[kj] cooking vinyl mix up?

[Alexander Smith]

Well, all I know is that I have both the domestic version and the UK 
version, and the track listings are identical.

Alex in NYC


On Friday, November 11, 2005, at 06:57 PM, death wish wrote:

>
> Is there anyone out there who is friendly with the fine folks at 
> Cooking Vinyl? I wrote them a letter 2 weeks ago inquring about the 
> confusion over the alleged second XXV Gathering cd - the one many 
> online merchants reported as the "US version."
>
> (Old news to most of you - This US one is listed as featuring Darkness 
> Before Dawn, Empire Song, and Blood on Your Hands, as well as the 
> otherwise dvd-only tracks Complicaitons and Whiteout. It omits 4 songs 
> from the European version, making the grand total 16 tracks.)
>
> I wanted to get a sense of how online retailers got the tracklisting - 
> I can't imagine they just made it up. Were these tracks ever mastered 
> properly? Will they be released either online or in some promotional 
> capacity? Does Cooking Vinyl realize that some people are getting a cd 
> quite different from the one being advertized?
>
> Anyway, I got a prompt reply, but all I was told was: "I think you are 
> getting the DVD confused with the CD as the DVD has extra tracks." I 
> sent back a response explicitly outlining the track differences above, 
> and provided four links to merchants where this tracklisting continues 
> to be promoted. No reply.
>
> I love the cd and dvd to death - it's kinda hard to let go of the fact 
> that three of their all-time best songs were excised. If it was a 
> quality control decision by the band, fair enough.... but to me the 
> circumstances imply something else.
>
> Anyone???
>
> T.
>
>
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