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Obscurities
LP $17.25

08/23/2011 673855043012 

MRG 430 


CD $13.75

08/23/2011 673855043029 

MRG 430 CD 


***STEPHIN MERRITT (THE MAGNETIC FIELDS) presents a collection of his hard-to-find recordings dating back to his time on Merge (1994–1999) and prior. The fourteen tracks on Obscurities—including five previously unreleased songs—were recorded prior to the release of The Magnetic Fields’ seminal album 69 Love Songs, the CD collection which established Merritt as one of this generation’s most talented songwriters. Three of the unreleased tracks hail from The Song from Venus, the unfinished science fiction musical written by Merritt and DANIEL HANDLER (aka LEMONY SNICKET). Also included are four songs culled from various Merge-era 7” vinyl singles by The Magnetic Fields; two from The 6ths, Merritt’s guest vocalist-laden side project; one from an audio book; one from the Oh, Merge compilation CD; and a track from a rare K Records cassette-only release. Among the tracks on Obscurities is The Song from Venus’ “Forever and a Day,” a solo-acoustic ukulele-based love song reminiscent of 69 Love Songs’ “The Book of Love.” Also included on Obscurities is “The Sun and the Sea and the Sky,” a previously unreleased 69 Love Songs outtake. The album concludes with “You Are Not My Mother and I Want to Go Home,” which originally appeared in the audio book version of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, for which Merritt composed the soundtrack.

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