this corrosion - floodland cassette

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andrew once said that the version of tc on the cassette edition of floodland is a different mix. afaik this never was confirmed in here. if thats the case i would be happy if somebody could upload this version somewhere - that would be great, and should not cause any legal problem as the cassette is no longer available, (and obviously i dont have it)

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There are two mixes on the cassette.
The first is 4 minutes long with a shortened intro the first verse, then "On daze..", and the second is just over 5 minutes, with a half-length choral intro, and the "Hey hey hey hey hey now now now now" part afterwards.
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Dark is on about the limited edition cassingle of This Corrosion which...**looks at copy in hand** has the 7" edit (3.59) and the (5.16) version: surely the best length for this track IMHO.

the floodland cassette is the same as the lp with the addition of torch.
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Ah, apologies, I didn't read the question properly.

I blame being up this late. :lol:

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Is the version on the cassette of Floodland the same as that on the vinyl, or that on the CD?
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markfiend wrote:Is the version on the cassette of Floodland the same as that on the vinyl, or that on the CD?
ooh...i've only owned the cd for a few months so hadn't compared it to the lp version. i would have said they were all the same version on all three formats but if the cd is different from the lp then the casette could be different too.there can't be much in it is there? no time to time them at the moment.
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IIRC the CD version is a bit longer than the LP version. Hang on...
a discography wrote:2. Floodland
SIDE ONE: Dominion/Mother Russia[6:49]/Flood I[6:02]/Lucretia My
Reflection[4:43]/1959[4:00]
SIDE TWO: This Corrosion[8:56]/Flood II[6:01]/Driven Like the
Snow[4:26]/Neverland(a fragment)[2:37]
a. LP Merciful Release MR 441 L Nov 1987
NOTES:
First pressing with numbers and gatefold lyric sheet backed with
picture of Eldritch and Morrison against a sunset.

Dominion/Mother Russia[7:01]/Flood I[6:22]/Lucretia My
Reflection[4:57]1959[4:09]/This Corrosion[10:55]/Flood II
[6:47]/Driven Like the Snow[6:27]/Never Land(a fragment)[2:46]
b. CD Merciful Release MR 242246-2 1987 + Torch & Colours
NOTES:
Has longer versions of This Corrosion and Driven Like the Snow.
c. CS Merciful Release MR 441 C Nov 1987 + Torch
d. LP Merciful Release MR 441ltd numbered lp
GENERAL NOTES:
Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander except
Dominion/Mother Russia by Eldritch/Steinman and This Corrosion
by Steinman
PERSONNEL:
Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals
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verflixt!

thx for the answers. so andrew was wrong. he once said that the cassette version was a mix more in the stile of jim steinman, so in fact not different in the way of an edit but different in sound and mix.
so we have to compare the different editions of the floodland tape (uk, us, germany), although it seems we will not discover any new version. if i remember right he said that after foodland was released already.
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Speaking of TC, I have two MR39C versions on my PC, one is 3:55 the other 5:11 what is MR39C?
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robertzombie wrote:Speaking of TC, I have two MR39C versions on my PC, one is 3:55 the other 5:11 what is MR39C?
Those would be the cassette single versions.
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Dark wrote:
robertzombie wrote:Speaking of TC, I have two MR39C versions on my PC, one is 3:55 the other 5:11 what is MR39C?
Those would be the cassette single versions.
indeed they would , however the lengths stated on the the cassette case are as per my earlier post: 3.59 and 5.16.
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My mp3 lengths are the same as Robert's. Perhaps we got them from the same source (Sistersrarities, IIRC).
Does the cassette single go for much on eBay?
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Yeah I got them from Sisters Rarities.
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