Morgen, by Morgen

Morgen

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This is the 20th release in the deluxe Now-Again Reserve Edition. A detailed book is included with the album, and that book is included as a bonus, digital PDF.

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Double album packaged in a gatefold sleeve w/ OBI and resealable plastic bag. Contains an oversized booklet that contains Morgen's incredible story and the story behind these recordings, including many previously unpublished photographs.

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3 Disc CD, with all the Now Again Reserve Edition bonus material, packaged in a 6-panel eco-wallet.

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1.	Welcome To The Void 04:49	buy track
2.	Of Dreams 05:38	buy track
3.	Beggin' Your Pardon (Ms. Joan) 04:52	buy track
4.	Eternity In Between 05:10	buy track
5.	Purple 04:13	buy track
6.	She's The Nitetime 03:32	buy track
7.	Love 10:53	buy track
8.	Welcome To The Void (Alternate Mix - Instrumental) 04:48	buy track
9.	Beggin' Your Pardon (Ms. Joan) (Alternate Take - Instrumental) 04:52	buy track
10.	She's The Nitetime (Alternate Take 1 - Instrumental) 04:00	buy track
11.	She's The Nitetime (Alternate Take 2 - Instrumental) 03:31	buy track
12.	Purple (Alternate Take 1 - Instrumental) 04:16	buy track
13.	Purple (Alternate Take 2 - Instrumental) 03:51	buy track
14.	Eternity (Instrumental) 04:37	buy track
15.	Love (Alternate Take - Mix - Instrumental) 10:39	buy track
16.	Woke Up This Morning (Instrumental) 03:34	buy track
17.	All I Know (Instrumental) 02:41	buy track
18.	Everything's Gone (Instrumental) 03:13	buy track
19.	Purple (Alternate Take 1) 04:13	buy track
20.	She's The Nitetime (Alternate Take 1) 03:59	buy track
21.	Love (Alternate Take - Mix) 10:39	buy track
22.	Beggin' Your Pardon (Ms. Joan) (Alternate Take) 04:52	buy track
23.	Purple (Alternate Take 2) 03:52	buy track
24.	She's The Nitetime (Alternate Take 2) 03:27	buy track
25.	Welcome To The Void (Alternate Mix) 04:47	buy track
26.	All I Know 02:42	buy track
27.	Everything's Gone 03:14	buy track
28.	Woke Up This Morning 03:34	buy track
29.	She's The Nitetime (Alternate Take 2 - Chorus Vocal) 03:25	buy track

about

The definitive reissue of an album in the top-ten list of every psychedelic and hard rock enthusiast: Morgen, the sole album by the New York City band that bore leader, songwriter and vocalist Steve Morgen’s surname.

That casual listeners have never heard of this late 1960s masterpiece is by any measure a musical injustice. This changes with the Now-Again Reserve Edition of Morgen, pairing the known album with previously-unreleased songs, alternate takes and instrumentals on a 3 LP set.

Morgen offers a portal to a dream space where the expansive, artful touches never prevent the band members from pummeling their instruments like their lives depended on it. Paul Major, perhaps the first Morgen evangelist, likens the album’s immediacy to that of Hendrix, stating “Morgen was one of the records that came closest to giving me that same kind of thrill on that level. It blew my mind!” Geoffrey Weiss – Now-Again’s nomination for World’s Greatest Record Collector – states “...unlike 95% of the rare psychedelic records that people celebrate it sounds like they were good musicians who were well rehearsed and had worked out this sound very intentionally. Morgen has a kind of power – you really can’t compare it to anything.”

The band, and Morgen’s arc were – cribbing Kurt Vonnegut – unstuck in time. It took 50 years for Steve Morgen’s belief, for instance, that an alternate, superior version of his stellar “Purple” was recorded in 1968. It sees release here, alongside other takes of songs from the album, including a version of “Beggin’ Your Pardon (Ms. Joan)” on which Morgen’s fiery guitarist Murray Shiffrin sings lead and songs the band recorded as possibilities for the album, before settling on their dense, hazy vision and etching an indelible entry into the psychedelic canon.

The third LP contains newly mixed instrumentals of key album tracks, done under the supervision of Steve Morgen. Extensive liner notes by Jeff “Chairman” Mao, never-before seen photos and ephemera in an oversized book. Download card for WAV files for all vinyl tracks, as well as bonus tracks.

This is the 20th release in the deluxe Now-Again Reserve Edition, formerly a subscription service, and now offered as a la carte issues, with bonus material on vinyl available for Bandcamp purchasers.

credits

released May 28, 2022

Original sessions produced by Steve Morgen, Murray Shiffrin and the ABC Command/Probe staff.

This reissue produced by Eothen Alapatt

All songs licensed, and all photos and ephemera used, courtesy Steve Morgen.

Original sessions recorded by Jimmy Reeves at Studio 3, Manhattan, in 1968. Remixed by Steve Morgen, Murray Shiffrin and Russ Hamm at ABC Studios, Great Northern Hotel, Manhattan, in 1969. Mastered at Longwear Plating. Originally issued on ABC Probe Records 4507

Restoration and remastering of the original album, and mixing and mastering of all unreleased, alternate takes and instrumentals, by Jason Bitner, with approval by Steve Morgen.

All songs composed by Steve Morgen

Steve Morgen: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar; Murray Shiffrin: Lead Guitar *; Barry Stock: Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals; Bobby Rizzo: Bass; Michael Ratti: Drums. *On “Beggin’ Your Pardon (Ms. Joan – Alternate Take)” Murray Shiffrin performs Lead Vocals on the first two verses, Steve Morgen performs Lead Vocals the final verse.

Art direction by Errol F. Richardson.
Cover painting: Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream) (1895) by Edvard Munch, courtesy the Museum of Modern Art.
Artwork requested by Steve Morgen.
Original album design by William Sheppard and Henry Epstein, with photography by William Sheppard.

LP, CD, Digital. Originally issued as part of the Now-Again Reserve Subscription Service. 2021. NA5222.

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Morgen is the band whose self-titled 1969 album is the sole release by the NYC band led by songwriter/vocalist Steve Morgen. It is an absolute highlight in the psychedelic rock canon.

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