[kj] Ha

[Paul Rangecroft]

Agreed re quality control. I love hearing these rarities - and 'The
Fanatic' and 'Blue Feather' are probably the strongest of the rejected
batch - but I think over the years they've pretty much got it right
with regard to what made the cut and what didn't,

On 10/26/17, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:
> Never got the Fanatic. I think it’s one they were right to keep back. Like
> Feast Of Fools I find. A bit generic.
>
> I think their quality control
> Is pretty damn good on the whole.
>
>> On 26 Oct 2017, at 11:21, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> In fact it's even pretty rare for them to play something and it not appear
>> on an official studio release (other than retrospectives etc).  Only ones
>> I've personally seen are the Fanatic (which I saw at those two UK gigs in
>> spring 89) and Timewave (London).  Always liked the Fanatic & couldn't
>> understand why it didn't make the album - I think it's better than some of
>> the tracks that did.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
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>> Sent: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:12
>> Subject: Re: [kj] Ha
>>
>> No, I don't think so. Sorry if I caused confusion by appearing to
>> suggest that. I was trying to illustrate how relatively rare it is for
>> songs to be dropped (either entirely or from albums) at the live stage
>> without any sort of studio version or demo. So far the only example
>> anyone has been able to come up with (other than 'Take Take Take'
>> obviously) is 'The Hive', which was a precursor. I guess there are
>> also those very early crap ones like 'You're Being Followed'. I think
>> there was an early live version of 'Solitude' that bore absolutely no
>> relation to the album version too.
>>
>> On 10/25/17, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>> > 4 Stations Of The Sun has been performed live?
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Paul
>> > Rangecroft
>> >
>> > Yes, 'The Hive' never saw any kind of official release but it was a
>> > precursor (to 'Harlequin'?). 'The Fanatic' has a studio version. So
>> > does
>> > 'Sun Goes Down'. '4 Stations of the Sun' does too. Well, a demo, anyway.
>> > I
>> > guess it's just a convenient coincidence that Ha! was released with an
>> > exclusive track, fancy that.
>> >
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