From The Beginning

[cryptique]

Anyone ever heard of a 19-track promo sampler called From The Beginning? Supposedly it was put together to help promote Sky Blue Sky. It's up on Oink right now (FLAC). Looks like there isn't anything new -- all tracks appear on the studio albums.

 

Is anyone familiar with this, though? Any alternate versions on there? I just don't want to bother Oinking it if I've already got everything on it.

 

Here's the track list, as posted:

 

What Light

I Must Be High

Passenger Side

Box Full Of Letters

Monday

Outtasite (Outta Mind)

Misunderstood

California Stars

Can't Stand It

Shot In The Arm

Via Chicago

Airline To Heaven

Jesus, Etc.

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

Heavy Metal Drummer

Handshake Drugs

Theologians

I'm A Wheel

On And On And On

[mpolak21]

Not the Emerson Lake and Palmer thread I was expecting

[nutop]

It's all the studio versions except for Misunderstood, which is off of Kicking TV.

[TCP]

Ehh doesn't look like a promo. Usually labels have a hard time getting songs for compilations if they're from another label (California Stars)

[jhh4321]

Ehh doesn't look like a promo. Usually labels have a hard time getting songs for compilations if they're from another label (California Stars)

 

Elektra, like Reprise and Nonesuch is a Warner label, so really not much of a problem.

[Analogman]

slcd.com

Wilco (US) Wilco (from the beginning) Price $40.00 Buy. scarce super cool 19 track promo only retrospective sampler CD made to promote the release of the ..

 

I don't see it on the actual website though - the above is what I found in a google search.

 

www.rwin.nl/wilco - seems to be down at the moment

[TCP]

Elektra, like Reprise and Nonesuch is a Warner label, so really not much of a problem.

Oh, I guess you're right! Good call.