[kj] cooking vinyl mix up?

[Frenchy Frenzy]

Hi,

Raven told me in Paris that they weren't satisfied with the version of
Empire Song.

Stéphane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "death wish" <dwish2000 at hotmail.com>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:57 AM
Subject: RE: [kj] cooking vinyl mix up?


>
> 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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