Name: Mercury Blues (Skullduggery)
Brand: Shiva Burlesque

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

IP075B

Colour

Blue

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Numbered packaging includes two LPs, a 12" x 24" folding poster insert with song lyrics and imagery, and a postcard-sized full-colour card

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-11-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

761971507508

Total Cap

Blue LPx2

IP075

Black

Download code: No

Extended format: No

2023-12-15

761971507515

Black LPx2

Artist

Shiva Burlesque

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Independent Project

Newest Listed Items

Shiva Burlesque released a pair of vivid, multi-faceted albums: Shiva Burlesque (1987) with drummer Joey Peters and bassist James Brenner; followed by Mercury Blues (1990), again with Peters on drums, Paul Kimble replacing Brenner, and featuring cellist Greg Adamson

Between the two albums the songwriting output by Jeff Clark and Grant Lee Phillips elevated into high gear, and the band recorded a number of new songs in demo versions, mostly on a home studio eight track cassette machine with Paul Kimble engineering. Work began on the Mercury Blues album proper in early summer of 1990, tracking (largely after- hours during "down time") at Village Recorders, one of the best equipped, fnest sounding, studios in Los Angeles at the time.

 Along with the intense and potent results of those sessions, IPR's beautiful, remastered, 2021 reissue includes a bonus album of ten of the demo songs, none of which have ever been previously released. 

Uncut Magazine editor Allan Jones lauded the release as "...timeless, brilliant music" . Drawing comparisons to everything from John Cale to Echo &amp; the Bunnymen to early Leonard Cohen, and described by All Music Guide as "... a powerful and graceful band too post-punk to be folk rock, and too folk to be post- punk".

Mercury Blues (Skullduggery)

Music GB

Discover Mercury Blues (Skullduggery) by Shiva Burlesque. A timeless, brilliant album with vivid songwriting and intense sessions. Available in multiple formats from Independent Project.