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. It contains both tracks from the original EP, plus some tracks from the 1989 ''Over the Edge'' broadcasts on which the original EP was based, as well as live tracks recorded at the

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. The album was called a "

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" and released under "Seelard Records" as a joke, but in fact it was a real release by the band. Several of the live tracks on the album contain the same samples of a profane

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as had appeared on the ''U2'' EP set to a different musical arrangement, which includes a spoken portion which in part borrows from the lyrics of "

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". Other live tracks made reference to the band's battle with

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Track listings

Tracks 3 and 4 are from the original 1991 EP. Note: After 8:56 of silence, track 11 contains a further profanity-laced 17 seconds of Casey Kasem's voice.

References

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Track listings

See also

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