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Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

2x12" Near Mint

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Record Details

Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Title: Illinois
Format: 2x12"Gatefold Reissue
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records / Sounds Familyre
Cat No: AKR 014 / none
Released: 2006
Country:
Genres: RockFolk
Condition Near Mint
Status Have
Added To List 31st March 2018
Disc 1 | 12"
Near Mint
Black 
A Matrix:
AKR-014LP-A, 14855.1(2)  
B Matrix:
AKR-014LP-B, 14855.2(2)  
Disc 2 | 12"
Near Mint
Black 
A Matrix:
AKR-014LP-B [Scratched out] C, 14855.3(2)  
B Matrix:
AKR-014LP-D, 14855.4(2)  

Additional Information

Comments Tracks are numbered consecutively regardless of sides (as they appear on the release)
Full-length titles from back cover are used
Abbreviated titles are given on the vinyl labels and the insert
D23 is a vinyl bonus track

©℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
© 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAP
Asthmatic Kitty is distributed by arrangement with Sounds Familyre

All songs recorded/engineered/produced by Sufjan Stevens (Fall 2004 - Winter 2005)
James McAlister had a lot to do with the way the drums sound because he set up the microphones
All arrangements (painstakingly composed) by Sufjan Stevens
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ
AcousTech Mastering and Record Technology Incorporated credits taken from runouts

• Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens) with gratefulness to Kieran Kelly
• 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 Red Hook, 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

Double gatefold cover
Includes photo insert with lyrics and credits

• This is the 2nd pressing, which has balloons on the front cover (a homage to the balloon sticker used to hide the Superman artwork of the 1st pressing)
• Also, on the back cover, the police cars now have Illinois license plates "AKR014" and "A NO NO"
• Although the official album title is "Illinois", the cover art reads "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE"
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