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Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition)

Sold Date: December 8, 2020
Start Date: December 1, 2020
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Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition). Condition is "Used". NM sleeve and records, only played a handful of times. Shipped with USPS Media Mail.


Limited to 10,000 copies worldwide. This edition features Blue Marvel on the cover instead of Superman or the balloons. The records are on "Antimatter Blue" and "Cape White" colored vinyl. A red star-shaped 12" featuring "Chicago (Demo)" is also included. The audio from this release comes from the 2014 remaster of Illinois.

Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 656605613017 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-A RE-1 23137.1 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-B RE-1 23137.2 Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-C RE-1 23137.3 Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-D RE-1 23137.4 Matrix / Runout (Bonus 12'' side A runout): AKR14LP-C2 25529.1(2) Matrix / Runout (Bonus 12'' side B runout): AKR14LP-C2 25529.2(2) Rights Society: ASCAP

Triple gatefold sleeve.

Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other.


© ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records

All songs © 2005 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP

All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005.


Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens).

Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn.

The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights.

Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Redhook, brooklyn.

The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ.

The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City.


Mastered at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ.