Difference between revisions of "Party Boobytrap"

Party Boobytrap is Tally Hall's first release, produced in very small quantities to be sold at early live shows. It was recorded in the attic bedroom of [[Joe Hawley]] using a digital camcorder and edited together using Final Cut Pro.<ref>Shane Roeschlein [https://acoatofredpaintinhell.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/tally-hall-an-interview-with-rob-joe-andrew-zubin-and-ross/ A Coat of Red Paint in Hell Tally Hall interview 2008] March 5th 2008. ''A Coat of Red Paint in Hell.'' Accessed 10th June 2024.</ref> All of the songs featured would later be slightly touched up and re-released on [[Complete Demos]] in 2004. A "partyboobytrap e.p. +1-1" was also released, containing the [[Cover Songs|Super Mario Bros. Overworld theme]] in addition to the other tracks. This version has yet to surface online.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040607013914/http://www.talentmatch.com/search/allview.asp?PID=59562&entry=tmurl## TalentMatch Tally Hall website archive] ''Talentmatch.'' Circa 2004. Archived via The Wayback Machine.</ref>

The title was chosen because it was a palindrome, and would later be used as the name of a fictional rap group in the music video for Good Day.<ref>[https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/gallery/var/albums/Miscellaneous/TallyHall.com-in-2005/TH_site2-5_all_0005.jpg Tally Hall bio in 2005, tallyhall.com] ''Tally Hall.'' Archived via [[Hidden In The Sand (Website)|Hidden In The Sand]]</ref>

This variant is likely the earliest variant of the EP considering its different design inconsistent with other Tally Hall media. The only known copy of this variant was sold by [[Andrew Horowitz]] at auction in 2019 to support Coz Baldwin and is now owned by a private collector.<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/tally-hall-original-green-tie-cds-1986250561 Archive of Andrew's 2019 auction] ''Worthpoint.''</ref> It is unknown if this variant has different mixing to the later two variants.

This variant was pressed sometime after Variant 1 and before November of 2003 as Banana Man was recorded in November of 2003. Two copies of this variant are known to exist, one in the possession of [[Hidden In The Sand (Website)|Hidden In The Sand]] moderator Ruby Red.<ref>Ruby Red [https://twitter.com/RubyRed64/status/1788394983369605251 Tweet posted May 9th, 2024, @RubyRed64] May 9th, 2024. ''[[Twitter]].''</ref> This variant does not contain any differences in mixing to Complete Demos.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhT7ZFY_ImCl0flS-OQKpiXGwISL_l3N "Tally Hall - Party Boobytrap", YouTube playlist] ''YouTube.''</ref> The artwork was revised for this variant, featuring the logo used on tallyhall.com at the time. The track listing is now on the disc itself instead of on an insert.

A rip of Party Boobytrap was given to a fan by Andrew Horowitz in 2019 and is identical to Variant 2's mix, but it is unknown where the mix was sourced from. Interestingly, Good Day is mislabeled as Goodday in the metadata of this rip.<ref>[https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/wiki/File:Partyboobytrap-mystery-rip.png Screenshot of the Party Boobytrap mystery rip's files] Archived via [[Hidden In The Sand (Website)|Hidden In The Sand]].</ref> Also included alongside the songs is a .pk file for Greener, possibly generated by a version of Adobe Audition before CS5.5.<ref>[https://fileinfo.com/extension/pk Information about .pk files] ''Fileinfo.''</ref>