Sufjan StevensGreetings From Michigan (The Great Lake State)

Label:

Asthmatic Kitty Records – AKR007

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Repress

Country:

UK & US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Industrial

Tracklist

A1 Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid)
A2 All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
A3 For The Widows Of Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti
A4 Say Yes! To M!ch!gan!
A5 The Upper Peninsula
B1 Tahquamenon Falls
B2 Holland
B3 Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
B4 Romulus
B5 Alanson, Crooked River
C1 Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie
C2 They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For The Homeless In Muskegon)
C3 Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
C4 Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
C5 Vito's Ordination Song
Bonus Outtakes
D1 Marching Band
D2 Pickerel Lake
D3 Niagara Falls
D4 Presidents & Magistrates
D5 Wolverine

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Asthmatic Kitty Records
  • Copyright ©Sufjan Stevens Music
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Asthmatic Kitty Records
  • Recorded AtSt. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn
  • Recorded AtThe New Jerusalem Recreational Room, Clarksboro, NJ
  • Recorded AtBuxton School, Williamstown, Mass.
  • Mastered AtWest West Side Music
  • Mastered AtMaja Audio Group
  • Pressed ByThird Man Pressing
  • Printed ByESP Detroit
  • Mastered AtThird Man Mastering

Credits

  • ArtworkLaura Normandin
  • Mastered ByWAR*
  • Producer, Arranged By, Music By [All Songs By], Sleeve Notes, Oboe, English Horn, Piano, Electric Organ, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Flute [Wood Flute], Whistle, Drums [Drum Kit], Percussion, Shaker, Bells [Sleigh], Tambourine, Cymbal [Dramatic Symbal Swells], Vocals, Layout, DesignSufjan Stevens
  • TrumpetTom Eaton (tracks: A1, A3, B3, C5)
  • VocalsVito Aiuto (tracks: C5)
  • Vocals, TromboneJohn Ringhofer (tracks: C3)

Notes

2023 repress with different deadwax info

Black vinyl. Gatefold sleeve

Recorded in Petoskey, Michigan (at Steve & Jamelia's house); Brooklyn, New York (in various locations, including Sufjan's apartment, Tom's apartment, and at St. Paul's Episcopal Church); Clarksboro, New Jersey (at N.J. Rec. Rm.); Williamstown, Massachusetts (at Boxton School).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0656605551012
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): AKR007A TMM TMP WAR. SAY YES TO MICHIGAN!
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): AKR007A̶B TMM TMP WAR. IF YOU SEEK A PLEASANT PENINSULA, LOOK AROUND YOU
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): AKR007C TMM TMP WAR. GO! TIGERS!
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): AKR007D TMM TMP WAR. THE GREAT LAKES STATE

Other Versions (5 of 29)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State (CD, Album) Sounds Familyre AKR007, SF 010 US 2003
New Submission
Greetings From Michigan - The Great Lake State (Deluxe Version) (21×File, AAC, Album, Deluxe Edition, 256 kbps) Asthmatic Kitty Records none US 2003
New Submission
Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State (CD, Album) Spunk URA194 Australia 2003
New Submission
Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State (CD, Album) Asthmatic Kitty Records AKR007 Canada 2003
Needs Changes
Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State (2×CD, Mini, CD-ROM, Album, Stereo) Sounds Familyre AKR007, SF 010 Japan 2003

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    misjaz
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