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Post by Dray on Feb 12, 2012 22:01:14 GMT -5
Thanks to trallilalli on YouTube, you can now enjoy the full, official music video for Quarashi's "Switchstance", which must have been released sometime in 1996 (correct me if I'm wrong).
This is probably Quarashi's #1 rarest music video, so this is incredible. I thought I had done well by finding the "Baseline" and "Stars" videos before Anthology came out, but this tops my finds!
Thanks again to trallilalli
EDIT: I thought I would post this here rather than the Audio / Video section on the forums, so that everyone who visits can see this, member or not.
For those of you that have not registered, please do so, and get access to the Audio / Video section of these forums! The member's only section includes many more rare Quarashi finds.
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Post by anderson on Feb 13, 2012 11:30:20 GMT -5
Yes...... I was just watching the videos yesterday and thinking how awesome it would be to see Switchstance in its entirety. Have you talked to the person who posted this? I'm wondering how or where they got it.
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Post by Dray on Feb 13, 2012 13:58:14 GMT -5
I haven't talked to him, but I should. If he has this, there's no telling what other rare material he may have.
It looks to me like it was taped from an old Icelandic music TV show... I'm guessing a music video countdown sort of show.
I asked Solvi and Kari (Quarashi's manager) about this video and neither of them had it or knew what happened to it. Apparently they were being honest because the video wasn't included on Anthology.
Savon didn't have it either. I figured if they didn't have it, and Quarashi themselves didn't have it, then it must be lost forever. Glad I was wrong!
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Post by anderson on Feb 13, 2012 14:30:56 GMT -5
I just left a comment on the video... hope he replies. It's amazing that this would pop up out of nowhere after 15 years.
Of course, there was the 2004 interview on RUV that had a clip of it. I know people tried to contact them for it, and they wouldn't give it up.
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Post by Dray on Feb 13, 2012 22:25:54 GMT -5
I contacted RUV about it as well, and got the same reply that it was lost from the archives.
I believe that it was... like I said, it wasn't released on Anthology. Surely Quarashi would have included on Anthology if it had been available. When I asked Solvi about it, he directed me to Kari, saying that as their manager, he had recordings of all their music videos, TV appearances and whatnot. Kari told me that his PC which had all the material on it crashed and he lost everything.
It looks like it actually was lost forever, along with much more rare material. The only chance of ever finding that material seems to be from fans who bootlegged the stuff back in the day, like this guy who taped the Switchstance video from Icelandic TV in 1996.
What's cool about it, is Quarashi themselves seem to be happy when we find this stuff. I guess they like seeing the "lost" stuff as well.
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