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Condition: MINT (M) / MINT (M) (Cover / Media)    More Info
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records AKR014
Country: US
Released: 2016-04-01
Genre: Folk Rock
Num In Set: 2
Barcode: 656605892610
Quantity: 1 in stock
Seller Ref:   3658053675

Asthmatic Kitty Records; AKR014LP,US 2015 Reissue, Triple Gatefold, Insert, (Our Ref: 2015153C) - Visit Our London Shops in Islington, Shoreditch and Crouch End.

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Tracklist
 
A1Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
A2The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Going To Have To Leave Now, Or, "I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!"
A3Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
A4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
A5Jacksonville
A6A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
B1Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
B2One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman
B3Chicago
B4Casimir Pulaski Day
B5To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament
C1The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
C2Prairie Fire That Wanders About
C3A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
C4The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
C5They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
C6Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell
C7In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
D1The Seer's Tower
D2The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
D3Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few
D4Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run
D5The Avalanche


Barcode and Identifiers
Barcode: 656605892610
Matrix / RunoutSide A runout, etched: AKR-014-A KPG@CA 14855.1(2)
Matrix / RunoutSide B runout, etched: AKR-014-B KPG@CA 14855.2(2)
Matrix / RunoutSide C runout, etched: AKR-014-C KPG@CA 14855.3(2)
Matrix / RunoutSide D runout, etched: AKR-014-D KPG@CA 14855.4(2)
Rights Society: ASCAP


Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Electric Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Banjo, Glockenspiel, Accordion, Vibraphone, Recorder [Various Recorders], Keyboards [Casiotone MT-70], Bells [Sleigh Bells], Shaker, Tambourine, Triangle, Organ [Baldwin Electric Church Organ], Vocals - Sufjan Stevens
Arranged By - Sufjan Stevens
Artwork - Divya Srinivasan
Backing Vocals - Daniel Smith (Tracks: B1), Elin K. Smith (Tracks: B1), Katrina Kerns (Tracks: A1, A3, A5, C2, C4, D1, D2), Matt Morgan (Tracks: B1), Shara Worden (Tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4, C4, D1, D2)
Cello - Maria Bella Jeffers (Tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
Choir [The Illinoisemaker Choir] - Beccy Lock, Jennifer Hoover (Tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Katrina Kerns (Tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Tara McDonnell (Tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Tom Eaton (Tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)
Drums - James McAlister
Handclaps - Daniel Smith (Tracks: B1), Elin K. Smith (Tracks: B1)
Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray
Layout, Design - Sufjan Stevens
Recorded By, Engineer, Producer - Sufjan Stevens
Songwriter - Sufjan Stevens
Technician [Set Up Drum Microphones] - James McAlister
Trumpet - Craig Montoro
Viola - Marla Hansen (Tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
Violin - Julianne Carney (Tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2), Rob Moose (Tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
Vocals - Craig Montoro (Tracks: C5)
Vocals, Handclaps - The Illinoisemaker Choir (Tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)

Notes
This version shows KPG@CA in deadwax, indicating this pressing was mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

Double gatefold sleeve.
Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other.

Digital download card offers 10% discount on a future purchase from the Asthmatic Kitty label.

© ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
All songs © 2005 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP

All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005.

Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens).
Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn.
The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights.
Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Redhook, brooklyn.
The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ.
The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City.

     
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