The Bandcamp (and Spotify) versions actually contain five hours of music – there’s a 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 to go along with the 1, 2 and 3. Each track is around the 20-minute mark, making two extra hours in total. Now to find five spare hours in which to discover whether these six are just 1 and 2 “repackaged” or separate versions in their own right…
Well, i was listening to the CDs, but i noticed that on Spotify. Seems to me they’re divided chunks of v1 and v2, which seems entirely pointless to me. Stick with the one-hour complete performances, anything shorter is a waste of time.
It looks like 1.1 and 1.2, etc are there because they had to break up v1 and v2 into smaller chunks so they could fit them in on a single side on a vinyl. The 3 LPs only include v1 and v2. One of those moments when a CD or streaming makes more sense due to the length of the composition.
Thanks Joseph, that makes sense – although breaking up a work like this makes absolutely no sense! (But then, nor does listening to pretty much anything on vinyl.)
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The Bandcamp (and Spotify) versions actually contain five hours of music – there’s a 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 to go along with the 1, 2 and 3. Each track is around the 20-minute mark, making two extra hours in total. Now to find five spare hours in which to discover whether these six are just 1 and 2 “repackaged” or separate versions in their own right…
Well, i was listening to the CDs, but i noticed that on Spotify. Seems to me they’re divided chunks of v1 and v2, which seems entirely pointless to me. Stick with the one-hour complete performances, anything shorter is a waste of time.
It looks like 1.1 and 1.2, etc are there because they had to break up v1 and v2 into smaller chunks so they could fit them in on a single side on a vinyl. The 3 LPs only include v1 and v2. One of those moments when a CD or streaming makes more sense due to the length of the composition.
Thanks Joseph, that makes sense – although breaking up a work like this makes absolutely no sense! (But then, nor does listening to pretty much anything on vinyl.)