ODDS&ENDS

Dido: Odds + Ends (Unreleased Promo - Unconfirmed)

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If this is not a fake it's told to be a "lost" or "unreleased" album which was probably intended as promo around 1995/1996 for record companies before Dido had any deal. The tracks are professionally produced but doesn't seem to have the 'mastering polish' of a final release. Some tracks found their way to release as bonus tracks or on compilations (Take My Hand, Me, River Run Me Dry), some have been re-used (Give Me Strength, Sweet Eyed Baby, Worthless), some are exclusive to this album.

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CD: 1996? (Nettwerk Management)

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04:17 Give Me Strength

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00:45 Reverb Song

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06:39 Take My Hand

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02:38 Me

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04:43 Sweet Eyed Baby

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04:03 Keep Your Faith In Me

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02:06 Too Bad

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06:32 Believe (Flu Season Mix)

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08:07 Worthless

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03:15 Hurry Home (Demo)

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04:37 River, Run Me Dry

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Some notes about the tracks:

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"Give Me Strength" has been rerecorded by an artist named

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"Over The Rhine" on their album "Films for Radio".

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"Reverb Song" is just a funny joke :-)

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"Take My Hand" and "Me" have been released as bonus tracks for some

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editions of the "No Angel" album.

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"Sweet Eyed Baby" is an alternative early calmly minimalistic

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recording of what later became "Don't Think Of Me".

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"Believe" was probably the original title of what later became "Take

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My Hand". The "Flu Season Mix" is remixed by someone unknow, very

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probably not Rollo/Sister Bliss.

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The "Worthless" version on this CD is slightly different from the

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mix released on "The Highbury Fields EP" and the Australian

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"Café Del Mar - Volumen Ocho" compilation.

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That one is a bit shorter, some part of the original Worthless

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are cut out and they have changed some parts.

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Worthless is definitely from 1996 as it contains an element used in

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"Faithless: Don't Leave (Moody Mix/Mix 1)" and "Snap!: Rhythm Is A

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Dancer (Rollo & Sister Bliss 96 Remixes)", both from 1996.

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"River, Run Me Dry" also appeared on the cover CD of the #38 /

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December 1995 Issue of the UK "Future Music" magazine credited to

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Rollo.

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