Expanded Edition Bonus Material

Amongst this collection of bonus material, there are several examples of the magical early takes and in this re-mastered version of 'Vulture Culture', for those interested in the process, there is a unique opportunity to glimpse behind the curtain of the recording process. Also included is the track 'No Answers Only Questions' which was left out of the album, together with an early version of it which is differently constructed.

Here is a track listing of the bonus material to be included on the 'Vulture Culture' expanded edition album to wet your appetite!

Track 9 - No Answers Only Questions (final version)
EW "The essence of the Vulture Culture album for me was a comment on the economic harshness of Western society and this track was meant to represent a street musician performing in a very non-Project way. I even expected to include the sound effect of coins being thrown into a hat, but it was decided to leave the song out. We now have the perfect excuse to include it as a bonus track."

Track 10 - Separate Lives (Alternative Mix)
EW "This version of the song has a different approach from the version that was originally released. There are no backing vocals and the synth instrumental line in the choruses is emphasized."

Track 11 - Hawkeye (Demo)
AP "This is one of my demos, parts of which were subsequently imported as a synth sequence into the Studio environment and the "real" rhythm section was added. It's a good example of an early version of the track where feel is more important than accuracy."

Track 12 - The Naked Vulture
EW "On each of these re-mastered albums we are including a 'Naked' medley, which consists of extracts form various tracks of the original master recordings, together with early rough mixes etc. The body of this selection is taken from early mixes without vocals, which give a good indication of the basic feel of many of the tracks. As part of the track 'Let's Talk About Me' we had edited in a conversation which took place in the Villa Bianca restaurant in London with a good friend of the Project, radio programmer Lee Abrams. Lee accompanied by his wife Sandra, was performing his party piece at dinner, which consisted of a ten-minute rant on any subject you cared to mention, as well as his apparent skill as an air traffic controller! His performance was recorded on a Sony Walkman and some of it was subsequently incorporated into the master. On reviewing the archive, we realized that there were other marvelous moments, many of which are included in this Naked medley. Incidentally, I realised that Laser Beam was a perfect anagram of his name and he was credited on the original album as such."

Track 13 - No Answers Only Questions (The First Attempt)
AP "I remember we struggled rather to make this song work in the context of the other tracks which had much more of a rock feel. This early take came across with a 'folky" feel which seemed to carry through to the final version (included here - Track 9). I think it was the right decision to exclude it from the original album, but it has been interesting to hear it again."

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