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Whistling? Viva Chicago?

As prolific as he is, I'd bet on it. Considering "Capitol City" was a tune Wilco first tried during sessions for Being There, I'd say many of Jeff's songs were works-in-progress for a long time before he was ready to record them. I'll bet the seeds of songs on AM and BT were planted in 1993-1994, and he refined those ideas over the following year or two.

I would take AM over the last three records (a good portion of which I enjoyed) any day. There's just something about the rawness and energy that draws me in every time. Brian Henneman's liner notes in the vinyl reissue also offers some terrific perspective that enhances the listening experience.

Thanks. So probably like the previous releases - which aren't terrible, in case I previously came across saying they were. Just not like a multi-track release. I'm itching for another one of those.

How do these sound compared to previous Roadcase releases? Have they got any more muscle behind them? I've thought the original series of Roadcase releases just didn't have enough oomph - John seems so low in the mix. To me the best live records have bass and drums that kick your ass. To my ears the best-sounding live Wilco release still is Kicking Television.

My original pressing of A.M. on red vinyl is my most treasured album in my collection. I probably play that more than anything else - vinyl, that is.

For me, to get variety in Wilco live recordings I have to rotate recordings from different eras. There are tons of fantastic soundboard recordings (and audience recordings) out there from 1995-2005, after which the quality seems to taper off a bit. So with all those out there, I just don't see the band releasing too much stuff from that time, unless they've got high-quality recordings of shows that aren't readily available for free download on the interwebs. There's just not enough setlist variety in the Roadcase recordings for me to plunk down the dough for them. I've got 3-4 that spread ou

3+ decades of bad/mediocre/good, etc., teams? Sounds an awful lot like my Royals. This was our first series since '85. And it was a hell of a series. Bumgarner's a machine.

True. I'll take BT over ST on headphones any day.

I remember first snagging this in college after dabbling in some Uncle Tupelo records. I was blown away at how good it was, being a double album. To me, it's still the quintessential Wilco album and has a little bit of everything they'd go on to do in later records. I have an original pressing LP and one of the reissue LPs - both treasured items in my modest collection. I was glad the reissue came with the album contained on one CD as well, as I had completely worn out the two-disc CD version I originally had.

The Cream of Clapton was one of the first CDs I ever owned as a teenage boy learning guitar. All the Cream material was my favorite. I remember being entranced listening to "White Room" and "Sunshine of Your Love" over and over. Jack's singing and bass playing was badass.

Sweet cheese and rice, these set lists are looking fantastic.

This was the team that's been storming the playoffs. We got a series, for sure. Into the lion's den we go...

Chalk it up to nerves and the enormous weight of a 29-year absence from the series. As Wilco said, shake it off.

It is a student newspaper, after all ... can't really count on them to check facts.

Well, to each their own, but to say the A.M. choices aren't deserving is more than a tad off, in my opinion. I Must Be High, Casino Queen and Passenger Side are absolutely key pieces of the Wilco catalog, especially for any newcomer, for whom compilations are generally designed. Both MA albums were crucial in Wilco's development. All three tracks selected from those records, I think, also are critical in a collection like this. California Stars above anything. Red-Eyed and I Got You are companion pieces. Hard to hear one without the other. Wilco's roots-rock sound in the early days should abso

I am now dumber having read that.

Good songs, for sure. But think of how much space Mountain Bed, Spiders and Almost take up on a disc. That being said, 6+ minute tracks like Misunderstood, Sunken Treasure, IATTBYH and Handshake Drugs are critical on a release like this. I'd be willing to sacrifice some of the SBS and WTA tracks to accommodate some of the aforementioned songs that were excluded, maybe even Can't Stand It - but since this has to be more of a "mass appeal" release I can see why they left those out. Tough to whittle a band as brilliant as Wilco down to two discs.

Along with multiple alternate noise outros from Poor Places and Handshake Drugs. Actually, I think it would be great to hear the two distinct versions of Via Chicago that were ultimately blended into the album track.

Doing some celebrating tonight as my hometown Kansas City Royals are headed back to the World Series! I drove around for 20 minutes or so after I left the office today to finish the game on the radio (had the mlb.com game tracker on all afternoon at work) and cried some happy tears after the last out. Last time this happened I was a little boy.

KT vinyl added: Another Man's Done Gone How to Fight Loneliness Theologians Kamera Just a Kid Monday Outtasite (Outta Mind) I'm a Wheel

Wow. I was at that show and don't recall that poster even being offered. This is what I took home. Here's the JB one.

Better than The Whole Love? I think I could see myself getting there...but I'm not quite there yet.

They played some good versions of "We've Been Had" in 2002-03. http://sooutoftune.org/concerts/47 http://sooutoftune.org/concerts/202 When I saw them in Kansas City in December 2011 they played "New Madrid." Most of the people around me looked very confused.