>>when my radio station got it in. My copy is actually the
>>station's dupe...
>
>That's awesome. I was a college DJ too and have a few station
>copies of things to this day also... including my well-worn
>copy of "Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde." Best station lift I
>ever made - it was just sitting in a huge box of promos
>rotting away.

lucky you.

My favorite might be the vinyl copy of Sandy Denny's underappreciated 'North Star Grassman And The Ravens,' if only for the unbelievable version of Blackwaterside.

M y brother was working at U. Richmond's station when they decided to get rid of ALL OF THEIR VINYL to go all-CD. Dude made out like a bandit.

>I was a Tupelo fan starting with "Still Feel Gone" thanks to
>an in-the-know friend of mine,

Lucky you!

>and got to follow them through
>the break-up and formation of the two new bands and all that.
>It's been a long, bumpy ride. I imagine a lot of people who
>would say such a thing as that only got into them after Wilco
>happened. Honestly, I do feel Tweedy is a much better
>songwriter now than he was back then, but it was the
>rough-edged country/punk style and the mix of Farrar and
>Tweedy that made them who they were. If you're only listening
>to hear zygote Tweedy, you're already doing it wrong. As for
>Farrar, he was pretty well developed from the get-go... I
>think his songwriting peaked on "Trace" and then kind of went
>into a diminishing returns holding pattern from there. At
>this point I've basically lost interest in him... I don't
>think he knows what to do with himself.

Very much so... it's just that while Tweedy is a 'better' 'songwriter' now for sure, his music for the last decade or so has lacked a lot of the elements that drew me to him; I fall into the opposite trap of wanting to hear traces of UT in Wilco. I think my favorite Wilco album might be Being There, and I'm a rare supporter of A.M around these parts.

As for Farrar, I finally got to see him a few summers ago, and afterward I felt like I should have just put on Trace and hung out in my backyard for the afternoon. Supposedly his Ghost of Tom Joad album was really good though.