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1* The "Piltdown Man" section on side two, with Oldfield babbling complete nonsense in a screaming, growling caveman voice. The story behind it is as funny as the song: Branson was pressuring him to add a section with lyrics that could be released as a single, and [[TakeThat in response]] Oldfield stormed out of the meeting, got smashed on Irish whiskey, and spent ten minutes "screaming his brains out," resulting in him being unable to speak for two weeks. The tape was intentionally recorded at too high a speed, resulting in a deeper voice when it was played normally.
2* "Altered State", which is the variant in the second album, is ''very'' silly, intentionally, with Oldfield now making ''ape''-like sounds.
3-->'''Girl #1:''' Where's your mama?
4-->'''Girl #2:''' Where's she gone?

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