[photos by JC McIlwaine]
A few hours after this post appears on the site, the entire NYCTaper crew will drive four hours up to Cooperstown to see Wilco again at the Ommegang Brewery. The reason why we will travel so far is essentially encapsulated in this recording. On Wednesday, we all saw Wilco at Terminal 5, and the band once again reminded us about why we’ll make sacrifices as fans to see them live. The meme of all the Wilco reviews on nyctaper (and there are a lot) is that this band is extremely good to its fans. The long sets, interesting song selections, lengthy encores and full dedication to the performance positions Wilco as the preeminent live band around today, and for the better part of the last two decades. On Wednesday, we were treated to a “deep cut” setlist where songs were performed that we haven’t seen very often or at all since the 1990s. “What’s The World Got in Store” is probably the rarest of the tracks — a song from the first record of the two-lp 1996 album Being There. We are streaming it below, along with “Passenger Side”, another early era nugget that has seen infrequent plays in recent years. The final treat was a heartfelt final encore (the 9th encore song) of “The Lonely 1”, another Being There song and one that I’m not sure that I’ve ever actually seen live. Its these kinds of treats that keep us coming back. I’m sure Cooperstown will yield the same kind of satisfaction.
I recorded this set along side the rest of the crew. For this recording, I’m using the Neumann and Sennheiser 4-mic rig and relying heavily on the hypercard Neumanns. I’ve also patched acidjack’s Schoeps recording for the first track since I experienced some technical issues during the first song. Overall it an excellent capture. Enjoy!
Stream “What’s The World Got In Store:”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/W2238Wilco2297/09.%20What%27s%20The%20World%20Got%20In%20Store.mp3]
Stream “Passenger Side”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/W2238Wilco2297/21.%20Passenger%20Side.mp3]
Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE]
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Wilco
2012-07-25
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA
Digital Master
Front of Board Four-Track Audience Recording
Sennheiser MKH-8040 Cardioids + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper, acidjack, hiandlo and johnnyfriedchickenboy
2012-07-26
Setlist:
[Total Time 2:14:29]
01 One Sunday Morning
02 Art Of Almost
03 I Might
04 At Least That’s What You Said
05 She’s A Jar
06 Kamera
07 Can’t Stand It
08 Too Far Apart
09 What’s The World Got In Store
10 Impossible Germany
11 Born Alone
12 Capitol City
13 Laminated Cat
14 Summer Teeth
15 Whole Love
16 Theologians
17 I’m The Man Who Loves You
18 Dawned On Me
19 A Shot in the Arm
20 [encore break]
21 Passenger Side
22 Casino Queen
23 Candyfloss
24 Hesitating Beauty
25 A Magazine Called Sunset
26 Kicking Television
27 [second encore break]
28 The Late Greats
29 Dreamer In My Dreams
30 The Lonely 1
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Thank you! for this great set.
Thanks. Can’t get enough Wilco, either. The southeast tour was smashing.
Amazing pull sounds killer. I emailed you for flacs WOW! Great pull Stan the sound man did an amazing job in a typically hard room.. Great pull!
Many thanks for taping this. Great sound. Wilco is one of the few bands that reward fans for coming out to shows and multiple-night runs.
Superb! Thanks for posting.
Thank You!
Any show that ends with The Lonely One is a special one.
A wonderful job by NYCTaper as always.
Thanks for taping and sharing.
Thank you for taping & sharing. I didn’t think the Wellmont shows from 2010 could be topped. But this one & Cooperstown were fantastic. I’m listening to Cooperstown on the harmon/kardon with the polk audio twin towers and it sounds terrific.