Ben Folds Message Board - thesuburbs.org.uk
General => General Board => Topic started by: PAUL LLEWELLYN on September 13, 2008, 12:06:56 AM
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There's a new torrent this morning. I don't know if it's the real deal. Could be from the looks of it.
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The only one I see has no seeds. I wonder if it is.... there's a "Read me first" thing with it. I would laugh a bit if it was the same zip from before that made you d/l that screen saver deal... that still didn't open the album.
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Yeah, this looks to be another scam deal.
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Yup, it's a fake.
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It's ONLY a few weeks away, kids.
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I bet it will leak the beginning of next week. Can't wait. \m/
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I bet it will leak the beginning of next week. Can't wait. \m/
I wouldn't be so sure.
I'm gonna get it on cd and give ben five bucks for it when If I see him after a show hopefully, since record companies get most of the money anyway.
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That's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard.
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i need it now
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Isn't it really weird that the thing hasn't leaked by now? It seems like EVERY album is available a few weeks before the release date. I'm guessing that no advance copies exist, or they were only given to an elite few. I checked in with some radio stations I used to work at, and no one has gotten it yet.
I have a feeling Ben personally brings the CD with him to his radio interviews and then probably takes it with him afterwards. With the whole "fake leak" deal, it appears that the label is really going to extremes on this one like I've rarely seen.
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I dunno. It seems that way. But, there are albums that only leak four, five days before the release. We've got 16 yet.
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That's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard.
What that record companies really the money from the albums exculusively?
It's actually pretty true, most artist don't make shit from their albums only from what they make during tours.
That's why a lot of bands don't put out an album every year now, they tour for like three or four so they can make some money.
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No, I think they meant that you'd give Ben cash. That would be weird. I also, do not think, he would take it.
I saw someone try to give Tim DeLaughter (of The Polyphonic Spree) a tip, essentially, at the merch table ... told him to keep the change.... and Tim wouldn't have it. He demanded that he give the guy his money's worth.
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No, I think they meant that you'd give Ben cash. That would be weird. I also, do not think, he would take it.
I saw someone try to give Tim DeLaughter (of The Polyphonic Spree) a tip, essentially, at the merch table ... told him to keep the change.... and Tim wouldn't have it. He demanded that he give the guy his money's worth.
Yea I'm thinking I'll send him a letter with the five in it so that way he either have to take it, or send me a letter back giving me my five back.
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i believe we are on the brink of a leak.. i'd say by Wednesday.
bet
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Yeah I'm really surprised it hasn't leaked yet, wonder if the fake leak actually had an effect?
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I'm not sure how the fake leak could have an actual effect on a real leak happening. The fake leak would certainly confuse people who don't know where to look, saturating torrent sites with fake versions and perhaps making it harder to locate the actual one. But ironically, most of those torrents are already labelled "fake leak" ... so if we get a real one, it shouldn't be too hard to find!
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Well. I don't think it detracts from the real album leaking.
However. People (us) aren't as pushy for the new album, cause Ben just treated us to a bunch of new-non-album tracks for free. And threw in three real ones (well, two and a half) to boot.
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yeah fake has nothing to do with it not leaking.. all it takes is one person to upload it and it will spread like wildfire.. look at the Death Cab situation earlier this year.. a fake album of some random artist kept springing up, but when it was officially leaked, there was no more confusion
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Music just doesn't leak early like it used to. Back in the old days (meaning...say...5 years ago) albums ALWAYS leaked at least 2 weeks ahead of time...often more like 3 or 4. But nowadays that just doesn't happen. Maybe there's just been a loss of interest in the music business (as we've seen with record sales), I'm really not sure.
Now, of course, it certainly COULD leak this week, it isn't outside the realm of possibility. But judging other albums and the timeline of when they have leaked within the last year or so, I would say we won't be getting this for another week.
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Yeah it probably would only keep the real one from leaking if people didn't already know it was fake....good call. All I know is I'm definitely glad because not only did I get great music during the wait for the new album, but it kept spoilers to a minimum.
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http://www.diditleak.co.uk
^ a friendly site that Mel introduced me to.
That being said, Who Killed Amanda Palmer leaked, what, a month ago? The album comes out Tuesday. Though, apparently the leak is not the final mastering. From what I understand.
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well, Who Killed Amanda Palmer only leaked so early because it was on her iPod that got stolen.
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Meow meow meow. Meow meow. Meow.
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well, Who Killed Amanda Palmer only leaked so early because it was on her iPod that got stolen.
This is true.
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Well, T.I.'s new album just leaked, and that comes out the same day as Way To Normal. So maybe we will get it this week after all.
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And for the record, the new T.I. is quite "sick."
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you wanna know what's "sick"? the new of Montreal album, Skeletal Lamping. it's overly sexual and i love it!
also, Everything Is Borrowed (the new album from The Streets) is EPIC! mmm...
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Ooooh, I haven't heard that Of Montreal yet! I'll get right on it!
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It's out. Only 160 kbps, but it's out.
Going to bed and listening \m/
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I figured it would be soon cause it came out in Japan on Tuesday.
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It's out. Only 160 kbps, but it's out.
Going to bed and listening \m/
Ew, that's kinda gross at that speed. But I suppose I could give it a listen if I could find it.
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I'd be willing to post it here if it's allowed. I just figured most here would have it already.
And not to mention, it comes out sooo soon. I don't think the quality is terrible by any means, but I would think a better leak is coming soon.
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I'd say tell us which site you found it on
But a direct link/download link might equal a Sony/EPIC at our door.
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There are certain other Ben Folds message boards some of you may or may not frequent with users that may or may not have the album and may or may not have sent it to me
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I may or may not have looked on the other boards and there's nothing there, or that's what it seemed like to me.
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It's gonna be really tough but I'm just gonna wait til it comes in the mail....
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Only 8 days (technically speaking) and SSSG came a day early for me....
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It's on Demonoid. Please don't kill me Sony. Just stating a fact.
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Paul presses play in 5,4,3,2.....1
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I'm kinda dissappointed in myself for listening to it, but it's really good.
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What a way to start the week. Tears rolling down the ol' cheeks. I just wanna write atiny bit about two songs. First, its a shame that the sound quality of the leak is flat. At least there's only a week to go.
Cologne.
I had become very used to the "big" sounding version from the "Fake leak", and as this played out I was in and out throughout noticing what was different, what was missing , what was added etc etc. But then it clicked for me. The space in the recording. The song. For the first time I felt the emotion of the song and I welled up. I really didn't expect that. Brilliant.
Kylie
A favourite of mine from the live shows. With only one play I'm saying that this is Ben's very best use of strings. When she closes her eyes and her the mind won't leave her alone... It's so cinematic! Real tears started to fall and didnt stop till starting this post. A truly GREAT song.
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its a shame that the sound quality of the leak is flat.
For the sake of one week I'm saving my first listen for a proper piece of plastic played through my nice living room stereo.
I trust all ye scurvy pirates have already got it on preorder.
~A
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I've upgraded my order to the Deluxe set.
For that first proper listen I'm betting the Vinyl will be the one to beat. If only I had a great vinyl set up. I have a great SACD set-up but unfortunatley it didn't really catch on with the release of HD. Maybe we could hope for a Blu ray release...
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its a shame that the sound quality of the leak is flat.
For the sake of one week I'm saving my first listen for a proper piece of plastic played through my nice living room stereo.
I trust all ye scurvy pirates have already got it on preorder.
~A
Sure do. But I'm impatient, so had no chance of holding out until then.
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I'm a sad panda, I didn't get the torrent before it was taken down. I guess I will have to wait even longer, gah!
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other people have the torrent files...
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Yeah, I'm waiting too. Why waste the wonderful surprise? I mean, I paid some juice for this...no need to listen to a crappy quality when there's only one week left.
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the quality isn't bad. i already deleted it but it sounded fine.
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The quality really isn't that bad. When I saw 160 kbps I thought it was going to be horrible, but it's not really noticeable on most parts.
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I don't care to wait as I'll still purchase it day of release, so if anyone wants to message me a link to it I'd be mucho grateful.
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can anyone pm a link to the leak or the leak itself?
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I've upgraded my order to the Deluxe set.
For that first proper listen I'm betting the Vinyl will be the one to beat. If only I had a great vinyl set up. I have a great SACD set-up but unfortunatley it didn't really catch on with the release of HD. Maybe we could hope for a Blu ray release...
Mmmmhuuum. Me and my Vinyl are going to spend some time together in my living room.... as soon as it appears on my doorstep/I have the time to sit and listen to it straight through.... do I work on the 29th or the 30th?? I should check that out.
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Mmmmhuuum. Me and my Vinyl are going to spend some time together in my living room.... as soon as it appears on my doorstep/I have the time to sit and listen to it straight through.... do I work on the 29th or the 30th?? I should check that out.
It occurred to me that I'm going to have to wait a while for the glorious package to wing its way overseas, so I just preordered the basic version from the UK so I don't go out-of-my-mind waiting.
~A
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I don't care to wait as I'll still purchase it day of release, so if anyone wants to message me a link to it I'd be mucho grateful.
i would also enjoy a link of some sort.
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Mmmmhuuum. Me and my Vinyl are going to spend some time together in my living room.... as soon as it appears on my doorstep/I have the time to sit and listen to it straight through.... do I work on the 29th or the 30th?? I should check that out.
It occurred to me that I'm going to have to wait a while for the glorious package to wing its way overseas, so I just preordered the basic version from the UK so I don't go out-of-my-mind waiting.
~A
I will be sending it the day it arrives. I'm gonna have to look up your address....
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I will be sending it the day it arrives. I'm gonna have to look up your address....
But we'll have it 29 hours before you... So Andy needs the Basic Version just for that. :)
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But we'll have it 29 hours before you... So Andy needs the Basic Version just for that. :)
Damn Halifax for having no good CD shops anymore. A part of me also wants to preorder it from amazon in case Play.com don't deliver it on release day.
Andy, No! Bad Andy!
~A
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As I've said before, I intend a VERY EARLY morning next Monday. I get the day off from class and shall be headed into town to pick up the album as soon as they let me in the music store, I'll grab a milkshake and jog home.
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ahh i can't wait 8 days
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Damn Halifax for having no good CD shops anymore. A part of me also wants to preorder it from amazon in case Play.com don't deliver it on release day.
Don't you live in Lloyds TSB now? (Ho ho ho)
No HMV? I ordered with them instore and I can just go in and pick it up on release day. Couple of quid more, but I know it'll be there.
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woo;
spoiler....
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sounds pretty good to be honest, and the spoken word bitch went nuts intro actually made it in!!
[/spoiler]
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ahh i can't wait 8 days
Tough titties. You're going to wait and you're going to savour every second when you legally own it.
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ahh i can't wait 8 days
Tough titties. You're going to wait and you're going to savour every second when you legally own it.
i have it now... but i think i'm gonna save kylie, and as many other tracks as i can. but as for the frown song, bitch went nuts and effington... i've heard all them. so i'll listen to them.
and yes, the little "spoiler" is quite nice.
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must...resist...
wait! why am i resisting?
somebody send me that link!
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If somebody could send me a link to the leak i be very thankfull.
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If anyone wants to share the wealth... PM me if you have it...
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can anyone share the link thru pm?
I dont have any good ben stuff to share but do have some good DMB to offer up
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:-\ I feel dirty,
But i did order the deluxe and iTunes version. Now to delete this and wait for next week.
It's an incredible album. ;D
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it's all up on myspace, so unless you really want a download of it, you can just listen to the stuff there
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she's right, you know. all the tracks were just uploaded to his myspace.
oh, kylie... how i love you!!!
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I'm genuinely blown away.
Full write up tomorrow but wow. Didn't expect it to be this good.
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This looks terrible. Me signing up to this site just for this thread.
But if anyone could point me towards the torrent it would be much appreciated.
Ben Folds is my favorite artist, I have the super deluxe edition pre-ordered. (I'll prove it, if that matters.) But I can't wait that long to have it on my iPod for a proper listen. I've been checking torrent and IRC for this for the last 3 weeks.
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i'm convinced the guy from free coffee is running the guy from all u can eat out of his lane and giving him the finger
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i'm convinced the guy from free coffee is running the guy from all u can eat out of his lane and giving him the finger
haha! nice
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i'm convinced the guy from free coffee is running the guy from all u can eat out of his lane and giving him the finger
He is don't worry about it.
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Oh it's on myspace. Never mind my previous message. This will hold me over till next tuesday. :)
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I am refusing to listen to any of this.... waiting for my delux to arrive....
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i'm convinced the guy from free coffee is running the guy from all u can eat out of his lane and giving him the finger
I'm convinced that the guy who does the Bitch Went Nuts intro is Lovemaster Zi, the sexy online psychic overseas, from Dr. Yang.
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I broke.
I didn't want to, I tried to be good, but ya see with four copies already paid for, and a loooong workweek in the repair room, I couldn't resist... And I adore it. There are a few little inconsistencies which bother me (I miss the backing harmonies in Errant Dog, and still like the leaked Dr Yang over the "real" version). Here's a question - why separate the intro to Cologne from the track, but not the intro to Bitch Went Nutz from Free Coffee?
I need more time to process this album before fully reviewing it - but my initial reaction is quite positive. I find this album much more consistent than Silverman was the first few run throughs.
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Here's a question - why separate the intro to Cologne from the track, but not the intro to Bitch Went Nutz from Free Coffee?
i was wondering the exact same thing.
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I tried downloading a torrent but it had a text file asking to rename the files to zip, registering for spam and then getting a passcode to unzip the files. Probably a fake. Can someone send me a proper link? I'm buying this album on the 29th (I'm another UKer wondering whether to get normal, dvd, or deluxe and wondering what the prices would actually be!) but can't wait! I want to listen to it on my Zen, instead of just repeatedly on myspace! So please send a link! Thanks
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Here's a question - why separate the intro to Cologne from the track, but not the intro to Bitch Went Nutz from Free Coffee?
i was wondering the exact same thing.
My guess is it might be a negative track sort of thing? Like the "Ben Folds is a fcuking assh*le" part at the start of WAEA. Myspace would just read it as part of the previous track, but most CD players would read it as the negative space.
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Here's a question - why separate the intro to Cologne from the track, but not the intro to Bitch Went Nutz from Free Coffee?
i was wondering the exact same thing.
My guess is it might be a negative track sort of thing? Like the "Ben Folds is a fcuking assh*le" part at the start of WAEA. Myspace would just read it as part of the previous track, but most CD players would read it as the negative space.
It's one thing for it to be a hidden track at the end of the album, but quite another to interrupt the flow of music. I've already edited the file and made the joke its own track.
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The guru sounds an awful lot like Ben putting on an accent. The first line especially.
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It's one thing for it to be a hidden track at the end of the album, but quite another to interrupt the flow of music. I've already edited the file and made the joke its own track.
Well that's why it's at the end of Free Coffee and not the start of TBWN. You hit the skip forward button and it skips it. Same as if you make it it's own track.
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It's one thing for it to be a hidden track at the end of the album, but quite another to interrupt the flow of music. I've already edited the file and made the joke its own track.
Well that's why it's at the end of Free Coffee and not the start of TBWN. You hit the skip forward button and it skips it. Same as if you make it it's own track.
It's not the same.. Especially if you aren't directly in front of your playback device. Took me all of 20 seconds to do, and now I can skip that track when I'm shuffling or if I make a mix.
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Hmm....I just got an email saying my Skyroo order shipped! Yay! Hoping this means it gets here early.
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my order shipped too! yay! i wonder when it will come... it's being sent to my parent's house on the other side of town.
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LOL @ "Spoilers" being added to the thread title...
It's a CD, not a film! It ends with a song, not a revelation that Ben Folds is in fact a ghost, or the imagination of the narrator, or Keyser Soze!
Actually, that's a pretty scary thought...!
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It ends with a song, not a revelation that Ben Folds is in fact a ghost, or the imagination of the narrator, or Keyser Soze!
Clearly someone hasn't listened to the album yet. ;)
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but he is keyser soze
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Why do I know that name?
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the usual suspects.
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Well, the full quality rip is up at all the usual places now.
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After following the advice of the wizard, I may listen to this recording and make a judgement based on the things I hear.
\m/
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Well, the full quality rip is up at all the usual places now.
Thanks! Now remember everyone, the first way to normal is not talking about "Way to Normal"!!! :D