With Love & Squalor Mega Rare Unmastered Promo CDr 2!
So I’m guessing a lot of you probably saw this for sale a little while ago. Went for a pretty crazy price really, but glad I got it as this type of promo is so far and few between. i’ve never seen this exact version before, as some of you might remember there’s another With Love And Squalor unmastered promo that you can find more about here.
Basically the first one (I just linked to) featured all the final tracks of the album, with a few extended pauses between tracks, albeit in a different track order.
Whereas this new Unmastered promo CD, not only has a different track order, but different tracks! The normal album has Inaction & textbook, this has This Means War and History Repeats, very interesting in itself! I think this predates the other promo CD and this was one of the original ideas for the tracklisting until it developed to the other promo and then the final release.
Regarding the tracks themselves, they are slightly different. Not massively, no different lyrics as far as I can tell, but they sound a lot rawer than the final release, I think I could hear more instruments in the background and slightly different effects but then I’m not an expert. Also some are slightly longer and not just from blank pauses between tracks. Basically they’re close but not the final versions. Then there’s the the two tracks that were released as b-sides. I’m still looking into the differences properly with the help of a friend whose a sound engineer.
Unfortunately as the tracks are so close to the final released, available to purchase versions and in respect to the band I don’t have plans to put this online (unless they gave their permission). Promo CDs are a grey area anyway, and I don’t want to make things any more complicated. To be honest, no ones missing out really as they’re not that different but if I ever find a version with really different on unheard tracks that’d be another matter. 
Blanked out the contact details for two reasons. Firstly it contains names, phone numbers and emails, out of respect to people’s privacy I think it’s best this way. Secondly with such items going for a lot more recently there’s an increased risk of fakes and knocks offs. This way no one can make a copy and if anyone does find a second copy for sale feel free to get in touch so I can confirm the name and details and help you check it’s genuine.
Added to the With Love And Squalor pre-release page here. Wow, there’s been quite a few lately!
