The confusion the rough mix (more like raw sessions) causes is actually insight into the autistic writing process that originally gained the group's deep cross-scene admiration. In short, they freeformed the entire LP then sutured the disparate pieces back together, thus forming the classic track listing. I'm sure they had rough structural ideas in mind, but many sections are completely different pieces if not entirely new and unheard songs. Even the tracks that are most recognizable to the released versions are still constructed of alternate takes, alternate riffs, alternate samples, alternate vocals, alternate everything, bearing only the mushiest semblance to the final pressed product. It's easy to see why John Zorn was picked to produce, as his master's hand would be needed for a band whose creative process was as eclectic and electric as his own. Tracks 12 and 13 skip really bad due to the age of the disc and apathetically allowing it's physical deterioration (an early cdr trade of mine when that became a thing instead of tapes), but I still left them in for completism. The German live performance is a very good audience recording, and is just as compositionally unfamiliar and surprising as the rough mix.
Mr. Bungle - Rough Mix of Debut '91 & Live Hamburg 2-14-92
The confusion the rough mix (more like raw sessions) causes is actually insight into the autistic writing process that originally gained the group's deep cross-scene admiration. In short, they freeformed the entire LP then sutured the disparate pieces back together, thus forming the classic track listing. I'm sure they had rough structural ideas in mind, but many sections are completely different pieces if not entirely new and unheard songs. Even the tracks that are most recognizable to the released versions are still constructed of alternate takes, alternate riffs, alternate samples, alternate vocals, alternate everything, bearing only the mushiest semblance to the final pressed product. It's easy to see why John Zorn was picked to produce, as his master's hand would be needed for a band whose creative process was as eclectic and electric as his own. Tracks 12 and 13 skip really bad due to the age of the disc and apathetically allowing it's physical deterioration (an early cdr trade of mine when that became a thing instead of tapes), but I still left them in for completism. The German live performance is a very good audience recording, and is just as compositionally unfamiliar and surprising as the rough mix.