bloodbath

Unpopular opinion, I do like those kinds of questions, sheding some light in the darkest corners. I don't think it makes any favour to portrait Chester to some kind of a perfect angel. He was a human being, with his faults and positives. I mean, some reactions I've seen from the fanbase everytime Chester is mentioned is just... cringe (guys, I don't mean ANY of the members of this forum!!)

Dude, he took no prisoners. Also, very shocked when Mike mentioned that during the early days of Hybrid Theory (probably their 2000 supporting tours) he sneaked out to get wasted

it's very plausible that the studio version of Qwerty ends up on that box set, it's like Cumulus were played live during 2002. In fact, the entire LPU6 would probably be included. Not so faithful though about the entire Summer Sonic show

Anything on vinyl nowadays is really hyped, guess they didn't have those troubles with the vinyl box set

I fully agree with you on that... And with the band. They've stated since the beginning that they were trying to prove themselves and the world that they weren't one hit wonder. That's why the had this little experiments like Nobody's Listening, Hit the Floor or the weird time signatures for FTI. Yes, not the most beloved songs (specially the formers) but IMO, they planted the first seed for bringing into the table things like MTM, without falling too far from the tree. Besides, they didn't had enough power back then to REALLY experiment. I think Meteora had the perfect balance between that comfortable sound and diverse stuff. I fully understand why they cut those three songs. They were great, but too formulaic and they already had similar songs in the album we know. Furthermore, would we be so excited about these songs if they were already released on a LPU CD? Don't think so.

In my mind Session had vocals and that's why I thought we already had 15 hahaha

Now do we have the 15 songs with vocals?

I didn't mean that. I know that they were used to promote the band, and actually provoked that the album was released earlier, thanks to its underground popularity. What I mean is that IF warner were control freaks, they would have try to control every possible channel to promote the band, and may try to stop the demos to be shared.

As other users pointed out, after HT they proved to be an valued asset, before that they were a new band that they barely care about

More the Victim was ok, nothing impressive, although Fighting Myself is a very different story

Question, weren't She Couldn't and In the End (Demo) so close at their releases?

Would be a remastered version of the DVD audio, you mean? thanks

Maybe that's why they decided to add the original mix to the CD bundle, to recreate a "What If" with 14 tracks. PS: besides the obvious cashgrab

Try with the emails attached above, hope you're lucky... BTW, from where did you bought it?

Dumb question. First of all, I haven't had the time to see the full IG chat, so maybe I'm pointing out something already solved. In the first place, does the LPU3 tracks a different mix from the LIT CD and DVD? If positive, then they have to remaster/remix everything to have an internal coherency that the original tracklist didn't have? I mean, to sound like an entire unique show and not two different sources. The LIT mix it's like the 2007 rehearsal tracks for me. One hell of a mess

Actually no, we're all expecting more crypto NFT stuff 😂

I'm still waiting for the NuMb.exe track though...

The most interesting part is this: "Shinoda said that assembling the “Meteora” set inspired different feelings than the “Hybrid Theory” anniversary, which the band marked in 2020 with a similar boxed set. “We were still processing Chester’s passing at the time we were putting that stuff together,” he said. “Now, the tone for me was much more celebratory.” When She Couldn't came out it went out of radar, I had the feeling from them like "ok, here's the song, I don't to talk about it, I'm gonna do another stuff, bye". I think still was uncomfortable for them at that time.

On YouTube?

Sorry to ask, but did they say something interesting or relevant during the chat?

If Chester hadn't passed away and business stayed as usual, they'd probably issued Lost on some LPU anniversary CD, like LPU20 or something like that.

Silly question, was "Lost" "Thoughs that Take my Pride Away" all this time, or is yet to be released?

Already listened. First impression quite good, the track is catchy as hell, but as some of you pointed out above, it fits better with Living Things in terms of "Linkin Park trying to replicate what's expected from them". Problem for lost is kinda in a middle road for that era. It doesn't have the teeth of Faint, Don't Stay or Hit the Floor, but it's not as good as SIB, RTR or Numb, the more "sentimental" side of Meteora. For me it would have been worthy of an LPU album, like Across the Line

Thanks man! Guess that's the version they'll upload on streaming services

Where can I see the digital tracklist???