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Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel The Illinoise (2005) - Mint- 2 LP Record 2018 Mispress USA Vinyl & Insert - Indie Rock / Folk Rock - Shuga Records
Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel The Illinoise (2005) - Mint- 2 LP Record 2018 Mispress USA Vinyl & Insert - Indie Rock / Folk Rock - Shuga Records

Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel The Illinoise (2005) - Mint- 2 LP Record 2018 Mispress USA Vinyl & Insert - Indie Rock / Folk Rock

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Sufjan Stevens  Illinois

 

Label:

Asthmatic Kitty Records – AKR 014

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Mispress, Reissue, CA

Country:

USA

Released:

2018+

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Folk Rock

Tracklist

A1 Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
A2 The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Going To Have To Leave Now, Or, "I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!"
A3 Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
A4 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
A5 Jacksonville
A6 A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
B1 Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
B2 One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman
B3 Chicago
B4 Casimir Pulaski Day
B5 To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament
C1 The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
C2 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
C3 A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
C4 The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
C5 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
C6 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell
C7 In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
D1 The Seer's Tower
D2 The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
D3 Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few
D4 Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run
D5 The Avalanche

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©  Asthmatic Kitty Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗  Asthmatic Kitty Records
  • Copyright ©  Sufjan Stevens Music
  • Recorded At  The Buddy Project
  • Recorded At  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn
  • Recorded At  The New Jerusalem Recreational Room, Clarksboro, NJ
  • Recorded At  Carroll Music Studios, NY
  • Mastered At  West West Side Music
  • Lacquer Cut At  Cohearent Audio

Credits

  • Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Electric Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Banjo, Glockenspiel, Accordion, Vibraphone, Recorder [Various Recorders], Keyboards [Casiotone MT-70], Bells [Sleigh Bells], Shaker, Tambourine, Triangle, Organ [Baldwin Electric Church Organ], Vocals  Sufjan Stevens
  • Arranged By  Sufjan Stevens
  • Artwork  Divya Srinivasan
  • Backing Vocals  Daniel Smith (tracks: B1), lin Smith* (tracks: B1), Katrina Kerns (tracks: A1, A3, A5, C2, C4, D1, D2), Matt Morgan (tracks: B1), Shara Worden (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4, C4, D1, D2)
  • Cello  Maria Bella Jeffers (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
  • Choir [The Illinoisemaker Choir]  Beccy Lock, Jennifer Hoover (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Katrina Kerns (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Tara McDonnell (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Tom Eaton (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)
  • Drums  James McAlister
  • Handclaps  Daniel Smith (tracks: B1), Elin Smith* (tracks: B1)
  • Lacquer Cut By  Kevin Gray
  • Layout, Design  Sufjan Stevens
  • Mastered By  Alan Douches
  • Recorded By, Engineer, Producer  Sufjan Stevens
  • Songwriter  Sufjan Stevens
  • Technician [Set Up Drum Microphones]  James McAlister
  • Trumpet  Craig Montoro
  • Viola  Marla Hansen (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
  • Violin  Julianne Carney (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2), Rob Moose (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
  • Vocals  Craig Montoro (tracks: C5)
  • Vocals, Handclaps  The Illinoisemaker Choir (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)

Notes

Double gatefold sleeve. Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other. Side D is a mispress containing the first 3 seconds of "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" following "The Avalanche".

© ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
All songs © 2005 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP

All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005.

Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens).
Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn.
The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights.
Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Redhook, brooklyn.
The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ.
The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City.

Reissue with balloon artwork on the front cover and police cars with Illinois license plates "AKR014" and "A NO NO" on rear cover. Reissued 2018 or later based on KPG@CA signature in runouts, copyright holder info & mispress. Differs from Sufjan Stevens - Illinois: copyright is held by Sufjan Stevens Music instead of New Jerusalem Music and there is no RTI pressing information in the runouts.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 656605892610
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): AKR-014-A KPG@CA
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): AKR-014-B KPG@CA
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched): AKR-014-C KPG@CA
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched): AKR-014-D KPG@CA
  • Rights Society: ASCAP