Just in time for Christmas comes word that The Prayer Chain have posted their 1995 “Mercury” album for purchase on Vinyl format which includes a digital download of that same album. You can either buy the digital album, Vinyl, or both. Purchase here. I have this album and I must say that it’s a definite favorite of the 90’s, don’t miss out on this.
The Prayer Chain Release "Mercury" on Vinyl and Digital Release
By Brandon J. in News | 3 Comments
They keep teasing stuff about Shawl on their Facebook page. Hopefully, that means there’s a vinyl resissue coming for that soon as well.
The digital was carefully ripped from an original unopened CD copy, according to their bandcamp page- not sure it’s worth it since I did the same already for my collection. I listened and couldn’t find any discernible difference between the two- My two cents’ worth…
I think the original story I remember reading years ago regarding the band and the recordings was that the original masters got destroyed by water damage at one of the members homes. This might be why they are treating it as a “special limited unopened never before heard untouched copy” of Mercury, when it’s really just a retail version still sealed up. There is certainly nothing wrong with transferring those files over to bandcamp and would be especially helpful for many discovering or rediscovering the band. It’s probably more expensive to hunt down a cd copy and pay all the… Read more »