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The Serious Bob re-release continues this week with SERIOUS BOB VS. BOO RADLEY, the second of three albums, making it’s iTunes, Amazon MP3 and Spotify debut.

Some things will be different this new time around then they have been with other versions of this album. As with every time the line-up of songs has changed, so has the cover.

Anywho, when it gets all “official” the song “Stairway To Hogwarts” will be cut and the original narration by BLOAT on “From Whence All Life Springs” will be restored (for the first time ever, I think, thanks to Nate’s archiving).

Here’s what the History of The Bob has to say on the subject:

The Boo Radley Sessions

The summer of 2004, Elliott called Da7e up to visit his girlfriend and himself back in Greely. The plan was to record some new songs in a day and throw whatever sort of production caution they had into the wind. These sessions gave birth to songs like “Insane Joe” and “The Next Episode (Smell-Factor X Remix).” When these tracks were shown to Nate, he immediately wanted in. The philosophy of the Boo Radley Sessions was to produce content in a new way: totally intoxicated. Da7e acted as sole producer on this effort, and the entire album was recorded using only a USB mic for all instrumentation and vocals. It would go on to become Serious Bob’s “drug album” and the format of the track listings wasn’t nailed down until 6 months after its release.The original Boo Radley was released track-by-track, weekly on readitordont.com.

Each track was given a short explanation and an accompanying graphic. After the full-release, Tai – who had been absent from the Boo Radley Sessions – contributed two tracks, both alluding to or simply mentioning drugs: “That Place” and “This is Better (Than Sex).” Since the tracks fit in thematically, they became part of the final Boo Radley.

The album was accompanied by a full web-redesign that remained the primary look of the website until late 2006.

After Tai’s tracks were added to Boo Radley, the Bob once again declared itself dead. The Radley Sessions hadn’t been as inclusive as Dark Woods, and the band was still separated geographically – even more so when Nate moved out to New York as well and Tai moved to California.

Oh yeah. Drug album. W00t?

Serious Bob Vs Boo Radley by Da7e