[wdogg40]

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dogg and others,

did you ever hear the leaked, Brion-produced version of Extraordinary Machine? I liked it a lot, and it took me a long time to get used to the eventual final album because it was so different. Now I've decided that some of the songs were better, some were worse, but it's interesting to hear both and see the evolution.

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I heard it only after I had the re-release. I liked both just fine there wasn't a whole lot to change my perspective of the songs. I did like more emphasis on the strings in the first one, but you can tell the re-release has a little more energy and is a little less raw. I think the first version of O Sailor is a little too slow figuring the later one was slow as well.

I think in hindsight it was a wise choice to wait and release the 2nd version.