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zeb wrote:

Teeeeeekay wrote:I just ordered the 7LP version of YHF. $100 shipped.

Had to have that live show from the Pageant. And that 11 LP version looked a little bloated for an LP set. Idk.

Great tune. But I think as it stands it doesn't really fit a ghost is born? Sounds like tweedy wished they had pursued it further. If so, I think it would have/could have. Fantastic song anyway...

The vocal melody of the verses is almost a carbon copy of Not for the Season.

A Ghost is Born is a pretty monumental album for me. I was living in Chicago, a couple years out of college, and working at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I was a huge Wilco fan since high school when A.M. came out, and now I was bumping into Leroy Bach on the El (so kind and nice), being introduced to Glenn Kotche at a Smog concert, and buying a digital 8-track from Fred Lonberg-Holm (cellist on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). I reviewed AGIB for PopMatters, and it flipped my wig. I instantly loved it more than YHF and still do. It is wilder, edgier, more daring, more/less confident at the same time.

I've been listening to the 9-CD box all week (mine must have shipped early), and it's so rich. I was worried that the four discs of Fundamentals (!!!) would be a slog, but they are fascinating and lovely and at time revelatory. And the liner notes are SUPER considerate in detailing what music has and hasn't been released previously, or in similar form, and for those who don't already have the stuff not included (from the EPs, etc.), where to find them.

Lastly, I always felt that the original CD was a little quiet, I always had to turn the volume up before, but now it's crisper and fuller and I'm noticing more details on the remaster. A triumph.

Tsuga wrote:A Ghost is Born is a pretty monumental album for me. I was living in Chicago, a couple years out of college, and working at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I was a huge Wilco fan since high school when A.M. came out, and now I was bumping into Leroy Bach on the El (so kind and nice), being introduced to Glenn Kotche at a Smog concert, and buying a digital 8-track from Fred Lonberg-Holm (cellist on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). I reviewed AGIB for PopMatters, and it flipped my wig. I instantly loved it more than YHF and still do. It is wilder, edgier, more daring, more/less confident at the same time.

I've been listening to the 9-CD box all week (mine must have shipped early), and it's so rich. I was worried that the four discs of Fundamentals (!!!) would be a slog, but they are fascinating and lovely and at time revelatory. And the liner notes are SUPER considerate in detailing what music has and hasn't been released previously, or in similar form, and for those who don't already have the stuff not included (from the EPs, etc.), where to find them.

Lastly, I always felt that the original CD was a little quiet, I always had to turn the volume up before, but now it's crisper and fuller and I'm noticing more details on the remaster. A triumph.

I love everything about this post.

A Ghost Is Born is my favourite Wilco record but I skip Less Than You Think every time which probably makes me a bad Wilco fan.

So the SOMA-Chicago material:

A few of these exact tracks/takes were included on the More Like The Moon EP I got with my copy of YHF

I love the early acoustic version of Impossible Germany and the mostly instrumental Theologians

This arrangement of Diamond Claw is nice but they could have easily Ghosted it into a form that would've fit this record

That's what I was trying to say about diamond claw. Some thing was missing for it to fit. But they could have figured it out.

Living the spiders version. I'm always intrigued at the various incarnations of that amazing song

Strat wrote:That's what I was trying to say about diamond claw. Some thing was missing for it to fit. But they could have figured it out.

Make the key changes more muted, the vox more whispered/mumbled/croaked and add an intermittent guitar or synth background buzz. Boom, welcome to the album, Diamond Claw.

Seeing them in May. My wife's more excited for Waxahachee as opener.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/wilco/20 ... ddc11.html

Last night was surreal. Spiders has new life, the AGiB songs sound better than ever, and Tweedy was so friendly and funny between songs.

Having not seen Wilco live since 2005, I didn't know what to expect. Were we getting Cousin and Cruel Country heavy set? Some deep cuts from Schmilco? All Star Wars set for 5/4? None of the above. They played crowd favorites with tight urgency.

The newer songs were special -- "Quiet Amplifier" took me back to sleepless nights rocking my infant, scared to death of being a new dad during the early days of a pandemic. I would have loved to hear more of the newer stuff, but this was a great way to introduce my wife to the whole Wilco thing.

It's rare to witness a group of grizzled veterans play like theyre still 20. Go. See them on this tour if you can.

https://wilcoskybluesky.com/

Anyone wanna come to Mexico with me?

zeb wrote:https://wilcoskybluesky.com/

Anyone wanna come to Mexico with me?

man, that is one helluva lineup.

oh hell yeah live podcast

bodysnatcher wrote:oh hell yeah live podcast

zeb and dad do Wilco.

zeb wrote:zeb and dad do Wilco.

man, I wish.

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/jeff-twee ... songs-now/

The balls on this guy.