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Mercury Rev - Hello Blackbird

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Format: CD
Catalog: 2
Rel. Date: 02/14/2012
UPC: 633914008321

Hello Blackbird
Artist: Mercury Rev
Format: CD
New: Currently Unavailable New
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Blackbird's Call
2. Illumination By Street Lamp
3. Waltz For Alice
4. Trial By Wire
5. Daydream For Nina
6. Audition Scene Sketch (Simply Because)
7. The White Birds
8. Josef's Vision
9. Eye Of The Blackbird (Traveling Music II)
10. The Last Of The White Birds (March Funebré)
11. Cinema Theme
12. First Flight Of The White Birds
13. The Chimpy Waltz
14. Dempsey's Theme
15. Fantasia No.1
16. Robert Y Roberto
17. Traveling Music
18. Departed Angels
19. Simply Because

More Info:

MERCURY REV was formed in Buffalo, New York in the late 1980's. Consistently driven by Jonathan Donahue (vocalist/acoustic guitar), Grasshopper (moth-light guitars, clarinet, tettix wave accumulator) and Jeff Mercel (drums/percussion/piano/keyboards), Mercury Rev have continued to surprise and enlighten listeners for over a decade and a half with their maverick musical explorations. Much of the music found on Hello Blackbird can also be found in the feature film 'Bye Bye Blackbird' by Robinson Savary. The band began a collaboration with the French film-maker after meeting in Paris in the summer of 2001. Despite limited distribution in Europe, the film got rave reviews as did the film's score. Hello Blackbird serves as a companion to the film and includes several compositions written for & inspired by, but not included in the film itself. This enhanced CD also includes two videos made by the band...
        
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