds Magazine- in 1983 Liz replied helpfully:
"It's impossible. It's impossible in as much as...No. You'd be disappointed if you found out...I might make it sound as if I think it's unimportant, but the words are important, important to me I mean, but...I think you're just supposed to get out of them what you can. And they DO make sense."
For those of you who are interesed in genres they were held to be the creators of Dreampop and were the quintessential 4AD group.
Line up:
Robin Guthrie -Guitar
Liz Fraser -Lead Vocals
Will Heggie -Bass