Wilco’s return to the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester was a welcome one, with us last having caught the band’s three night stint there in 2014. In 2016, they decided to split things up, with these two shows in Port Chester followed by two shows at King’s Theater in Brooklyn (which we missed, unfortunately). This night at the Cap felt like a bit of warm-up, with Tweedy noting some of the equipment problems that occurred during “Art of Almost.” Compared to the second night of the run, Tweedy had much more to say here, at one point noting that his pants had ripped near the crotch, and the he was trying to avoid a Lenny Kravitz situation that would be “much less impressive” than the one that set the Internet on fire back in 2015. It was a welcome moment of levity in a show that followed this year’s Star Wars template, with the band performing a full run-through of that album before delving into the back catalog, then wrapping up with an acoustic set. Among this night’s highlights were the first encore, a superlative, noisy version of “Spiders (Kidsmoke),” as well as the A.M. favorite, “Box Full of Letters.” The acoustic set also came with a special treat, as opener William Tyler joined for “Airline To Heaven.”

The band’s tour continues down the eastern side of the country for another few days of February before they take a pause until June, when they’ll return for Mountain Jam. We’ll see you there.

nyctaper recorded this set with Schoeps CCM4 cardiods, while acidjack recorded the set with MK22 open cardiods on the same stand. Both recordings are outstanding. Enjoy!

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Wilco

2016-02-02

Capitol Theatre

Portchester NY

Digital Master Recording

Front Of Board Audience

Schoeps CCM4u Cardioids > Sound Devices 744t > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (post-production) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper

Setlist:

[Total Time 2:07:46]

01 [EKG intro]

02 More

03 Random Name Generator

04 The Joke Explained

05 You Satellite

06 Taste the Ceiling

07 Pickled Ginger

08 Where Do I Begin

09 Cold Slope

10 King of You

11 Magnetized

12 Company In My Back

13 Handshake Drugs

14 Art of Almost

15 [banter – science project]

16 Box Full of Letters

17 [banter – Kravitz]

18 Heavy Metal Drummer

19 I’m the Man Who Loves You

20 Dawned On Me

21 Impossible Germany

22 The Late Greats

23 [banter – fight]

24 Red Eyed and Blue

25 I Got You

26 Outtasite

27 [encore break]

28 Spiders (Kidsmoke)

29 [second encore break]

30 Misunderstood

31 It’s Just That Simple

32 Airline to Heaven

33 A Shot in the Arm

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Wilco

2016-02-02

Capitol Theatre

Port Chester, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com

Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK22 (PAS bar, slightly ROC, FOB)>Nbob cables>PFA>Aeta PSP3>Roland R-26>24bit/48kHz WAV>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ)>Audacity 2.0.5 (track, amplify, balance, downsample, dither)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks

01 EKG

02 More…

03 Random Name Generator

04 The Joke Explained

05 You Satellite

06 Taste the Ceiling

07 Pickled Ginger

08 Where Do I Begin

09 Cold Slope

10 King of You

11 Magnetized

12 Company In My Back

13 Handshake Drugs

14 Art of Almost

15 [banter1]

16 Box Full of Letters

17 Heavy Metal Drummer

18 I’m the Man Who Loves You

19 Dawned On Me

20 Impossible Germany

21 The Late Greats

22 [banter2]

23 Red Eyed and Blue >

24 I Got You

25 Outtasite (Outtamind)

26 [encore break 1]

27 Spiders

28 [encore break 2]

Acoustic Encore

29 Misunderstood

30 It’s Just That Simple

31 Airline to Heaven w/ William Tyler

32 Shot in the Arm

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