HW YULE RITUAL...Money Tree

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 11:55:48AM -0500, mike coleman typed out:

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> *it appears I do NOT, in fact, have MONEY TREE, as my copy simply lists the
> song..........so can you just tell me if all we have is a printing mis-press
> or if the later pressings have music I do not......*
> *also, WHERE IS Money Tree to be found??? well??? (foot tapping) hmmm???

	I think I may be able to answer this one too, if I understand 
the question. `Money Tree' was some Ron-type words fitted to what we 
otherwise know as `Spacebrock'; I saw it once on the 2001 spring tour 
and it was, I thought, pretty excellent, but still the same song 
underneath. When _Yule Ritual_ was recorded the words were still to be 
added, and what the band *performed* was `Spacebrock', which you 
presumably have on there or else you have a *real* special item. But, I 
guess because it was already being performed under its new name by the 
time that _Yule Ritual_ was actually released, it's there billed as 
`Money Tree' and Ron's got a writing credit for it even though he 
doesn't *sing* on the track. And I was there, he didn't, it's not just 
that Dave has mixed him out vengefully. As far as I know there is no 
official recording from the 2001 Spring tour, but that means very 
little, because I wouldn't know if there were; if there be, though, it 
hasn't been released. And very soon after that, of course, Ron became 
persona non grata. So as far as I know `Money Tree' proper exists only 
on bootlegs. Yours,
		    Jon

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