ixnay

What is the real reason behind the placement of "BOO!" on the inside spine of All Hallow's EP CD? Is it simply a Halloween joke? Was/is it a secret track? Both?

I think it is a track, I think it is on the CD, AND it is a joke.

Let's take this into account:
Look at the order of songs on your All Hallow's EP Booklet (not back cover).

1. Fall Children
2. The Boy Who Destroyed The World
3. Totalimmortal
4. Halloween

What is the track list of the actual CD?

1. Fall Children
2. Halloween
3. The Boy Who Destroyed The World
4. Totalimmortal

Why the change?

In my opinion (and many others'), Alan Forbes drew the track list incorrectly. Rather than make him draw it again or digitally change it, they changed the track list.

So what has BOO! got to do with this?

Well, BOO! WAS a final 'unlisted' track. Simply, the piano/string clatter at the end of "Halloween". Seems completely pointless to put this music in the middle of a CD which ultimately destroys the flow of the EP (AFI are known to choose the best flow on their releases) and I undoubtedly believe it was designed as the end track. Thus AFI continuing from Black Sails In The Sunset the spine last track tradition.

Why would Nitro choose to re-arrange the CD into a nonsensical order rather than spend time to make it correct?
Well, go look at Black Sails In The Sunset... it's 2007 and still the track list is unchanged.

From a post I made today (11-08-03)
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The track list for All Hallow's EP got messed up. The correct track list order should have been:

1. Fall Children
2. The Boy Who Destroyed The World
3. Totalimmortal
4. Halloween

But Alan Forbes did the artwork weirdly. So, to avoid confusion, the track list order was changed.

The "Boo!" then became pointless as it was no longer the 'secret' track. I believe it was meant to be the piano/strings at the end of "Halloween", but fate would have it otherwise.

- ixnay
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I must also address the counter-claim to this that the track listing in the booklet appears the way it does so as to separate the lack of 'Halloween' lyrics and copyright notice to Glenn Danzig. This counter-claim does not have any historical support as if we look at Answer That And Stay Fashionable the track listing was not changed to make this a possibility.

PLEASE NOTE
a: It has been said many times the artwork had the track list incorrectly by Alan Forbes by people around the band. So it is the most likely case.
b: This information does not remove from the fact the title was done as a Halloween joke on the CD.
c: I know the album is deliberately 13 minutes in length and this information also does not remove that as fact.

Thanks to Alli for the archive otherwise this information may have been lost!
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