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Bury the haunting 1970 vocal under a garbage scow's worth of New Age crap and retitle it "Parallelograms 2005." Then compound the embarrassment with a stock-footage psychedelic Straight-to-YouTube video.
The problem with the original recording was — er, what exactly?
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That sucks; I love the original.
Posted by: Steve | September 14, 2006 at 01:58 AM
I just bought this last month. What exactly changed in the recording? Is it just the packaging/promo that has changed or is the music actually different?
Posted by: Joe | September 14, 2006 at 10:52 AM
The original album was not altered. A "contemporary" version of the title track was recorded using the original vocals. It can be heard at the above link.
Posted by: Irwin Chusid | September 14, 2006 at 11:03 AM
The 2006 version will be hip in 30 years.
Posted by: Brian Turner | September 14, 2006 at 05:54 PM
You ought to post those comments to Perhacs's blog at that same website.
Posted by: Jim | September 15, 2006 at 11:53 PM
Why did this crap sound like ESPERS??? only me?
Posted by: jimbo | November 06, 2006 at 01:47 PM