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I have the originally release but was thinking of getting the reissue for the 3 bonus tracks. I think they are Technopop, Island, and another version of Johnny On The Monorail. Does anyone have this reissue? My question is how are these songs. Are they songs that would have fit in perfectly with this album or are they some silly demos that they stuck in there? My other question would be whether or not these bonus songs have in any vocals. Thanks in advance guys.

All three tracks are fully-produced -- they're the B-sides from the singles for "Clean Clean" ("Technopop"), "Elstree" ("Johnny On The Monorail (a very different version)" and "The Plastic Age" ("Island"). "Island" is an instrumental. Well worth picking up, IMO.

Awesome. Thanks for the info Lazlo.

I highly recommend this reissue as well as the 1997 Factory Toy's (NOT Jimco) reissue of Adventures in Modern Recording (Buggles second and final album). It is remastered and has three bonus tracks (B-sides). You can find it on ebay occasionally going for 40-50 bucks. Amazon sellers try to gouge you at 100+. The seller I got it from sells a lot of uncommon (and perhaps rare) Japanese reissues. I got the Alyssa Milano album "Look In My Heart" Gold CD plus 1 bonus track. No making fun. Collector's item! [:I]

Edward

One more question guys on the Age of Plastic reissue, does the insert have a lot of cool pictures and info? The original release had absolutely nothing in there. The copy that I saw for sale was a German Pressing. Which country's pressing do you guys have?

I just picked up the German import last week for $5.99 still sealed at Kim's East Village NYC shop. I like it more now than I did back then. The extra tracks are pretty good too.

The insert has a nice long history of the band written by Geoffrey Downes that takes up 4 pages and there are 5 full page photos.

That helps. Thanks ekahob.

Maybe I'm too late but I'd like to chime in that the remastered version sounds MUCH better than the original. Where the first edition CD had lots of tape hiss, this version has virtually none. This is what a remaster should be.

I did buy the cd and it's well worth money for the sound and for the extra tracks.