Meanwhile, it has long been known that the album's acetates and early test pressing vinyls include this long version in place of the common take. Moreover, there have been vinyl LP copies in circulation from several countries, which contain a typographical error on the B-side label listing as if the alternate take were on the disc [i.e., the wrong track length (5' 43") is printed on the label instead of the correct one (5' 03")]. Nearly three years ago, I wrote and summarized this subject, which has been posted here as four sequential blog articles (from Part 1 to Part 4), followed by an addendum a year after these posts (All posts are assembled here). Since then, I had never thought that I would write about this topic once again.
And it was about a month ago when I did some leftover work at home listening to this acoustic album for a serene night. Right after the penultimate track on Side 2 was supposed to finish playing, to my total surprise, I heard the quiet synthesizer coda leaching out from my audio speakers. It was a very unusual and startled moment because I knew I was not listening to the CD or digital audio files, but was playing an old, analog disc of an import LP which I purchased recently in my efforts to collect those misprints. Needless to say, I adjusted the volume level up and repeated playing the last part of this track by lifting up and down the tone arm again and again on my manual turntable, to confirm whether what I heard was indeed real or I was just hallucinating. Every time I tried, that synth coda came out discreetly through the speakers with some light surface noise and clicking.
Yes, there it was — I found the alternate version of My Father's House on a commercially available regular LP pressing.
— To be continued.
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