Mercury Rev – Deserter's Songs
Tracklist
| A1 | Holes | 5:55 | |
| A2 | Tonite It Shows | 3:40 | |
| A3 | Endlessly | 4:25 | |
| A4 | I Collect Coins | 1:27 | |
| A5 | Opus 40 | 5:10 | |
| A6 | Hudson Line | 2:54 | |
| B1 | The Happy End (The Drunk Room) | 2:06 | |
| B2 | Goddess On A Hiway | 3:45 | |
| B3 | The Funny Bird | 5:51 | |
| B4 | Pick Up If You're There | 3:05 | |
| B5 | Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp | 6:17 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – V2 Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – V2 Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – V2 Records, Inc.
- Recorded At – Tarbox Road Studios
- Recorded At – NRS Recording Studio
- Recorded At – Six Hours Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Masterpiece
Credits
- Clavinet, Harpsichord, Drums – Jimy Chambers
- Double Bass, Bass – Scott Petito
- Drums – Levon Helm (tracks: A5)
- Flugelhorn – Matt Jordan (3)
- Flute – Suzanne Thorpe
- Graphics – J. deBarros*
- Guitar [Guitar Reels], Woodwind – Grasshopper (2)
- Lacquer Cut By – Tim D.*
- Lyrics By – Jonathan* (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B4)
- Lyrics By, Vocals – Grasshopper (2) (tracks: A6)
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Mastered By [Mastering Assistance] – Scott Hull (2)
- Mellotron, Organ [B3], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Adam Snyder
- Painting – Joe Concra
- Photography By – XJ6*
- Piano – Aaron Hurwitz
- Piano, Bass, Mellotron, Backing Vocals – Dave Fridmann
- Recorded By – Jonathan Donahue
- Recorded By [Additional Recording] – Peter Katis
- Saw [Bowed Saw] – Joel Eckhouse*
- Slide Guitar – Garrett James Uhlenbrock
- Soprano Vocals – Mary Gavazzi Fridmann
- Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Garth Hudson (tracks: A6)
- Trombone – Jim Burgess (3)
- Violin – Rachel Handman
- Vocals [Female Vox], Whistling – Maria Spinosa*
- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Chamberlin [Chamberlin Strings] – Jonathan*
Notes
Recorded at Tarbox Road Studios, NRS Studios and Six Hours Studios.
Inner cover with lyrics
Original master recorded on 35 / mm magnetic film
℗ 1998 V2 Records Ltd. © 1998 V2 Records Ltd.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by V2 Records Inc.
Inner cover with lyrics
Original master recorded on 35 / mm magnetic film
℗ 1998 V2 Records Ltd. © 1998 V2 Records Ltd.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by V2 Records Inc.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 5033197027715
- Barcode (Text): 5 033197 027715 >
- Price Code: CB 291
- Matrix / Runout (Both labels): 707.0277.1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout hand-etched): VVR1002771-A1 TIM D. MASTERPIECE
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout hand-etched): VR1002771-B1
Other Versions (5 of 45)
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Deserter's Songs (CD, Album) | V2 | VVR1002772 | Europe | 1998 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Deserter's Songs (CD, Album, CD, , All Media, Limited Edition) | V2 | VVR1006112, 63881-27027-2 | UK & Europe | 1998 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Deserter's Songs (CD, Album) | V2 | V2CI 0014 | Japan | 1998 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Deserter's Songs (CD, Album) | V2 | 63881-27027-2 | US | 1998 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Deserter's Songs (2×CD, Album, Limited Edition) | V2 | VVR1006112 | Australia | 1998 |
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Reviews
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The mastering on this is great, but not quite the revelatory upgrade over the CD edition I was hoping for. Bass is decent, and both the vocals and the instrumentation have a lovely warmth to them. Both sides are cut pretty close to the dead wax, particularly side A. This means there is a small degradation in quality to the last songs on both sides, but not hugely noticeable, but there is some slight sibilance on the vocals.
What lets things down is the pressing. There is an inherent low level crackle present even when the vinyl is free of damage. My presumption is that the vinyl used around this time was of poor quality.
Would love to hear a US original to compare, as that one is purportedly cut directly from the master 35mm magnetic film whereas this UK one is (likely) from a copy.
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