Calexico - Road Atlas 1998-2011 [2011] + Selections From Road Atlas 1998-2011[2011]+ Bonus Digital Download. (10 x Cds)

CALEXICO

Calexico - Road Atlas 1998-2011 [2011] + Selections From Road Atlas 1998-2011[2011] + Bonus Digital Download. (10 x Cds)

Calexico is a Tucson, Arizona-based Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock band. The band's two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, and their 2005 EP, In the Reins, recorded with Iron & Wine, reached the Billboard 200 album charts. Their musical style is influenced by traditional Latin sounds of mariachi, conjunto, cumbia, and tejano mixed with country, jazz, and post-rock.  The band is named for the border town of Calexico, California, and has been described by some as "desert noir"

Road Atlas 1998-2011, which collects the band’s 8 self-released tour albums in vinyl format for the first time ever (previously only available as CDs at Calexico’s live concerts). As described by journalist Fred Mills, “you hold what the members of Calexico describe as their Road Atlas, and as a kind of alternate musical history of the band, it makes for quite a trip.”

Instead of adhering to strict chronology, the CD is sequenced to play like a Calexico album, which means, like Feast of Wire or Carried to Dust, it alternates between vocal-heavy songs and instrumental interstitials. It's not too difficult to distinguish early songs like "El Morro" from later tracks like "Man Made Lake", but the juxtapositions can be illuminating. With its full sound and Burns' desperate vocals, "Griptape", from 2005's The Book and the Canal, sets up the rough terrain of "Glowing Heart of the World," from 98-99 Road Map, creating a dynamic that flows from Burns' vocal melody on the former to the lonely guitar strum and crashing finale of the latter. Selections is full of such passages, which blur the timeline and allow the songs to comment on one another.

This is a vinyl box set containing a complete collection of Calexico's tour-only CDs available on vinyl for the first time ever (previously sold exclusively as compact discs at Calexico's live concerts).  Limited availability (only 1,100 were released), this is one high quality beautiful box-set that is so inclusive and sounds fantastic. Get one if you still can, I love this!   (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Calexico - El Morro 4:46

02 Calexico - Minas De Cobre (acoustic Version) 2:19

03 Calexico - Man Goes Where Water Flows 4:19

04 Calexico - Glowing Heart Of The World 4:50

05 Calexico - Too Much Sprawl 6:55

06 Calexico - Rollbar 5:08

CD2

01 Calexico - The Waves Crashing Silently Through The Dominator's Hull 6:51

02 Calexico - Fine Patina 3:05

03 Calexico - The Night Is Upon Us 5:28

04 Calexico - Cacha?a 4:19

05 Calexico - Driving To Get Away 4:44

06 Calexico - Comes With A Smile 2:26

07 Calexico - Lunada Lando 2:14

08 Calexico - Piker Sam 4:25

09 Calexico - Flat Handed And On The Wing 13:02

CD3

01 Calexico - All The Pretty Horses 4:03

02 Calexico - Blacktop 1:17

03 Calexico - '64 Ford Fairlane 1:02

04 Calexico - Transistorites 2:09

05 Calexico - Clothes Of Sand 3:44

06 Calexico - Train Of Thought 0:29

07 Calexico - Redwood 0:44

08 Calexico - Gift X-change 3:10

09 Calexico - Tv Room 0:27

10 Calexico - Inch By Inch 0:48

11 Calexico - Rvrse Ranch/reverse Ranch 0:46

12 Calexico - Crooked Road And The Briar 3:37

13 Calexico - Humano (instrumental) 4:48

14 Calexico - 6 White Horses 0:28

15 Calexico - Sequoia 6:48

16 Calexico - Crawlspace 2:46

17 Calexico - Impromptu For Piano And Contra 2:55

18 Calexico - At The Table He Sat Alone With 2:17

19 Calexico - Az Room 0:25

20 Calexico - Bees And The Flies 0:45

21 Calexico - Crystal Frontier (original Version) 4:16

22 Calexico - Hush A-bye / Singing Wind Ranch 8:34

CD4

01 Calexico - Wash 4:27

02 Calexico - The Ride (part Ii) 3:11

03 Calexico - Sonic Wind 6:10

04 Calexico - Frontera/trigger 5:44

05 Calexico - El Picador 3:05

06 Calexico - Sanchez 4:46

07 Calexico - Fade 11:47

08 Calexico - Lost In Space 4:27

09 Calexico - Minas De Cobre 4:21

10 Calexico - Wind Up Bird 5:26

11 Calexico - Stray 5:51

12 Calexico - Crystal Frontier 6:50

13 Calexico - Paper Re-route 2:49

CD5

01 Calexico - Half A Smidge 1:49

02 Calexico - What's A Little Wait 2:11

03 Calexico - Griptape 2:56

04 Calexico - Muddy Meadow 0:53

05 Calexico - Near The Woodpile 2:00

06 Calexico - Unter Unserem Himmel 2:30

07 Calexico - Painted Over 3:42

08 Calexico - Electric Relay 3:16

09 Calexico - Ghostwriter 2:57

10 Calexico - Dredging 3:30

11 Calexico - Heavy With The Bass 3:00

12 Calexico - Arco Chato 1:43

13 Calexico - Break To Barranca 3:03

14 Calexico - Kiss And Tell 3:26

15 Calexico - In The Cut 1:49

16 Calexico - Drag Storm Around 4:20

17 Calexico - One Last Panoramic 5:55

CD6

01 Calexico - Above The Branch 3:12

02 Calexico - When Bellows Crack 3:43

03 Calexico - Lo-fi Moon 1:04

04 Calexico - Barcelona Mosaico 2:25

05 Calexico - Hair Like Spanish Moss 4:04

06 Calexico - Vinyassa 3:04

07 Calexico - The News About William 2:35

08 Calexico - The Road Back 3:31

09 Calexico - In The Quiet 1:30

10 Calexico - Maria Chuchena 4:14

11 Calexico - Waitomo 3:30

12 Calexico - Detroit Steam 3:16

13 Calexico - Departure In F Minor 1:24

14 Calexico - When Only The Ashes Are Left 4:27

CD7

01 Calexico - Bisbee Blue 5:43

02 Calexico - Roka 5:12

03 Calexico - Bend To The Road 5:12

04 Calexico - El Gatillo 4:09

05 Calexico - Two Silver Trees 5:34

06 Calexico - Inspiracion 3:35

07 Calexico - Minas De Cobre 4:40

08 Calexico - Man Made Lake 5:26

09 Calexico - Alone Again Or 3:29

10 Calexico - Fractured Air 4:44

11 Calexico - Red Blooms 8:48

12 Calexico - Victor Jara's Hands 4:24

13 Calexico - Crystal Frontier 5:16

14 Calexico - Crumble (bonus Track) 6:41

CD8

01 Calexico - Gran Circo Mexico 2:13

02 Calexico - Casitas Mexicanas 0:48

03 Calexico - Boletos 1:30

04 Calexico - Moises En Cadenas 1:12

05 Calexico - Dueto De Ivonne Y Tino 1:40

06 Calexico - Los Que Se Quedan 1:03

07 Calexico - Naydelin 1:29

08 Calexico - Tiempo De Lluvia 2:21

09 Calexico - Globo De La Muerte 0:35

10 Calexico - Chamacos 1:49

11 Calexico - El Escape Del Circo 2:19

12 Calexico - Don Gilberto 2:44

13 Calexico - Los Suenos De Tino 1:33

14 Calexico - Vals Escrito A Mano 1:12

15 Calexico - Perseverancia 0:56

16 Calexico - Dona Lupe 1:11

17 Calexico - Cuerdas Astrales 1:23

18 Calexico - Dueto De Ivonne Y Tino Ii 1:26

19 Calexico - Entrenado A Los Tigres 1:14

20 Calexico - La Carga Hace Andar Al Burro 0:39

21 Calexico - La Familia Ponce 1:28

22 Calexico - El Hervir Rojo 0:37

23 Calexico - Amor Adolescente 0:53

24 Calexico - La Cuerda Floja 1:12

25 Calexico - Pulsadas En Los Semaforos 2:38

26 Calexico - El Cementerio 2:24

27 Calexico - Escrito En La Piedra 2:11

28 Calexico - Mi Vida Y El Circo 3:39

CD9 Bonus digital download files available with insert coupon in the Road Atlas 1998-2011 

01 Calexico - Close Behind (live From Tucson) 3:05

02 Calexico - Gilbert (live From Denver) 4:44

03 Calexico - Minor Excursions 5:01

04 Calexico - 'neath The Hollow (live From Tucson) 6:13

CD10 Selections From Road Atlas 1998-2011

01 Calexico - Half A Smidge 1:50

02 Calexico - Waitomo 3:29

03 Calexico - Griptape 2:57

04 Calexico - Glowing Heart Of The World 4:50

05 Calexico - Entrenando A Los Tigres 1:13

06 Calexico - All The Pretty Horses 4:02

07 Calexico - Inch By Inch 1:02

08 Calexico - Lost In Space 4:27

09 Calexico - Boletos 1:30

10 Calexico - El Morro 4:44

11 Calexico - Gift X-change 3:11

12 Calexico - Detroit Steam 3:16

13 Calexico - Ghostwriter 2:59

14 Calexico - Cachaca 4:19

15 Calexico - Crystal Frontier (original Version) 4:20

16 Calexico - Man Made Lake 4:20

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