Well, there is one person who knows more about it.. JMJ himself... Why not ask him? Use Kanta, she is very "close" with himshadow wrote:We've heard pieces here and there over the years that don't seem to appear on either the CD or vinyl release, so we know that there's at least something more to it than the 47 minute version. The question is, is that actually part of a longer version, possible alternate version or just part that was edited out for various reasons.
Elf wrote: http://domino.elfworld.org/the-journey- ... p-playing/
From JmJ
"The original version of Waiting for Cousteau is 75 minutes, but it’s only 47 on the album (22 minutes on the LP). And nothing in the piece is repeated, not one single moment.
– So, every time you hear a *plink* on the piano, that’s your finger, actually hitting the key?
– Yes, exactly.
Um, why wouldn't you?Elf wrote:What do you mean, you'll never know? Just ask. But no, I didn't ask for the full verison. Why would I?AERO62 wrote:Too bad the interviewer made no effort to ask for a copy of the 75 original... Or maybe he did, but we'll never know.
Well in that case you could've asked if he planned to ever release it along with Experimental 2001, and hinted that he should release it as part of some kind of extras for fans ...Elf wrote:I should ask the artist for a copy so that I could spread it to fans? Why on Earth should Jarre do that? I would be rude of me to ask such a question.AERO62 wrote:Um, why wouldn't you?Elf wrote: What do you mean, you'll never know? Just ask. But no, I didn't ask for the full verison. Why would I?
The former, i.e. never. The latter option is not realistic - I doubt anyone will ever consider this album an easy cash. Let's not forget why this album was never released - the reason is that the album was, pardon my French, "utter sh8" and it was delievered by JMJ only because he wanted to get out of the Sony/FDM relationship. I honestly doubt he (or whomever actually did it) put any effort into it, and even the album name is a clear indication of that (and was probably also a tongue-in-cheek justification of its alleged poor quality: "see, it's crap, because it's EXPERIMENTAL, get it?"). They will never release it, because they still make money selling GOOD JMJ albums and they most certainly will not want to jeopardize the "JMJ" brand. They didn't even want to release Sessions 2000 (and obviously since they kinda HAD to pick something they went with the "lesser evil" - i.e. S2K).shadow wrote:They're either never going to release it, or release it when they can easily cash in on Jarre's name for whatever reason. Which is a shame, because I'd love to hear it.
