5013929110908

Snowflake Midnight: 5CD Deluxe Edition

Mercury Rev

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Cat No: CRCDBOX109

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Release Date:  06 August 2021

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  5013929110908

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description


    • Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1989, MERCURY REV quickly 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 September 2008, SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT was the seventh album by Mercury Rev and followed The Secret Migration (2005) and All Is Dream (2001) – both of which have already been treated to deluxe editions by Cherry Red.



    • Although the album wasn’t fanfared by any singles, the tracks ‘Senses On Fire’, ‘Butterfly's Wing’ and ‘Snowflake In A Hot World’ all enjoyed exposure on radio. Meanwhile, the vinyl edition of Snowflake Midnight was issued as a double LP with a bonus disc of remixes, entitled STRANGE ATTRACTOR. And V2 also released a 12” EP featuring further remixes.



    • Cherry Red Records are proud to unveil a deluxe 5-CD edition of this relatively recent highlight in the continuing musical story of Mercury Rev, compiled and coordinated by the band’s Jonathan Donaghue and Sean ‘Grasshopper’ Mackowiak.



    • Joining the original album are a second disc of previously unissued outtakes, entitled Hymn Of The Heavenly Snowflake, a third disc cryptically entitled Snowflakes From A Train (again, hitherto unheard) and a fourth disc of live material (again, unreleased until now). Disc 5 offers the first commercial CD outing for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, with the added bonus of those four 12” remix tracks.



    • This expanded edition of SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT is presented as a plush, hardbook book containing original album lyrics, lots of visuals and new sleeve-notes by acclaimed author and journalist Martin Aston.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Snowflake In A Hot World
      • 2. Butterfly’s Wing
      • 3. Senses On Fire
      • 4. People Are So Unpredictable (There’s No Bliss Like Home)
      • 5. October Sunshine
      • 6. Runaway Raindrop
      • 7. Dream Of A Young Girl As A Flower
      • 8. Faraway From Cars
      • 9. A Squirrel And I (Holding On… And Then Letting Go)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Is That You?
      • 2. Triumphant Elephant
      • 3. Evening Delight
      • 4. The Witches Of Mink Hollow
      • 5. Lullaby For Legs Diamond
      • 6. Upstairs At The Continental
      • 7. Brainwave Concerto #12 At John Zorn’s Place
      • 8. CFNY In The Mid Eighties (Sounds Like)
      • 9. The Recurring Dream Of Marv Levy
      • 10. Belles Of Kingston
      • 11. The Flying Saucer
      • 12. Remember That Time When We …

      Disc 3

      • 1. Saturday In The Dark
      • 2. The Fall Of Sophia
      • 3. Mayor In A Cathouse
      • 4. The Giant Courthouse Screw
      • 5. 4am Trains Across Kingston
      • 6. Flashback And Freedom
      • 7. Stepping In And Stepping Out
      • 8. Last Train To Poughkeepsie

      Disc 4

      • 1. Snowflake In A Hot World
      • 2. Octobre Sunshine
      • 3. You’re My Queen
      • 4. People Are So Unpredictable
      • 5. Butterfly’s Wing
      • 6. Dream Of A Young Girl As A Flower
      • 7. The Dark Is Rising
      • 8. Senses On Fire

      Disc 5

      • 1. Love Is Pure
      • 2. Taken Up Into Clouds, Changed, And Rained Down
      • 3. Pure Joie De La Solitude
      • 4. Persistence And The Apis Mellifera
      • 5. Fable Of A Silver Moon
      • 6. Loop, Lisse, Loop
      • 7. In My Heart A Strange Attractor
      • 8. Incident On Abeel Street
      • 9. Af Den Fader Kommer Den Sol
      • 10. Because Because Because
      • 11. Nocturne For Norwood
      • 12. Butterfly's Wing (Isan Alien Adoption Remix)
      • 13. Senses On Fire (Fujiya And Miyagi Remix)
      • 14. Butterfly's Wing (Carlos Anthony Molina ''4 On The Flux'' Mix)
      • 15. Senses On Fire (Holden Mix)