Well, we know that Behind The Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal, Turn It On Again, and Duke's Travel's/Duke's End were all part of one big suite, which was originally intended to take up an entire LP side. But concerned that people would compare it to Supper's Ready, and also probably because of the "we did that already" thing, they decided to break the suite up into individual songs.
I'm not sure what else was ever talked about being on the album at whichever stage. I remember suggesting once that maybe someone figured out that Turn It On Again was an obvious single, and that was why they split the suite up, so that they could stick Turn It On Again at the start of the LP side. But I've also heard it said that at the time the decision was made to split up the suite, Turn It On Again wasn't a full blown song like it we've come to know. That therefore makes me wonder what the other parts of the suite sounded like during it's initial formation. Would love to hear more album demos and rehearsal tapes, as they seem to be one of those bands where a lot of these songs go through a period of evolution before we get to hear them on the final release.
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