here it is, all 1:17 of it.
http://download.yousendit.com/634F1EE54437AFAF

edit: whoops. morgan had the same idea i did, apparently.

oh, that was neat.
thanks!

What the hell.... why would they even go to the trouble of recording a song that's only a minute long (ya it really ends at 1 minute).

Seems like a wastee of studio time unless they were trying out a new sound or something. I vote they should finish writing the damned song...it's obviously a fragment that just never got developed. Maybe we'll see it appear on the new album?? When exactly was this song recorded again? I think it's an issue of taste, but I think the bass sounds like shit~ I think it sounds like that thunderbird bass of his but played so hard that the strings are hitting the pickups.

I like the song, and I enjoy it. Maybe they thought it felt done. I think it does. There have been shorter songs recorded. That's about as long as a ton of the songs on ATQ

You guys should listen to some japanese grindcore! That's like albums with 68 songs of 27 seconds. Crazy shit. Doesn't make sense.

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Originally posted by ultrautsukushii:
Here

It appears as though there aren't any bonus tracks (the ones listed are just the english titles listed in japanese letters... they usually don't do that! (weird)

It appears that Something About Airplanes has some extras: 11-14 (hindsight, that's incentive, tow cars???, state street residential).

Does anyone know what the tow cars song is?? (I'm guessing that's what it says)

Something About Airplanes

We Have the facts has 5 extras... photobooth, technicolor girl, song of kelly huckabee, 405 acoustic, company calls epilogue. Seems like the forbidden love EP to me!

Plans has jealousy lives with me w/ it.

It's funny that plans and trans both have perfect ratings on the jp site! (although there are way less votes). I've showed my japanese friends death cab and they all seem to enjoy it. They like postal service better though haha.

I couldn't really find a trans w/ a bonus track... but here is how you'd type it in Japanese if you wanna search for it: トランスアトランティシズム

and Death Cab for Cutie is: デス・キャブ・フォー・キューティー

Good luck in your search!

amazon dot com

this is what sparked the initial post, i already knew all the other import songs, thanks anyway. but if you see the product description it says there is one, but of course, doesn't tell you what it is.

That is really strange that it says that... I read the entire description of the one on the Japanese site and the only thing that I saw that was strange was that it was released BEFORE the american one by 3 weeks. Next time I go to the book off near me, I'll check to see if they infact have the Japanese 'import' version and whether or not it has a bonus track. Usually stuff is really cheap there ($2-$20... with a median of $5 haha) so if it comes up maybe we could work something out if you're super interested.

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Originally posted by ultrautsukushii:
What the hell.... why would they even go to the trouble of recording a song that's only a minute long (ya it really ends at 1 minute).

Seems like a wastee of studio time unless they were trying out a new sound or something. I vote they should finish writing the damned song...it's obviously a fragment that just never got developed. Maybe we'll see it appear on the new album?? When exactly was this song recorded again? I think it's an issue of taste, but I think the bass sounds like shit~ I think it sounds like that thunderbird bass of his but played so hard that the strings are hitting the pickups.

Um...I guess you don't have the ATQ Envelope Sessions. Those songs are like 45 seconds. And Gridlock Caravans was probably recorded around the time of YCPTSWC, so I don't think they had an actual studio. I mean, they recorded most of We Have the Facts in Chris' dining room. So...yeah.

I'm gonna join the group of people who like Gridlock Caravans. It is short, but it doesn't sound like a "fragment." I think it's very good. I listened to it on repeat for a little while when I first got it.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good song... but to me it totally sounds like a fragment... I've heard ATQ before and those are pretty good~ they seem a bit more complete than this one. I think when a song is so layered it just doesn't seem right for it to end so soon...

I had no idea that it was recorded way back then though~ 'sounds really nice for back then. I have to admit though, I really like army corps of architects and that is also from then so who knew!

I think that a studio is sometimes overrated. The person doing the recording is just as influlential as where the recording is taking place. There are definately benefits to recording in a kitchen over recording in some studios... I think it's just a matter of like aural preference I guess... I'm inclined to believe that one of the reasons why most people like the pristine studio sound is because that's what we're used to. If you listen hard enough to recordings recorded in more unique places you are able to hear just as many nuances and such and even things that you might not've heard in a studio recording.

I remember my world music teacher played us a tune that was actually recorded in a post office in ghana where you could hear them using their stamps (think those library stamps) and feet as percussion and whistling as the melodies... it was entirely improved and quite a treat.

Anyways... I know I ramble on!!

no way this was recorded during ycptswc
i think it's from photo album/stability

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Originally posted by kyle_s9:
no way this was recorded during ycptswc
i think it's from photo album/stability

I'm pretty sure it was on the original YCPTSWC cassette.

this is turning into a big thing, which is kind of dumb, but i think it was recorded around Stability and the Photo Album. the recordings sound really similar, and ive seen it cited as a bonus track on both. it doesnt sound anything like the stuff on ycptswc

I assumed he meant that it was released with the re-release of YCPTSWC.

dcfc-tour.net says it was recorded in Spring 2001. "An outtake of sorts from the Photo Album, although it was released on vinyl and in Japan."