Ansum — A Hundred Days Off industry promo

[negative1]

digging the longer 'mo move' ... and will listen to 'twist',
have to give the whole album a more thorough listen..

thanks again swift!

great to revisit what we thought might have a been rumor..

later
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[holden]

Swift, thanks again, and again! Great new revelations, if only in listening to familiar tracks in a different order which creates a different feel entirely! I've probably listened to AHDO at least 50+ times, so anything unexpected or out of order makes me reevaluate and reappreciate the original.

TheBang, you beat me to it! I'm at DA3D and making notes! Definitely love the "Twist" drum outtro freak out-- they should have kept this, just to punch up a solid, but midtempo track! "Momove" - expected on the LP sequencing to be DA3D, in this sequence it has even more power than the original. The transitions into The "Little Speaker" piano feature and "Ansum" sounds make perfect sense.
'Ballet Lane" - always one UW's most subtly beautiful tracks, here gets some suble chances, and the closer "Luetin" - somehow sounds even more punchy, though fundamentally the same as the released version.

Could it be that listening closely for differences from the familiar version makes us take notice of bits we hadn't noticed before? Even shuffling the sequence of tracks can have an emotional effect!

Originally Posted by TheBang

What I've found on the rest of the promo:

Identical to album version:
Two Months Off
Trim
Dinosaur Adventure 3D
Luetin

Differs minorly:
Sola Sistim (just fades out a few seconds earlier than the album version)
Ess Gee (album version has additional wind chime sounds starting at about 2:00, and the final bass note)

Differs majorly:
Ballet Lane (a lot of differences, subtly, starting at about 2:00)
Twist (extended ending)
Mo Move (Ansum mixed onto the end)

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by holden

The "Little Speaker" piano feature

In my estimation, the piano part is from Ansum (in the works at least since 2001, when Quick Bit for Web was released), and was borrowed for Little Speaker (an apparent late addition to the album). The piano part is significantly longer in Ansum, and in this Mo Move/Ansum mashup, than the amount of the piano part used in Little Speaker.

Originally Posted by holden

Could it be that listening closely for differences from the familiar version makes us take notice of bits we hadn't noticed before?

Yes, definitely! I noticed bits of Ess Gee and Ballet Lane that I'd never "heard" before. It's given me some new appreciation for the album.

Some additional thoughts, I've had:

Has anyone ever seen it spelled "Sola Systim" anywhere else? Just wondering if that's a typo.

swift, do you have any information or sense as to when this promo made its way to V2? The album wasn't released until Sept. 2002, but it was being worked on back to 2001 at least.

The track order isn't too different from the final release. Ess Gee moves down a couple slots. Mo Move/Ansum becomes Little Speaker, and Mo Move goes to the front.

[the mongoose]

Originally Posted by bas_I_am

or a teabagger birther

Spoiler:

[the mongoose]

Thanks Swift and RSTR Mods!!!!

[Sean]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!! You gave me a reason to set my new laptop up on the tracker, AND something new to listen to on my 20 hour flight next week....you rock.

[joethelion]

hey... any chance someone could hook me up with a dropbox link or whatever...

I really can't do torrents. I'm behind a firewall at my studio and I'm on shitty pay-as-you-go internet at my flat - so to download ANYTHING is reeeeaaallllyyyy expensive - like I downloaded something (scans of a few old comic books) that was less than 1GB a while back, immediately after I "topped up" to have 3GB of internet (£15) - and when it was done - I had to top-up again... costing me another £15

thanks in advance!

[ThingInABook]

dundundun!

i go away for a month and what a surprise was waiting here! (sorry to all, i've been eaten by the real world :/)

as i said to stimpee, i tried (actually, can't remember) joining RSTR, but nothing happened. he even checked my username there... and, of course i'm not there.

you're all sorts of awesome, swift! thanks so much for sharing

[testudo]

All respect due to Swift and RTSR!

[BrotherLovesDub]

Thanks Swift! This is great.