Rev Mercury - The Secret Migration: Deluxe Edition (5CD) [CD]

• Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1989, MERCURY REV quick 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 January 2005, THE SECRET MIGRATION was the sixth album by Mercury Rev and followed All Is Dream (2001) – which has already been reissued as a deluxe edition and more recently a double vinyl set by Cherry Red. In the UK, where the band were signed to V2, the album spawned two singles, ‘In A Funny Way’ and ‘Across Yer Ocean’.

• Cherry Red Records are proud to unveil a deluxe 5-CD edition of this sometimes overlooked album, compiled by Jonathan Donaghue & Sean ‘Grasshopper’ Mackowiak.

• Joining the original album are a second disc of B-sides and previously unissued outtakes, a third disc wholly devoted to hitherto unheard demos and a fourth disc of in-concert material culled from shows around the globe (again, previously unreleased). For good measure, Disc 5 revisits the band’s subsequent soundtrack album, Hello Blackbird.

• Among the bonus tracks are Rev-esque versions of Bobby Charles' Catskill Mountains inspired masterpiece 'Tennessee Blues', the plaintive modern spiritual 'Afraid' originally recorded by Nico, two Paul Westerberg penned gems 'Androgynous' and 'Good Day', Daniel Johnston's ode to healing 'Blue Clouds' as well as a sublime Rev duet featuring Bonnie Anthony on their version of 'I Never Had It So Good' (a song the Rev chose from Kris and Rita's 1973 LP “Full Moon”.

• This expanded edition of THE SECRET MIGRATION is presented as a plush, hardbook book containing original album lyrics, lots of visuals and new sleeve-notes by acclaimed author and journalist Barney Hoskyns.

In addition, HELLO BLACKBIRD also receives its debut as a limited vinyl pressing!

Secret For A Song

Tennessee Blues

Diamonds

Secret For A Song – Sydney Opera House 7/13/05

Blackbird’s Call

Across Yer Ocean

Afraid

Black Forest (Lorelei) ‘fender Jaguar Version’

Black Forest (Lorelei) - Toronto 5/16/05

Illumination By Street Lamp

Diamonds

Seagull

First Time Mother’s Joy (Flying)

Mirror For A Bell - Stockholm 3/17/05

Waltz For Alice

Black Forest (Lorelei)

Androgynous

In A Funny Way

My Love - The Ritz (Nyc) 5/19/05

Trial By Wire

Vermillion

Mirror For A Bell

Seagull

Vermillion - Florence 11/30/04

Daydream For Nina

In The Wilderness

Good Times Ahead

Vermillion

In A Funny Way – Hammersmith Apollo 3/12/05

Audition Scene Sketch (Simply Because)

In A Funny Way

Blue Clouds

Siphoned From The Sea

First-Time Mother’s Joy (Flying) - Lausanne 11/27/04

The White Birds

My Love

I Never Had It So Good

My Love

In The Wilderness - Perth 7/20/05

Josef’s Vision

Moving On

Black Forest (Lorelei) (Adam Peters Remix)

Secret For A Song

Down Poured The Heavens – Skopje 6/10/05

Eye Of The Blackbird (Traveling Music II)

The Climbing Rose

Late Night Request

In The Wilderness (Snippet)

Holes - Leipzig 11/22/04

The Last Of The White Birds (Marche Funebré)

Arise

Season Of Poussin

Black Forest (Lorelei) ‘vega Barking’

Arise - Luxembourg 6/05/05

Cinema Theme

First-Time Mother's Joy (Flying)

Good Day *

It’s All That You Need

Diamonds - St. Brieue 6/03/05

First Flight Of The White Birds

Down Poured The Heavens

Look At Brutis With His Knife

In The Wilderness

The Dark Is Rising - Coachella - 4/30/05

The Chimpy Waltz

The Alchemy Of Lovers

Down Poured The Heavens

Dempsey’s Theme

Fantasia No. 1

Robert Y Roberto

Traveling Music

Departed Angels

Simply Because

• Genre: Rock
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5013929109704
• Release Date: November 10, 2025

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