Was upping Wilco’s “Engineer Demos” for a friend yesterday and thought I would post here for a limited time. Like the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot demos, the following are both outtakes and alternate versions of tracks that would make the final cut. “Cars Can’t Escape” remains a favorite, and I’ve always been curious why it did not appear the album proper. The early workings of “Radio Cure,” entitled “Corduroy Cutoff Girl” exemplify the roots of a song and the various places it can go. YHF in a parallel universe, indeed. Dig.
Download:
MP3: Wilco :: I’m The Man Who Loves You (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Kamera (Engineer Demos)
+ YHF Engineer Demos After The Jump….
MP3: Wilco :: Magazine Called Sunset (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Poor Places (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Shakin’ Sugar (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: War On War (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Ashes Of American Flags (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Cars Can’t Escape (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Pot Kettle Black (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: The Good Part (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Reservations (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Let Me Come Home (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Heavy Metal Drummer (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Nothing Up My Sleeve (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Corduroy Cutoff Girl [Radio Cure] (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Never Let You Down (Engineer Demos)
MP3: Wilco :: Venus Stop the Train (Engineer Demos)
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1 | ben May 26th, 2009 at 3:11 pmCars Can’t Escape is such a beautiful song. I have yet to hear it live and every Wilco show I attend that is the one song in the back of my mind I am just waiting to hear.
Thanks Jay for the wonderful records you created and worked on. They will spin in my soul for eternity…
2 | Curtis May 26th, 2009 at 3:33 pmWow. Thank you for posting these.
Still can’t believe Jay Bennett is gone.
3 | Jeremy May 26th, 2009 at 3:33 pmJust wanna say thanks for posting these. I really jumped off the Wilco bandwagon post-Bennett, so I can’t wait to delve into these versions.
4 | The Warden May 26th, 2009 at 4:53 pmDoes anyone have that acoustic version of I Am Trying To Break Your Heart played over the opening credits of I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (the movie)?
5 | Jackson May 26th, 2009 at 5:26 pmNever Let You Down is such an awesome lost Wilco tune, “rockers” be damned!
6 | Hippies Are Dead May 26th, 2009 at 5:41 pmHoly Jesus – did you hear that version of Ashes of American Flags?
7 | Nick Rallo May 26th, 2009 at 6:45 pmThanks. not sure I’ve heard these versions yet. huge fan of the Demos. the last song (and my fav) “Venus Stops the Train” seems to cut off. If you have another, full-lenght version, can you upload? plzzzzzz
8 | Ice Cream Man May 26th, 2009 at 10:05 pm@IceCreamMatt – yup, that’s how it is on my copy too. If you find an Engineer Demo that doesnt cut off, email me and I will replace pronto.
9 | Satisfied '75 May 26th, 2009 at 10:09 pmYou, sir, are a hero among men.
10 | Skot Nelson May 27th, 2009 at 1:19 amIt’s great to listen to these skeletal versions, and some of the outtakes are really beautiful. But they’re altso a reminder of what a fantastic job Jim O’Rourke did with the mixing of the album. Jim, you are missed in the pop business! And Jay Bennett deserves a lot of credit for what he contributed with in Wilco.
11 | stanley May 27th, 2009 at 5:01 am[...] Drunkard posted some of the engineer demos from Wilco’s Yankee Hotel [...]
12 | OPP - 5/27 (Dinosaur Jr, Grizzly Bear, more) : EAR FARM :: music information helps grow ears May 27th, 2009 at 7:12 amMagazine Called Sunset is one of those tunes I find myself singing all the time without having heard the demo album in months or even years. Great stuff
13 | Nick Rock May 27th, 2009 at 10:57 ammy favorite blog on the internet – just letting you know all your hard work here is appreciated!
14 | Tim May 27th, 2009 at 4:03 pmCorduroy Cutoff Girl isn’t working… perhaps a re-up of this one?
15 | radio cure me May 27th, 2009 at 6:54 pmseems to be working, radiocure
16 | Satisfied '75 May 27th, 2009 at 7:24 pmyou are my new best friend! thanks so so so so much!
17 | ben berkowitz May 27th, 2009 at 10:54 pmIs this “The Good Part” the same as the B-side on the “War on War” single?
18 | Justin May 28th, 2009 at 12:57 amHmm, I still can’t get Corduroy Cutoff Girl to work. Could someone email that track to me?
19 | radio cure me May 28th, 2009 at 9:19 am[...] to: Wilco bootlegs from the Jay Bennett era. (Via [...]
20 | Ryan Raddatz · Where I’ve Been the Past Month… May 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pmthese lyrics are so much stronger fucking record companies
21 | jose May 28th, 2009 at 5:32 pmIs an actual copy of these takes available?
Regardless, thanks for the stream.
22 | Scott May 29th, 2009 at 2:43 amThe links to the downloads are dead…is there another place to get then?
23 | E May 29th, 2009 at 11:11 amrekkid label asked for removal
24 | Satisfied '75 May 29th, 2009 at 11:27 amIs there a place where we can go to buy these? I would love to pay for an actual hard copy of these tracks?
25 | Tix May 30th, 2009 at 11:41 am[...] Finally, some music for cold winter nights: Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demos. Enjoy! [...]
26 | Around the Blogs | the view from here June 1st, 2009 at 11:54 pmWho is drumming on these? Were they recorded before or after the othe YHF demo’s? Who’s the engineer? Who stole my mac n cheese?
27 | Evan June 4th, 2009 at 7:22 pmYou know, I really like the demos of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I won’t go into rambling too much, but I will mention that Jay Bennett has recently died. It’s a shame; he was only around forty-five.
28 | Cassidy September 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pmPlease re post this album!!!
29 | Oscar January 15th, 2010 at 2:43 pmBeen searching for Cars Can’t Escape as an mp3 for some time now. Would really appreciate your re-posting.
30 | Dave January 20th, 2010 at 11:59 pm