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The original was posted on /r/piracybackup by /u/noise-arch-OG on 2023-06-29 17:59:29+00:00.
*posted with permission from the mods.
we've constructed a custom edit of 'the fragile' by nine inch nails that we'd like to share - more on that below.
i'm not sure how registration with PB or any of the modern .torrent sites works - the 'sign up for an account' button is broken for us, i don't know if it's the same for others or what the deal is.
we had a KAT account years ago, but she's long gone.
not asking for an invite or anything, we're just wondering if anyone out there would be willing to post [the thing] on their own person account.
IF YER DOWN you could PM us or drop a reply...
thanks for reading - here's more info on [the tunes], (which are in 320 mp3 btw)
here's the crap i wrote for the notes:
'the fragile' was originally released in three variant versions; the cassette, vinyl lp, and compact disc releases contained subtly different track listings and edits.
in the early 2000s, a rogue fan attempted to combine the three different editions into a 'complete' mix - its unfinished draft work has circulated among folks who share those sorts of things for the years since.
* what did you do to the tracks?
mostly nothing beyond minor edits; ie. no heavy remixing or (much) editor's graffiti.
'appendage', the three semi-acoutsic session tracks, and the untitled no.s01-10 have a compressor and EQ taken to them.
everything else is volume modulation, cross-fades, and sometimes a bit of sampling patchwork.
you're not supposed to notice we did anything, unless you're extremely familiar with the different versions.
['] indicates minor tweaks only, ie. precise seperation between tracks (please use a gapless player!); nothing more substantial than a tiny volume fade.
[-] indicates some sort of custom edit; again, nothing too major.
the only change on 'left' is 'the day the world went away' being made into a hybrid of the album version and the single version.
'right' uses the incomplete 'complete' draft as a basis.
fixed the track seperations between R04-R11. used crossfades and a couple of loops to make it smooth.
the transition between 'starfickers' and 'complication' uses the KISS sample from the CD single version of farstuckers.
there's about ten seconds of silence added to the end so that 'slipping away' doesn't start abruptly.
[4] down _ is the 'odds and ends' disc. ie. [-,'] the studio tracks are mostly just tweaked for sequence and seperation; the semi acoustic live-in-the-studio radio session tracks have been more heavily wrangled with effects to get them balanced - ish.
again, i'm not a professional and the processing is still sort of rough.
there's tons of li'l semi-errors and artifacts in there that i'll leave for the next gumpo.
[6] out _ is the DVD audio of 'and all that could have been...' - we adjusted the initial fade-in, spliced disc one and two together for continual flow, cut a little silence from after (outro), and spliced together two of the bonus feature extras with crowd noise as a quasi-encore.
the untitled bits at the end of [5] in _ (still) are mostly the dvd menus from [acronym]
IS THERE FLAC -
of left and right, yes.
of the whole box - missing three of the full-length remixes that came out in the remix dot nin dot com days, plus two of the li'l instrumental bits.
these are only publically available [the way you got these files] in 320 mp3, so no, there's not quite any CD resolution FLAC of the whole thing.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS REISSUED AS A 6 CD SET WITH -
that's silly. trent's definitive version is fine the way it is. besides, then you'd have to rip it to [your device] to get the effect of the transitions between discs. (it's intended to be a 6 1/3 hour marathon listen, lmfao).
it doens't make any more sense to come out with another version of the fragile now any more than it did in 2001.
why the heck are i even obsessing over a 24-year-old rock reckord from my adolescent high school years?
... trauma, tbh - i'm pretty sure it's trauma.
anyone in their right mind would have gotten over this years ago and moved on.
this acid is sort of like picking up a phone to get a message, but never getting past the point of WHAT TO DO WITH IT; you're left hanging.
why hyperfixate on the old stuff? trent's recent film work with atticus is amazing - did we see him doing disney soundtracks in 1999 in a way that WASN'T ironic and edgy?
again - it's probably... something. i'm really only doing this because it's personally relevant; not because it makes sense.
cul du sac - this is the scrape of the bag.
