Mercury Rev – The Secret Migration CD X 5 Deluxe Boxset

A beautifully curated 5×CD deluxe box set revisiting Mercury Rev’s lush, cinematic sixth studio album The Secret Migration. Released by Cherry Red Records in 2020, this expansive hardback book‑style edition includes the original album, B‑sides, outtakes, demos, live recordings from 2004–2005, and the complete Hello Blackbird soundtrack. Remastered and assembled by Jonathan Donahue and Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak, this set offers a deep, immersive journey into the band’s widescreen indie‑psychedelic universe. A must‑have for collectors of alternative, art‑rock and soundtrack‑driven atmospherics.

Tracklist

Disc One – The Secret Migration (Original Album)

1. Secret For A Song
2. Across Yer Ocean
3. Diamonds
4. Black Forest (Lorelei)
5. Vermillion
6. In The Wilderness
7. In A Funny Way
8. My Love
9. Moving On
10. The Climbing Rose
11. Arise
12. First‑Time Mother’s Joy (Flying)
13. Down Poured The Heavens

Disc Two – B‑Sides & Outtakes

1. Tennessee Blues
2. Afraid
3. Seagull
4. Androgynous
5. Mirror For A Bell
6. Good Times Ahead
7. Blue Clouds
8. I Never Had It So Good
9. Black Forest (Adam Peters Remix)
10. Late Night Request
11. Season Of Poussin
12. Good Day
13. Look At Brutis With His Knife
14. The Alchemy Of Lovers

Disc Three – Demos & Snippets

1. Diamonds (Demo)
2. Black Forest (Fender Jaguar Version)
3. First‑Time Mother’s Joy (Flying) (Snippet)
4. In A Funny Way (Demo)
5. Seagull (Demo)
6. Vermillion (Demo)
7. Siphoned From The Sea (Demo)
8. My Love (Demo)
9. Secret For A Song (Snippet)
10. In The Wilderness (Snippet)
11. Black Forest (Vega Barking Demo)
12. It’s All That You Need (Snippet)
13. In The Wilderness (Demo)
14. Down Poured The Heavens (Demo)

Disc Four – Live Recordings (2004–2005)

1. Secret For A Song (Sydney Opera House)
2. Black Forest (Toronto)
3. Mirror For A Bell (Stockholm)
4. My Love (NYC)
5. Vermillion (Florence)
6. In A Funny Way (Hammersmith Apollo)
7. First‑Time Mother’s Joy (Lausanne)
8. In The Wilderness (Perth)
9. Down Poured The Heavens (Skopje)
10. Holes (Leipzig)
11. Arise (Luxembourg)
12. Diamonds (St. Brieue)
13. The Dark Is Rising (Coachella)

Disc Five – Hello Blackbird (Soundtrack)

1. Blackbird’s Call
2. Illumination By Street Lamp
3. Waltz For Alice
4. Trial By Wire
5. Daydream For Nina
6. Audition Scene Sketch (Simply Because)
7. The White Birds
8. Josef’s Vision
9. Eye Of The Blackbird
10. The Last Of The White Birds
11. Cinema Theme
12. First Flight Of The White Birds
13. The Chimpy Waltz
14. Dempsey’s Theme
15. Fantasia No. 3
16. Robert Y Roberto
17. Traveling Music
18. Departed Angels
19. Simply Because

Features

• 5×CD deluxe hardback book‑style box set
• Includes original album, B‑sides, demos, live recordings & full Hello Blackbird soundtrack
• Remastered and curated by Jonathan Donahue & Grasshopper
• Cherry Red Records 2020 edition
• VG+ condition

Information

Label: Cherry Red Records – CRCDBOX97
Format: 5×CD Deluxe Box Set
Released: 25 September 2020
Genre: Indie Rock, Psychedelic, Soundtrack
Style: Art Rock, Dream Pop, Experimental