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Ah, a chance to self serve. Excellent. Check out my new one, Pop Headwound. There was an article not too long ago about AGIB, which got some people talking around here. I'm a huge Wilco fan and there's lots of really good mp3's up there now from all sorts of bands. Also check out: Said the Gramophone Rewriteable Content I Guess I'm Floating I don't know the links, so google them. The Hype Machine is great for finding mp3s you're looking for quickly. Best, James

Thanks again for checking out the article/blog-site everyone. It was really interesting to hear your takes on AGIB and my re-imagined version. It seems like many of you know a lot more than I do about the recording process, that's for sure. Again, I do like the album, but prefer many other versions of the songs more. What can you do. The site is updated pretty regularly, always with mp3s you can download. There will be a few posts this week with lots of cool stuff that's been released so far in 2007. Come by and check it out if you want. Can't wait til Sky Blue Sky!!! Later, Jam

"the reason people say the album sounds warm is due to the way it was recorded/mixed/mastered. there's very little brittleness and a big midrange with more bass than most of my other cds. it is a very warm recording. and with very little added compression. compare to the band of horses cd for a harsh and sterile recording for example." I guess, without getting too much into the technicalities of the recording process, the album justs sounds cold to me in many places, many of which you say were probably intentional. I associate the sound of it with a detachment, whereas you associate the sam

Yeah, the noise at the end of "poor places" comes to mind, same with "ashes" and maybe the end of "itmwly".

Thanks again for checking out the article and site today guys. I thought this was interesting: "> Agreed; If anything, I thought YHF was the most over-calculated album I ever heard." I think I see where you're coming from saying YHF is calculated, I'm assuming it's because of all the studio manipulation on the album. Have to disagree there though, I find the sound really works on the album, and despite the fancy sonic stuff it still sounds to me like a spontaneous set of songs. But I don't think AGIB is calculated either, maybe except the 12 minutes of drone. I think the alb

Speed racer - Thanks for taking the time to read it and respond so thoughtfully. Your arguments are appreciated. I do really like the album as well. i just don't love it, and after YHF i really wanted to be able to say that. As far as your take - I think the album version of "Spiders" is great, but I just like the way they played it live better. I think my ideal version of the album has more of a combination of the YHF studio-sound with the more guitar oriented AGIB. The older "Spiders", as well as my other changes, I think leads to that. I'll re-read, but I don't think I us

Hey, The news of a new studio album got me into a huge Wilco phase of late, and I just wanted to invite you over to check out an article I wrote over at Pop Headwound called