{"product_id":"danny-morgan-the-swimmer-vinyl","title":"Danny Morgan - The Swimmer | Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003eLost private press gem “The Swimmer” by Florida native Danny Morgan, is a cool and breezy, beguiling easy glide from 1987. It should’ve been huge. It still could be. It’s a mellow marina masterpiece and quintessentially Balearic. Over the past few years, it’s gathered a cult following yet the album from which it derives is virtually impossible to come by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally available on a standalone, fully remastered 12\", it’s been backed by an instant classic “Seahawks Swimming Through Space Remix”, courtesy of those beloved cats Jon Tye and Pete Fowler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese won’t be around for long, limited to just 500 copies for the world, so don’t drown in procrastination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne listen and you’ll want to dive in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFans of the deeply entrancing, nautically and narcotically-enhanced cuts of Dennis Wilson or Michael Nesmith’s The Prison will be instantly mesmerised by the sheer beauty of “The Swimmer”. After tracking Danny down, we wanted to know more. How does something so magical come about? The man himself answered thusly:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At the time I was running many miles on the Sanibel Island beach and doing a bit of swimming in the Gulf Of Mexico. Keeping my mind busy on a long run, I imagined a “what if” movie scene. Almost every run or swim someone is sitting there on the beach watching what goes by. Back at my desk I started finger picking some chords and the picture in my head showed up. I punched in a rhythm loop and the song was on its way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdrian Belew and I had the same manager Stan Hertzman so I was listening to some of Adrian’s work. I was a huge fan of Joni Mitchel and the unusual chord changes and melodies in some of her songs. All of this influenced the sound on “The Swimmer”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had a support band at the time living in my house on Sanibel Island so we practiced a lot. We came up with an arrangement of the song and we took across the bridge to John McLane’s Important Studios and recorded it. I played finger picking acoustic guitar and sang, Tim Miller played drums, Jeff Holck played fretless bass, Dave Dust played lead guitar and John McLane played keyboards and sang harmony.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur deep thanks must go out to Jon Tye (\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMLO\u003c\/span\u003e \/ Seahawks \/ Ocean Moon) for first hipping Be With to this stunner. We returned the favour by giving him the keys to the stems and requesting a strung out remix to go on the flip – he returned having conspired with Pete Fowler to conjure a cosmically copacetic rerub with the subtropical chug of the “Seahawks Swimming Through Space Remix”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePutting together the artwork for this 12\" release was an enjoyable process. It was nice to be able to flip the original sleeve for the Beach Life album by using previously unseen photos, sent to us by Danny. We wanted to create something that looks like it would’ve gone with the LP sleeve. We think we’ve cracked it. Simon Francis remastered Danny’s original audio and Cicely Balston’s precise cut for Alchemy at \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAIR\u003c\/span\u003e Studios ensures this 12\" sounds appropriately outstanding. The immaculate Record Industry pressing will ensure this previously lost masterpiece stays forever found.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e2023 First-time standalone 12\" single release\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ePressed on 140g black vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRemastered by Simon Francis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eExclusive remix by Seahawks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e BEWITH022TWELVE -Artist-Danny Morgan\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: 12” Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 4\/19\/23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Danny Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41866998841403,"sku":"EVP-4251804140133","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0375\/2873\/1707\/files\/the-swimmer_wlRHZ.jpg?v=1777443340","url":"https:\/\/record-stop.com\/products\/danny-morgan-the-swimmer-vinyl","provider":"Record Stop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}