On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 03:26:58PM -0000, Thug wrote:
Just spotted on GEMM a copy of "The White Room" (JAMSCD6) being advertised as "extremely rare" because it has eight tracks rather than the normal nine. (For a second, I misread ... Does anyone know any different?
I don't think it's "extremely rare" at all. As far as I know, not only did the entire UK run have 8 tracks, but the initial couple of runs in Australia also were exact duplicates of the UK version. (It then changed to be like the US version, that is, 9 tracks with the "Live from the Lost Continent" mix of LTTT, though the cover continued to label it as the "LP Mix".)
I have versions of each, so I know this to be true. The only thing I can't be sure of is the numbers involved.
I have a White Room import from of all places, Kuala Lumpur and it too has the UK tracklisting of 8 tracks with Church and Last train stuck together as one track with the orginal version of Last Train. The LP-mix of WTIL? is the right album version and not the lame Arista edition of putting the J&A intro onto the Live at Trancentral mix. The first 4 tracks are presented in the mini-concert format with lots of crowd noise before and after the songs, and No More Tears is longer and either Build a Fire or Make it Rain is shorter. IMO, the original edition is extremely better than the US/JAP version. It just holds together alot better. -- Loki Ambrodious von Esling -|- RELST8 - http://www.relst8.net |