Ooooooooh. I have wanted to get in to this band for *so* long, but all of their albums (except the collection of early stuff) are out of print. I would love to have this.

Can we all agree though that, judging Ciculatory System against Sunshine Fix, that the real talent went with W. Cullen Hart?

While I prefer the Circulatory System to the Sunshine Fix, I can't say that I completely agree with you, Patrick. But hey, that's what opinions are for. :-) I like Bill's stuff with the OTC a lot...

Great stuff; looks like we're in agreement on a lot of their songs (though once you weed out the more experimental and/or silly stuff, they didn't leave the hugest catalog of actual songs behind). I'd personally give Sunshine Fix a slight edge over Circ. System, though both did a fine job of showing that OTC was greater than the sum of its parts -- even with 2 songwriters OTC had a hard time filling an entire album with great songs without relying on some annoying filler, so not surprisingly both post-OTC albums are kinda thin on top-notch material. It's sad how quickly most of the great Elephant 6 empire crumbled -- Neutral Milk Hotel & OTC both gone after two proper albums, Beulah on its way out, Apples regressing a bit on their latest... Ah, but what a brief, shining moment it was!

Awesome.. pretty much everything i woulda picked. And yeah, i personally favor Circ. System over the Sunshine fix. 'Age of the Sun' is pretty good, but man, when i saw them in atlanta last summer they sounded like a lame Byrds cover band.

nice stuff, rob.

Elephant 6 is the perfect label for rock snobs.

Nice one Rob. I haven't listened to OTC for a while, but at their best, their pop stuff is truly outstanding.

great fucking band, can't wait to see the circ system show

its's weird commenting on old mixes but this mix is absolutely lovely. good job, rob.