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The echoes email discussion list was strictly a "plain text only" platform.
Even so, you will find herein some examples of some physical items, none of which could be directly shared in the list.

This section holds images of pre-production proof sheets for the US cd (before the final page assignments in the cd package were set) and the uk cd with braille on the outside surface of the tray.
nb: filenames, sheet numbering, etc. per bear only, actual page numbers are per the artwork - nary a phone number in the lot.

The Braille UK TDB cd

Artifact ID: uk-braille-cd

Description: UK release of TDB with Braille

Operational Context: The UK releases all apparently had the same EMI catalogue number, but some of the UK versions had Braille on the outside of the cd tray, in line with the communications theme of TDB. The Braille version was not a "limited edition" run, they were mass produced, so such are inexpensively collectable. The pic shows such a Braille jewel case and the cbtl artwork with its differing perspective, illustrating a major difference between the US and UK booklets.

Braille on uk cd

The IMTECH Division Bell Production Proofs

The MD art proof is below. The 1994 CD booklet as released has page numbers that are in small, silouetted heads, in multiple languages. Presented here are early production layout proofs from IMTECH detailing pre-release multi-lingual page numbering artwork variants:

IMTECH Structural Proof MD Sheet 00 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-cd2401-md

Description:

images/tdb_md.jpg proof sheet 0 2401 md

MD pre-production proof sheet displaying full color alignment tracks, calibration strips, and progressive print passes for internal artwork layouts. Upper left & right of proof includes cd booklet front & back (duplicate of cd proofs image?) above the 1 sided of artwork of the minidisc spread actoss the bottom.

IMTECH MD Production MD Proof Sheet 0

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 01 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-01

Description:

images/tdb_cd-01.jpg proof sheet 1 0421 2401
wywfm-l lfw-r bc fc

images/tdb_cd-02.jpg hebrew 21 lfw-r

IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 1
Dual row progressive press proof showing four booklet panels. top left is the What Do You Want From Me lyric sheet (dark text variant) paired to the top tight full-bleed photograph of hanging vintage brown boxing gloves. the bottom row left and right images are the paired back & front covers: Circular graphic frame showing figures carrying colored ceremonial banners Metal Division Bell head statues standing in an open field.

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 01

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 21 Variant Hebrew

Crop ID: tdb-cd-02-hebrew

Description:

images/tdb_cd-02.jpg hebrew 21 lfw-r

Close-up macro of the lower black margin beneath boxing gloves of the "Lost For Words" panel of proof sheet 1. Features white Hebrew text ornament reading Kaf Aleph (21), its page number in the assembled booklet. CD Booklet Page 21 Variant

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 02 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-02

Description:

images/tdb_cd-04.jpg proof sheet 2 0617
poles-l cbtl-r

images/tdb_cd-03.jpg chinese 17 on kt-r
images/tdb_cd-21.jpg prf chinese 17 kt-r prd french kt-r on 19

IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 2.

Upper half blank with SWOP proofing bar; lower half contains panel layouts for the left half of "poles apart" paired with the right half of "coming back to life" artwork. A square pointillist abstract face artwork in red and deep blue paired with a full-bleed color photograph of mountainous coastline and water (us version: uk version flips the perspecive). IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 02

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 17/19 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-03-chinese

Description:

images/tdb_cd-04.jpg proof sheet 2 0617 poles-l cbtl-r

images/tdb_cd-03.jpg chinese 17 on kt-r 19
images/tdb_cd-21.jpg prf chinese 17 k.t. v prd french 19
Close-up edge crop of the "Keep Talking" proof sheet showing Gilmour and Samson songwriting credits near a vertical head with a column bearing the chinese numerals for seventeen on kt which would be page 19 eventually. the proof shows the pre-production numbering: the 17 persists (being replaced by french 19 when the chinese was moved to the as yet unnumbered cbtl right side of the us artwork; uk version of cbtl is unnumbered).

CD Booklet Page 19 Variant Storm didn't enlighten me with more than a brief bit of "oh, you didn't" eye contact when TDB was brushed upon in the middle of our all too brief (but wide ranging) conversation which was at that moment centered on his cover for Gentlemen Without Weapons' "transmission", dipping into his (more than "artist deep") understanding of signals & ground, channel distortions/impairments, etc. in communications, the stuff behind what he'd visually represented. So, i still don't know if they were just shuffling songs, presenting a clue, or setting up a sting to trace leaks.

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 17 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-03-chinese

Description:

images/tdb_cd-04.jpg proof sheet 2 0617 poles-l cbtl-r

images/tdb_cd-03.jpg chinese 17 on kt-r 19
images/tdb_cd-21.jpg prf chinese 17 k.t. v prd french 19
Close-up edge crop showing production booklet KT page number in french and proof with chinese 17 which was moved to CBTL right side in usa (uk CBTL has no number). CD Booklet Page 19 prf/prd Variants

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 03 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-03

Description:

images/tdb_cd-07.jpg proof sheet 3 0819 2005
creds-l kt-r lfw-l wdywfm-r

images/tdb_cd-11.jpg french 19 cbtl-r
images/tdb_cd-16.jpg italian 08 credits-l
images/tdb_cd-20.jpg english 05 wdywfm-r
IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 3.
Four-panel colour bar bearing layout with credits and final track listings. Upper left is a page of album credits and acknowledgments overlaid on statue eye, paired with the right side of the Keep Talking lyrics page with its symmetrical graphic monkeys. the bottom pair consists, left to right, the "Lost for Words" lyric sheet on grey texturized gradient canvas and a high-contrast color photograph of a hanging disco mirror ball from the right side of the wdywfm spread.

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 03

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Pages 19 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-19-french

Description:

images/tdb_cd-07.jpg proof sheet 3 0819 2005
creds-l kt-r lfw-l wdywfm-r

images/tdb_cd-11.jpg french 19 cbtl-r
Macro crop of the right side of the cbtl spread on page 19, numbered in french inside the head silouette. CD Booklet Page 19 Variant

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Pages 8 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-08-italian

Description:

images/tdb_cd-07.jpg proof sheet 3 0819 2005
creds-l kt-r lfw-l wdywfm-r

images/tdb_cd-16.jpg italian 08 credits-l
Macro crop of the credits on page 8, numbered in italian "otto" inside the head silouette. CD Booklet Page 8 Variant

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Pages 5 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-05-english

Description:

images/tdb_cd-07.jpg proof sheet 3 0819 2005
creds-l kt-r lfw-l wdywfm-r

images/tdb_cd-20.jpg english 05 wdywfm-r
Macro crop of the credits on page 8, numbered in english "five" inside the head silouette. CD Booklet Page 5 Variant

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 04 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-04

Description:

images/tdb_cd-15.jpg proof sheet 4 2203 0223
hh-l cluster1-r cluster1-l hh-r
images/tdb_cd-17.jpg russian 22 hh-l
images/tdb_cd-08.jpg spanish 03 c1-r
images/tdb_cd-19.jpg dots 02 c1-l
IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 4.

Four-panel configuration tracking abstract conceptual staging artwork below volour bars. the upper pair of images is comprised of artwork halves, high hopes (left) and cluster one (right); the lower pair of images composed for the printed sheet consisting of cluster one (left) and high hopes (right).

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 04

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 22 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-22-russian

Description:

images/tdb_cd-15.jpg proof sheet 4 2203 0223
hh-l cluster1-r cluster1-l hh-r

images/tdb_cd-17.jpg russian 22 hh-l
Russian 22 on hh-l CD Booklet Page 22 Variant

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 2 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-02-dots

Description:

images/tdb_cd-15.jpg proof sheet 4 2203 0223 hh-l cluster1-r cluster1-l hh-r

images/tdb_cd-19.jpg dots 02 c1-l

dots for numbers in binary: {dark,light,dark} is 010 is 2 CD Booklet Page 2 Variant

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 3 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-03-spanish

Description:

images/tdb_cd-15.jpg proof sheet 4 2203 0223 hh-l cluster1-r cluster1-l hh-r

images/tdb_cd-08.jpg spanish 03 c1-r

Spanish on cluster one (left) CD Booklet Page 3 Variant

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 05 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-05

Description:

images/tdb_cd-09.jpg proof sheet 5 1411 1809
tib-l gdff-r kt-l marooned-r

images/tdb_cd-10.jpg german 11 gdff-r
IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 5.
IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 5

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 05

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 11 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-11-german

Description:

images/tdb_cd-09.jpg proof sheet 5 1411 1809
tib-l gdff-r kt-l marooned-r

images/tdb_cd-10.jpg german 11 gdff-r
Macro crop pinpointing the german bearing sillouette. CD Booklet Page 11 Variant

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 06 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-06

Description:

images/tdb_cd-12.jpg proof sheet 6 1607
cbtl-l poles-r

images/tdb_cd-18.jpg hindi 07 poles-r

IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 6.
images/tdb_cd-12.jpg Two-panel progressive booklet print block with left panel being page 16's "Coming Back To Life" anr right panel bring page 7's "Poles Apart".

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 06

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 7 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-07-hindi

Description:

images/tdb_cd-12.jpg proof sheet 6 1607
cbtl-l poles-r

images/tdb_cd-18.jpg hindi 07 poles-r

Features hindi 7. CD Booklet Page 7 Variant

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 07 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-07

Description:

images/tdb_cd-13.jpg proof sheet 7 1213 1015
wtio-l wtio-r gdff-l tib-r
images/tdb_cd-06.jpg japanese 13 wtio-r
images/tdb_cd-05.jpg swahili 15 tib-r

IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 7.
Features solid profile silhouette holding the Japanese word Jyusan (13) on page wtio-l.
Features solid profile silhouette holding the swahili 15 on tib-r.
Final four-panel progressive booklet print block tracking deep tracks. Top two panels are gatefold art for "Wearing the Inside Out". The dark left page with lyrics alongside a window pane and a tv forms a right facing, shadowed face in silhouette with a tv eye against a white walled, wooden floored room to the right background. In the immediate right foreground is, from forehead to nearly end of nose, a left facing silhouette face with dark eyebrows and eye, conveying attention to the bright tv.
Bottom graphic is "A Great Day for Freedom" text block surrounded by pink field blooms to the left and "Take It Back" full text column layout on bright white background paper. the top pair are pages 12 & 13 the bottom pair assemble to pages 10 & 15 of the cd booklet.

Description:

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 07

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 15 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-13-japanese

Description:

images/tdb_cd-13.jpg proof sheet 7 1213 1015
wtio-l wtio-r gdff-l tib-r
images/tdb_cd-06.jpg japanese 13 wtio-r
images/tdb_cd-05.jpg swahili 15 tib-r

Features solid profile silhouette holding the Japanese word Jyusan.
CD Booklet Page 13 Variant Above, close-up macro of words printed below the head, showing an anagram of "enigma" formed/found in the third from final charaters of each of the last words pictured. (yes, i know there's an extra space too; i think at the end is a fine place: it prepares for and invites more. lyricist moore maintained innocence of the deed afaik.)

Inline CD Booklet Crop - Page 15 Variant

Crop ID: tdb-cd-15-swahili

Description:

images/tdb_cd-13.jpg proof sheet 7 1213 1015

wtio-l wtio-r gdff-l tib-r

images/tdb_cd-05.jpg swahili 15 tib-r

IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 7.
Close-up macro of lower white margin beneath Gilmour and Ezrin credits on page 15. Features light blue head silhouette containing Swahili phrase Kumi Na Tano. CD Booklet Page 15 Variant

IMTECH Structural Proof CD Sheet 08 (Color Bars)

Proof ID: tdb-proof-08

Description:

tdb_cd-14.jpg proof sheet 8 tray

IMTECH Graphics Progressive Layout Proof - Sheet 8.
proof of tray artwork for usa (sony/columbia) has a highly mofulated signal between the mouths of the two heads, uk (emi) has 1.5 cycles of a single signal between the mouths.

IMTECH Production Proof CD Sheet 08
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