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Over the years I falsely assumed that the Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. record was the only thing the guy has done... and now I am ready to explore. Does anyone have any tips or things I HAVE to check out from his oeuvre?

To me: the self-titled Songs: Ohia record, The Lioness, and Axxess & Ace are all absolutely indispensable and relatively easy to get into.

Ghost Tropic and Didn’t It Rain took me longer to fully appreciate, but I now consider them equally indispensable.

All the other records are still good, of course. These are just the particular journey I took.

Thank you

You might have come across this already, but if not, there's a nice documentary of him recording the Josephine record at Electrical:

brephophagist wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:14 pm Ghost Tropic and Didn’t It Rain took me longer to fully appreciate, but I now consider them equally indispensable.

These two might be tied for my favorite releases of his.

Also great:
Josephine, Pyramid Electric Co (in the right mood), and Lioness. Also the seven inch with The Gray Tower. That song might be the most haunting take on decaying small-town America.

On the kind of okay shelf:
What Comes After the Blues, Trials and Errors (live)

There's a new Substack fan community thing that was just started. To read everything you've got to pay a subscription, but it also allows you to order the new 2xLP S:O vinyl release from 2000 (with the band that made up much of the Magnolia Electric Co. LP):

https://staticanddistance.substack.com/

I have enjoyed so much of Jason Molina’s music over the years. It’s hard to narrow it down, but I find the album I come back to the most is “Didn’t It Rain”.

I think Didn't It Rain is where I got on board as well. A friend played it or bought me a copy or something. I would have been jamming the Ditch Trilogy stuff pretty hard at that time.

tallchris wrote: Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:56 am There's a new Substack fan community thing that was just started. To read everything you've got to pay a subscription, but it also allows you to order the new 2xLP S:O vinyl release from 2000 (with the band that made up much of the Magnolia Electric Co. LP):

https://staticanddistance.substack.com/

This should give a pretty good indication of that Live: Vanquishers 2LP along with the You Came To Me As A Ghost live one. Dates are all pretty close.

I bow out at the Magnolia Electric Co. stuff but most everything previous are some of my favourite sounds ever. In particular, the Translation version from the split CD I wish they had jammed on much longer, The Journey On outro bit, The Grey Tower joint FM losthighway mentioned is a high point for sure, Blue Factory Flame b/w Two Blue Lights, the slight shifts on Ghost Tropic and the Pyramid Electric Co. records, etc & etc... Would love to be down in that hole again for the first time.

I'll note that I get on board more around the Magnolia Electric Co record and then the band he formed to tour that record, and then renamed MEC. Really love the FADING TRAILS live record that was done on that tour when they were renamed MEC from S:O.