First edition: January 9, 2006, 397 hand-numbered copies. CD comes inside a papier mâché box.
Second edition: June 12, 2006, 1,000 copies. CD comes in a digipak.
First edition comes packaged in a handmade paper-hinged green-painted paper mache case with a Mosque \"relief\" on the front and held together with a beaded drawstring. The package contains the following warning sheet: \"No two of these handmade cases are exactly alike. Some of these lie flat when opened while others refuse to open all the way. The paper hinge joining the two parts of the CD case is weak and prone to failure. Do not attempt to flatten your CD case if it doesn't open fully; the hinge will tear in half. Handle this CD with care. Do not attempt to remove the small 'Made in India' sticker from the back. Doing so will de-laminate the green paint from the case\". Also included are a unique 2006 \"calendar card\" with your personal copy's number written in silver marker and a full-color oval sticker (sticker and calendar card art differs among copies).
A different and shorter version of Exit Afghanistan (track 2) was released on Untitled (Ten) (1997).
\" 'Speaker of Turkish' is the first completely new Muslimgauze album to be released in more than two years. It’s one of several albums recorded by Bryn Jones in a final year-long burst of creativity that peaked in the spring of 1998, shortly before his sudden and unexpected death on January 14, 1999. It consists of six long tracks, one of which is a reprised version of the opening track: 1. The Good Muslim 2. Exit Afghanistan 3. Turkish Speaker 4. Bedouin Tablet 5. The Good Muslim 6. Shah of Persia. Musically, “Speaker of Turkish” is comparable to “Your Mines in Kabul”, which was recorded just a few months before this album. Never one to waste space on a CD, Bryn committed 73 minutes of music to the master tape, and as with so many other of his recordings, asked John Delf to engineer the session at the Manchester studio he referred to as “the Abraham Mosque”. There was no dedication made with this album; dedications are mostly to be found on his earlier recordings. This first edition 397 hand-numbered copies of “Speaker of Turkish” is presented in a sturdy, heavy hand-made papier-mâché case closed by a beaded string that loops through notches in edge of the lid. A raised-relief mosque is glued to the front, and a highly stylized rendering of the name “Allah” is silkscreened in Arabic calligraphy on the inside. The track listing is screened on the back. A double-sided window sticker and a 2006 mini-calendar card are included inside. The calendar is imprinted with the words “Speaker of Turkish” and “Your number”, below which of course appears the hand written serial number. A second edition of this album, presented in more conventional packaging, will be issued at a future date. No two of these hand-made cases are exactly alike. Some of them lie flat when opened while others refuse to open all the way. The paper hinge joining the two parts of the CD case is weak and prone to failure. Do not attempt to flatten your CD case if it doesn't open fully; the hinge will tear in half. Handle this CD with care. Do not attempt to remove the small “Made in India” sticker from the back. Doing so will de-laminate the green paint from the case.\"
(Soleilmoon)
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