Wax Treasure (Vinyl)
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@GraemeE happy to help!
edit: And just as an aside, I vividly remember the first time I listened to that album. I had just graduated from college and was driving my Pontiac Grand Am from Columbia, MO to Springfield, MO for a new job. I had a sweet six disc cd changer in the trunk and had to drive through a January snow storm at a snail’s pace…totally immersed in that music for 4 hours. It remains one of my all time favorites
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@GraemeE @SKT haha y’all this was a great exchange to stumble upon.
I think Being There is probably my favorite Wilco record. I remember hearing it for the first time, too. I worked at a record store, and the older guys there were my educators. One of them told me to check it out, said it was impressive, so my expectations were high from the start. It just took “you’re back in your old neighborhood, cigarettes taste so good, you’re so misunderstood” to forever hook me. Then it just gets better and better. Sometimes AGIB, YHF, or SBS will eclipse Being There for a moment in terms of what I think is my fave or the best, but the latter will always be the dearest to me.
Gonna put that shit on right now.
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@popvulture I bet that record store gig was a great experience. And I totally do the same thing with those Wilco albums. Being There to maybe Wilco (the album) was a hell of a creative run. And Summerteeth sneaks in as an incredible album too that often gets overshadowed by YHF. Anyway, those records are the soundtrack to my young adulthood and I love em all.
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I love Summerteeth so much. The creative buildup from Being There to YHF is incredible, such a cool arc. Of course AGIB gets even more creative in plenty of ways, but I just love that trio as a progression.
Let’s not forget the Loose Fur stuff. Weird little incubator.
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I'll steer us back from wilco worm hole with tonights listening
https://open.spotify.com/album/43fijnO4yvvtThr62134CL?si=tmWK0JmqTaqbTTRBgxMcaQ
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Hell yeah man, love that one. Took me forever to find a copy.
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@SKT there’s a good chance you’re well aware of it, but have you heard Loose Fur? Tweedy’s side project with Jim O’Rourke and Glenn Kotche. Their first record’s sort of a precursor to YHF — some sketch elements of the latter’s songs show up on it. I love the second one though, really sort of a precursor to Sky Blue Sky, but a little scuzzier in places and O’Rourke brings this cool sort of Nilsson/Bacharach-y balladeer element to it. Crazy good.
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Couldn’t resist
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@popvulture I’ve known of Loose Fur but never taken the time to listen. Will remedy that…sounds totally interesting
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@SKT the time for you to partake has come
That born again album @popvulture has is probably my favorite
Edit: if you make it that far next step on your stations of the cross journey should be O'rourkes 2 solo records around that time that kotche and tweedy (he was only on one i think ) played on
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So good. I feel like O’Rourke is totally a latter day John Cale, with that same sweet spot of amazing chamber pop amidst the overall avant-ness. I’m gonna put on Eureka next.
