Well, it never went to press. It probably never even got a real promo release.
Folks who worked somehow on this project tend to have a CD-R laying around containing a pretty good version of it. So, after years of looking, this probably is a clear as we're ever going to hear it.
The version I offer here came from a band member who played on the actual sessions. An artist I made friends with had a copy he gave her and she copied what she had for me.
This version sounded amazingly clean from the get go (free from the hiss and pops that plague most other versions currently circulating) so I won't call this a remaster so much as a clean up. I cleaned up some fades and prepared it in such a way that all the tracks flow into one another. I was made aware of this concept when I met an assistant engineer who helped in the actual sessions at Kingsway in New Orleans in 2000. He informed me Patty and her producers had wanted the entire thing to flow into each other, so I did just that. After this clean-up process, the entire thing was assembled and burned according to Red Book specification to a MFSL 24K gold disc using Sony CD Architect.
There are some intresting things about this version that are different from other versions currently floating around online. First off, I was told this was the "advance, advance" version and so a few things got edited down. There is a count-in at the beginning of the song Standing that I've never heard on any other versions currently out there. Also, the song Kiss Them For Me which is a cover of a song by Siouxsie & The Banshees was on this version. I moved it to the end of the CD however as a hidden track because the band member my friend got this from said it was removed from later copies.
I could rattle on for days and tell you how Patty's label was really stupid for not releasing this album but Patty has stated she's had a richer career having to fight for her art. When asked to comment on what she thinks in retrospect of the album not having been released she responded, "I'm a believer in fate. In a way I'm relieved it didn't come out. I needed to get out of there."
Original LP Remastered | FLAC | No Bonus Tracks
01 Little God
02 Boston
03 Perfect White Girls
04 Truth # 2 (with Emmylou Harris)
05 What You Are
06 Silver Bell
07 Driving
08 Sooner or Later
09 Top of the World
10 Sorry & Sad
11 Making Pies
12 Mother of God
13 One More Girl
14 Standing
One Disc Version [all links open in new windows]
Disc One | Original LP Remastered | 192 kbps
01 Little God
02 Boston
03 Perfect White Girls
04 Truth # 2 (with Emmylou Harris)
05 What You Are
06 Silver Bell
07 Driving
08 Sooner or Later
09 Top of the World
10 Sorry & Sad
11 Making Pies
12 Mother of God
13 One More Girl
14 Standing
Disc Two | Bonus Tracks | 192-256 kbps
01 Kiss Them For Me (Outtake)
02 Little God (Unreleased Single Edit)*
03 Making Pies (Live)
04 Top of the World (Live)
05 Truth # 2 (Live)
06 Silver Bell (Live)
*Previously Unreleased
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