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Label:	Drag City – DC303, Drag City – DC303-LP
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Nov 14, 2006
Genre:	Rock, Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Acoustic, Folk, Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1	Emily	12:07
B2	Monkey & Bear	9:29
B3	Sawdust & Diamonds	9:54
C4	Only Skin	16:53
D5	Cosmia	7:15

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Drag City Inc.
Record Company – Drag City Records
Copyright © – Drag City Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Drag City Inc.
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Recorded At – Entourage Studios
Mixed At – Sear Sound
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 14864

Credits

Accordion – Van Dyke Parks
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements By] – Van Dyke Parks
Banjo, Mandolin – Matt Cartsonis
Bassoon – John Mitchell (4)
Cello – Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Giovna Clayton*
Clarinet – Jeff Driskill, Peter Nevin
Conductor – Van Dyke Parks
Contractor [Orchestra] – John Rosenberg (5)
Copyist [Copying] – William Stromberg
Copyist [Music Preparation] – Hayen Music, Burbank*
Design – Richard Good
Double Bass [Bass] – Bart Samolis, David Stone*, Peter Doubrovsky
Electric Bass – Lee Sklar*
Electric Guitar – Grant Geissman
Flute – Patricia Cloud, Susan Greenberg
French Horn – Steven Durnin
Harmony Vocals [Vocal Harmony] – Bill Callahan (tracks: C4), Emily Newsom (tracks: A1)
Marimba, Cimbalom [Cymbalum] – Terry Schonig
Mastered By – Nick Webb
Mixed By – Jim O'Rourke
Oboe – Phillip Feather*
Painting – Benjamin A. Vierling
Percussion – Don Heffington
Producer [Produced By] – Joanna Newsom, Van Dyke Parks
Recorded By [Harp And Vocals] – Steve Albini
Recorded By [Orchestra] – Tim Boyle
Songwriter [All Songs Written By] – Joanna Newsom
Trumpet – Robert O'Donnell
Viola – Briana Bandy, Caroline Buckman, David Stenske, Jessica Van Velzen, Karen Elaine*, Marda Todd, Miriam Mayer
Violin – Adriana Zoppo, Cameron Patrick, Edmund Stein, Francine Walsh, Gina Kronstadt, John Wittenberg, Julie Rogers (2), Larry Greenfield, Shari Zippert, Sharon Jackson (2), Vladimir Polimatidi
Violin [1st], Concertmaster – Peter Kent (2)
Vocals, Harp [Lyon & Healy Style 11 Pedal Harp] – Joanna Newsom

Notes

Harp and vocals recorded at The Village Recording Studios, LA, December 2005
Orchestra recorded at Entourage Studios, LA, May and June, 2006
Mixed at Sear Sound, NYC, July, 2006
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, July, 2006

© & ℗ 2006 Drag City Inc.

Released in a gatefold sleeve with 11-page LP-sized booklet attached inside.

Tracks listed sequentially on back cover and in the booklet.
First catalog number appears on spine, second catalog number appears on labels.
Sides marked on labels as: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B.

'Mastered at' RTI means here 'Processed at'. RTI identified with matrix.
All runout are stamped.
Barcode is stickered onto the shrink wrap

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text, variant 1): 7 81484 - 0303 - 1 7
Barcode (Text, variant 2): 7 81484 03031 7
Barcode (Scanned): 781484030317
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side, variant 1): DC-303 A 14864.1 (3)
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side, variant 1): DC-303 B 14864.2 (3)
Matrix / Runout (Runout C-side, variant 1): DC-303 C 14864.3 (3)
Matrix / Runout (Runout D-side, variant 1): DC-303 D 14864.4 (3)
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side, variant 2): DC-303 A 14864.1 (3) 1̶4̶8̶6̶8̶6̶4̶.̶1̶(̶3̶)̶
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side, variant 2): DC-303 B 14864.2 (3)
Matrix / Runout (Runout C-side, variant 2): DC-303 C 14864.3 (3)
Matrix / Runout (Runout D-side, variant 2): DC-303 D 14864.4 (3)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Ys (CD, Album)	Drag City	DC303CD	US	2006
	Ys (CD, Album)	Spunk	URA195	Australia	2006
New Submission	Ys (CD, Album)	P-Vine Records	PCD-24181	Japan	2006
New Submission	Ys (CDr, Album, Promo)	Drag City	DC303CD / 2LP	Germany	2006
New Submission	Ys (CD, Album, Promo)	Drag City	DC303CD	US	2006

Reviews

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jikurisoma Oct 22, 2022
Reached out to Drag City to see if we can get information on pressing dates. The rep I spoke to said the album has been pressed more than 50 times since 2006, but they don't consider them "reissues" because it's been the same plant pressing them all along.

What we don't know is if are they making new stampers from the master every time they repress, and since there aren't subsequent pressing dates listed it's harder to track batches that may have had lower sound quality from batches with higher quality.

The rep said they'd try to track down the pressing-date info and to see if there are variations in the runout codes between pressings. Who knows when/if they'll ever respond, but it was a worthwhile question.

I picked up a copy of what I'm assuming is the 2022 repressing and can post a review when I get a chance to listen to it.
jamiewebster Jun 30, 2022
Can anyone confirm if the recent 2022 re-release has the same distortion issues as per some other releases?
ghettohmbrglr Jun 7, 2022
Can we normalize giant lyric-books bound into the inside of gatefold album covers?
Ekolstad May 26, 2022
Re-released recently on Bandcamp for $26. Spread the love, avoid scalpers!
alistairmackinnon Apr 24, 2022
A lot of surface noise with some very large clicks on my copy... It is flat though.
KatBee Nov 22, 2021
Is there any way to identify whether a record is an original 2006 pressing vs. one of the many later reissues? This was repressed a few times, but it seems there is no documented variation information to help differentiate between pressings.
dr.lloydsdiscs May 26, 2021
A supremely far-out record, a total must-have, words cannot describe
ajames45 Jan 22, 2021
My copy sounds great to me with little to no surface noise but there is this weird crackly sound at the end of Only Skin. The packaging is exquisite, especially the booklet.
Caltron3000 Jan 7, 2021
Both are currently available on Bandcamp for $26, Drag City for $24. Fucking scalpers are a plague on this hobby.
Juank-19 Jan 3, 2021
why would someone pay 70$ for this? smh just wait it out my friend, it will either get some nice anniversary reissue or a repress