| Product Summary | | Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records | | UPC: 00074646222324 | | Release Date: 3/19/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60542574 | | Item#: MGRX5J | Format:  CD |
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| The first and only retrospective of these alt-country pioneers! Uncle Tupelo was born in the tiny railroad town of Belleville, IL, where high school friends Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy and Mike Heidorn started their mutual quest to blend their punk rock roots and their increasing fascination with the traditional songs and sounds of American roots music. With the exception of their fourth album, Anodyne, the Uncle Tupelo catalog has been out of print since Farrar and Tweedy's successful bid to retrieve the rights to those recordings. Since then, die-hard fans have been left to scour used CD bins and the internet for original Uncle Tupelo CDs, bootleg shows and mythic studio outtakes. Until now. Beginning with Uncle Tupelo 83/93: An Anthology, Columbia/Legacy along with the band will reissue all of the Rockville Uncle Tupelo albums: No Depression, Still Feel Gone and March 16-20, 1992--all with stunningly remastered sound, amazing bonus tracks and expanded packing. So if you haven't heard them--or maybe you've just heard of them--now's the time to rediscover one of the most important bands of our time.
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Notes & Personnel Info | | Uncle Tupelo: Jay Farrar (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Jeff Tweedy (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass); Max Johnson (steel guitar, banjo); Andy Carlson (violin); John Stirratt (bass); Mike Heidorn (drums, cymbals); Ken Coomer (drums). | | Producers include: Paul O. Kolderie, Sean Slade, Matt Allsion, Nicholas Hill, Brian Paulson. | | Compilation producers: Darren Salmieri, Bob Irwin. | | Engineers include: Paul O. Kolderie, Sean Slade, Brian Redman. | | Includes liner notes by Anthony DeCurtis & Tony Margherita. | | Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York. | | For those whose memory may not extend beyond the last Ryan Adams record, alt-country as we know it today pretty much started with Uncle Tupelo. In the 21st century they may best known for giving birth to Wilco and Son Volt, but in those halcyon days whose span is indicated by this anthology's title, Uncle Tupelo were premier roots-rockers combining country influences with the indie-rock sounds of the day (Husker Du, the Replacements, you know the drill). The key here is that we're talking alt-country, not country rock. In other words, the punk influence manifest in this 21-song collection was what helped Tupelo (and all their subsequent disciples) set themselves apart from the laid-back country-rock sounds of the '70s, even if Gram Parsons was as big an inspiration to UT as the Minutemen. Uncle Tupelo weren't around long enough to amass much of a discography, so this generous collection is an excellent and definitive place to start learning about them, and by extension, about the roots of modern-day alternative country (-rock). |
| | Artist Overview | | Uncle Tupelo were the quintessential alt-country band. The Illinois quartet took the rust-belt angst that fueled bands like the Replacements and Husker Du and infused it with the high-lonesome twang of classic country. Although the band was together for less than a decade, they left a supreme legacy, with founding members Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy going on to major careers of their own following the band's demise--Farrar as a solo artists and also with his band Son Volt; and Tweedy as the leader of Wilco, arguably the most important American band of the late-20th/early-21st century. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/19/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 62223 | | Label : Legacy Recordings | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00074646222324 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (5/23/02, p.81)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "...Tupelo's blend of old-timey stringed instruments and punk guitars brought them posthumous accolades as alternative-country pioneers..."Spin (May 2002, p.121)
- "Sure, they were the fathers of modern alt-country or whatever. But they were also a shit-kicking, teary, beer-guzzling, toilet-hugging rock band of the first order..." Entertainment Weekly (3/29/02, p.75)
- "...[This band] helped kick-start the roots-rock boom with [its] punk-fueled take on rural musical tradition....[a] 21-track distillation of UT's four-album career..." - Rating: A- Q (May 2002, p.136)
- 4 out of 5 stars - "...Anthology is both a Best Of and a rarities collection and will no doubt thrill both veteran fans and newcomers..." Mojo (Publisher)
(6/02, p.123)
- "...This band from the no-mark industrial suburb if Belleville, Illinois, lent a fresh nuance to both post-punk rock'n'roll and country, replacing the latter's folksy cliches with a righteous indignation..." NME (Magazine)
(5/11/02, p.36)
- 8 out of 10 - "...Showcases the cream of their time in the mud, blood and beer....All is here, abundantly..." |
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