Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997.
 The original members were singer Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie, and bassist Will Heggie, who was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983.
 The group has earned much critical praise for its distinctive ethereal sound and the distinctive soprano vocals of Fraser, which often abandoned recognizable language altogether.
 They were associated with the UK label 4AD for much of their career.
It'll End in Tears is the first album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell.
 The album was released on 1 October 1984, and reached #38 on the UK Albums Chart.
 It features many of the artists on the 4AD roster at the time, including Cocteau Twins, Colourbox, and Dead Can Dance; as well as key post-punk figure Howard Devoto, who sang "Holocaust", one of two covers of songs from the "Third/Sister Lovers" album by Big Star.
 The other Alex Chilton-penned track, album opener "Kangaroo", was released as a single to promote the album.
 Two key songs were performed by Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, including Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", which reached #66 on the UK Charts when released as This Mortal Coil's debut single a year before the album.
 The song remained on the UK Indie Chart for almost two years.
 Fraser also performed on "Another Day" by Roy Harper.
 4AD would go on to release two further albums under the name of This Mortal Coil: "Filigree & Shadow" (1986) and "Blood" (1991).
Lullabies to Violaine is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records in October 2005.
 Comprising four CDs, the boxset collects the tracks from every Cocteau Twins EP from "Lullabies" to "Violaine".
 It was also released as two separate double CD packs.
Stars and Topsoil – A Collection (1982–1990) is a compilation album by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins, released on the 4AD label in October 2000.
 The album featured tracks released during the group's time on 4AD between 1982 and 1990, covering every Cocteau Twins album from "Garlands" through "Heaven or Las Vegas".
 The collection peaked at No. 63 on the UK Albums Chart.
The Moon and the Melodies was an album resulting from the collaboration of the Scottish group Cocteau Twins and the American composer Harold Budd.
 It was released by 4AD in November 1986.
 The name "Cocteau Twins" did not appear on the release, which instead credited the band's three members (Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde) and Budd individually.
 The album's heavily treated guitar sounds and euphoric vocalising could be heard in the group's other work from the same period, such as the EP "Echoes in a Shallow Bay" and the album "Victorialand".
 Budd's stylistic piano tonalities and phrasing on this project were echoed in his solo album "Lovely Thunder", released in the same year.
 A version of the track "Memory Gongs" was released on "Lovely Thunder" as "Flowered Knife Shadows" and was dedicated to Raymonde.
The Box Set (also known as Cocteau Twins Singles Collection ) is a 1991 collection of EPs by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins.
 It collects their non-album releases up until that time.
 It also contains a bonus disc including songs from throughout their history which have not been otherwise released on Cocteau Twins releases.
Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy is a compilation album released by The Dream Academy in Japan in 2000.
 The compilation album contains the extended version of "Life In A Northern Town" and an acoustic version of "The Party" rather than the more common versions.
 At the time of its release, Nick Laird-Clowes revealed that the band actually had no involvement with the album, and he went on further to say that they weren’t even informed by Warners that a compilation album was being made.
 His former label boss, Alan McGee, then of Creation Records, was the one who actually brought him home a copy when he was visiting Japan on business.
 According to Kate St John, around the same time that this album was being made, Warner Brothers were considering a US compilation album, but they and the band decided to re-issue their first album, "The Dream Academy".
The Dream Academy were an English band consisting of singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboe, Cor Anglais player) Kate St John, and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel.
 The band is most noted for their 1985 hit single "Life in a Northern Town."
Will Heggie is a Scottish musician.
 He co-founded the Cocteau Twins in 1980 with Robin Guthrie, and served as the bassist for them until 1983.
 Immediately after departing the Cocteau Twins, he helped form Lowlife and played bass with them from 1983–1997.
"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" is a single by Scottish post-punk band Cocteau Twins, taken from their 1984 EP "The Spangle Maker".
 The song was written by Cocteau Twins, and recorded at Rooster Studios in London.
 It was their highest-charting single, peaking at No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart.

Question: Did both Cocteau Twins and The Dream Academy have a multi-instrumentalist?
Answer: yes