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I think that we'll hear the full tape, eventually, hopefully. I wonder who would've bought the tape for $10,000. 🤔 Maybe someone here on LPLive.

On the page of where the auction is, before it talks about the story of "Deftest" and the tape, it says that the bidding increment was $50.00 and that the bidding for the tape has ended. Kinda weird if you ask me.

I'm being kind of wary with what he tells me. I kinda believe him, but at the same time, I kinda don't. The only way I think I'll actually fully believe him is when he releases the old versions with not only him on vocals, but also Chester and Mike on vocals, as well as show some actual proof that he did the songs. He's only told me this stuff, he hasn't shown me snippets of the songs or anything like that yet. I probably won't believe him entirely until he shows me some proof. Heck, he even knows the lyrics to songs and he won't share that info with me until he's done completing his album, which I don't know how much longer it will take for him to do that. Anyways, I'll only believe him fully once he's either shown me snippets of the old versions or released the old versions, which I don't know when that will happen.

The person who has the tape (currently), as well as LPLive themselves, said the tracklist was "Dialate", "Deftest", "Fuse", and "Stick N Move", but on the site where the auction is taking place, they say the tracklist is "Dialate", "Fuse", "Deftest", and "Stick N Move". So, what's the actual tracklisting of the tape?

I think you're right with it being Cuidado for the last of the top 3, because I see a "-ado" at the end of the word, so I think you're right with that one. New Edit: For the first of the top 3, we already now know by now it's “Cumulus”. New Edit: For the second of the top 3, we already now know by now it's "Interrogation". I think the third of the bottom 12 is "Serpent", not "Quotient", because I see a "-pent" at the end of the word. I might be wrong, but that's what I see. New Edit: For the tenth of the bottom 12, we already now know by now it's "Husky". Edit: I'm pretty positive that the third of the bottom 12 is "Serpent", not "Quotient", because there are 7 letters in the title of the song, opposed to the 8 letters in "Quotient". Here's an updated list of what the songs are (from what Astat got and from what I see) [I'll fix this up every now and then (New Edit: It's all fixed, I think)]: Cumulus = More The Victim (Definitely not “Resolve” as I originally thought. (We already have a song called "Resolution", lol)) Interrogation = Easier To Run Cuidado = Lying From You Pretty Birdie - written as "Birdie" as opposed to "Birdy" like it appears on LPU 13 = Somewhere I Belong Shifter = From The Inside Serpent = Unknown (Positive it is "Serpent" because if you look closely at photos of the song board, you can see that there are 7 letters in the song title, opposed to the 8 letters in the word "Quotient". It definitely ends in "-ent.") Nocturnal = Unknown Session = working title stuck Resolution = Unknown (Astat was absolutely 100% positive on this. Definitely not "Rewritten.") Faint = Working title stuck Sick = Don't Stay Plaster II = Figure.09 (Astat was positive on this one as well. Reusing a working title from an old song as a joke is totally something the band would do too.) Husky = Hit The Floor (It’s not “Nursery” or “Hearsay”, as Astat originally thought.) Drawing = Breaking The Habit Figure.09 = Working title stuck The possibility on what some of these songs (the songs that don't have their working title known yet, or working title stuck) could be "Nobody's Listening" and "Numb", possibly, though I'm not too sure about "Numb", mainly because the song came together quickly and almost effortlessly ("Foreword" isn't included because it was made after the rest of the album was finished).

Okay. What about this then? Edit: Nevermind.

What about 'From The Top To The Bottom', that Dave Garrett and the band called it temporarily before it was renamed "Rhinestone"? Also, what about "Thoughts That Take Away My Pride"? Isn't that supposed to be in the 'Meteora' section under the Unreleased section?

This is what I see:

I kinda shared it without his permission at first, but I just messaged him if I could share the information he gave me and he replied with “Sure”, so, all is good.

Do you mean May 2016? Edit: Nevermind.

Instagram. I messaged him through Instagram. Mike Baczor recently told me that he'll probably release the old versions of the songs after his new album is out. He said it depends on what Mike Shinoda wants to do or feels like doing down the line. I'm unsure if Chester's vocals are going to be on the old versions or not, though.

Very, very true.

Back in the March of 2005, Linkin Park invited Mike Baczor from D-Nax into their studio to record a song, and after three days of being in a New York City Studio, the song "Can't Hold Me Down" was born. He remained friends and kept in touch with the both of them from 2007 onwards. 9 years later, in 2014, Linkin Park invited him to collaborate with them once again for "The Hunting Party". There, they created 3 to 4 songs at that time and Chester just needed to put his vocals on some of those songs and they had plenty more songs in the works, though, unfortunately, those plans never materialized because of Chester's death. A year and 2 months before Chester’s death, in May 2016, Chester and Mike collaborated and worked with Baczor on a song. Years later, we have an update on those songs from Mike Bazcor. "Can't Hold Me Down" has Mike Baczor and Mike Shinoda doing the instruments and production for the song and both of them, as well as Chester, put their vocals on the track. Mike Baczor did the first verse of the song, Mike Shinoda did the 2nd verse of the song and Chester did the choruses of the song. 9 years later, the first song that Mike Bazcor and Linkin Park collaborated on that originally was for 'The Hunting Party' was "The Game Is On", which has Mike Baczor and Mike Shinoda, again, doing the instruments and production for the song, as well as rap verses for the song and Chester sang the choruses for the song. Both Mike Baczor and Mike Shinoda each did half the verses on the track. He also mentions that the other three tracks that he did with them that had titles were "Why", "Truth Hurts", and "Unstoppable". There were also more tracks that they did around the time, but, unfortunately, they didn't have titles for them yet. Baczor and Shinoda worked on so much stuff, had so many ideas and had a total of about 6 songs almost fully done. 2 years later, in May 2016, Chester and Mike would again collaborate and work with Baczor on a song called “Love Me Or Hate Me”. For "Why", "Truth Hurts", "Unstoppable", and "Love Me Or Hate Me", they had everything recorded, but they weren't mixed, so they didn't know what parts of the vocals were going where on those songs. He is currently re-recording the songs all by himself. He still has 6 more songs left to complete. He will be creating a YT music channels soon with all info and constant updates. He will also do live sessions in the studio. He's planning to release the songs on his new upcoming album he's called "The Creation". He also says that there will be 12 or 13 songs on the album. The songs on the album, though, might just have his vocals, if he decides to redo them, though, he said that if him and Mike decide to finish the old versions, then they will release those versions too. He might re-record 3 of the songs on his new album, depending on how he feels they sound when they are mixed. He already has Mike's blessing to release the tracks. He doesn't have to get Talinda's blessing for the re-recorded versions, since it won't have Chester's vocals, because he's not using his vocals, nor the old versions, because they had separate contracts that were all already signed off on, and also him and Mike Shinoda own the tracks. He is planning to release a few singles once he completes the album. He also said that he'll probably release the old versions of tracks once his new album, with the re-recorded versions, is out. It just depends on what Mike Shinoda wants to do or feels like doing down the line. He’s currently working on 2 songs for his new album that he wrote last year. Based off this article (https://www.readingeagle.com/2005/12/15/rocking-on-the-brink-of-stardom/), it is mentioned that he played a minor role as a wide reciever in the movie "Invincible", which goes through the story of Vince Papale (played by Mark Whalberg). According to the article, Baczor had the chance to give Whalberg a D-NAX demo, which he would listen to while warming up. According to Mike Bazcor, when I asked him through Instagram, he said "Can't Hold Me Down" was one of the songs on the demo, and the demo he gave Whalberg he believes was just a bunch of songs he had finished at the time. He also said he doesn't' really remember what was on the demo. He put up an Instagram post earlier this year, saying that the album is going to be released by the end of the year with weekly updates of pics and videos in the studio working on the album. As of this time, no updates have been put up yet. I messaged him through Instagram about when he was gonna start posting the stuff, and he replied back saying that the he'll probably start posting the stuff in the beginning of the new year, as he is still getting everything ready and working in tracks. He has also been filming a lot for video games so that's taking up a lot of his time. He told me that he really thinks I'll love his new material (and probably some people here will love it, perhaps). He said he put A LOT of work into everything.

Yeah, I would be cool to see footage of the whole show. For me, I think it would be cool because I could finally see footage of the live version of “Reading My Eyes” from that show. They nailed the performance of the song, the audio of the performance is cool, and it would make it even cooler if we got an official release of the footage of the whole show, not just “Reading My Eyes”.

That would be really cool if they do that!

Any multitracks/stems of "Hands Held High", "In Between", and "In Pieces"?

A snippet of “Stick N Move” from @theflotilla, the owner of the tape, was posted by LPLive on their Twitter. Look here:

Last year Big Chris Flores, a record producer and sound engineer who worked on Slash's 2010 debut album, gave us a snippet of an unreleased song Chester worked on for the album. Titled 'Crazy', the song was eventually reworked into 'Dr. Alibi' with Lemmy Kilmister on vocals because Warner Bros. Records didn't allow Chester to be on the album. A year later, we have an update on the song from Chris Flores: The version we all heard on WHYS Radio last year was a demo with programmed bass and drums done by Chris himself. He was in the studio with Matt Starr (of Ace Frehley) and Robert DeLeo (Chester's former bandmate from Stone Temple Pilots) to record live instruments for the song. Slash's guitar parts and Chester's vocals will remain the same in the final version. Chris says the live instruments for the song got finished being recorded. He is currently updating the mixing of the song. He says the song should be done in a couple weeks. There's no release date for the song yet, but they already have Slash's blessing to release it. Once the song is finished, it will be sent to Talinda for her approval. Chris wants to release it as soon as possible. Chris has plans to have @sunburst films edit the video footage that he has and prepare it for release. Release of the song, video, and whether or not the song will be on streaming platforms (iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, ect.) is up to Talinda. Meanwhile, listen to a sneak peek of the demo version below: Thanks to Big Chris Flores for this information!

I didn't really see you saying it that way at all, I was just saying that because it could be a possibility, but, obviously, Mark rejoining the band would not happen at all.

I just said that it was a possibility, I didn't say it was gonna happen lol.

I mean, there's the possibility of bringing back Mark Wakefield to the band again. It most likely wouldn't happen at all whatsoever, but, hey, it's a possibility.

Hopefully the person who gets tape is someone from LPLive and, as SerioDrew said, is someone who cares for the community.

Mike even mentioned that "I sa- I say that because anytime the band says anything or does anything, everyone is, like, tries to start up the hype train and we're like 'No, no, no, no, don't start up the hype train.' That's not- you're gonna get yourself- you're gonna disappoint yourself. Don't do that"

What about "The Phoenix"? Just wondering.

In Jeff Blue's book "One Step Closer: From Xero To #1: Becoming Linkin Park", he says that he got a Xero CD on his birthday (November 17th) in 1998, and the tracks on the CD were: 1. "Rhinestone" (1998 Re-Recorded Version; Crow/Zomba Sampler Version/HT20 Version) 2. "Esaul" (1998 Version; Possibly re-recorded; HT20 Version) 3. "Pictureboard" (1998 Version; Possibly re-recorded; Leaked Version from Andrew Lanoie) 4. "Fiends" (1998 Xero Demo; Leaked Version from Rapology 14) 5. "Stick N Move" (1998 Re-Recorded Version) [Unreleased] 6. "Carousel" (1998 Xero Demo) [Unreleased] 7. "Slip" (1998 Xero Demo) [Unreleased] 8. "Pointillism" (1998 Mike Shinoda Demo) [Mike Shinoda Demo On A Xero Promo] (Unreleased) 9. "Step Up" (1998 Xero Demo) [Unreleased]