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Mayday: Old Blood

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On May 14, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Old Blood”, the debut Mayday studio album. It was recorded May – November 2001, at “Presto! Recording Studios” in Lincoln, Nebraska, “Chase Park Transduction” in Athens, Georgia, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Ted Stevens – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tiffany Kowalski
  • John Kotchian
  • Mike Mogis – various instruments, recording
  • A. J. Mogis – bass, recording
  • Pat Oakes – drums
  • Andy Lemaster
  • Conor Oberst
  • Maria Taylor
  • Orenda Fink
  • Renee Ledesma Hoover
  • Gretta Cohn – cello
  • The Georgians – additional tracking
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering
  • Matt Maginn – layout
  • Robb Oberst – layout
  • Ted Stevens – layout
  • Jammie Williams – photography
  • Sara Adkison – photography
  • Ted Stevens – photography

Track listing:

  1. Cinquefoils
  2. Come Home
  3. Captain
  4. Tone/Atone/Atonal
  5. Lullaby For the Sleeping Elephant
  6. I Know Moonlight
  7. Confession
  8. Pilot
  9. Temple/Temporary/Extempore/Tempo

Cursive: Domestica

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On June 20, 2000, “Saddle Creek” label released “Domestica”, the third Cursive studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar
  • Ted Stevens – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Maginn – vocals, bass
  • Clint Schnase – drums, percussion
  • AJ Mogis – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Mike Mogis – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering
  • Zack Nipper – cover art model
  • Jenn Bernard – cover art model

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Kasher, Ted Stevens, Matt Maginn and Clint Schnase.

  1. The Casualty
  2. The Martyr
  3. Shallow Means, Deep Ends
  4. Making Friends and Acquaintances
  5. A Red So Deep
  6. The Lament of Pretty Babe
  7. The Game of Who Needs Who the Worst
  8. The Radiator Hums
  9. The Night I Lost the Will to Flight

Bright Eyes: The People’s Keys

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On February 15, 2011, “Saddle Creek” label released “The People’s Key”, the ninth Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
  • Mike Mogis – guitars, pedal steel, programming, effects, programming, engineer
  • Nate Walcott – synthesizers, piano, organ, Mellotron
  • Andy LeMaster – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Matt Maginn – bass guitar
  • Carla Azar – drums, percussion
  • Clark Baechle – drums
  • Shane Agsperen – drums, additional drums, additional percussion
  • Laura Burhenn – vocals
  • Denny Brewer – shamanic vocals
  • Andy LeMaster – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor Oberst.

  1. Firewall
  2. Shell Games
  3. Jejune Stars
  4. Approximate Sunlight
  5. Haile Selassie
  6. A Machine Spiritual (in the People’s Key}
  7. Triple Spiral
  8. Beginner’s Mind
  9. Ladder Song
  10. One for You, One for Me

Bright Eyes: Every Day and Every Night

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On November 1, 1999, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “Every Day and Every Night”, an EP by Bright Eyes. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Mike Moggis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitar, sampling, keyboards, bass
  • Eric Bemberger – electric guitar
  • Mike Mogis – organ, pedal steel, vibraphone, keyboards, percussion
  • Matt Maginn – bass
  • Joe Knapp – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Tim Kasher – backing vocals
  • AJ Mogis – piano, loops
  • Angelina Mullikin – violin

Track listing:

  1. A Line Allows Progress, a Circle Does Not
  2. A Perfect Sonnet
  3. On My Way to Work
  4. A New Arrangement
  5. Neely O’Hara

Cursive: The Ugly Organ

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On March 4, 2003, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “The Ugly Organ”, the fourth Cursive studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Tim Kasher and Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Tim Kasher- lead vocals, guitars, organ
  • Ted Stevens- guitars, backing vocals
  • Matt Maginn- bass
  • Clint Schnase- drums, percussion
  • Gretta Cohn– cello
  • Chris Acker – trombone
  • Jenny Lewis- additional vocals
  • Mike Mogis- vibraphone, keyboards, bells, rhythm guitar

The “Staying Alive” Choir

  • Mike Mogis
  • Clark Baechle
  • Todd Baechle
  • Julee Dunekacke
  • Rob Hawkins
  • Alisa Henzman
  • Renee Ledesma Hoover
  • Alex McManus
  • J. Mogis
  • Conor Oberst
  • Sara Wilson
  • Lexie Dougan
  • Katie Torresan
  • AJ Mogis– engineer
  • Mike Mogis– engineer
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering

Track listing:

  1. The Ugly Organist
  2. Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
  3. Art is Hard
  4. The Recluse
  5. Herald! Frankenstein
  6. Butcher the Song
  7. Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
  8. A Gentlemen Caller
  9. Harold Weathervein
  10. Bloody Murderer
  11. Sierra
  12. Staying Alive

Bright Eyes: Lifted of the Story in the Soll, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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On August 13, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground”, the fourth Bright Eyes album. It was recorded December 2001 – January 2002, at “Presto!”, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst– voice, guitar, piano, rhodes, organ
  • Mike Mogis– banjos, bells, hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, guitar, dobro, pedal steel
  • Andy LeMaster– electric guitar, keyboards, vocal harmonies
  • Ted Stevens– electric guitar
  • Maria Taylor– piano, organ, vocal harmonies
  • Matt Maginn, Casey Scott– bass
  • Matt Focht, Clint Schnase, Mike Sweeney– drums
  • Clark Baechle– drums, clarinet
  • Clay Leverett – drums, vocal harmonies
  • Jiha Lee– flute, vocal harmonies
  • Chris Brooks – piano
  • Sean Cole– harmonica
  • Julee Dunekacke– French horn
  • Margaret Fish – bassoon
  • Orenda Fink– trumpet, vocal harmonies
  • Jason Flatowicz– trombone
  • Katie Muth– oboe
  • Tiffany Kowalski– violin
  • Gretta Cohn– cello
  • Todd Baechle, Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Choir – vocal harmonies

Track listing:

  1. The Big Picture
  2. Method Acting
  3. False Advertising
  4. You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will
  5. Lover I Don’t Have to Love
  6. Bowl of Oranges
  7. Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
  8. Nothing Gets Crossed Out
  9. Make War
  10. Waste of Paint
  11. From a Balance Beam
  12. Laura Laurent
  13. Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)