Talk:F♯ A♯ ∞

Album title
Maybe the album title should be f♯a♯∞ (F Sharp A Sharp Infinity), not f#a#∞ (F Pound A Pound Infinity), since it's music related. --219.101.154.162 09:23, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I corrected the article. —Slicing (talk) 17:45, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * the title is listed as F♯A♯∞ (capital letters) at cstrecords.com. AMG also lists it with capital letters. the article should be moved there and removed from the initial-lowercase lists. --G0zer 03:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * More recent discussion about this is at Talk:Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Please follow up there. --PEJL 06:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Recent editions of the album appear to have a subtitle: "F#A#∞ [1995-1997]". See http://cstrecords.com/cst003/ 24.69.71.254 (talk) 00:34, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Which man?
"The preacher talking at the beginning of the song "Providence" references "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams, Jr., and is apparently the same man that quotes Blaze Bayley in "BBF3" on Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada."

I don't think that's quite right. A man is heard preaching at the beginning of "East Hastings", while the man in "Providence" - who does sound very much like the man in "BBF3" - talks ABOUT a preacher. Whether the 'preacher man' he talks about is the man in "East Hastings" is not clear from the record. Which of them references Hank Williams?
 * The man interviewed in Providence, apparently. It's not exactly a concrete source but this page http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858483479 seems to shed some light on the subject (specifically, the third comment from the bottom). Alreadyinuse 21:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Added information about the vinyl release
I added a bunch of information on the vinyl release, but since I don't actually physically own the record I can't verify the accuracy of certain parts of the information. Regardless, I think it'll be helpful. I also added a lot more information on the individual movements of the CD edition and how they correspond to the vinyl versions; I think I've puzzled out where most of them are supposed to start and end. Some of them (like "Dead Metheny" and "The Sad Mafioso") we know from concert bootlegs already, so there wasn't much "original research" involved in this. Cassandra Leo 00:42, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

— Well, if you don't own the release, it's probably not a good idea to assume something that will most likely cause confusion and be an untruth. I have the release, not one of the original 500 (you have to really know what to look for if you aren't sure) but anyone who collects vinyl will tell you to identify the release you need to look between the inner-most grooves of the record, and at any catalog number on the spine or on the disc itself, and in some cases what the album is packaged with and how it is presented when first bought (stickers and all, pretty much the same for a CD). I've seen quotes, symbols, URLs, etc in those lead-out grooves, and in the case of F# A# (infinity), the two track titles are etched into the vinyl between the grooves. They read: "Nervous, Sad, Poor ..." for side A, and "Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful ..." Worth mentioning is the infinite loop in the inner-most groove of side B (HINT: you may need a manual turntable to hear this repeating, _possibly_ not an automatic). There are six different versions of the vinyl, three original, and three repressings (three different images on the front for both issues). here's info on the original limited run: and here's one of the newer repressings:

Sources should be checked and cited before and during editing Wikipedia... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.244.248 (talk) 20:38, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Just out of curiousity....
I own the vinyl version of this album, and I'm pretty sure it's one of the original 500. How can I tell? It has a bunch of inserts and a train-flattened penny.... Steevven1 (Talk) (Contributions) 03:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Is there a number written in ink on the back of the album? Something along the lines of, for example, 233/500? If so, then most likely it is. Good find.  A ng u la R  04:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It would be fascinating to know how and where the group came about five hundred train-flattened pennies. On a more serious note, I assume they are Canadian currency, but there's no way to tell from the article, and there are only five hundred of them in the world. Perhaps you could photograph the album and its packaging. You'd get infinite kudos, for great justice. -Ashley Pomeroy 11:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I have this album on vinyl, it's got lots of inserts (some gig fliers etc.) and a train flattened penny however it has no number on the back, is it one of the first 500? I can take some pictures over the next couple of days if anyone's interested? Vicissitudo (talk) 20:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be good! I think if it has the train-flattened penny, it is probably one of the original 500. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 21:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, here are the pictures:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/bobrules331/Image220.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/bobrules331/Image219.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/bobrules331/Image218.jpg
 * I hope that's helpful Vicissitudo (talk) 22:57, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * For what it's worth, I own the album on vinyl too, and it's identical to the above pictures. I know that it's not one of the original 500, however. They appear to be continuing to include the same inserts and penny in recent pressings. Vertigo Acid (talk) 14:24, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Constellation will continue to include the inserts in all pressings, not just the original 500. The only way to tell is the hand inked number out of 500. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.31.70 (talk) 22:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

f♯a♯∞ → F♯A♯∞ — see and Talk:Godspeed You! Black Emperor PEJL 14:06, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.


 * Support proper style and probably better meaning. –Pomte 14:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Not English, and Not ASCII. Though I have no alternate suggestion for a title. 132.205.44.134 22:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your position. Are you saying the proposed name is inappropriate? --PEJL 16:31, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The infinity symbol is problematic. Article titles should be probably be typable on an English language keyboard. 132.205.44.134 21:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * While that would be nice, I disagree that that is necessary. I think it is more important that the title is correct. If there was an obvious alternative name, that could be used as a redirect to this article, solving the typing problem. --PEJL 21:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 15:00, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Narrator
Who's talking in the beginning of the first song, sounds like Tommy Lee Jones as Ed Tom Bell from No Country For Old Men. Hell, this album could as well work as a musical follow-up to the film.Revan ltrl (talk) 20:36, 25 December 2008 (UTC) It is Lee Marvin in one of his last performances. It is weird that this is not more well-known.

Track listing style
I've re-reverted the track listing style to something like that on Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven — the old style has many misaligned track times due to differing line spacing and multiple durations appearing on a single line. The LYSFLAtH style has one table row per movement title and time, so both are guaranteed to be aligned properly. æ² ✆ 2009&#x2011;10&#x2011;14t04:58z

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