Hypnagogue [RARE]All I can say is, what a pleasant surprise. I had ordered the standard version of "Hypnagogue"...what I received, was something quite different. the cover (I wish my scanner worked!!) was beautiful, very much more than the photo showed. when I put it into my C.D. player, I noticed, rather than the two cut, full length version I had ordered, I had a nine cut 21 minute E.P. I was a bit confused, but I never complain, especially when I buy something by Current 93, Coil, or Nurse With Wound, as there are so many variants of many of their releases. When I listened to the disc, I was amazed, to say the least. Hypnagogue, which is dedicated to David Tibet's wife (who also does the cover photos), is, without a doubt, the most exceptionally lovely, and personal group of poems, that Mr. Tibet has ever written. The musical background, instead of being performed by a collective group, is solo improvised piano, which relaxes, weaves, and flows with the words, wonderfully. I sometimes have issues with the tonalities of Mr. tibet's voice. They can be coarse, high pitched, and sometimes hard to listen to, for me. I have also had issues with some of his lyrics (I.E.: "The Inmost Light") which sometimes get a bit repetitious,and overly religious in nature (he's a Gnostic Christian, more power to him, but sometimes, to me, it can be a bit too much). This recording, proves him as a very adept and powerful poet. I would say, that even if you AREN'T crazy about poetry over music, this is a wonderful work. Why buy a current 93 record, if I have so many issues with them? I am a collector of recordings by Coil, NWW, ect. C93, being my least favorite of the three, my representation of them, is but a few pieces. This C.D. was a welcome surprise. Not only that, but when I researched this disc, I found that it was a mint condition, very rare original edition. Thanks to the vendor, who didn't know!! I believe that this is included, in it's entirety, on the full-length. In defense of C93, my other favorite works by them (him) are "Thunder Perfect Mind", with three available versions on Amazon, some really inexpensive, "Faust" (maybe the most frightening record ever made!), and "Judas as Black Moth" a comp (though remixed, and sequenced to flow like a whole new piece). The latter, was available quite inexpensively on A., until someone realized that it WAS a limited "new" work...still a definitive, though. I'd recommend "Hypnagogue" , and, who knows, YOU could get a rare one, too! Even if you don't, you'll like it.