The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Singer: The Magnetic Fields
Title: The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees
Short-info: Label: Merge Records ‎– MRG075, Merge Records ‎– MRG075-1, Merge Records ‎– MRG075-2
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered All Media, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Date of released: 02 Dec 2016
Category: Electronic, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Indie Pop
MP3 album size .rar: 1261 mb
APE album size .rar: 1702 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC VQF DMF AHX AAC MP2 AIFF MOD

Tracklist Hide Credits

The Wayward Bus
A1 When You Were My Baby
A2 The Saddest Story Ever Told
A3 Lovers From The Moon
A4 Candy
A5 Tokyo Á Go-Go
B6 Summer Lies
B7 Old Orchard Beach
B8 Jeremy
B9 Dancing In Your Eyes
B10 Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave
Distant Plastic Trees
C1 Railroad Boy
C2 Smoke Signals
C3 You Love To Fail
C4 Kings
C5 Babies Falling
Songwriter – Miller*, Burrill*, Gregoropoulos*
D6 Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You
Songwriter – Gil*, Gage*, Merritt*
D7 Tar-Heel Boy
D8 Falling In Love With The Wolfboy
D9 Josephine
D10 100,000 Fireflies

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright (c) – Merge Records
  • Copyright (c) – Gay And Loud
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Merge Records
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Gay And Loud
  • Mixed At – Number Nine
  • Remastered At – Peerless Mastering

Credits

  • Cello – Sam Davol (tracks: A1 to B10)
  • Cover [Album Cover] – Wendy Smith
  • Drums [Cocktail Drums] – Claudia Gonson (tracks: A1 to B10)
  • Engineer – Ken Michaels (tracks: C1 to D10)
  • Mixed By – James Bryan (tracks: C1 to D10)
  • Performer [Made By] – Stephin Merritt (tracks: A1 to B10)
  • Remastered By – Jeff Lipton
  • Remastered By [Assistant Mastering Engineer] – Maria Rice
  • Sleeve [Sleeve Photo], Photography By [Sleeve Photo] – Art Daly
  • Songwriter [Songs By] – Stephin Merritt (tracks: A1 to C4, D6 to D10)
  • Tuba, Horns – Johny Blood (tracks: A1 to B10)
  • Vocals [Singing] – Susan Anway (tracks: A1 to B10)
  • Vocals [Sings Stephin Merritt Songs] – Susan Anway (tracks: C1 to D10)

Notes

Spine Insert:
Celebrating 25 years of The Magnetic Fields
On vinyl for the first time ever
Full download
© & ℗ 2016 Merge Records

Back Covers:
℗ & © 2016 Merge Records

The Wayward Bus Sleeve:
Remastered, Peerless Mastering
© and ℗ 1991 and 2016 by Gay and Loud (ASCAP)

Distant Plastic Trees Sleeve:
Mixed at Number Nine
Remastered, Peerless Mastering
All songs © and ℗ 1991 and 2016 Gay and Loud (ASCAP)
Except Track C5 © 1986 (BMI) and Track D6 (ASCAP)

Other Notes:
The albums are released in separate covers, but the front cover for Distant Plastic Trees is packaged as the compilation back cover.
Tracks are listed sequentially on inner sleeves for each album.
Catalog number on spine insert and download card: MRG075.
Catalog number on The Wayward Bus spine and labels: MRG075-1.
Catalog number on Distant Plastic Trees spine and labels: MRG075-2.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Spine Insert / Download Card, Text): 673855007533
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): 26369.1... MRG-075-A Ⓓ55160613
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): 26369.2-. MRG-075-B Ⓓ55160613
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C): 26369.3.. MRG-075-C Ⓓ55160613
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D): 26369.4..- MRG-075-D Ⓓ55160613
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Label Code: LC 29279

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MRG075CD The Magnetic Fields The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees ‎(CD, Comp) Merge Records MRG075CD US 1994
REWIGLP13 The Magnetic Fields The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees ‎(2xLP, Album, Comp, RE) Domino REWIGLP13 Europe 2016
MRG075CS The Magnetic Fields The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees ‎(Cass, Comp, RE) Merge Records MRG075CS US 1995
5034752 The Magnetic Fields The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees ‎(CD, Comp, RE) Domino 5034752 Australia 2004
REWIGCD13 The Magnetic Fields The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees ‎(CD, Comp, RE) Domino REWIGCD13 Europe 2004

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