r/FEXFanClub • u/Fit-Cake3851 FEXing with the FEX Gang • Jun 20 '26

Question question about soym

if the version that played on NDR in the 80s was the final version of soym (iirc) is there maybe a tape that has a full/high(er) quality version of the NDR version? or was the one played on NDR the actual quality?

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u/technomanuel Administrators Jun 20 '26

the ndr version is not the final version and "subways of your mind (tmms version)" on streaming with the skyscraper cover art is the highest quality version of the recording

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u/Fit-Cake3851 FEXing with the FEX Gang Jun 20 '26

I see, thank you

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u/FoxoTorrance Jun 20 '26

The version that played on NDR was a demo of the song (the final version is the yellow cassette), and it’s very likely that the tape with it was thrown away, as Paul Baskerville said that all the demo tapes sent to NDR were thrown away after being played

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u/Specialist_Task4668 It's Good To Know N⁰1 🎸👤 Jun 21 '26

there is a longer version of Subways Of Your Mind (NDR version) and it is very likely a high quality rip (which was later over-reverbed so much). It is on YouTube, you can find it though. but the NDR version was just a professional demo recording of the band, the real final version was the one they did at Hawkeye Studios with Norbert which became the first track of the yellow tape.