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* DoingItForTheArt: Pepe Deluxé wrote the song "In the Cave" specifically for The Great Stalacpipe Organ. When they found out that said organ was undergoing repairs and couldn't be used, they simply waited--six years--until it was again available. This resulted in ''Queen of the Wave'' being delayed for about two years--all so that a two-minute song could be played on exactly the right instrument.

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* DoingItForTheArt: ExtremelyLengthyCreation: A rare example involving a single song. Pepe Deluxé wrote the song "In the Cave" specifically for The Great Stalacpipe Organ. When they found out that said organ was undergoing repairs and couldn't be used, they simply waited--six years--until it was again available. This resulted in ''Queen of the Wave'' being delayed for about two years--all so that a two-minute song could be played on exactly the right instrument.

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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: "In the Cave" was originally intended to appear on the previous album, ''Spare Time Machine'', which had no overarching concept. The delay mentioned under Doing It For The Art made PD decide to work "In the Cave" into album #4 instead. The song wound up fitting perfectly with the concept of ''Queen of the Wave'', because the novel that inspired the album actually features a scene with an organ recital in an auditorium modeled after the interior of a cave.

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* BadExportForYou: In the UK, the album was released on CD, vinyl, and as an mp3 download. In the US, it was only released as an mp3 download.
* DoingItForTheArt: Pepe Deluxé wrote the song "In the Cave" specifically for The Great Stalacpipe Organ. When they found out that said organ was undergoing repairs and couldn't be used, they simply waited--six years--until it was again available. The album was delayed for years so that a two-minute song could be played on exactly the right instrument.

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* BadExportForYou: Limited Export For You? In the UK, the album was released on CD, vinyl, and as an mp3 download. download, and as a "Deluxé Edition" with 2 [=CDs=] and a DVD. In the US, it was only released as an the mp3 download.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Pepe Deluxé wrote the song "In the Cave" specifically for The Great Stalacpipe Organ. When they found out that said organ was undergoing repairs and couldn't be used, they simply waited--six years--until it was again available. The album was This resulted in ''Queen of the Wave'' being delayed for years about two years--all so that a two-minute song could be played on exactly the right instrument.

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* BadExportForYou: In the UK, the album was released on CD, vinyl, and as an mp3 download. In the US, it was only released as an mp3 download.
* DoingItForTheArt: Pepe Deluxé wrote the song "In the Cave" specifically for The Great Stalacpipe Organ. When they found out that said organ was undergoing repairs and couldn't be used, they simply waited--six years--until it was again available. The album was delayed for years so that a two-minute song could be played on exactly the right instrument.
* PromotedFanboy: Guitar Cobra recorded a video of herself playing a heavy metal cover of the guitar solo from "The Storm". Pepe Deluxé liked the video so much, they re-uploaded it to their own youtube account, then included that video on the ''Queen of the Wave: Deluxé Edition'' DVD.

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