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Offline twanky

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'Excepts From Awake Promo Cassette
« on: July 10, 2023, 03:26:34 AM »
So i thought i'd revisit the old Images & Words fanzine from the 90's and noticed that there was a picture of a promo cassette for Awake. It's got Lie, Caught in a Web, The Mirror and Space Dye Vest, all of them edits. I can't find this anywhere on Discogs. Has anyone ever seen a copy ? It would be interesting to hear the edited versions
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Offline Setlist Scotty

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Re: 'Excepts From Awake Promo Cassette
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2023, 12:25:38 PM »
So i thought i'd revisit the old Images & Words fanzine from the 90's and noticed that there was a picture of a promo cassette for Awake. It's got Lie, Caught in a Web, The Mirror and Space Dye Vest, all of them edits. I can't find this anywhere on Discogs. Has anyone ever seen a copy ? It would be interesting to hear the edited versions
Yeah, I remember that caught my eye way back in the day. Never came across a copy of it myself, but French collector extraordinaire Franz has a copy. I remember asking him or Neil Elliott (who ran the IaW fanzine) about it many moons ago, and IIRC, I was told it they were just clips that faded out; that they weren't true edits as in abridged versions of songs the way normal single edits are. Here's a link to Franz's entry for this tape although it doesn't really provide any info:
http://ymfr.free.fr/index.php?title=Excerpts_from_%22Awake%22_%28Promo_Tape%29
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Offline twanky

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Re: 'Excepts From Awake Promo Cassette
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2023, 01:41:28 AM »
Thanks for the info Scotty  ;D ;D
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