Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For and "What the World Is Waiting For" were recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall during the late summer of 1989, with additional vocal and guitar parts recorded later at London's Battery Studios, during the autumn of 1989. The tracks had been worked on for four months, and the intention was to put "What the World Is Waiting For" as the A side; however, when Roddy Mckenna, Silvertone's A&R man, heard "Fools Gold" he urged the band to use that as the A-side. The band were not completely convinced, and it was agreed, instead, to release the two tracks as a
Au Peninsula Au Peninsula The Au Peninsula (German: Halbinsel Au) is located on the Swiss "Zürichsee" lake shore in the municipality of Au, Canton of Zürich. Au is a peninsula situated on the southwestern Zürichsee lake shore on the slope of the Zimmerberg plateau. In its south, between the headland and the peninsula, a small lake respectively a reed landscape to the north is situated. The area is located in the municipality of Au between Wädenswil and Horgen. Located on the Au peninsula, the Neolithic site named "Wädenswil–Vorder Au" was one of the numerous sites of Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee. At