The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song MemoirNonesuch Records releases the Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir, a five CD five LP set that chronicles the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritts life with one song per year. It was produced by Stephin Merritt with additional production by Thomas Bartlett and Charles Newman. 50 Song Memoiris available in five LP and five CD editions including an extensive interview by Daniel Handler and facsimile handwritten lyrics by Merritt, and as a standalone bound

and Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison

It's an album about trying to stay creative and passionate and making the most of everything in spite of the many obstacles that get in the way

The record is filled with lovely ballads

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It was there that Marsh met Toledo

almost as a family

A period of notoriety and relative wealth followed

'For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder

followed by a full release in 2005 on CD

songwriter and multi-instrumentalist a global cult following (and a cameo in Stephen Frears‰۪ ‰Û÷High Fidelity‰۪) long before director Roman Coppola tapped him to score last year‰۪s ‰Û÷A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III‰۪

'Music For A New Society' sounded exactly like its title: something futuristic

Performing it in public or in urban centres had serious consequences - often jail time and torture awaited musicians that were ‰ÛÏcaught in the act‰۝