Songs for a Blue Guitar
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Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # |
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United States | July 23, 1996 | Supreme Recordings/Island Independent Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group... |
CD | 162-531 061-2 |
June 16, 2009 | Plain Recordings | Double LP | plain145 |
Credits
- Performed and produced by Mark Kozelek.
- Recorded at:
- Record Two Studios, Mendocino CountyMendocino County, CaliforniaMendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and west of the Central Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 87,841, up from 86,265 at the 2000 census...
, Comptche, CaliforniaComptche, CaliforniaComptche is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located southeast of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 187 feet . There is a KG-3 Primary school serving the town. The population was 159 at the 2010 census....
. - Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco.
- Polk Street Recording, San Francisco.
- Record Two Studios, Mendocino County
- Mixed at Madhatter Studios, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.- "Another Song for a Blue Guitar" recorded and mixed at Polk Street Recording.
- Mark Needham – recording engineer.
- Billy Anderson – engineer.
- Darren Mora and Dale Lawton – second engineers at Madhatter.
- Mastered by John Golden at John Golden Mastering, Newbury Park, CaliforniaNewbury Park, CaliforniaThe community of Newbury Park, California is located in the western portion of the city of Thousand Oaks and Casa Conejo, an unincorporated area of southeastern Ventura County's Conejo Valley, which is also in the northwestern Greater Los Angeles Area...
. - Photography by Michele Turriani.
- Art direction and design by Paul McMenamin at v23.
Singles
Although no commercial singles were ever released from the album, two promotional-only CD singles were issued for "All Mixed Up" in July 1996, and for "Make Like Paper" in February 1997. "All Mixed Up" was also featured in the 1997 film Excess BaggageExcess Baggage
Excess Baggage is a 1997 crime-comedy film written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be literally kidnapped by a car thief...
, and a promo single was issued featuring a clip from the film as its artwork.
Supreme Recordings/Island Records, PRCD 7354-2 (alternately titled Red House Painters Sampler):
- "All Mixed Up" (Edit) – 4:20
- "All Mixed Up" (Album Version) – 5:50
- "Make Like Paper" (Album Version) – 12:03
Supreme Recordings/Island Records, PRCD-7459-2:
- "Make Like Paper" (Edit) – 5:26
Supreme Recordings/Island Records, PRCD 7642-2:
- "All Mixed Up" (Edit) – 4:20