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The Last Tour on Earth cover — Released: 11-16-1999

Archive notes: Recovered from an early Underground Noize WAV and its accompanying research note. The decoded passage is identified as a children’s chorus sampled from Michael Radford’s 1984 film Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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Reverse-source composition Documented

Marilyn Manson

Album: The Last Tour on Earth Song: Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes

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Forward:
The song opens with a choir sample presented backward.

Reverse/source relationship:
And to die with dignity, sing to the…