Wilco – Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks
Wilco – Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 (2014)
Chicago alt-rock band Wilco celebrate their 20th anniversary with a pair of compilations: one a best -of collection and the other a box set of rarities. The rarities set is called Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014, and includes live tracks, demo cuts and rare recordings culled from throughout the group’s career and features appearances from Feist, Fleet Foxes and Andrew Bird.
Four-CD box set have been produced by Grammy-nominated producer Cheryl Pawelski, co-founder of Omnivore Recordings and veteran of countless projects from labels including Capitol and Rhino. Pawelski notes in the press release, “Like a lot of fans, I had collected these straggling tracks over the past two decades of following Wilco’s every move. Alpha Mike Foxtrot includes almost every unique, essential performance that appeared on soundtracks, tribute albums and B-sides—and there are probably a few surprises for even the sharpest collector. This set presents an alternate history of the band, kind of a sideways view, and ultimately, it’s a super-fun listening experience.”
Disc 1
Childlike and Evergreen (Demo)
Someone Else’s Song (Demo)
Passenger Side (Demo) (from Trademark of Quality sampler – Warner Bros./Reprise PRO-CD-7206, 1994)
Promising (from Reprise 10″ promo PRO-A-9094, 1997)
The T.B. is Whipping Me (with Syd Straw) (from Red Hot + Country - Mercury Nashville 314 522 639-2, 1994)
I Must Be High (Live)
Casino Queen (Live @ The Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO – 5/23/1995) (from Reprise CD single W0306CD (U.K.), 1995)
Who Were You Thinking Of (Live @ The Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO – 5/23/1995) (from Reprise CD single W0306CD (U.K.), 1995)
I Am Not Willing (from Reprise CD single W0306CD (U.K.), 1995)
Burned (from I Shot Andy Warhol: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture – TAG Recordings 92690, 1996)
Blasting Fonda (from Feeling Minnesota: Music from the Motion Picture - Atlantic/Jersey/Fine Line 82865, 1996)
Thirteen (from Reprise CD single WO397CD (U.K.), 1997)
Don’t You Honey Me (from Reprise 10″ promo PRO-A-9094, 1997)
The Lonely 1 (White Hen Version) (from Reprise 10″ promo PRO-A-9094, 1997)
No More Poetry (from Trademark of Quality 1996 sampler – Reprise PRO-CD-8370, 1996)
Box Full of Letters (Live @ C’est What, Toronto – 1997) (from And Sum Aren’t bonus disc – Reprise BITE-99, 1999)
Red-Eyed and Blue (Live @ C’est What, Toronto – 1997) (from And Sum Aren’t bonus disc – Reprise BITE-99, 1999)
Forget the Flowers (Live @ C’est What, Toronto – 1997) (from And Sum Aren’t bonus disc – Reprise BITE-99, 1999)
Sunken Treasure (Live @ C’est What, Toronto – 1997) (from And Sum Aren’t bonus disc – Reprise BITE-99, 1999)
Monday (Demo) (from Reprise promo CD single PRO-CD-8443, 1997)
Disc 2
Passenger Side (Live @ The Fillmore, San Francisco – 5/10/1997) (from Reprise 10″ promo PRO-A-9094, 1997)
Outtasite (Outta Mind) (Live 1997) (from Reprise promo CD single PRO-CD-8963, 1997)
I Got You (At the End of the Century) (Live @ Lounge Ax, Chicago – 7/9/1997) (from Reprise 10″ promo PRO-A-9094, 1997)
Outta Mind (Outta Site) (Live)
James Alley Blues (with Roger McGuinn) (Live)
At My Window Sad and Lonely – Jeff Tweedy (from And Sum Aren’t bonus disc – Reprise BITE-99, 1999)
California Stars (Live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien) – Billy Bragg & Wilco (from Mermaid Avenue bonus EP – Elektra PRCD 1209-2, 1999)
One Hundred Years from Now (from Return of the Grevious Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons – Almo Sounds ALMCD66, 1999)
A Shot in the Arm (Remix) (from Reprise U.K. CD single W496CD1, 1999)
ELT (King Size Demo) (from Reprise U.K. CD single W496CD1, 1999)
Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway (Again) (David Kahne Remix)
She’s a Jar (Austin Demo) (from Reprise U.K. CD single W496CD2, 1999)
Tried and True (from Reprise U.K. single W475CD1, 1999)
Student Loan Stereo (from Reprise U.K. single W475CD1, 1999)
True Love Will Find You in the End (from Reprise U.K. CD single W496CD1, 1999)
I’m Always in Love (Live Acoustic @ Lounge Ax, Chicago – 2/28/1999) (from Reprise U.K. single W475CD2, 1999)
Via Chicago (Austin Demo) (from Reprise U.K. CD single W496CD2, 1999)
Can’t Stand It (live)
Airline to Heaven (Alternate) – Billy Bragg & Wilco
Any Major Dude Will Tell You (from Me, Myself & Irene: Music from the Motion Picture – Elektra 62512, 2000)
Disc 3
I’m the Man Who Loves You (Live on WXRT-FM, Chicago – 9/18/2001) (from Nonesuch U.K. single 96402, 2002)
The Good Part (from Nonesuch U.K. single 96402, 2002)
Cars Can’t Escape
Camera (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Australian Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79666-2 (AUS), 2002)
Handshake Drugs (First Version) (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Australian Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79666-2 (AUS), 2002)
A Magazine Called Sunset (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Australian Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79666-2 (AUS), 2002)
Bob Dylan’s 49th Beard (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Australian Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79666-2 (AUS), 2002)
Woodgrain (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Australian Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79666-2 (AUS), 2002)
More Like the Moon (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Australian Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79666-2 (AUS), 2002)
Let Me Come Home (from The Amos House Collection Volume III - Wishing Tree Records WTR-023, 2003)
Old Maid (from You Can Never Go Fast Enough - Plain Recordings plain103, 2003)
Hummingbird (Alternate)
Spiders (Kidsmoke) (live)
Hell is Chrome (live)
At Least That’s What You Said (live)
The Late Greats (live)
Just a Kid (with The Blisters) (from Spongebob Squarepants: Music from the Movie and More - Sire 488882, 2004)
Kicking Television (B-side to Nonesuch U.K. single WILCO1, 2004)
Disc 4
Panthers (from A Ghost is Born: European Tour Edition EP – Nonesuch 7559-79892-2, 2005)
Theologians (Live) (from Nonesuch promo EP STCD 400011, 2007)
Another Man’s Done Gone (live)
I’m a Wheel (live)
How to Fight Loneliness (live)
One True Vine (from Sky Blue Sky European bonus disc – Nonesuch 7559-79987-9, 2007)
The Thanks I Get (from Sky Blue Sky European bonus disc – Nonesuch 7559-79987-9, 2007)
Let’s Not Get Carried Away (from Sky Blue Sky European bonus disc – Nonesuch 7559-79987-9, 2007)
Hate It Here (live) (from Sky Blue Sky European bonus disc – Nonesuch 7559-79987-9, 2007)
Impossible Germany (live) (from Sky Blue Sky European bonus disc – Nonesuch 7559-79987-9, 2007)
I Shall Be Released (with Fleet Foxes) (live) (from Rolling Stone German promo CD, 2011)
What Light (live)
Jesus, Etc. (with Andrew Bird) (live)
Glad It’s Over (from Heroes: Original Soundtrack - NBC Records 70013, 2008)
Dark Neon
The Jolly Banker (from Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions box set – Nonesuch 529926, 2012)
Unlikely Japan (from Nonesuch single 520404-7, 2009)
You and I (with Feist) (live) (from Nonesuch U.K. single, 2009)
I Love My Label (from dBpm single 87162-7, 2011)
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