The National – First Two Pages Of Frankenstein

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Label:	4AD – 4AD0566LP
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Apr 28, 2023
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1		Once Upon A Poolside Featuring [Feat.], Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Sufjan Stevens Written-By – Bryce Dessner, Carin Besser, Matt Berninger
A2		Eucalyptus Written-By – Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger
A3		New Order T-Shirt Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger
A4		This Isn't Helping Featuring [Feat.], Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Phoebe Bridgers Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger
A5		Tropic Morning News Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Carin Besser, Matt Berninger
A6		Alien Written-By – Bryce Dessner, Carin Besser, Matt Berninger
B1		The Alcott Featuring [Feat.], Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Taylor Swift Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger, Taylor Swift
B2		Grease In Your Hair Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Carin Besser, Matt Berninger
B3		Ice Machines Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Carin Besser, Matt Berninger
B4		Your Mind Is Not Your Friend Featuring [Feat.], Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Phoebe Bridgers Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger
B5		Send For Me Written-By – Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 4AD Ltd.
Copyright © – 4AD Ltd.
Licensed From – The National
Produced At – Long Pond
Recorded At – Long Pond
Mixed At – Long Pond
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Recorded At – Knobworld
Recorded At – Sound City Studios
Recorded At – Bonello Tonstudio
Recorded At – Degraw Sound
Recorded At – The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester
Recorded At – Lee Music Room, Princeton, NJ
Recorded At – Studio LFO
Recorded At – Magnolia Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded At – Opaque Window Sound, Buffalo, NY
Recorded At – Paraverse Studios, Berlin
Recorded At – Ploverland, Paris
Recorded At – Reservoir Studios, Nyc
Recorded At – Sabbath Recording
Recorded At – Tarquin Studios
Recorded At – The Empire Studio, London
Recorded At – RAK Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound

Credits

Cello [August 2022 Sessions] – Daisy Vatalaro, Jonny Byers*, Louise McMonagle, Max Ruisi, Peteris Sokolovskis, Sergio Serra
Cello [May 2022 Sessions] – Ashok Klouda, Jonny Byers*, Laura Moody, Peteris Sokolovskis, Rebecca Burden, Sergio Serra
Conductor [London Contemporary Orchestra Conducted By] – Robert Ames
Copyist [LCO Copyist] – Harry George (3)
Design – Gracia Lee, Luke Hayman, Pentagram (5), Shigeto Akiyama
Lacquer Cut By – JN-H*
Legal – Gillian Bar
Legal [For] – Carroll Guido Groffman Cohen Bar & Karalian, LLP
Management – Ace Scott, Erik Flannigan
Management [Business Management, For] – PSBM*
Management [Business Management] – Gloria Lee (2), Hyun-Joo Park, Phil Sarna, Tara Moore
Management [LCO Asst. Orchestra Manager] – Charlotte Marino
Management [LCO Orchestra Manager] – Amy Hinds
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mastered By [With] – Steve Fallone
Mixed By – Jonathan Low
Musician – Andi Toma, Benjamin Lanz*, Curt Kiser, James McAlister, Jan St. Werner, Kyle Resnick, Lisa Hannigan, Mina Tindle, So Percussion, Thomas Bartlett
Musician [So Perussion] – Adam Sliwinski, Eric Cha-Beach*, Jason Treuting, Josh Quillen
Orchestra – London Contemporary Orchestra
Orchestrated By [Orchestration By] – Bryce Dessner
Other [Cherry Tree] – Christopher Edwards
Performer [The National:] – Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, Scott Devendorf
Performer [Touring Members:] – Benjamin Lanz*, Kyle Resnick
Photography By [Cover Photo Of Lou Solimine By] – John Solimine
Producer [Additional Production By] – James McAlister
Producer [Additional Vocal Production By] – Tony Berg (tracks: A4, B4)
Producer [Produced By] – The National
Project Manager [LCO Recording Project Manager] – Cassandra Gurling
Public Relations [Publicity (International)] – Annette Lee
Public Relations [Publicity (UK), For] – Fifth Avenue PR
Public Relations [Publicity (UK)] – Sarah Lowe (6)
Public Relations [Publicity (US), For] – Grandstand Media
Public Relations [Publicity (US)] – Dana Erickson (2), Kate Jackson (5)
Recorded By – Bella Blasko, Jonathan Low
Recorded By [Additional Recording By] – Adam Armstrong, Ben Rice*, Ber Quinn, Chad Wahlbrink, David Chalmin, Greg Giorgio, Jake Merritt, Kurt Leon, Matt Latchwa, Matt Poirier*, Peter Katis
Recorded By [Additional Vocal Recording By, At Knobworld] – Sean O'Brien (7)
Recorded By [Additional Vocal Recording By, At Sound City Studios] – Will Maclellan
Recorded By [RAK Studios, Assisted By] – Liam Hebb
Recorded By [RAK Studios] – Jeremy Murphy
Recorded By [The Empire Studio, Assisted By] – Laura Beck (2)
Recorded By [The Empire Studio] – Fiona Cruickshank
Violin [First Violin, August 2022 Sessions] – Agata Daraskaite*, Alexandra Caldon, Anna Ovsyanikova, Anna de Bruin, Juan Gonzalez (7), Kirsty Mangan, Matthew Bain, Zahra Benyounes
Violin [First Violin, May 2022 Sessions] – Charis Jenson, Ellie Consta, Galya Bisengalieva, Kirsty Mangan, Marianne Haynes, Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue, Raja Halder, Venetia Jollands
Violin [Second Violin, August 2022 Sessions] – Akiko Ishikawa, Claire Hazelton*, Clare Kennington, Julian Azkoul, Mandhira De Saram, Miles Brett, Minn Majoe, Radhika de Saram
Violin [Second Violin, May 2022 Sessions] – Claire Hazelton*, Gillon Cameron, Guy Button, Hazel Correa, Mathew Bain*, Radhika de Saram

Notes

Produced at Long Pond, Hudson Valley, NY
Mastered at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ
Additional vocal recording at Knobworld, Los Angeles, CA and at Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Additional sessions at Bonello Tonstudio, Berlin, Germany; Degraw Sound, Brooklyn, NY; Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY; Lee Music Room, Princeton, NJ; LFO Studios, Basque; Magnolia Recording, Los Angeles, CA; Opaque Window Sound, Buffalo, NY; Paraverse Studios, Berlin; Ploverland, Paris, France; Reservoir Studios, New York, NY; Sabbath Recording, Cincinnati, OH; Somewhere in Ireland; Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport, CT; Boston, MA; Dillon, CO; East Detroit, MI; Harrisburg, PA and Viareggio, Italy.

London Contemporary Orchestra
May 2022 sessions: The Empire Studio, London
August 2022 Sessions: RAK Studios, London

Phoebe Bridgers appears courtesy of Dead Oceans
Taylor Swift appears courtesy of Republic Records

℗ 2023 4AD Ltd © 2023 4AD Ltd
Under exclusive license from The National

Catalog number printed on the barcode sticker.
Matrix / Runouts are etched, except "STERLING," which is stamped.

Very similar to First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, but this one does not have any Optimal runout information.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned, on sticker): 191400056619
Barcode (Text, on sticker): 1 91400 05661 9
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): #9 4AD0566LP-A (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): #9 4AD0566LP-B (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): #12 4AD0566LP-A (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): #11 4AD0566LP-B (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): #4 4AD0566LP-A (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): #4 4AD0566LP-B (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): #14 4AD0566LP-A (1) JN-H STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): #14 4AD0566LP-B (1) JN-H STERLING

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red, Optimal Pressing)	4AD	4AD0566LPE	Europe	2023
Recently Edited	First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (CD, Album, Stereo)	Beat Records, 4AD	4AD0566CDJP	Japan	2023
New Submission	First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (LP, Album)	4AD	4AD0566LP	Europe	2023
	First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (CD, Album, Stereo)	4AD	4AD0566CD	Worldwide	2023
New Submission	First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (LP, Album, Special Edition, White)	4AD	4AD0566LPE2	Worldwide	2023

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Reviews

21jlb21 Dec 30, 2023
I love titles like this from more indie oriented artists and I totally like to support the indie labels. But this title, like other new indie titles I got for the holidays has a good deal of noise and distortion. It’s still listenable but shame on those making quality control decisions. You can do better.
magpiejay May 20, 2023
Edited one year ago
Ugh. I've had two copies of this already, black, and the vinyl is jammed so hard into the god awful tight cardboard sleeve it scuffs track one adding glitches. The cardboard is quite thick, and the lip of the inner sleeve fold seam is inside the sleeve. That's what appears to rub on track one on the disc.

Knowing it did it on the first copy I had, I explicitly pulled my replacement copy out for the first time between plastic inners, and again, it was already scuffed.

Run - BM24174OA
hauntsy May 10, 2023
Slight, unsightly warp (which doesn't affect play, thankfully) with mine, purchased at a Barnes & Noble.