The phenomenal William Orbit co-wrote, played on, recorded, and produced Beth Orton's first album, "SuperPinkyMandy" which was released only in Japan (popular lore has the only pressings at between 1,000 and 5,000 copies). "Yesterday's Gone" came from this obscure and now hard-to-find album.
And for his "Strange Cargo--Hinterland" release, Orbit got out the tune, dusted it off, re-recorded it, and amped it up so it kicks ass. He called this new version "Montok Point" and the lighthouse of said point (purposefully misspelled) at the eastern tip of Long Island is referenced in a spoken word section at the very end of the song. This is the version I was familiar with first (it was the soundtrack to my life in 1995) and only recently learned of the Beth Orton version.
Neither songs have official videos but each artist has an official website:
http://beth-orton.net/
http://www.williamorbit.com/home.html
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