Mercury Rev 'Chasing a Bee' (30th anniversary upgrade)

Mercury Rev's 'Chasing a Bee' video promo - taken from their seminal 'Yerself Is Steam' debut album of 1991. Contrasting vocals from Dave Baker and Jonathan Donahue, with the sanity amidst the guitar madness of Grasshopper & Donahue being Suzanne's pied piper flute. Bassist Dave Fridmann lays the template for his production skills (Flaming Lips, MGMT, Mogwai), later described by Mojo as 'the Phil Spector of the alt-rock era'.
Listen loud throughout! - and see if you can get past three minutes...
The video was shot at an abandoned infectious disease hospital that once housed 'Typhoid Mary'* on North Brother Island in New York City, and was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.
Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of 'Yerself Is Steam' - higher def video and audio than versions elsewhere (but will KZbin's algorithms notice? Help them focus: - please like, share & embed!).
Mercury Rev 1991: David Baker - vocals, Jonathan Donahue - guitar & vocals, Grasshopper - guitar, Dave Fridmann - bass, Jimy Chambers - drums, Suzanne Thorpe - flute. 'Yerself is Steam' was first released on May 14, 1991, by Mint Films/Jungle Records.
Listen on:
Spotify: smarturl.it/MRevYerselfSp
Apple: smarturl.it/MRevYerselfApp
Amazon: smarturl.it/MRevYerselfAz
More info:
mercuryrev.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerself...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B...)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Fr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassho...)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...
*The terrible tale of 'Typhoid Mary': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ma... *
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[@mmummumm]

baker forever

[@TheMarzGamer]

One of my All time favourite albums. And hell yeh baker 4ever

[@GeminiJetsPlaneFreak]

can we expect to see a vinyl reissue soon?

[@junglerecords]

Some day, I'm sure! The band are currently in a reissue campaign of their later releases, through Cherry Red.

[@RichardQuirkmusic]

any chance of any lost recordings from the Yerself Is Steam sessions coming out? wishful thinking

[@junglerecords]

A lovely thought! It may be that anything else was really lost. Unless someone can dig up that legendary early tape ...

[@RichardQuirkmusic]

@@junglerecords that would be gorgeous but daydreaming. Am I remembering correctly that the original vinyl was playdough swirl colours? Don't have my vinyl anymore but still have my cassettes of Yerself Is Steam, Lego My ego and Bosces. I always come back to chasing a bee, waiting for the moments where someone pushes the mixer sliders on the guitar way up.

[@junglerecords]

@@RichardQuirkmusic yes, it was marbled vinyl.