top of the morning! during my trip to chicago i found myself listening to yankee hotel foxtrot over and over and over. i dont know if it was just being back in chicago that lead me to listen to it, or just that i hadnt listened to its entirety in a while. probably was a combo of both. anyway, these have been splattered across the internets for what 10 years now? but i figured i would post em just in case you missed out in the past. btw, while the cover says engineer demos, the batch that i have call this collection something different and of course i cant remember what. when i get home ill check on what they’re labeled. either way, enjoy…
1. i am trying to break your heart
2. ashes of american flags
3. im the man who loves you
4. magazine called sunset
5. reservations
6. kamera
7. not for the season
8. alone
9. nothing up my sleeve
10. venus stopped the train
11. rhythm
12. poor places
13. wont let you down
14. heavy metal drummer
15. instrumental 1
16. instrumental 2
17. instrumental 2 – alt version
18. kamera (alternate version)
19. magazine called sunset (alternate version)
20. alone (alternate version)
21. not for the season (alternate version)
Nice, haven’t listened to these for ages. I have the engineers demos somewhere, remember them not being as good as this set.
[...] result were the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot demos, now available for download at Captain’s Dead. I’ll leave the discussion of song disintegration and Radiohead comparisons for later posts, [...]
Thanks so much for sharing this stuff. Looking forward to listening to it!
[...] a good portion of last week, perfect weather to dive back into demos from Wilco’s classic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot via Captain’s Dead. Always interesting to hear the rough cuts and alternate versions of songs [...]