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Mercury Blues Skulduggery (2 )

Shiva Burlesque

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: IP075CD

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Format Details: 2

Release Date:  25 February 2022

Label:  Independent Project Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  761971507522

Genres:  Rock  Alternative  

Release Date:  17 November 2023

Label:  Independent Project Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  761971507508

Genres:  Rock  Alternative  

Release Date:  15 December 2023

Label:  Independent Project Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  761971507515

Genres:  Rock  Alternative  

  • Description

    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, finest 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.



    Shiva Burlesque 'Mercury Blues (Skullduggery)' has sequentially numbered packaging includes two BLUE LPs, a 12" x 24" folding poster insert with song lyrics and imagery, and a postcard-sized full color card with free download code for the entire 2 LP set.


    Uncut Magazine editor Allan Jones lauded the release as "...timeless, brilliant music" . Drawing comparisons to everything from John Cale to Echo & 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".

    Description

    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, finest 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.



    Shiva Burlesque 'Mercury Blues (Skullduggery)' has sequentially numbered packaging includes two BLACK LPs, a 12" x 24" folding poster insert with song lyrics and imagery, and a postcard-sized full color card with free download code for the entire 2 LP set.


    Uncut Magazine editor Allan Jones lauded the release as "...timeless, brilliant music" . Drawing comparisons to everything from John Cale to Echo & 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".

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Mercury Blues
      • 2. Do the Pony
      • 3. Cherry Orchard
      • 4. Sick Friend
      • 5. Chester the Chimp
      • 6. Who Is the Mona Lisa
      • 7. Nez Perce
      • 8. Sparrow Song
      • 9. Peace
      • 10. At Last Our Flag Has Fallen
      • 11. Chrome Halo

      Disc 2

      • 1. Nez Perce - Demo #2
      • 2. Stoves - 4 Track Demo
      • 3. Moonchild - 4 Track Demo
      • 4. Sick Friend - 4 Track Demo
      • 5. Who Is the Mona Lisa - 4 Track Demo
      • 6. Chrome Halo - 4 Track Demo
      • 7. Paul Is Dead - 24 Track Demo
      • 8. Do the Pony - 4 Track “Trioâ€� Demo
      • 9. Sparrow’s Song - 4 Track Demo
      • 10. Mink Emeralds - 8 Track Recording

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Mercury Blues
      • 2. Do The Pony
      • 3. Cherry Orchard
      • 4. Sick Friend
      • 5. Chester the Chimp
      • 6. Chrome Halo

      Side 2

      • 1. Who is the Mona Lisa?
      • 2. Nez Perce
      • 3. Sparrow Song
      • 4. Peace
      • 5. At Last Our Flag Has Fallen
      • 6. Chrome Halo

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 1. Nez Perce (Demo #2)
      • 2. Stoves! (4 Track demo)
      • 3. Moonchild (4 Track demo)
      • 4. Sick Friend (4 Track demo)
      • 5. Who is the Mona Lisa?

      Side 2

      • 1. Chrome Halo (4 Track demo)
      • 2. Paul is Dead (24 Track demo)
      • 3. Do the Pony (4 Track "Trio" demo)
      • 4. Sparrow Song (4 Track demo)
      • 5. Mink Emeralds Play (8 Track recording)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Mercury Blues
      • 2. Do The Pony
      • 3. Cherry Orchard
      • 4. Sick Friend
      • 5. Chester the Chimp

      Side 2

      • 1. Who is the Mona Lisa?
      • 2. Nez Percé
      • 3. Sparrow Song
      • 4. Peace
      • 5. At Last Our Flag Has Fallen
      • 6. Chrome Halo

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 1. Nez Percé (Demo #2)
      • 2. Stoves! (4 Track demo)
      • 3. Moonchild (4 Track demo)
      • 4. Sick Friend (4 Track demo)
      • 5. Who is the Mona Lisa?

      Side 2

      • 1. Chrome Halo (4 Track demo)
      • 2. Paul is Dead (24 Track demo)
      • 3. Do the Pony (4 Track "Trio" demo)
      • 4. Sparrow Song (4 Track demo)
      • 5. Mink Emeralds Play (8 Track recording)