Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) (2001) is four-disc box set, containing three CDs of music spanning Dead Can Dance's career and a DVD of their 1994 video release Toward the Within. While most of the tracks are taken from previously released albums, this set contains a large number of rarities as well. "Frontier (Demo)" and "The Protagonist" were originally released on the 1987 4AD compilation Lonely Is an Eyesore. "Labour of Love," "Ocean," "Orion," and "Threshold" were recorded for the John Peel Show in 1983. In 1984, a follow-up Peel Session produced the version of "Carnival of Light" contained in this set. "Sloth (Radio)" was recorded for radio and a studio version was later released on Brendan Perry's solo album Eye of the Hunter. "Bylar" is taken from a live performance recorded for the Echoes public radio show at the Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA, USA. It was originally a Lisa Gerrard and Robert Perry (Brendan's brother) composition that appeared on The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 2, released 1996, recorded at the TLA Theater in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Personnel: Richard Avison – Trombone Tony Ayres – Tympani [Timpani] John Bonnar – Percussion, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Viol Charlie Bouis – Assistant Engineer Pieter Bourke – Percussion, Keyboards Sarah Buckley – Viola Guy Charbonneau – Engineer, Mixing Andrew Claxton – Tuba, Keyboards, Trombone (Bass) Martin Colley – Engineer Carolyn Costin – Violin Dead Can Dance – Arranger, Producer John Dent – Mastering Paul Erikson -Bass Dimitri Ehrlich – Interviewer Gus Ferguson – Cello Tony Gamage – Cello, Violoncello Piero Gasparini – Viola Lisa Gerrard – Percussion, Vocals, Instrumentation, Yang Chin Joe Gillingham – Engineer Dale Buffin Griffin – Producer Alison Harling – Violin Lance Hogan – Guitar, Percussion, Guitar (Bass) Simon Hogg – Trombone Andrew Hutton – Soprano (Vocal) Rebecca Jackson – Violin Paskaal Japhet – Percussion Kenny Jones – Engineer Martin McGarrick – Cello Jason Mitchell – Mastering Rónán Ó Snodaigh – Percussion, Vocals Brendan Perry – Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Hurdygurdy, Instrumentation Robert C. Perry – Bouzouki, Percussion, Woodwind, Uillean Pipes James Pinker – Percussion, Tympani [Timpani] Renaud Pion – Turkish Clarinet John A. Rivers – Producer, Mastering Andrew Robinson – Violin Anne Robinson – Violin Emlyn Singleton – Violin John Singleton – Trombone Peter Ulrich – Percussion, Drums, Tympani [Timpani], Drums (Snare) Ruth Watson – Oboe Scott Rodger - Bass John Willet – Translation Graham Wood – Design, Photography