Joanna NewsomThe Milk-Eyed Mender

Label:

Drag City – DC263

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Folk

Tracklist

A1 Bridges And Balloons 3:17
A2 Sprout And The Bean 4:30
A3 The Book Of Right-on 4:27
A4 Sadie 5:57
A5 Inflammatory Writ 2:48
A6 This Side Of The Blue
GuitarNoah Georgeson, Esq*
5:17
B7 "En Gallop" 5:04
B8 Cassiopeia 3:14
B9 Peach, Plum, Pear 3:31
B10 Swansea 5:00
B11 Three Little Babes
Vocals [Sang]Noah Georgeson, Esq*
Written-ByTrad.*
3:39
B12 Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie 4:16

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Joanna Newsom
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Joanna Newsom
  • Copyright ©Drag City
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Drag City
  • Lacquer Cut AtSAE Mastering
  • Mastered AtRecord Technology Incorporated – 10815

Credits

  • Design [Front & Back Cover Were Designed And Embroidered By]Emily Prince
  • Harp [Lyon & Healy Style 15 Harp], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Electric Piano], Harpsichord, PianoJoanna Newsom
  • Photography By [Took The Photographs]Alissa Anderson
  • Recorded By, Producer [Produced By]Noah Georgeson, Esq*
  • Written-By [Songs Written By]Joanna Newsom (tracks: A1 to B10, B12)

Notes

All songs © & ℗ 2004 Joanna Newsom
© & ℗ 2004 Drag City

Includes LP-sized lyrics sheet.

Tracks listed sequentially on release (from 1 to 12).
The record sides marked on labels with numerals (Side 1 and Side 2).
Barcode sticker over shrink-wrap.

Durations from vinyl timing.
'Mastered at' RTI means here 'Processed at'. RTI identified with matrix.
Lacquer cutting company also taken from matrix.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Sticker, As printed): 7 81484 02631 0
  • Barcode (Sticker, String): 781484026310
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching, Side 1): DC-263-A 10815.1(3)...
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching, Side 2): DC-263-B 10815.2(3)...
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout stamped, Side 1 & 2): SAE MASTERING

Other Versions (5 of 11)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Milk-Eyed Mender (CD, Album) Spunk URA129 Australia 2004
New Submission
The Milk-Eyed Mender (CD, Album) P-Vine Records PCD-23504 Japan 2004
New Submission
The Milk-Eyed Mender (CD, Album, Promo) Drag City DC263CD US 2004
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The Milk-Eyed Mender (CD, Album) Drag City DC263CD US 2004
Recently Edited
The Milk-Eyed Mender (CD, Album) Drag City DC263CD US 2006

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Reviews

  • MartimCoutinho's avatar
    MartimCoutinho
    The more I listen to it, the more I like it! Great music, great pressing
    • modulok1984's avatar
      modulok1984
      Edited one year ago
      I realise that this has been in print continuosly since 2004, with the exact same cover art, insert and seemingly even using the same stampers. And yes, it's great that the album is available at a nice price to everyone who wants to hear it.
      However, I'm asking this as a record collector: does anyone know how to tell a first/early press from a later reissue? There is absolutely no way every pressing of a record that has been in print for 20 years looks exactly the same down to the very last detail.

      And please, if you're in it strictly for the music, I get that, but don't bother responding if you don't have an answer to what I'm asking (I posted this question here before and basically only got answers like "they're all the same", which I'm 100% certain isn't the case, and "who cares?". Well, there are quite a lot of record collector's in the world who do in fact care).
      • Pauliwogz's avatar
        Pauliwogz
        Rare record delivered in perfect condition as promised! Will buy from again!
        • JohnnySaintLethal's avatar
          Many represses are being sold as the original, as many people do instead of doing the RIGHT THING AND MAKING A NEW LISTING.
          • bigitalmusic's avatar
            bigitalmusic
            A truly magical album. No complaints about this pressing. I've owned mine for years now - still plays flawlessly and sounds great on my setup.
            • mjwalter61's avatar
              mjwalter61
              Holy moly, guys! This album sounds *GREAT* ... I'm honestly shocked at how good it sounds. I bought it straight off of her bandcamp page, by the way. It was available for a fair price and arrived in great shape.
              • okshiro's avatar
                okshiro
                Edited 3 years ago
                Relatively low signal pressure from being squished onto a 1xLP, but the frequency response and dynamics are nice. The fact that its not big loud guitar drum bass music left them a some room to work with despite being in the 25minute red zone on both sides. You can tell they worked hard on a couple tracks to really have the harp just filling the entire frequency range all by itself.

                They have been doing rolling represses of this, and apparently some amount of discs must have spent a long long time sitting around in storage waiting for a new round of sleeves. I bought a new sealed copy in 2021, and upon opening, the media was by the far the nastiest dirtiest dustiest filmiest disc I have ever unsealed, and I've seen some bad ones. I had to do a full wet clean cycle start to finish three times in a row before it looked, felt, and played clean. Nice sound now, though, but be ready to clean the crap out of yours if you grab a new sealed one.
                • miamispins's avatar
                  miamispins
                  Whew, what a pressing! The best Newsom sounds in this format.
                  • NeonBlue3's avatar
                    NeonBlue3
                    Just back in stock on Joanna's bandcamp store :) Don't wast your money on scalpers.
                    https://joannanewsom.bandcamp.com/album/the-milk-eyed-mender
                    • Bon_ivar's avatar
                      Bon_ivar
                      It is an amazing feat squeezing 52 minutes of music on one record and it sounding completely flawless. Job well done.

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