GUIDED BY VOICES - HOLD ON HOPE (PROMO)

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Out Mysteriously
by R.C. Avellanosa

And one would ask yet again, "what's the difference between these two records?"  This promotional edition had only three tracks compared with the EP which had nine. And it's a single.  There's even another format, a promotional release from "Do The Collapse" which had Ric Ocasek's radio mix, a Joseph-Puig radio mix and the "call out hook", which I yet have to find. There's even a Re-Pressing release too.  Guided By Voices releases get confusing sometimes. I guess the formats differ from when it's produced from another country or label. This Promo version is from UK under the label Creation.

But "Hold On Hope" is lovely as ever. It's like an anthem for a life falling out of purpose.  This has to be the one made up for the TV Comedy "Scrubs".  The Hold On Hope edit version is slightly different from the other.  It is a bit cleaner and clearer. Can't almost tell them apart, if they were recorded at different times or not. But it is an edit, so it's the same recording just edited or remastered. The second track "Perfect This Time" is just perfect and refreshing, apt to follow holding on hope.  "Teenage FBI"'s demo version sounds raw but just the same it's classic GBV. One would think it's a live, lo-fi version apart from studio version which can be found on "Do The Collapse".

Song Feature: PERFECT THIS TIME

Publisher:
Needmore Songs

Line-up:
Robert Pollard
Doug Gillard
Jim Macpherson
Greg Demos

Production Engineers
Ric Ocasek
Brian Sperber

Mixing
Doug Gillard

Studio Mixing Location
Suma Studio



 

Words:

Oh, to lift me over lines I shall not cross
You can't mean that
If it causes pain at any cost
You can't mean that
There is a guy
Who comes around and counts you
Knows your name
Assigns a descriptive sign
But it's so hard to analyze that sign
Were you perfect this time?

 

Oh, to lift me over lines I shall not cross
You can't mean that
If it cause pain at any cost
You can't mean that
There is a guy
Who comes around and counts you
Knows your name
Assigns a descriptive sign
But it's so hard to analyze that sign
Were you perfect this time?
Perfect this time?
Perfect this time

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