Golden Opportunities Mixtape

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The Golden Opportunities Mixtape is a free downloadable album by indie rock band Okkervil River. It contains eight covers and one live version of an original. It was released without any press as a free download from the band's website on December 12, 2007. It was listed as a Must Have Download in the 1044th Issue of Rolling Stone.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"April Anne"	John Phillips	4:14
2.	"Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"	Randy Newman	2:29
3.	"I Want to Know"	Charles F. Olsen/Ed Sanders	2:57
4.	"Do What You Gotta Do"	Jimmy Webb	3:04
5.	"I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away"	Serge Gainsbourg/Translated by Will Sheff	4:33
6.	"The Blonde in the Bleachers"	Joni Mitchell	3:02
7.	"Antarctica Starts Here"	John Cale	2:43
8.	"Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas"	Will Sheff	7:11
9.	"Solo"	Sandy Denny	3:45

Personnel

• Will Sheff: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
• Scott Brackett: Cornet, Keyboards, Piano on "April Anne"
• Brian Cassidy: Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel, Piano on "Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas"
• Jonathan Meiburg: Vocals, Piano, Accordion
• Travis Nelsen: Drums
• Patrick Pestorius: Bass
• Justin Sherburn: Keyboard on "I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away"

External links

• Official website with downloadable album
• Pitchfork download link
• Rolling Stone link