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by **jaybag** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:58 am

Never seen a thread about this, my apologies if there ever was one...

We all know CD's usually have bonus tracks as opposed to the LP/tape releases. But how many times have certain things been left OFF of the CD release? There are a few I can think of:

1. The original LP "Rio" by Duran Duran had extended versions of about five of the ten songs (Hungry Like The Wolf, Hold Back The Rain and Save A Prayer to name a few). This version of the album has never been released on CD (even the later version of the LP left the extended versions off).

2. At the end of Oingo Boingo's "Weird Science" LP (from Dead Man's Party) there's a little bit at the end where they put in Kelly LeBrock's quote "So...what would you little maniacs like to do first?" This was left off the CD, probably for licensing reasons I'd imagine.

3. This is one of my favorites. On the Wham! LP "Fantastic", the last song "Young Guns (Go For It!)" ends ... wait a few seconds, then you hear somebody playing piano at light speed (kind of a ragtime thing). This goes on for about 10 seconds, then you hear the sound of the guy being punched in the gut. He moans for a few seconds, then starts playing again, but playing much slower and groaning while he's doing it. It's hilarious and was left off the CD.

4. Here's something that annoyed me to no end. The original CD of Icehouse's "Man of Colours" was the same as the LP but with a few bonus tracks. When it was remastered about two years ago, it had even more bonus tracks...except they shortened one of the album tracks, and it was my all-time favorite Icehouse song "Crazy". The version on the remastered CD was the single mix which omitted about 1:30 of the song. D'oh! I kept my original CD around for that song only.

by **My Aural Stimulator** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:52 pm

The Altered Images "Bite" CD comes to mind: the remastered edition by Edsel had some stupidly, sleepy version of "Another Lost Look" in place of the LP edition. Apparently, though, Sony Japan released another edition of the CD (with the LP version of the

by **Bitter Almonds** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:16 pm

What about the remastered [i]Rio[/i] album that comes in a sleeve? Is that any different than the original?

by **middlesexnj** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:21 pm

When the Cure's "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" double LP was brought to CD, "Hey, You!!!" was eliminated so that it would fit on a single CD. That's one track I had no ethical qualms about "illegally" downloading.

by **ekahob** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:43 pm

This is were this board starts to cost me money...

David Sylvian's "Gone To Earth" was double album that had a few songs dropped off to make it fit on a CD. I gave the LP away to a girl who begged for it when I got the CD. This thread made me think t

by **bruiser** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:42 pm

thompson twins' "sidekicks"- the cassette had a full side two of remixes. strangely, in all subsequent re-issues this has never been restored. two of the mixes show up on cd: "rap boy rap" and whatever the "lies" mix is called. the others, nope. (is "long

by **scramjet** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:00 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by bruiser[/i]
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the original "golden age of wireless" by thomas dolby had three songs that didn't make it

by **buffalochipz** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:13 am

The CD release of Urgh! A Music War leaves some tracks off from the original double cassette/LP.
Toyah, The Members, Athletico Spizz '80, Alley Cats, The Au Pairs, and John Otway were all dropped for lack of space.
Not sure if this has seen a re-release

by **Scourge** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:31 am

Well, the Cure is making up for this type of thing with their boxset and reissues. But here's how it went: the B side of the Faith cassette was Carnage Visors; the B side of Concert was Curiosity (which had some demos and live recordings that (so far) eve

by **schwenko** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:23 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Scourge[/i]
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As for tracks that just never made it to cd (but were represented on vinyl or cassette)

by **ru480s2** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:42 am

Colourbox's first was a double LP that got converted to a single CD. When I got the CD, I gave the LP away, before I realized this. [:(!] Does anyone know which tracks they were?

by **geoffolehane** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:10 am

Not really New Wave but when Duncan Browne's "Wild Places" and "Streets of Fire" came out as a double-CD, they left off the song "Cancion de Cuna: Street Echoes," which was the pleasant closing number on "Streets of Fire."

by **jaybag** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:59 am

XXX - I haven't heard it but I think the paper folder version of the CD is the same as the other re-issue - shorter versions of the songs, no bonus tracks, just a few videos. A few of the longer versions are available in other formats (they were essentia

by **skinnytie** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:58 am

The B-52's cover version of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry" (is that the correct title?) was left off of "Whammy!" when it was released to CD (the b-side of "Legal Tender", "Moon '83" was put on in its place). I think it was because of a contractual or copyrigh

by **schwenko** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:37 am

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