[photos by PSquared Photography]
I’ve taken road trips before to see Wilco. But I’ll admit that the trip from NYC to Northeast Massachusetts there-and-back in one day was quite a lark. We applied for media credentials months ago, and PSquared got his weeks ago, but mine came through just this past week. I moved some scheduling things around, freed up all Friday and we drove up in the afternoon. It was still light out when we arrived in North Adams, and the quaint beauty of the town was immediately recognizable. The Solid Sound Festival takes place on the grounds of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) which is located on the re-purposed grounds of all old factory and the riverside lands that surround it, and the entire complex is simply stunning in its classic charm. The riverside field next to the train tracks is the location for the large outdoor stage and is where Wilco performed. I knew this would be an “all request” set, but I was surprised to hear the rumors pre-show that it would be an all covers show. From the opening notes of the appropriate “The Boys Are Back in Town”, I sensed that this would be a very unique and special evening — and that’s exactly what we experienced. The band worked through a quick run of a handful of excellent covers before comedian John Hodgman came on stage as the “emcee”. In the both the running “randomizer” bit and the “stump the band” segment, Hodgman ribbed the band and provided an almost variety-show atmosphere to the set, which gave the show both levity and a theme. The covers were classic (Beatles, Stones, The Band), alternative (Replacements, Pavement), and pretty much everything in between — all played pretty straight-on in Wilco’s patented style. Our two favorite tracks of the evening were the epic cover of Television’s “Marquee Moon” (streaming below) which during the performance began to sound very much like the band’s own “Kidsmoke”, and reminded me that Wilco was not just playing covers but also telling us a little about what has influenced their music. For the Replacements “Color Me Impressed” (also streaming) Wilco brought out a very unexpected guest, original Replacement bassist Tommy Stinson, who played guitar on the song. It was that kind of once in a lifetime show, with constant smiles and surprises. And just when we thought we’d heard it all Wilco played a head-scratcher, a fairly straight forward rendition of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”. That one is sure to get much of the attention, but this night was much bigger than any single song. At the end of the final cover, a state-appropriate “Roadrunner”, one of my fellow tapers asked me if the extended trip was worth it. Oh, yeah.
I recorded this set from inside the soundboard cage in the middle of the field. While the elements and distance were a bit of an issue, overall the sound is quite excellent. Enjoy!
Stream “Marquee Moon” (Television):
Stream “Color Me Impressed”:
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Wilco
2013-06-21
Solid Sound Festival
North Adams MA
Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded inside Soundboard Cage
Sennheiser MKH-8040 Cardioids > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, EQ, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper 2013-06-22
Setlist:
[Total Time 2:25:00]
01 The Boys Are Back in Town [Thin Lizzy]
02 Cut Your Hair [Pavement]
03 In the Street [Big Star]
04 New Madrid [Uncle Tupelo]
05 Dead Flowers [Rolling Stones]
06 Simple Twist of Fate [Bob Dylan cover]
07 [John Hodgeman – the Randomizer 1]
08 Ripple [Grateful Dead]
09 Who Loves the Sun [Velvet Underground]
10 And Your Bird Can Sing [The Beatles]
11 And Your Bird Can Sing [repeat]
12 Psychotic Reaction [Count Five]
13 [John Hodgeman – the Randomizer 2]
14 Tom Courtenay [Yo La Tengo]
15 [John Hodgeman – the Randomizer 3]
16 James Alley Blues [Richard Rabbit Brown]
17 Waterloo Sunset [Kinks]
18 Waterloo [ABBA]
19 Peace Love and Understanding [Nick Lowe]
20 [John Hodgeman – the Randomizer 4]
21 Marquee Moon [Television]
22 [Happy Birthday to Pat Sansone]
23 Don’t Fear The Reaper [Blue Oyster Cult]
24 Cinnamon Girl [Neil Young]
25 [Stump the Band]
26 Get Lucky [Daft Punk]
27 Surrender [Cheap Trick]
28 Color Me Impressed [Replacements]
29 [John Hodgeman – the Randomizer 5]
30 Kingpin
31 Thank You Friends [Big Star]
32 [encore break]
33 The Weight [The Band]
34 Roadrunner [The Modern Lovers]
notes
Track 14 performed with Yo La Tengo
Track 17 and 18 with Lucius
Track 28 with Tommy Stinson
Track 33 with Lucius
Track 34 with Yo La Tengo
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Both links are down now again? Oh, God… :(
813pm mp3 is down
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We are sorry but the file has either expired or the sender has exhausted the download limit
Links are down still… any chance of another link?
I keep checking back here all day and each time I try to download from the new link it’s already down! What if a different sharing service was used??
The mp3s are uploading again. This will be the fourth or fifth yousendit upload. New FLAC link will be up in about 20 minutes. Maxing out 500 downloads in 90 minutes over and over again, its pretty absurd. I have to think people are clicking multiple times or something.
Def should put up a torrent link for this with all the demand…
Thanks for your hard work, man!
8:52 PM EST, MP3 link down and reporting that the file has expired. Thanks for trying to put it back up. It was a killer show and I’d love to listen again.
No luck :( Both links say they’ve expired/reached their limit. I’m just going to keep refreshing the page in hopes that I can get it soon!
mp3 is down again…..can’t wait to hear it….thanks in advance
Down… sad face, any chance of reposting? Why would 500 downloads in 90 minutes be unrealistic? Wilco has 500k+ facebook fans…. I would LOVE to have this – thank you!
Any chance for a bit torrent solution to the downloading problem?
mp3’s are down again. Your stuff is Just That Good!
try this for flac http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=564880 no guarantees, I just downloaded it and scanned with Avast and all clean
To Eric Vaughn: that’s the same Brennan Murphy recording that’s on Dimeadozen, not the nyctaper recording. But thanks for the link =) .
New FLAC download (500 limit) is up now, as of 9:28PM EST 6/24/13. MP3s will be up in an hour.
Thanks for sharing this! Hopefully the links will be back up soon.
New MP3 link is now up as of 10:48 PM EST 6/23/13.
As of now, both links are active and working. I will continue to upload to yousendit and there will hopefully be several live links eventually.
Thanks for the MP3 re-up!
Please, please, please repost… Can´t download neither file… :(
Dude – thank you SO much!
Both links are still live and working.
hello, thank you for your devotion. any chance we can get some fresh links?
all the best.
Fresh links? There are now TWO active MP3 links and a FLAC link.
Awesome. Thanks!
This is ridiculous. Insane. Sending huge thanks from Melbourne, Australia.
This show is so goddamn fun and Hodgeman is excellent. Thanks for making this available.
Links are down again!!?? :(
MP3 Files Not Available :(
Both mp3 links are down : (
MP3 links down again….some fresh links?
Thanks!
Both mp3 links seem to be expired/no longer available
Both mp3 links aren’t working for me :(
Ohh too bad it’s down again
I guess it is on (good) purpose that the availability is so short, but I would love having a chance to hear the whole show.
Any hope?
Thanks for your work anyway
Down again!!
First, thanks for great work! Is it possible that we can get some fresh links again?
Sorry, tried to download but message displayed that no longer active. Ardent Wilco fan in Sydney
I’ve been clicking on each link for a bit this morning and a while last night, but the message I keep getting is that the limit has been exhausted or something along those lines. Is this just heavy traffic? I’ll keep on trying unless it’s something else entirely.
not working… any alternatives?
None of the links work anymore. Any chance of grabbing this again?? And a big Thank You for making this available to fans unable to make the show.
any chance we could get some fresh links?
Wow, both MP3 links expired overnight (1000 downloads). The FLAC link did too. I uploaded a new flac link, and now its on the site. There will be a new MP3 link in an hour or so.
Ok, there is now a new MP3 download link, as of 8:54AM EST 6/25/13. The Flac link was posted about 90 minutes ago.
So both are working and will be for a while. I will continue to upload to yousendit and refresh the links when I am able. There is no need to flood my mailbox with requests, I’m aware of the situation.
Its 10:06am EST and there is a new MP3 link up, which means that as of now there are two active MP3 download links, and one FLAC.
Not to be that guy, but Mass MOCA is in Northwestern Massachusetts, not Northeastern.
A great show! Thank YOU very much!!! Downloaded it today but unfortunately the link to track 21 (Marguee Moon) is dead.
Cheers Tony from Switzerland
Thanks so much for the writeup & sharing your bandwith for the download!
It’s the FLAC file. Can you help me?
Both MP3 links are down.
thanks