Sunday, June 1, 2008

Album of the Week #41: Pryme Material 10th Anniversary

Project name: Mune Mud
Album name: Pryme Material 10th Anniversary Collection
Release date: 2003
Release format: CD
Studio name: Metal XOR Studio

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Tracks:
1. Reality Found Me
2. Four Concepts
3. Clouds Set Free
4. An Urban Theory
5. The Only One
6. Up A Lonely Road
7. Etesian Wind (Ethereal Mix)
8. Turn It Up
9. I Still Know You
10. To My Owl
11. Wait A While
12. SID II
13. Aqua Celeste
14. You Noticed Me
15. Mental Instru
16. I'm Sick
17. UFO
18. Fantasy Dream
19. Reality Found Me (demo)
20. Turn It Up (demo)
21. I Still Know You (demo)
22. Wait A While (demo)
23. Aqua Celest (demo)
24. Up A Lonely Road (Splitz Mix)

This was the third album in the 10th Anniversary Collection. It was a digital re-release of the 1993 Pryme Material album.

The first seventeen tracks are the same as the original 1993 album, just digitally remixed. Tracks 18-24 are the previously unreleased bonus tracks. Track 18 was a short song recorded using the new sequencer the Studio bought in 1993. The song remained unnamed until it was used for this album.

Tracks 19-23 are demo versions of songs from the album. This was a period when the Studio started recording demo tapes. When a demo was recorded that could possibly become a real song, it was worked on and usually ended up on an album. So there are many demos and unused tracks from the Pryme Material recording sessions.

The final track is an instrumental version of "Up A Lonely Road" using a different patch on the sound module. So instead of piano, strings, etc. from the original song, this version has all kinds of different sounds playing.

Unfortunately this album was never totally finished. The tracks were compiled but the CD's were never burned. Even the CD labels were printed. The back cover was also printed. But the front jacket wasn't even designed. It's still considered to be 'released' in 2003, but there is no complete packaged CD available. The Studio is working to finally complete the album soon.


Next week's Album of the Week: Equation of Time 10th Anniversary Collection by Mune Mud from 2006.

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