Over the course of the past few weeks I've spent a lot of time revisiting albums for my 'best of the decade' list. And since melophobe's actual list won't come out for a few weeks, I thought maybe my role in this season of giving could be to provide links to things like demos, bootlegs, radio broadcasts, etc for our readers that correlate to some of my favorite albums of the decade.
Today, we will start with the Engineer Demos for Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The album's story has been told ad nauseam (if you don't know about it click here) so I won't go into it. However, one of the cool things that came out of those sessions are the fantastic alternate versions of the songs and some gem-like unreleased tracks like "Magazine Called Sunset." Some people find it to be as rewarding as the real thing and even though it has been out forever, I wanted everyone that hasn't heard it to have a chance.
Tracklist is below, download link is HERE and this came to us via The Midnight Cafe.
I’m The Man Who Loves You
Kamera
Magazine Called Sunset
Poor Places
Shakin Sugar
War On War
Ashes Of American Flags
Cars Can’t Escape
Pot Kettle Black
The Good Part
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Reservations
Let Me Come Home
Heavy Metal Drummer
Nothing Up My Sleeve
Corduroy Cutoff Girl(Radio Cure)
Never Let You Down
Venus Stop the train