Mercury Rev: The Secret Migration, 5CD Deluxe Edition
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Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1989, MERCURY REV quick grew to become leading figures in left field alternative rock. Earlier albums veered towards experimental, off-kilter psychedelia but by the end of the decade, the band had developed their own brand of serene, piano-based Americana with the acclaimed, best-selling LP Deserter’s Songs (1998).
• Originally issued in January 2005, THE SECRET MIGRATION was the sixth album by Mercury Rev and followed All Is Dream (2001) – which has already been reissued as a deluxe edition and more recently a double vinyl set by Cherry Red. In the UK, where the band were signed to V2, the album spawned two singles, ‘In A Funny Way’ and ‘Across Yer Ocean’.
• Cherry Red Records are proud to unveil a deluxe 5-CD edition of this sometimes overlooked album, compiled by Jonathan Donaghue & Sean ‘Grasshopper’ Mackowiak.
• Joining the original album are a second disc of B-sides and previously unissued outtakes, a third disc wholly devoted to hitherto unheard demos and a fourth disc of in-concert material culled from shows around the globe (again, previously unreleased). For good measure, Disc 5 revisits the band’s subsequent soundtrack album, Hello Blackbird.
• Among the bonus tracks are Rev-esque versions of Bobby Charles’ Catskill Mountains inspired masterpiece ‘Tennessee Blues’, the plaintive modern spiritual ‘Afraid’ originally recorded by Nico, two Paul Westerberg penned gems ‘Androgynous’ and ‘Good Day’, Daniel Johnston’s ode to healing ‘Blue Clouds’ as well as a sublime Rev duet featuring Bonnie Anthony on their version of ‘I Never Had It So Good’ (a song the Rev chose from Kris and Rita’s 1973 LP “Full Moon”.
• This expanded edition of THE SECRET MIGRATION is presented as a plush, hardbook book containing original album lyrics, lots of visuals and new sleeve-notes by acclaimed author and journalist Barney Hoskyns.
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Mercury Rev: Hello Blackbird (A Soundtrack By…), Limited Marbled Blue Vinyl Edition
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Debut on vinyl LP for Mercury Rev’s 2006 soundtrack album, HELLO BLACKBIRD. At the time, V2 planned to release this on vinyl but the project never got beyond test pressings.
• Strictly limited edition of 1,000 copies on marbled blue vinyl, with a printed inner sleeve.
• Musically, HELLO BLACKBIRD allowed Mercury Rev to further expand the sonic soundscapes they were exploring with The Secret Migration, with classical and ambient styles (‘The Last Of The White Birds’ reinterpreted Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor, Opus 35 (Marche Funebre)’).
• The album was recorded at Six Hour Studios in Kingston, New York, in mid-2004 and the music was intended as the soundtrack for the 2005 feature film Bye Bye Blackbird, by French director and photographer Robinson Savary.
• Bye Bye Blackbird was a tragic, compelling love story set in a turn-of-the-century travelling circus, with a stellar cast, including Derek Jacobi and James Thierre.
TRACK LISTING
SIDE ONE
1. BLACKBIRD’S CALL
2. ILLUMINATION BY STREET LAMP
3. WALTZ FOR ALICE
4. TRIAL BY WIRE
5. DAYDREAM FOR NINA
6. AUDITION SCENE SKETCH (SIMPLY
BECAUSE)
7. THE WHITE BIRDS
8. JOSEF’S VISION
SIDE TWO
1. EYE OF THE BLACKBIRD (TRAVELING MUSIC II)
2. THE LAST OF THE WHITE BIRDS (MARCHE
FUNÈBRE)
3. CINEMA THEME
4. FIRST FLIGHT OF THE WHITE BIRDS
5. THE CHIMPY WALTZ
6. DEMPSEY’S THEME
7. FANTASIA NO. 1
8. ROBERT Y ROBERTO
9. TRAVELING MUSIC
10. DEPARTED ANGELS
