Welcome to the sixth installment of Seven Days of Sufjan Stevens. This is a series that I began, largely in jest, last year when my blog was still a young pup just learning to run around. This time around I’m dumping massive amounts of tracks from the ubiquitous Sufjan and I’m also encouraging you, if you like what you’re getting, to vote for this blog in the Billboard Best Music Blog competition. You only have two days left to vote, so hurry up and vote for this blog.
These tracks hail largely from various sources. Some are from the B-Sides of Michigan. Some performances have only ever been heard live. Others hail from compilation albums or an EP. Wherever they come from they are mostly rare. To the die hard Sufjan fan these might be old news. You might even have them floating around on your drive somewhere. For the rest of the world here’s a chance to see Sufjan in a new light.
All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Adlai Stevenson (Alternate Version)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Borderline
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (To String Remix by Jongalloway)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Live at The Knitting Factory)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Jupiter Bad June (Live at MusicNOW Festival)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Majesty, Snowbird (Live)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Many Guides (Live on Wired for Sound)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Niagara Falls (Final)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Opie’s Funeral Song
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - The Friendly Beasts
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - The Lord God Bird
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You (Live)
If you’ve never heard Niagara Falls, Opie’s Funeral Song, or The Lord God Bird those are the three tracks that you should listen to immediately. Don’t hesitate, just listen. The rest of the tracks are quality as well. I hope you’re enjoying Seven Days of Sufjan Stevens. If you’d like to see the entire series on one page simply click here. Tomorrow I was planning on dropping two full live sets {at least one of which is recorded from the soundboard} and Movements 3 and 6 from the BQE. Does that sound like something you would be interested in?
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I am interested in all things Sufjanical. I’m loving your series, go for the live set(s)!
Cheers for all this Sufjan stuff - you’re really filling up the gaps from my collection, i have a good few holes that needed plugged when it came to the rarer stuff.
Not being too demanding or anything, but since you seem to the The Man for rare Sufjan stuff, do you have any of these?
Bushwick Junkie
God’ll Ne’er Let You Down
How Can The Stone Remain?
Variation On Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion At Magruder Park
Should they ever appear blogged on here i’d be a very happy and grateful reader idea! Either way, keep up the great work. One of the few worthwhile and enjoyable music blogs on the net!
Thanks so much for doing this series, it’s incredible. I’d love some more Christmas stuff…
I forgot to say earlier that the live sets sound ace - i dont have any, so they’d be appreciated for sure!
The BQE stuff i dont really rate, but i guess they’re must haves for the collection for those who havent heard them. I’ll be interested to hear the finished results eventually.
thanks for all the excellent comments. i’ll see what i can do with the requests.
Hello! Speaking of Sufjan Stevens requests…
To Be Alone With You
The Dress Looks Nice On You
Come On! Feel the Illinoise, Pt. 1: The Wolrd’s Columbian Exposition/Pt 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
Only if you can… I might find more I like. Thanks though! Keep all this up.
How much do you rock?
A lot. (ok, that was kind of anticlimactic, but I’m not a !!!!!!! type of girl.)
Anyway, these six (seven almost) days of Sufjan have been most enjoyable. Happy Hanukkah to me.
And the ironic thing about that, is that my favorite tracks are the Christian hymns (Come thou font, Once in Royal David’s city, Holy Holy Holy…don’t think you’ve posted the latter yet). But I suppose that’s what happens when parents insist on raising kids in multiple religions…
Gracias.
was that a request for a studio version of ‘to be alone with you’ because this post here contains a live cut.
i’ll see what i can come up with for the rest. thanks for all the great comments and the wonderful voting. {don’t forget to vote!}
the BQE set(s?) would be amazing and i would love you forever and ever!!!!!!!! (i am that type of girl)
thanks so much for the live “come thou..”, “to be alone..” and “jupiter..”, didn’t have those three!
oh and i did vote, a few days ago.
Awesome as usual.