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Post by theothertull on May 18, 2023 7:59:10 GMT
Reason For Waiting/Cornucopia definitely on the cousin's list. Sometimes the cousin vibe is so obvious ( fat man, tall thin girl, water carrier), (budapest/white innocence) that it reveals pre-meditation. How do you feel about Vincent van Gogh?
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Post by JTull 007 on May 20, 2023 15:44:12 GMT
Excellent animation Jethro Tull - The Feathered Consort (2023)
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Post by stevep on May 20, 2023 22:23:39 GMT
“ It was Jtull007’s find though, credit where credit is due! “
Thanks for posting the interview Jtull007, great find.
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Post by JTull 007 on May 21, 2023 0:12:43 GMT
“ It was Jtull007’s find though, credit where credit is due! “ Thanks for posting the interview Jtull007, great find. Searching for TULL makes me very happy Always a pleasure to share OMG !!! Apr 17 2023 53 mins Rock, Paper, Swords! VIKINGS! Jethro Tull - RökFlöte album review. LINKIt's a first for us here at RPS - an album review! Well, ROCK, paper, swords, right? There's two very good reasons for us doing this review (even putting aside the fact Steven is Tull's biggest fan):
1 - We were sent advance copies of the album, so it's only fair we did our best to listen to it and get an honest review out before the album is released. So here it is!
2 - Ian Anderson is hopefully going to be a guest on this very podcast, to chat about his career and RökFlöte in particular. It's an album based on Norse/Viking mythology/religion so it is absolutely perfect for us to review and discuss, given both Matthew and Steven are writing/have written books about the Vikings. Truly a match made in Valhalla!
We hope you enjoy this bonus episode and check out the album when it's released on the 21st of April. It's FANTASTIC as you'll hear in our review. You can pre-order it here:
jethrotullband.lnk.to/RokFlote
Huge thanks to Inside Out Records, Ian Anderson, and The Publicity Connection for the review copies of the album!
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Post by JTull 007 on May 29, 2023 12:24:42 GMT
Denny Somach The Rock Podcast Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson Ian Anderson has been fronting Jethro Tull since it formed. He and Denny have known each other a long time, more than forty years, so they kick back and catch up on everything from the old days to the band’s newest release – their 23rd album.
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Post by samatcn on May 30, 2023 14:23:04 GMT
Denny Somach The Rock Podcast Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson Ian Anderson has been fronting Jethro Tull since it formed. He and Denny have known each other a long time, more than forty years, so they kick back and catch up on everything from the old days to the band’s newest release – their 23rd album. Another good one, mr 007! Ian comes quite close to talking openly about the old voice, but not quite.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 3, 2023 12:37:16 GMT
Welcome BACK Sir John Bunkerfan JETHRO TULL Mastermind IAN ANDERSON Talks Recent Studio Album “Rök Flöte” And Its Celestial Themes Founded by the legendary Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull has entered their seventh decade of music-making with no way to slow down. After a pause over the past couple of decades while Anderson released several albums under his own name, Tull returned as a recording entity with 2022’s “The Zealot Gene” and quickly followed up this year with the the rock-infused “Rök Flöte”. Filled with tales and descriptions of Norse gods, the lyrics are set in a poetic form unlike any other Tull album.
Ian explained the album's title and theme in more detail: "The title of this offering went through a little change or two along the way. I started with the idea of a predominantly instrumental album for rock flute — as in rock music. When the subject material of the album presented itself, I was drawn to the term Ragnarök from Norse mythology — their version of apocalyptic end times or Biblical Armageddon. The 'final showdown' scenario is ubiquitous and inherent in Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, for example. Ragnarök translates as 'destiny of the Gods', the rök part meaning destiny, course, direction. With umlaut firmly in place, courtesy of the Germanic origins of Old Norse, Flute became Flöte in keeping with the spelling. With me so far? I just can't miss the glorious opportunity for a good and legitimate umlaut."
Sonic Perspectives correspondent Scott Medina chatted with Anderson about the album’s celestial themes, which quickly evolved into an exploration of religion’s shortcomings and promise. Along the way, Anderson provides more insight into the new album’s inspirations and to his current touring schedule which runs through the rest of the year.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 4, 2023 7:42:07 GMT
Welcome BACK Sir John Bunkerfan Thanks Jim and I always take Tull on my holidays
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 16, 2023 16:35:20 GMT
I promised to quit raving about 'The Perfect One' but that was before I started hearing echoes of it in 'Guardian'.
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Post by stevep on Jun 16, 2023 20:51:48 GMT
Interested to hear what others think of the album now that it has been out for 6 weeks or so. I liked three tracks when I first listed to it and that has grown to five now. I guess that is a fair average for any album. Wonder too how many have looked up information about the Norse gods to make sense of the album lyrics, etc. (I have not).
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Post by adospencer1 on Jun 17, 2023 6:09:07 GMT
Interested to hear what others think of the album now that it has been out for 6 weeks or so. I liked three tracks when I first listed to it and that has grown to five now. I guess that is a fair average for any album. Wonder too how many have looked up information about the Norse gods to make sense of the album lyrics, etc. (I have not). Im afraid that for me as much as I desperately want to like it, its gone the way of TZG, I hardly play it, and when I do I find myself losing interest halfway through. Leaving aside the wretched vocals which we have debated to death, the lyrics although clever and intelligent ,lack that ambiguity to draw me back for repeated listens and to reach my own conclusions, instead just like TZG ,the words are a series of statements or facts (as IA sees them). Some words are shoehorned very awkwardly .This new way of making himself write to a theme on a set date, lyrics first, doesn't work in my opinion ,and something has been lost. The production is odd, no light and shade, one paced music to allow the voice to keep up, gives the impression that the album is one long song (pun unintentional). Its difficult for me, there are snatches of the clever wordplay, pieces of intricate music and time signatures that always thrilled me, but this album like the one before is just a shadow.
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Post by itullian on Jun 17, 2023 22:54:10 GMT
The more I listen to this album, the more I like it.
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Post by itullian on Jun 18, 2023 6:18:00 GMT
Anyone have any idea how this album is doing sale wise? On the charts?
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 18, 2023 9:26:14 GMT
Anyone have any idea how this album is doing sale wise? On the charts? I've looked on a top 100 album chart for this week and it isn't on there But on 28th April it was 7th. on the album chart and 23rd in the vinyl chart
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Post by samatcn on Jun 21, 2023 15:25:06 GMT
Interested to hear what others think of the album now that it has been out for 6 weeks or so. I liked three tracks when I first listed to it and that has grown to five now. I guess that is a fair average for any album. Wonder too how many have looked up information about the Norse gods to make sense of the album lyrics, etc. (I have not). I still don’t know how I feel about the album, or how it fits into my larger internal psychochronography of Tull and Ian. I still lean positive though, I have to say this seems like a shoo-in for the upper half of the discography at least. I think people have a nostalgia-inflated view of some earlier eras… there have been plenty of albums that are a lot more uninspired and in poorer taste than this, in my book. I hear there’s another one coming in 2024, and I’m really enthustiastic about IA taking a bit more time to let the songs develop. I feel like I might entertain myself by writing down some thoughts on each album before then, and when the next (last?) album comes out, maybe I’ll finally know how I really feel about RökFlöte.
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Post by adospencer1 on Jun 22, 2023 18:54:13 GMT
Interested to hear what others think of the album now that it has been out for 6 weeks or so. I liked three tracks when I first listed to it and that has grown to five now. I guess that is a fair average for any album. Wonder too how many have looked up information about the Norse gods to make sense of the album lyrics, etc. (I have not). I still don’t know how I feel about the album, or how it fits into my larger internal psychochronography of Tull and Ian. I still lean positive though, I have to say this seems like a shoo-in for the upper half of the discography at least. I think people have a nostalgia-inflated view of some earlier eras… there have been plenty of albums that are a lot more uninspired and in poorer taste than this, in my book. I hear there’s another one coming in 2024, and I’m really enthustiastic about IA taking a bit more time to let the songs develop. I feel like I might entertain myself by writing down some thoughts on each album before then, and when the next (last?) album comes out, maybe I’ll finally know how I really feel about RökFlöte. Once again (and respectfully) I find myself in disagreement with you. Its not a "nostalgia inflated view" of earlier eras! You had to be there to experience the impact for those albums on some of us "at the time" For myself they were real events, astounding music and lyrics to lose myself in! The last few albums are not in the same class at all. Now I respect that you like the newer stuff and by your own admission see Tull as Quirky and faintly amusing and fair play to you for that view,and Im certainly not trying to come over as older and wiser, your opinion is as valid as any, but you surely must respect what impact Jethro Tull had on some of us over the years. Its not nostalgia, just the knowledge that Tull for years were an absolutely stunning band, and though Im glad IA is still around, recent output really is a mere shadow of past glories. (Though part of me thinks maybe you say these things just to wind us up?)
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Post by rredmond on Jun 23, 2023 13:02:36 GMT
The opinions on this board are so diverse, I love it! I'll put myself in the older, not necessarily wiser, category. I like the older stuff better - maybe cause of nostalgia, though I didn't get into Tull until 1987. I know there are folks that are going to give me the side-eye, but I think something is missing withouth the Anderson-Barre pairing, and I dig listening to Martin's "new" stuff - which is mostly the old stuff! But I think I like this Rok thingie, in spite of being an old fogie!
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Post by samatcn on Jun 23, 2023 16:51:04 GMT
I still don’t know how I feel about the album, or how it fits into my larger internal psychochronography of Tull and Ian. I still lean positive though, I have to say this seems like a shoo-in for the upper half of the discography at least. I think people have a nostalgia-inflated view of some earlier eras… there have been plenty of albums that are a lot more uninspired and in poorer taste than this, in my book. I hear there’s another one coming in 2024, and I’m really enthustiastic about IA taking a bit more time to let the songs develop. I feel like I might entertain myself by writing down some thoughts on each album before then, and when the next (last?) album comes out, maybe I’ll finally know how I really feel about RökFlöte. Once again (and respectfully) I find myself in disagreement with you. Its not a "nostalgia inflated view" of earlier eras! You had to be there to experience the impact for those albums on some of us "at the time" For myself they were real events, astounding music and lyrics to lose myself in! The last few albums are not in the same class at all. Now I respect that you like the newer stuff and by your own admission see Tull as Quirky and faintly amusing and fair play to you for that view,and Im certainly not trying to come over as older and wiser, your opinion is as valid as any, but you surely must respect what impact Jethro Tull had on some of us over the years. Its not nostalgia, just the knowledge that Tull for years were an absolutely stunning band, and though Im glad IA is still around, recent output really is a mere shadow of past glories. (Though part of me thinks maybe you say these things just to wind us up?) Well, I’m not specifically trying to wind anyone up, no, but neither am I trying to wind anyone down! Haha. I’m probably just communicating poorly, because of course I don’t think all earlier eras are nostalgically overrated. I guess I’m waltzing in here saying controversial things without having first established my Tull credentials, mea culpa. Let’s just acknowledge that I consider, for instance, TAAB, Minstrel and Heavy Horses to be leagues above RökFlöte and be done with it. But. It’s far from all albums that are that level. It seems you get riled up when I imply that RF is not really that different in quality from some other Tull albums. You seem to think I mean all albums - I don’t. Now, I’ve been younger and newer to Tull than other (potentially wiser) fans ever since I started listening to Tull. (Weird right!) And my recollection is one of a great complaining and pining for the good old days from the old and perhaps wise fans, every time Ian released anything at all. And from my rummaging around in old articles I get the impression that this response started to be common around the time of, oh, Warchild? And now you’re coming at me, Spencer, seemingly expostulating that stuff like Catfish and Dot Com are unassailable, timeless classics?? I mean…. really?! 🤣 So I hope you’ll all excuse my teasing, I fully respect your opinions as well and I realize that my view is not common in the fandom. And of course it’s a shadow of its former self. I’m not denying this in the slightest. I just think it’s one of the most enjoyable, interesting and unique shadows out there and it makes me happy.
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Post by adospencer1 on Jun 23, 2023 21:43:33 GMT
So I hope you’ll all excuse my teasing, I fully respect your opinions as well and I realize that my view is not common in the fandom. And of course it’s a shadow of its former self. I’m not denying this in the slightest. I just think it’s one of the most enjoyable, interesting and unique shadows out there and it makes me happy. We really aren't so far apart! I agree that Catfish and Dotcom are weaker albums, and am genuinely glad you enjoy present day Tull so much. A pity we cant "spin back down the years to the days of my youth", together for you to have the full experience!
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Post by samatcn on Jun 25, 2023 14:13:42 GMT
So I hope you’ll all excuse my teasing, I fully respect your opinions as well and I realize that my view is not common in the fandom. And of course it’s a shadow of its former self. I’m not denying this in the slightest. I just think it’s one of the most enjoyable, interesting and unique shadows out there and it makes me happy. We really aren't so far apart! I agree that Catfish and Dotcom are weaker albums, and am genuinely glad you enjoy present day Tull so much. A pity we cant "spin back down the years to the days of my youth", together for you to have the full experience! Thanks, I think so too! It would be wonderful to have been there. Maybe once we’re all plugged into the datajacked gigamatrix, we can simply ask our local friendly AI to recreate the experience for us based on footage and bootlegs! I’d like to ask you about your statement about me seeing Tull as quirky and faintly amusing. I don’t know about faintly amusing, but I don’t see ”quirky” as a negative thing. Did you not view Tull as seriously excentric back in the day? Maybe there were more offbeat musicians in the mainstream back then, but surely Tull would have been some seriously unusual $h1t to most people, even then? I don’t want to describe them as ”a fun curiosity” and I get that that would be irritating to fans who were there. But I never want to see them as normal either - the strangeness is vital to my love of Tull.
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Post by adospencer1 on Jun 25, 2023 20:11:24 GMT
We really aren't so far apart! I agree that Catfish and Dotcom are weaker albums, and am genuinely glad you enjoy present day Tull so much. A pity we cant "spin back down the years to the days of my youth", together for you to have the full experience! Thanks, I think so too! It would be wonderful to have been there. Maybe once we’re all plugged into the datajacked gigamatrix, we can simply ask our local friendly AI to recreate the experience for us based on footage and bootlegs! I’d like to ask you about your statement about me seeing Tull as quirky and faintly amusing. I don’t know about faintly amusing, but I don’t see ”quirky” as a negative thing. Did you not view Tull as seriously excentric back in the day? Maybe there were more offbeat musicians in the mainstream back then, but surely Tull would have been some seriously unusual $h1t to most people, even then? I don’t want to describe them as ”a fun curiosity” and I get that that would be irritating to fans who were there. But I never want to see them as normal either - the strangeness is vital to my love of Tull. An interesting point. Even back in the 70s some of my friends didn't get Tull at all. I could see why. You couldn't dance to it, no pretty boy or bare chested front man , no anthems ,and you had to devote time to both music and lyrics. I'm sure when modern youth catches a clip on you tube they must seem very odd. I was loaned "Brick" by a guy at school, played it once and gave it back! The same guy told me once was no good I had to "unlock Tull" ..wise words. All I can say is once I (and many friends) "unlocked" the band it became a soundtrack to our lives. As a young impressionable guy ,the lyrics spoke to me in a way no other musical act ever has and the live shows were stunning. More than once a friend came along to see what it was all about, was amazed, went home and bought the albums! Almost a religious experience, believers and non believers! I hang in there now out of loyalty and because there is nowhere to go!, you don't get Tull anywhere else! I never can forgive IA for getting old, and how unfair is that?
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Post by samatcn on Jun 29, 2023 14:52:59 GMT
Thanks, I think so too! It would be wonderful to have been there. Maybe once we’re all plugged into the datajacked gigamatrix, we can simply ask our local friendly AI to recreate the experience for us based on footage and bootlegs! I’d like to ask you about your statement about me seeing Tull as quirky and faintly amusing. I don’t know about faintly amusing, but I don’t see ”quirky” as a negative thing. Did you not view Tull as seriously excentric back in the day? Maybe there were more offbeat musicians in the mainstream back then, but surely Tull would have been some seriously unusual $h1t to most people, even then? I don’t want to describe them as ”a fun curiosity” and I get that that would be irritating to fans who were there. But I never want to see them as normal either - the strangeness is vital to my love of Tull. An interesting point. Even back in the 70s some of my friends didn't get Tull at all. I could see why. You couldn't dance to it, no pretty boy or bare chested front man , no anthems ,and you had to devote time to both music and lyrics. I'm sure when modern youth catches a clip on you tube they must seem very odd. I was loaned "Brick" by a guy at school, played it once and gave it back! The same guy told me once was no good I had to "unlock Tull" ..wise words. All I can say is once I (and many friends) "unlocked" the band it became a soundtrack to our lives. As a young impressionable guy ,the lyrics spoke to me in a way no other musical act ever has and the live shows were stunning. More than once a friend came along to see what it was all about, was amazed, went home and bought the albums! Almost a religious experience, believers and non believers! I hang in there now out of loyalty and because there is nowhere to go!, you don't get Tull anywhere else! I never can forgive IA for getting old, and how unfair is that? ”Unlocking Tull” seems like a good description, indeed! I guess I have a wish, probably unrealistic, of helping people unlock a greater appreciation for Late Tull,..
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 29, 2023 23:52:41 GMT
”Unlocking Tull” seems like a good description, indeed! I guess I have a wish, probably unrealistic, of helping people unlock a greater appreciation for Late Tull,.. I understand how many people feel about many forms of TULL It happened to me over and over the years which albums got the most attention. Just imagine what the world would be like if it was all about popularity and Billboard status. My enjoyment continues to learn from the music I YEARN FOR JETHRO TULL
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 5, 2023 21:11:54 GMT
Welcome thibrihill Excellent Review with very good ideas about new TULL music Not to critique but I have to say this album keeps getting better and better for me. Maybe it's the way I became familiar with it? I stopped trying to like it and even left it alone for a week or more – a few times.
Then I started playing selected tracks. Now I'm fully hooked and wishing my truck wasn't so noisy, continually wondering if the Sheriff would notice headphones in passing!
Imho you can dissect it in any way you want, from lyrics to individual parts, to construction layers, and keep finding more and more varying intricate details packed within. There are multi tracked vocals. In fact I believe it's so good in a lot of places it can be under appreciated like a ride in a brand new Aston DB-5 we might call “pretty nice.” One case in point is the syncing of Unnur Birna's narrations in T1 and 12 – the timing is so spot on. Spooky even. The overall theme works 10 times better than I expected at first too. Excellent decision, again!
Then I'm waiting for Joe Parrish's solos. Gosh he almost bursts in but then in a millisecond is not over fast or loud. He can come at you in 3 ways at once sometimes too. What a talent. Air guitar anyone?
So hey – let's talk about it more!
Today I'll go from Voluspo to Ithavol to Voluspo then see what I feel like. Hammer on hammer is too good to waste in the truck. It's heavier than the outro of “She's so heavy” you know it?
Yours truly in the days “Of Old”
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Post by nobodyspecial on Aug 9, 2023 16:08:24 GMT
Forgive me, and please, redirect me/this to the proper 'topic post': I have two simple questions, with the current 'Seven Decades Tour' - how does the band sound/ I have two tickets for Ravinia (outside Chicago) August 18. Does the band have the old, 'power sound' of old? I know Ian's voice is pretty shot but how does the band sound? Next, I may not be able to attend the show and thus, I may have 2 tickets for sale - they're under the open-roof pavilion, dead center, straight back. I have seen JT 35-ish times, and have many, many fine memories. But the venue is about 100 miles round-trip through heart of Chicago (which doesn't really offer a solid variety of transport to and from my location. In short, it's a MAJOR slog. Too, I have seen enough back-catalog shows already,,,,,,so, any possible interest out in Tull Land? Email - clanpast@gmail.com
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 9, 2023 23:09:51 GMT
Just back from few weeks in rugged Mexico (hitchhiked from CDMX to Tijuana...average temperature 105F) time to rest up and prepare for Tull doubleheader at end of month, 9-30 and 10-1. I'm ready if they are ! I continue to find new connections and musical themes hidden in Rokflote. I gave Zealot Gene a lot of time, too. Maybe not quite the incandescent band of about 1975 but not too shabby, either and still far ahead of the pack....any pack.
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Post by samatcn on Sept 29, 2023 17:36:11 GMT
Attention: Bruce Soord’s stereo mix of the album was just released on spotify (and other streaming I’m guessing) and damn does it sound good! Highly recommended if anyone hsn’t heard it yet.
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Post by oldghost on Oct 1, 2023 19:41:36 GMT
Attention: Bruce Soord’s stereo mix of the album was just released on spotify (and other streaming I’m guessing) and damn does it sound good! Highly recommended if anyone hsn’t heard it yet. Well...I think it's a mixed bag. With some songs I prefer original mix (Allfather and Ginnungagap for example), the others sound better with Soord's touch (for example Navigators and Wolf Unchained). Having had to choose as a whole l would have gone with the alternative mixes. They are more varied and dynamic.
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Post by JTull 007 on Oct 1, 2023 21:13:16 GMT
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Post by samatcn on Oct 3, 2023 20:51:48 GMT
Attention: Bruce Soord’s stereo mix of the album was just released on spotify (and other streaming I’m guessing) and damn does it sound good! Highly recommended if anyone hsn’t heard it yet. Well...I think it's a mixed bag. With some songs I prefer original mix (Allfather and Ginnungagap for example), the others sound better with Soord's touch (for example Navigators and Wolf Unchained). Having had to choose as a whole l would have gone with the alternative mixes. They are more varied and dynamic. Interesting, Gap and Allfather are two of the songs I really think are improved in the alt mix! Allfather in particular seems very muddy to me in the original mix. Yeah there’s a couple of places where I prefer the original too, but Soord’s mix is just so much better on average… theres probably no going back for me. I wonder what made Ian release this mix suddenly, without fanfare. Maybe with hindsight he regrets not making it the main mix?
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