Bright Eyes - Letting Off The Happiness (1998) - New LP Record 2022 Dead Oceans Vinyl - Indie Rock

Bright Eyes - Letting Off The Happiness (1998) - New LP Record 2022 Dead Oceans Vinyl - Indie Rock

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Bright Eyes – Letting Off The Happiness

Label: Dead Oceans – DOC282
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
A1 If Winter Ends
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
A2 Padraic My Prince
Bass – Matt Maginn
Drums – Matt Fotch
Noises [Atmospheric Noises] – Mike Mogis
Recorded By – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
A3 Contrast And Compare
Acoustic Guitar, Electronic Drums – Conor Oberst
Guitar – Conor Oberst, Matt Oberst, Mike Mogis
Pedal Steel Guitar, Melodica, Organ [Air Organ] – Mike Mogis
Recorded By – Mike Mogis
Vocals – Conor Oberst, Neely Jenkins
A4 The City Has Sex
Drums, Percussion – Jeremy Barnes
Guitar [Country Guitar], Keyboards – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
Vocals, Percussion – Andy LeMaster
A5 The Difference In The Shades
Bass – Andy LeMaster
Drums – Jeremy Barnes
Keyboards [Rhodes Keyboard] – Kevin Barnes
Pedal Steel Guitar – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
A6 Touch
Drums, Keyboards [Electronic Noises With Broken Keyboards] – Jeremy Barnes
Keyboards – Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis
Other [Made Everything Just Right] – Andy LeMaster
B7 June On The West Coast
B8 Pull My Hair
Drums – Ted Stevens
Electronic Drums, Pedal Steel Guitar – Mike Mogis
Vocals – Neely Jenkins
Vocals, Guitar – Andy LeMaster, Conor Oberst
B9 A Poetic Retelling Of An Unfortunate Seduction
Backing Vocals – Kevin Barnes
Drums, Accordion – Jeremy Barnes
Pedal Steel Guitar, Keyboards, Organ – Mike Mogis
Performer [Did What Was Expected] – Conor Oberst
Recorded By – Andy LeMaster
B10 Tereza And Tomas
Bass [Ebow Bass] – Aaron Druery
Chimes – Mike Mogis
Finger Cymbals – Robb Nansel
Percussion – Matt Fotch
Piano – Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis
Recorded By – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
B11 Contrast And Compare (Version)
  • Recorded At – Chase Park Transduction
  • Mixed At – Whoopass Recording Studio
  • Mastered At – Whoopass Recording Studio
  • Published By – Sony/ATV Sounds LLC
  • Published By – Bedrooms; Bedrooms And Spiders
  • Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 20187
  • Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 20267
  • Engineer [Engineering For The Athens Session] – Andy Lemaster
  • Lacquer Cut By – CM*
  • Mixed By, Mastered By – Mike Mogis
“Contrast and Compare (Version)” is a hidden track.
Tracklisting is numbered sequentially across sides.

Early copies included the wrong hype sticker applied to front shrinkwrap.
This incorrect hype sticker reads "Bright Eyes | A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 | Includes digital download".

A1: Recorded at home on four-track March 1997. The keyboards and sampler were added later at Mike Mogis' house.
A2: Recorded by Mike Mogis on his eight-track in my basement during several days surrounding New Years 1998.
A3: Recorded by Mike on that same New Years break.
A4: Recorded in Athens, Georgia at my friend Andy LeMaster's Amazing hi-fi studio (Chase Park transduction) [...]
A5. Also recorded in Athens in March of '98.
A6: Recorded in Athens.
B7. Recorded in my basement on Mike's eight track.
B8: Originally recorded on four track in my basement [...] Mike added the electric drums later at his house [...] I added some additional guitars and vocals at Mike's house.
B9: Recorded in Athens by Andy. [...] When Mike and I got back to Nebraska, he felt it necessary to add another six or so pedal steel tracks.
B10: Recorded on eight track in my basement by Mike.

All of these songs were eventually mixed and mastered dozens of times by Mike at his house (the Whoopass).
All songs: Sony/ATV Sounds LLC/Bedrooms; Bedrooms and Spiders (BMI). (C)&(P) 1998 Saddle Creek
  • Barcode: 656605158211
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): DOC282LP A CM
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): DOC282LP-B CM