The Decemberists to release 10th Anniversary Edition of The Crane Wife
The Decemberists have announced a 10th Anniversary Edition of their acclaimed fourth album The Crane Wife.
The Crane Wife will be reissued as a five-LP set, which includes the original record, plus rarities, B-sides, outtakes, offcuts, demos, alternate edits, and more. There is also a 20-page booklet with notes from David Fricke (Rolling Stone editor) and an essay from longtime admirer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), plus a Blu-Ray disc containing a 2006 show at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club.
The album actually hit the double-digit milestone on 3 October.
Tracklist:
Record One: The Original Album
SIDE 1
- The Crane Wife 3
- The Island: Come And See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel The Drowning
- Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
SIDE 2
- O Valencia!
- The Perfect Crime #2
- When The War Came
- Shankill Butchers
Record 2: Original Album Plus Outtakes
SIDE 3
- Summersong
- The Crane Wife 1 & 2
- Sons & Daughters
SIDE 4
- After The Bombs
- Culling Of The Fold
- Hurdles Even Here
Record Three: Outtakes And Alternates
SIDE 5
- The Perfect Crime #1 + The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back
- After The Bombs (Early Take)
SIDE 6
- Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Alternate Take with Alela Diane)
- Culling Of The Fold (Alternate Take with Sean Nelson)
- Hurdles Even Here (Full Band Take)
- The Perfect Crime #2 (Early Take)
Record Four: Home Demos
SIDE 7
- The Island: Come And See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel The Drowning
- O Valencia!
- The Perfect Crime #2
SIDE 8
- Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (With Carson Ellis)
- The Capp Street Girls
- Culling Of The Fold
- Hurdles Even Here
Record Five: Home Demos
SIDE 9
- Shankill Butchers (Demo)
- Summersong (Demo)
- The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back (Demo)
- The Perfect Crime #1 (Demo)
SIDE 10
- The Crane Wife 1, 2 & 3
- Sons & Daughters
Blu-Ray: Live At The 9:30 Club, 29 October, 2006
- The Crane Wife 3
- The Island
- We Both Go Down Together
- The Gymnast, High Above The Ground
- The Perfect Crime #2
- Shankill Butchers
- Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
- O Valencia!
- The Legionnaire’s Lament
- 16 Military Wives
- The Crane Wife 1 & 2
- Sons & Daughters
- Red Right Ankle
- Culling Of The Fold
- I Was Meant For The Stage
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