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I bought {RA+J∅} upon release in 2001, because I was experiencing my own private Pumpkins-mania that began in 2000 when I bought both Machina & MCIS - and was downloading lots of their stuff from Napster. And I immensely enjoyed the Judas ∅ disc, moreso with the Adore/Machina-era unreleased/unfinished tracks - it was like getting a deep dive education about the Pumpkins! Not long after that I bought a second copy of {RA+J∅} because my then-Pumpkins-fanaticalism thought it might be worth something in the future. lol Apparently it's a $152 collectable on Amazon. My copy remains sealed to this day: https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/1l4yper/look_my_unopened_tsp_rotten_apples_judas_o/#lightbox I'll die on a stake that Machina was mystical and the Pumpkins were magical back in that era!