Letting Off The Happiness Vinyl Record

Label:    Dead Oceans – DOC282
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:    USA & Europe
Released:    May 27, 2022
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Indie Rock
A1        If Winter Ends
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
A2        Padraic My Prince
Bass – Matt Maginn
Drums – Matt Fotch
Noises [Atmospheric Noises] – Mike Mogis
Recorded By – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
A3        Contrast And Compare
Acoustic Guitar, Electronic Drums – Conor Oberst
Guitar – Conor Oberst, Matt Oberst, Mike Mogis
Pedal Steel Guitar, Melodica, Organ [Air Organ] – Mike Mogis
Recorded By – Mike Mogis
Vocals – Conor Oberst, Neely Jenkins
A4        The City Has Sex
Drums, Percussion – Jeremy Barnes
Guitar [Country Guitar], Keyboards – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
Vocals, Percussion – Andy LeMaster
A5        The Difference In The Shades
Bass – Andy LeMaster
Drums – Jeremy Barnes
Keyboards [Rhodes Keyboard] – Kevin Barnes
Pedal Steel Guitar – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
A6        Touch
Drums, Keyboards [Electronic Noises With Broken Keyboards] – Jeremy Barnes
Keyboards – Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis
Other [Made Everything Just Right] – Andy LeMaster
B7        June On The West Coast
B8        Pull My Hair
Drums – Ted Stevens
Electronic Drums, Pedal Steel Guitar – Mike Mogis
Vocals – Neely Jenkins
Vocals, Guitar – Andy LeMaster, Conor Oberst
B9        A Poetic Retelling Of An Unfortunate Seduction
Backing Vocals – Kevin Barnes
Drums, Accordion – Jeremy Barnes
Pedal Steel Guitar, Keyboards, Organ – Mike Mogis
Performer [Did What Was Expected] – Conor Oberst
Recorded By – Andy LeMaster
B10        Tereza And Tomas
Bass [Ebow Bass] – Aaron Druery
Chimes – Mike Mogis
Finger Cymbals – Robb Nansel
Percussion – Matt Fotch
Piano – Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis
Recorded By – Mike Mogis
Vocals, Guitar – Conor Oberst
B11        Contrast And Compare (Version)
Recorded At – Chase Park Transduction
Mixed At – Whoopass Recording Studio
Mastered At – Whoopass Recording Studio
Published By – Sony/ATV Sounds LLC
Published By – Bedrooms; Bedrooms And Spiders
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 20187
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 20267
Engineer [Engineering For The Athens Session] – Andy Lemaster
Lacquer Cut By – CM*
Mixed By, Mastered By – Mike Mogis
“Contrast and Compare (Version)” is a hidden track.
Tracklisting is numbered sequentially across sides.

Early copies included the wrong hype sticker applied to front shrinkwrap.
This incorrect hype sticker reads "Bright Eyes | A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 | Includes digital download".

A1: Recorded at home on four-track March 1997. The keyboards and sampler were added later at Mike Mogis' house.
A2: Recorded by Mike Mogis on his eight-track in my basement during several days surrounding New Years 1998.
A3: Recorded by Mike on that same New Years break.
A4: Recorded in Athens, Georgia at my friend Andy LeMaster's Amazing hi-fi studio (Chase Park transduction) [...]
A5. Also recorded in Athens in March of '98.
A6: Recorded in Athens.
B7. Recorded in my basement on Mike's eight track.
B8: Originally recorded on four track in my basement [...] Mike added the electric drums later at his house [...] I added some additional guitars and vocals at Mike's house.
B9: Recorded in Athens by Andy. [...] When Mike and I got back to Nebraska, he felt it necessary to add another six or so pedal steel tracks.
B10: Recorded on eight track in my basement by Mike.

All of these songs were eventually mixed and mastered dozens of times by Mike at his house (the Whoopass).
All songs: Sony/ATV Sounds LLC/Bedrooms; Bedrooms and Spiders (BMI). (C)&(P) 1998 Saddle Creek
Barcode (Printed): 6 56605 15821 1
Barcode (Scanned): 656605158211

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 07/15/2022