March 16-20, 1992

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
After ripping it up on No Depression and Still Feel Gone, their first two albums of twangy punk rock, Uncle Tupelo unplugged for this remarkable tribute--half originals, half political and religious covers--to the band's old-time influences. While the new songs of frontmen Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy are consistently strong here (especially Farrar's "Grindstone"), it's the album's haunted covers of old folksongs that are the true keepers. Tweedy's apocalyptic version of "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" and Farrar's earnest readings of the beat-down "Moonshiner" and the labor song "Coalminers" are as frightening, beautiful, and passionate as anything the band ever recorded. --David Cantwell --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

March 16-20, 1992, Music, Uncle Tupelo, Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop, Rock, United States of America, Urban Folk
March 16-20, 1992
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • a great cd.
  • A classic album
  • American and Essential
  • Do not miss this one
  • definitely my favorite uncle tupelo album
 March 16-20, 1992
Uncle Tupelo
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:
  1. No Depression
  2. Still Feel Gone
  3. Anodyne
  4. Trace
  5. 89/93: An Anthology

ASIN: B00008J2R9
Release Date: 2003-04-15

Tracks:

  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
  16. Take My Word (Bonus Track)
  17. Grindstone (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) (Bonus Track)
  18. Atomic Power (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) (Bonus Track)
  19. I Wanna Be Your Dog (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) (Bonus Track)
  20. Moonshiner (Live 1/24/1993) (Bonus Track)

Amazon.com

After ripping it up on No Depression and Still Feel Gone, their first two albums of twangy punk rock, Uncle Tupelo unplugged for this remarkable tribute--half originals, half political and religious covers--to the band's old-time influences. While the new songs of frontmen Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy are consistently strong here (especially Farrar's "Grindstone"), the album's haunted covers of old folk songs are the true keepers. Tweedy's apocalyptic version of "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" and Farrar's earnest readings of the beat-down "Moonshiner" and the labor song "Coalminers" are as frightening, beautiful, and passionate as anything the band ever recorded. The 2003 expanded and remastered edition adds three unreleased demos, a live version of "Moonshiner," and an instrumental B-side. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a great cd........2006-10-21

country/rock/folk, whatever. this is such a fantastic recording. not a dud song in the lot. great singing, great songs. i call this an american classic.

5 out of 5 stars A classic album .......2006-05-11

No doubt this is the coming together of two brilliant musicians at a moment in time which has produced the most brilliant album which has clearly started a movement. Every song is brilliant. Sensational buy this before any other alt country album its the best

5 out of 5 stars American and Essential .......2006-01-05

This is a fine roots album if ever there was one. Before Wilco, before Son Volt, there was Uncle Tupelo. And of all the Uncle Tupelo discs, this, in my mind, stands supreme. The songs alternate vocals between Jeff Tweedy and Jar Farrar. Farrar, in his preacher's baritone, tends to sing more politically oriented songs, songs of the early twentieth century, socialist songs focusing on coal miners unionizing or the ills of capitalism on the small man. Farrar's version of Moonshiner is like a priceless relic suspended in amber. Tweedy (his voice sounds younger and more contemporary than Farrar) also tackles some good old Americana in "I wish my Baby was Born" and "Satan, Your Kingdom must Come Down." Overall Tweedy leans more toward the personal and emotional while Farrar seems more comfortable with traditional ballads. Most of the songs are traditional tunes - folk songs, blues songs, spirituals. The guitar work is strong, with both men playing acoustic to fill out the sound. On some songs there are mandolin and violin - but it's really an acoustic guitar driven record. The band does a superb job of capturing the timelessness of the older music, and does well to blend their tunes with such a venerable canon. This is folk music as it was meant to be - raw, intense, masculine, topical. There is nothing cheesy on this record - and "Atomic Power" is probably the standout cut on the disc. Buy this music - you won't be disappointed - I guarantee!

5 out of 5 stars Do not miss this one.......2005-08-10

If you are looking for one of the best Alt Country / Americana (whatever those are) CDs ever created this is it. Look no further. These guys were the masters of it. With so much crap on the radio, its nice to look back in time and find some real gems if you are willing to branch out and spend some $$. This album will lead you to buy CDs from Son Volt, Wilco, and Jay solo. A must for the critical music lover.

5 out of 5 stars definitely my favorite uncle tupelo album.......2005-04-15

The other three Uncle Tupelo albums each have some good songs, but don't really hold together that well as records. "March" does, beautifully. Recording at a crossroads in music history when underground bands were getting mainstream radio airplay, Uncle Tupelo's popularity might have exploded if they had stayed where they were for "Still Feel Gone." This is one case, however, where you'd rather not think about the might-have-beens, as this album, all acoustic and roughly half traditional folk covers, is one of the rare albums that nearly defines "rocking." Tweedy is at his finest with the simple, sadly meditative "Black Eye," and Farrar contributes "Criminals," a song with a social conscience that manages to not seem dated. The folk songs are all beautiful, and the instrumental "Sandusky" is flawlessly executed. Though recorded in the short span of time noted in the album title with only acoustic instruments, this album manages at once to be timeless and to be eminently of its own time.
March 16-20, 1992
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • it simply does not get any better than this
  • Solid American Genius
  • DOES this cd need reviewing?
  • On tour with Mould
  • A great transition album.
 March 16-20, 1992
Uncle Tupelo
Manufacturer: Rockville
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Anodyne
  2. No Depression
  3. Still Feel Gone
  4. Still Feel Gone
  5. 89/93: An Anthology

ASIN: B000003JYH
Release Date: 1992-08-03

Tracks:

  1. Grindstone
  2. Coalminers
  3. Wait Up
  4. Criminals
  5. Shaky Ground
  6. Satan, Your Kingdome 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

Amazon.com essential recording

After ripping it up on No Depression and Still Feel Gone, their first two albums of twangy punk rock, Uncle Tupelo unplugged for this remarkable tribute--half originals, half political and religious covers--to the band's old-time influences. While the new songs of frontmen Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy are consistently strong here (especially Farrar's "Grindstone"), it's the album's haunted covers of old folksongs that are the true keepers. Tweedy's apocalyptic version of "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" and Farrar's earnest readings of the beat-down "Moonshiner" and the labor song "Coalminers" are as frightening, beautiful, and passionate as anything the band ever recorded. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars it simply does not get any better than this.......2005-09-01

what further can be said?? this is a time-capsule on tape,..a modern folk recollection of an age fading into a sonic fog and rapidly disappearing behind slick suits, fancy ties, cyber-cafes and over-production. here lies a collection of stripped-down acoustic poems, audio folklore and haunting "front-porch" stories depicting the hardships and weight borne by "common folk" and the burden of the "thankless trenchmen" who labor anonymously to serve the common good AND make ends meet. it was certaily an AMBITIOUS undertaking for UT but we (the listening masses) were THANKFULLY rewarded with a absolute classic. never have Farrar and Tweedy sounded more earnest and TRULY inspired by the tracks they laid down (than on this album). from the weary wails of Grindstone and Coalminers to the deep introspection of Black Eye and Moonshiner to the mournful regret of I Wish My Baby Was Born...this is a MUST HAVE for ANYONE who even REMOTELY likes acoustic folk music. this album is an absolute treasure and it has been a mainstay in my cd collection for years. a real beauty. a diamond.

5 out of 5 stars Solid American Genius.......2003-03-20

A phenomenon like Uncle Tupelo is at times hard to comprehend. This album solidifies them as one of the best bands of the last twenty years. Moving away from their earlier brilliant albums that meshed rock and country they bring it all home by devoting themselves to daunting and beautiful renditions of traditionals and new material. This is an obvious tribute and demonstration of where they derived their unique sound.
Haunting renditions of songs like Coalminers, Criminals and Lilli Schull do what Tupelo does best: reminds us that music is both a potent tool for protest and catharsis. Farrar's bold lyrics ironically contrast with the fatalistic topics that the songs treat.
This album is very different than their first two but the themes and motivation stay the same. They are a constant lament of loneliness, exploitation and isolation. They are songs about the system manifest in the individual. They reject the morbid romanticism that a lot of the alternative scene seems to attach to the woes of the modern man, which is in a way endorsement of the system that rejects them but gives them identity. This music is not about Tupelo. It is about man, and it is beautiful, haunting and an absolute work of genius...

5 out of 5 stars DOES this cd need reviewing?.......2002-10-01

...This cd is wonderful. It's all that music should be. The acoustic simplicity, the picking, the grating voices, the poignant themes, all of them blend together to make one [heck] of a satisfying cd. As previously said, if you listen to Uncle Tupelo, you'll form a band.

But it doesn't matter, because no one (not even Wilco or Volt) will EVER be Uncle Tupelo.

5 out of 5 stars On tour with Mould.......2002-08-13

read the other reviews for all the hoohah. what most of them neglect to tell is that this cd was recorded while uncle tupelo was on tour with Bob Mould, who is absolutely legendary as an acoustic performer. i missed these shows, and i'd give my left noogie to have seen them.

5 out of 5 stars A great transition album........2002-03-06

I was a Tupelo fan from the early 90s, and bought the cassette at about the time it came out, somewhere around 1992 or 1993. Until I looked up this finding on Amazon, I didn't realize that this album was so hard to find. (Maybe the new Uncle Tupelo anthology "89/93" will include some of these tracks.)

The first two albums by Tupelo -- "No Depression" and "Still Feel Gone" -- do incorporate some bluegrass and acoustic music, but there is a really big guitar sound that almost sounds like "country metal". It's not a swipe at their credibility (the lyrics and the spirit of the albums are fine), but in the early 90s, there really wasn't a place to categorize this type of music. But if you want to understand the context between the sonic tempest of "Still Feel Gone" and the alt-country landmark of "Anodyne", this CD of half-traditional, half-original numbers will explain a lot.

With "March 16-20, 1992", it's almost like their unofficial unplugged album. The tone-down in volume doesn't take away from the power of the album. Some other reviewers have commented on the traditional songs they cover, but there are three killer tracks that (if I recall correctly) are originals that give the album a heart all its own.

On the first side is "Shaky Ground", one of the most resonating and textually complex songs you'll hear out of only a singer (Jay) and his guitar, accompanied by a bottleneck guitar at the end.

On the second side is a double-shot. The first is "Fatal Wound", where Jeff sings the lament of someone whose barstool fate has been sealed long before he/she realizes it. This dire song is then followed by an instrumental -- "Sandusky" -- that has the breath of life within it. After all of the depressing nature of the songs preceding it, the song is like a curtain opening to the sunlight.

For an album that might have been categorized as a tribute to their roots, "March 16-20, 1992" serves a purpose far beyond that premise, and deserves attention even today.

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