Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs (Deluxe Edition)

MERCURY REV return in May with a deluxe double CD reissue of their classic 1998 album, “DESERTER’S SONGS”. The release comes complete with a 13-track bonus disc of demos, b-sides, rarities and out-takes… To coincide with and celebrate the release Mercury Rev will be performing the album in full at shows in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin plus a number of European dates… UK live info below…

“Deserter’s Songs” was released to huge worldwide acclaim and went on to be named album of the year by NME, MOJO and many other publications. The record merged jazz, folk, Disney soundtrack fantasia, 60s rock (The Band’s legendary Levon Helm and Garth Hudson guested on the album) with sweeping orchestration and heralded Mercury Rev’s rebirth as purveyors of a cosmic brand of the popular American songbook. “Deserter’s Songs” was also a bona-fide hit, generating three Top 40 singles in the form of “Goddess on a Highway”, “Holes” and “Opus 40”. Bonus disc track-listing below…

TRACKLISTING:

Album:

1  Holes 2.  Tonite It Shows 3.  Endlessly 4.  I Collect Coins 5.  Opus 40 6. Hudson Line 7. The Happy End (The Drunk Room) 8. Goddess on a Hiway 9. The Funny Bird 10. Pick up If You're There 11. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp

Disc 2:

1. Piano vs. Telephone (Cassette Tape Player Demo) 2. Holes (Bill Laswell 1998 Remix) 3. Pick Up If You're There (DJ Nickel 1998 Remix) 4. Endlessly (Tascam 8-Track Reel to Reel Demo) 5. A Soft Kiss (for waking up) (Cassette Tape Player Demo) 6. Tonite It Shows (Tascam 8-Track Reel to Reel Demo) 7. Looking Back Now, I Can See (Unreleased Mix) 8. Opus 40 (Early Rough Version) 9. Hudson Line (Early Rough Version) 10. Judging By The Moon (Cassette Tape Player Demo) 11. Goddess On A Hiway (1989 Cassette Tape Player Demo) 12. Night On Panther Mountain (Unreleased Mix) 13. Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp (Early Rough Version)

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