The Song of Morgan

The Song of Morgan
Studio album by Jandek
Released 2013
Genre outsider
Length 516:09
Label Corwood Industries
Producer Corwood Industries
Jandek chronology

Richmond Sunday
(2013)
The Song of Morgan
(2013)
Athens Saturday
(2013)

The Song of Morgan is an album by avant-musician and singer/songwriter Jandek released, as with all Jandek albums, on Corwood Industries.[1] The album is a box set, containing 9 CDs. Each disc contains a single piece for solo piano.[2] There are no vocals on any of the pieces. The album sleeve depicts Jandek as a child and is the youngest photograph of "The Representative From Corwood Industries" that has been used as artwork for a Jandek album.[3]

The pieces are all entitled "Nocturne" and numbered one to nine, shortest piece being "Nocturne Seven" at 51 minutes and the longest "Nocturne Three" at just over an hour.[4]

Track listing

Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne One"   55:22
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Two"   58:39
Disc 3
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Three"   60:42
Disc 4
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Four"   60:33
Disc 5
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Five"   58:20
Disc 6
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Six"   58:54
Disc 7
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Seven"   51:31
Disc 8
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Eight"   59:16
Disc 9
No. Title Length
1. "Nocturne Nine"   52:52

References

  1. "Jandek releases 9CD box set of piano work". The Wire. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  2. "Jandek releases 9xCD set of solo piano pieces – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music". Factmag.com. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  3. "Jandek to Release Nine-Disc Box Set of Piano Works | News". Pitchfork. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  4. "Jandek - The Song Of Morgan (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-10-21.