From Jeff Waye Sent Mon, Jan 11th 1999, 23:09
From Jeff Waye Sent Mon, Jan 11th 1999, 23:09
>PROBLEM::I got the Japanese version as it has several remixes that the US >version doesn't. Unfortunately that means that the US version also has >several remixes that the Japanese version lacks. I was hoping that the >vinyl that was to preceed that release would include those mixes so I >wouldn't have to buy the entire thing again, but.... (BCrayon listed a 7" >and 10" this week, supposedly both with "exclusive remixes", but the >remixers are from the Japanese and US cd. These are silly limited to 225 >copies.) Can't remember off hand what the exclusive remixes are, but I >think the US ones are Kristian, Fader, Purdue, Swincoe, Sychopants and >Craig ... while the Japanese ones are Shut Up and Dance, Takemura, >Sunahara, Sakamoto, Takahashi w/ Die 2, and Haruomi Hosono. Perhaps a >someone who buys the US copy will wish to trade a MiniDisc with me so that >we could both have all the mixes without feeling cheated into buying the >same release twice?? >[Too often NinjaTune does this...exclusive tracks on one format that aren't >on the other and vice-versa. Annoying to say the least.] Here are all the details on the formats... Also just to clarify...Japanese version is different, as they released there version early, therefore a lot of the mixes that made the UK/American version weren't even ready yet. Also, obviously they wanted to include the more obscure (outside of Japan) remixers as it would be of interest to Japanese buyers. Anyway, some of these are available on the 10"s and 7"s. Point is, there was no way to put all the mixes on without making it a triple CD and having to charge loads for it. And, hell, everyone likes a bit of a rare, completist hunt down every once in a while right? C'mon, admit it (and they're not so limited that you'll have to pay $400 for the 10" if you miss it). Also, there is rarely any difference between the U.S & UK versions of our releases. I would say that in the last 3 years, there has been maybe 4 releases that were slightly different. Before that there was a lot of differecnce on the U.S Shadow/Instinct versions, but we had nothing to do with that. UK/American Tracklisting... Atomic Moog 2000 (Cornelius Mix) Every Home a Prison (Shut Up and Dance Mix) Border (Coldcut vs. Silent Poets) More Beats and Pieces (DJ Lord Fader Mix) Panopticon (Irresistible Force Mix) Return to the Margin (J Swinscoe Mix) Last Night a Cliche Saved My Life (Coldcut with Grandmaster Flash and Strictly Kev) Atomic Moog 2000 (Live) Panopticon (Live) Rubiyat (Carl Craig Mix) Tale of Ms.Virginia Epitome (Coldcut with Salena Saliva, Bernard Purdie and Jimpster) Noahs Toilet (Sycophants Mix-UK only) Music 4 No Musicians (Dave Kristian Mix-US only) so only difference is Sycophants and Dave's mix, which was kinda of a pressing plant mixup in the first place, but whatever... Pre-release DJ 12" (1000 copies) w/ Cornelius Mix, Shut Up & Dance Mix, Silent Poets track, and Grandmaster Flash track (all tracks taken from the record) 10" (1000 copies) w/Cloned Again (Rei Harakami mix), Cloned Again (Yukuro Takahashi mix), Space Journey (Hexstatic Mix), and Timber (Voda Mix) 7" (1000 copies) w/Rubiyat (Ryuichi Sakamoto Mix), and Noahs Toilet (DJ Takemura) Take Care Jeff