Name: The Secret Migration
Brand: Mercury Rev

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Bonus disc: No

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CRCDBOX97

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-09-25

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

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5013929109704

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5 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Mercury Rev

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a British label that was founded by Iain McNay in 1978. Also known as Cherry Red Records, this label has become associated with the company Music and Media Group. With the label code LC 6730, Cherry Red has made a name for itself in the music industry. It is important to note that this label should not be confused with the US label of the same name.

Mercury Rev is an alternative rock band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1989, they started out as a collective providing soundtracks for student films. The band gained recognition in the UK for their psychedelic and experimental indie rock sound, which later evolved into a more melodic and bittersweet style. After their second record, "Boces," frontman David Baker left the band to pursue his own project as Shady. In 1998, Mercury Rev achieved mainstream success with their album "Deserter's Songs," which was awarded "Best Album Of The Year" by NME.

The current members of Mercury Rev include Jonathan Donahue on vocals and guitar, and Grasshopper (Sean Mackowiak) on guitar and clarinet. Over the years, the band has had several former members who contributed to their unique sound through woodwinds, drums, bass, keyboards, and other instruments.

With their captivating music and distinctive style, Mercury Rev continues to captivate audiences worldwide with their enchanting melodies and thought-provoking lyrics.

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 and 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.

The Secret Migration

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