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From: "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
> Just a guess... I ordered the album from Amazon ages ago and it 
> never came (while the rest of my order did)... I'm guessing that the 
> original run was quite limited, and that the new one is on a 
> different label.

That would make sense, but both albums are on Yep Roc, and the Yep Roc 
website claims that the V.O.T.E. album is still available!  I have no 
idea, but anyway: if anyone bought V.O.T.E. and are wondering whether 
or not to get the new one, the new tracks are both instrumentals. 
"Conspiracy Theory" is a typical Yo La Tengo noise blast, with 
backwards guitars.  "Dr. Strangelove's Assistant" features a bluegrass 
band called Chatham County Line, playing underneath a fuzz-guitar riff 
that I'm sure is Ira Kaplan, plus some whistling.  Both tracks are 
pretty cool, but really, unless you're a completist, you don't need to 
get the new one if you already have V.O.T.E.  Caveat emptor.

S