dopacamp.blogg.se - september 2022

"Step Up" is featured as a B-side on the " In the End, Pt. The song was later released on Linkin Park's second annual fan club CD, which also saw a limited release and Songs from the Underground. The unnamed instrumental at the end of track 6 is called "Ambient" or "Secret" by some fans which seems to be a early version of "Session".Ī demo entitled "Dedicated" was written during the EP sessions, but didn't appear on the final release. The song "Dedicated" (the song that was cut off the EP) is performed by Mike Shinoda at the Morning Show while battling Rakaa of Dilated Peoples The art design and photography was done by Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn, who have also done album art for Linkin Park's releases and also those of former Machine Shop artists and friends Styles of Beyond.

The re-release of the EP's cover art is noticeably brighter than the EP's original release, and the picture in the inner cover is more blue in the re-release than the original, along with the booklet containing a picture of an ultra sound and the bands name listing alternative to letter from Linkin Park explaining the history and web site of LPU.

The inner cover/liner notes for the original list the band members at the time, including bassist Kyle Christener the re-release contains a letter from Linkin Park to their fans and has quite different artwork from the original.

Artwork differences include a text box on the back cover on the original containing the following quote: "After eight months, she was sure of one thing: that the baby's future would be determined by the convergence of its divided past." the re-release does not.

Original pressing lists the 'Produced by' credit on the back insert to Hybrid Theory (the band's name at the time) the re-release was changed to show Mike Shinoda as producer.

The differences between the original pressing and the LPU re-release include: However, the prizes awarded by the LPU are not copies from the original run. Currently, the only ways to obtain the EP are either to purchase it from eBay, or participate in contests in the LPU in which the EP is awarded as a contest prize. The Hybrid Theory EP has fetched several hundred dollars, from auctions on web sites like eBay. The first 500 copies of the CD were individually signed by all 6 members of the band.

The first fan club package was shipped to members and included a re-mixed and re-mastered edition of the Hybrid Theory EP, with edited inlay artwork, including a note from the band. On November 19, 2001, Linkin Park Underground, Linkin Park's exclusive fan club, was launched. The remaining copies of the EP were sent to the first members of Linkin Park's newly-formed street team. Only one thousand copies were made, and the EP was sent to various record labels, including Warner Bros. Before it, in 1997 the band only released a demo tape entitled Xero.Īt the time, the band's name was still Hybrid Theory (they were previously called Xero the band changed the name later in 1999, after Chester Bennington joined them, replacing Mark Wakefield). It was their first record in chronological order. Hybrid Theory is an EP by Linkin Park (who were at that time called Hybrid Theory, making it a self-titled record), recorded and released in May 1999.