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Stephen


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Re: Freaks being someone's second favourite album, I concur that I think it's also pretty damn good. It was the 2nd one I ever heard though, so perhaps I'm biased.

Also I think Mark's right about Fire not having the rights to anything other than what they released at the time. This tends to be the deal with record labels which is why you don't tend to get demos/unreleased tracks coming out on deluxe editions without the support of the artist or the deceased artist's estate.

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If that is the case, then how come Fire put out "Silence" on the Master Of The Universe 12", which originated from a demo tape (I think)?

Would Jarvis have actually agreed to that? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Jarvis had no input into that single, and wasn't even sent a copy when it came out.

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And I also agree that Freaks is a great album and, for a period back in the late 90's, I actually called it my favourite album.

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LeoVK wrote:

If that is the case, then how come Fire put out "Silence" on the Master Of The Universe 12", which originated from a demo tape (I think)?

Would Jarvis have actually agreed to that? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Jarvis had no input into that single, and wasn't even sent a copy when it came out.

 If I remember rightly, I think I once read somewhere (Steve D's review I think) that what was left of the band chose "Master of the Universe" as a single despite what Jarvis said a few years down the line. I've no idea who was responsible for choosing the b-sides though.



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It was all down to the band - the only times Fire ever exercised a decision over in terms of what got released was when they declined to put out the Ping Pong Jerry tape as Pulp's first Fire EP, and when they chose Dogs Are Everywhere as an A-side over Mark of the Devil. Ian is right, Pulp actually overruled Fire when they insisted on Master as an A-side. As for the other tracks, Fire wouldn't have been able to put them out if Pulp hadn't sent them the tapes (presumably with a note attached along the lines of "hi lads, here's the masters for our new single").

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I might be in a minority here but I think "Master of the Universe" was a good choice for a single. I mean, "Fairground" and "The Never Ending Story" are too loud, "I Want You", "Life Must Be So Wonderful" and "There's No Emotion" are too depressing, "Being Followed Home" is too long and so forth.

As for the b-sides, well the version of "Manon" on the single is better than the earlier version, Jarvis' voice sounds better and as for "Silence", well I don't mind it but if they were going to stick an old demo on the b-side because they couldn't record anything new then I'd have gone for "Take You Back".



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Ian, I agree that Master Of The Universe was the right choice. The only other possibilities would have been Anorexic Beauty (which was, essentially, a cover version anyway) and Don't You Know (which, although a nice tune, probably didn't have the impact that they wanted for a single).

At least Master Of The Universe would have made the listener sit up and take notice if it had been played on the radio (not sure it ever was!).

And yes, Manon on the 12" is pretty good!

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