180 Gram Vinyl! Produced by R.E.M. Guitarist Peter Buck! Pressed at RTI! All-Acoustic 3rd Album! Includes Original Artwork!
March 16–20, 1992 is the third studio album by alternative country band Uncle
Tupelo, released on August 3, 1992. The title refers to the five-day span during
which the album was recorded. An almost entirely acoustic recording, the album
features original songs and covers of traditional folk songs in near equal
number, and was produced by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.
In 1990, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck attended an Uncle Tupelo concert at the 40
Watt Club in his hometown of Athens, Georgia. Buck was particularly impressed
with the band's rendition of the Louvin Brothers' "Great Atomic Power", and
contacted the band after the show. Uncle Tupelo singers Jay Farrar and Jeff
Tweedy exchanged their interests in bluegrass music with Buck, and decided to
collaborate on an acoustic music project in the future.
Uncle Tupelo's frustrations with their record label Rockville Records grew when
the label refused to pay the band's royalties for the sales of their first two
albums. This resulted in a "nothing-to-lose context" for the recording of a
third album. In what was a sharp contrast to the popular music styles at the
time, Uncle Tupelo decided to record an album of folk songs.
The album's content reflected folk themes juxtaposed with new material from
Tweedy and Farrar. Several of the songs have Christian themes but were placed on
the album to reflect the "madness and fear that would drive men to wish for such
redemption". Jeff Tweedy's lyrics were strongly influenced by Nick Drake's 1972
album Pink Moon. Farrar's "Criminals" paraphrases a George H. W. Bush campaign
speech and was considered by music journalist Greg Kot to be one of the band's
"angriest songs".
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Produced by R.E.M. Guitarist Peter Buck
• Pressed at RTI
• Includes Original Artwork
• All-Acoustic 3rd Album
Musicians:
Jay Farrar, bass guitar, guitar, 12 string guitar, harmonica, vocals
Jeff Tweedy, bass guitar, guitar, 12 string guitar, vocals
Mike Heidorn, drums, cymbals, tambourine
Brian Henneman, banjo, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin, slide guitar
John Keane, banjo, bass guitar, guitar, pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
David Barbe, bass guitar
Andy Carlson, violin
Billy Holmes accordion
Selections:
1. Grindstone
2. Coalminers
3. Wait Up
4. Criminals
5. Shaky Ground
6. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
7. Black Eye
8. Moonshiner
9. I Wish My Baby Was Born
10. Atomic Power
11. Lilli Schull
12. Warfare
13. Fatal Wound
14. Sandusky
15. Wipe the Clock
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