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Yes and you can find the full version is on Apple Music!

We've Been Had, Pieholden Suite, Radio King... nice!

Hold up a second!!!

LONG TIME AGO!?!!?! Oh man. 

A great Canadian comedian. 

The Sadies

...First concert in 18 months!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Great recap Vince. I feel like I was there!

I'd imagine it's still JT's words but it's probably helpful to have someone proof read it, make sure it all makes sense, spelled correctly, everything in it is accurate, etc. A second set of eyes is helpful especially when there's the pressure of paying clients!

Hey folks, sadly with the US border not opening and Canadians still being barred from attending Wilco shows, I will not be able to use my tickets to the Sept 18th Wilco show that I've had for *checks calendar* 18 months! My loss is your gain as these are pretty decent seats.

Sec 103, Row C, Seats 5 and 6

Just looking for what we paid... 230 USD will get you both of them. They're virtual tickets so my wife can transfer them to you.

Hey @Sandoz no unfortunately! The venue/promoter gave the option to request a refund which I took.

2 minutes ago, lost highway said:

It was cool to see Nels throwing peppermint candies at his jazzmaster for no clear reason. I liked that.

I'm going to be spending my entire first listen of the next Wilco record trying to hear those peppermints in the mix.

I just got these records. Thanks to the very special Bull Black Nova enthusiast fan who helped me out! 

Agreed with arjaykay, both songs are clearly from the Ode to Joy sessions, and either one could easily slide onto that record. In fact, the sleeve is made out of the pages of the OTJ deluxe edition book, like the Chicago version of OTJ was. 

As we already know, Half Life really a good song and this full band version is a treat. It has a mandolin sounding acoustic guitar doing some nice lead (I imagine a high capo'd acoustic from Nels??). The strong, non-cymbal drums that Ode to Joy is known for are present. There's some pump organ sounds and a buzzy string instrument that I would hesitate to call a sitar but I don't know what it is. (I think there'e a similar instrument on Quiet Amplifier)

I Can't, is in my opinion, even better and frankly I think it should have made the album, though I don't know what in place of. It's upbeat and catchy (for OTJ) though not as much as Everyone Hides or Hold Me Anyway. It still sounds like Ode to Joy but I think would have added a different aspect to the record. Maybe, ultimately, Jeff and co just figured it was too different. IMO, and if you listen to Alpha Bravo Charlie you know I occasionally overvalue some of the more obscure songs (allegedly), 

Modern Girl is a pretty good cover. They make it their own while also staying true to the original. Nels has some very Nels guitar parts at the end.

A Shot In The Arm is pretty much the same approach but I think it's even better. It has the urgency that a lot of fans have been claiming was missing on the most recent two S-K records.

Hopefully all four songs come to Spotify soon or they put the remaining records up on the Wilco Store!

I know it's all been available for non-subs but if it wasn't, the demos alone that Jeff has shared have definitely been worth the price of the subscription. I've enjoyed the writing too! But I do expect it will evolve as Jeff figures out the formats and what works best.

Yesterday I watched a couple of old scifi movies I'd never seen before.

Blade Runner The Final Cut

-This movies oozes style and mood. It's a little slower paced than it should be but I was captivated in the world it created. Harrison Ford is great but how awesome was that "tears in the rain" speech at the end?? 

Alien

-This one was even better than Blade Runner. A seriously well put together movie. It's amazing how much better this movie from 1979 looks with it's practical effects than a movie 20+ years later does like Attack of the Clones. Even though I had never seen Alien before I recognized so much of it from popculture... for instance as soon as they sat down for that last meal I knew something was going to pop out of John Hurt's chest, probably because I've seen it parodied or referenced so many times before. It's an effective sci-fi movie AND horror movie. They could have gone bigger with it but they didn't and I really appreciate that, you just don't see major films these days like that unless it's an indie film like something A24 does. The scene where they broke quarantine procedures and brought John Hurt's character on the ship, hits hard after 2020. 

7 hours ago, sinko25 said:

The Boston venue Wilco is playing has been named after like 6 different banks in the last decade; there's also a place in Tampa that was called The 1-800-ASK-GARY Ampethetre for a couple years. 

I'm looking forward to the next Wilco RSD release... "Wilco Live at the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre" 😂

FWIW, and this is obviously anecdotal, but I was confused a few weeks ago when Vince mentioned to me Wilco playing Merriweather Post Pavilion. I just know that name as an Animal Collective album. As a foreigner from a distant land, who's into music, I feel like if someone like me is aware of a venue then that's probably a good indication of it's "legendary" status, like the Hollywood Bowl, Red Rocks, First Ave, etc. But maybe in this situation that's just on me. 

Anyways, appreciate the recap as always bbop!

If you like Hunt For the Wilderpeople check out Jojo Rabbit, another Taika film!

On 8/13/2021 at 5:42 PM, bböp said:

No worries. I’m sadly not new here. 

You're what we'd call a "lifer".

I think the other single is actually a Wilco single, not a JT single (maybe Jeff's bonus single from LITK is there too?? But that's on the Wilco store too.) Someone posted pictures of it on the Facebook group, but I can't find it now because Facebook's search features are hot trash. But the A side was definitely Half Life, the Ode to Joy outtake Jeff had played on TTS. The B-side I didn't immediately recognize.

Oh also, the Wilco IG page posted the merch booth and there was a different 7" there, captioned with "what's this?". Did @bböp or anyone else there scope out what this was?

Great review Paul, nice to have these recaps to read again.

I can't believe I haven't seen Wilco in 513 days!!!

High five! I'm also an audio engineer, or at least, that's what I went to school for... Mastering is definitely the least understood part of making a record. And as you mentioned, it doesn't help when remastering and remix are often used interchangeably and remix can mean two different things!!

I definitely have some rose tinted glasses for YHF, I like the way it sounds. And unlike Being There or AM, which both sounded very much "of their time", so remasters made sense, YHF doesn't sound like anything else, 2002 or not. It's aged well IMO. But probably fair point about some things objectively being boxy or tinny. I'd argue it's part of the charm!

I don't know if there's any songs we haven't heard from that era, but definitely the AM, BT, ST boxes had surprises, so there could be. Even if what's on the "engineer demos" is all there is, I'd still find owning that stuff officially exciting. Corduroy Cutoff Girl, Venus Stopped The Train, Not For The Season, Alone, etc. But I wouldn't be surprised if there's at least some alternate mixes, takes, and demos that have never leaked. They worked on that record for a long time.

If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would bet on the band releasing a new album this fall. As we know from TTS, they have obviously been recording it and there was a photo of Pat working in the studio with a session musician circling around. Assuming it's a real photo, we can tell that the album is, likely, pretty far along because using session musicians would probably be one of the later stages of tracking (you wouldn't hire a session musician for a song that could get scrapped or could get re-worked/re-recorded/etc, right?). I guess it's always possible they could release the album (digitally) in September and have YHF Deluxe in November, or vice versa, but I'd bet they wouldn't want to space the releases out a bit more. Though, Love is the King and Summerteeth Deluxe were a month apart.... so I guess it's possible. Looks like Summerteeth Deluxe was announced in early September (I made a thread on September 2nd) so we could hear soon. That said, compiling these sort of releases takes a lot of work. Last I heard record plants were backed up 8 - 9 months. If they were going for a 2021 release they would have had to have this finished only a few months after Summerteeth Deluxe was released to get it pressed in time, which makes me think this will probably be a 2022 release at the earliest.

I have to imagine YHF Deluxe is happening though, even if what has leaked is all there is, there's some very impressive unreleased music from that era. Plus I would die to hear an official release of live 4-piece WIlco from that era. 

On 8/4/2021 at 3:49 PM, chisoxjtrain said:

I remember Jeff stating that YHF can't be remastered due to something with the tapes or something along those lines.

 

Venus Stopped The Train was officially released by Jay Bennett.

I remember Jeff saying that on TTS but I believe he meant that the album couldn't be remixed since it was done on tape and so many elements were spliced together but I'm sure they have the stereo master tapes sitting around somewhere. And that's what mastering engineers use, a tape of the finalized mix, not the raw tapes where each instrument can isolated/adjusted. Could be a moot point because I don't believe the Summerteeth was remastered when it got the deluxe treatment anyways. Just one man's opinion but I'd argue that YHF probably doesn't need a remaster, it sounds just fine. Repress the album on a cool colour and add in a few discs of bonus stuff and everyone will be happy!

Big thanks to @u2roolz and @ZiggyBratwurst for their note taking over the past 200 episodes!

Thank you Recapper!! 

Also that Ambulance song is 🔥🔥🔥

I caught the end of the set with Nels. It feels like that Love is the King solo was made for Nels!! Too bad it wasn't a Wilco song though I guess the precedent has been set that a solo Jeff (or Tweedy band) song can become a Wilco song later on.....

There was some strange comments going on in chat that I normally don't notice. I saw someone accusing Nels of being a Trump supporter among other weird stuff. Too bad there's no way to create moderator roles on Instagram!