Bloody Mary

Made by Katsuhiko Akiyama near the end of the first P-Model lineup, part of a songwriting spree spurred by his desire to have more influence over the band's direction. It was seemingly an attempt to match the style of material that would be included in Potpourri. A dub song in line with Mr. Partridge's Take Away / The Lure of Salvage; it featured an indigenous rhythm played entirely on tom drums, one chord, a low bassline and applied echo. Akiyama was confident of the song's quality, but it elicited disbelief when heard by the other members, and was rejected.

Connections

 * "Viva Lovers" and two songs with no details known were the other fruits of Akiyama's late-day songwriting flurry.
 * Shun member Yuhji Matsuda considers the methodology behind Take Away / The Lure of Salvage (the use of mixers and multi-track recorders as instruments) to not be techno, but instead "dub misinterpretation". He also noticed Hirasawa's interest in that methodology, and brought him a demo tape made using that same method.