Vision Thing US version

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I know this will bore you to tears, but my question is this: does the US version of VISION THING on Elektra really have different mixes of "Something Fast", "When You Don't See Me" and "Dr Jeep" or are the different track durations just a printing mistake or something of that sort? Sorry...
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I think, they have.
I had a German and an American version of Vision Thing.
The latter was, however so nerving, I cut the vinyl into small pieces ... :evil: :lol: ...

On the other hand, the cover showed a bit more contrast.
So I kept that one and destroyed the German cover instead ... ;D ...
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Yes, I seem to remember that the cover artwork was some black-on-black photograph, like the Velvet Underground's second album...
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Fodderstompf wrote:Yes, I seem to remember that the cover artwork was some black-on-black photograph, like the Velvet Underground's second album...
Absolutely .... though, this is the first time I hear anybody ever mention that fact at all ... :notworthy: ...
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Being645 wrote:I think, they have.
I had a German and an American version of Vision Thing.
The latter was, however so nerving, I cut the vinyl into small pieces ... :evil: :lol: ...

On the other hand, the cover showed a bit more contrast.
So I kept that one and destroyed the German cover instead ... ;D ...
Sod it, I ordered the CD cheaply on Discogs. But I suspect it was
just an artwork mix-up.
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Sadly, the answer is NO. The US version is identical to the standard CD version. The timing discrepancies are only part of the artwork. But they give a hint which L.A. mixes were dropped from the release in favour of earlier rough mixes.
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Oh, I was talking about vinyls ... CDs seem to have other versions, anyway ...
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Being645 wrote:Oh, I was talking about vinyls ... CDs seem to have other versions, anyway ...
Oh no, that opens another can of worms...
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Fodderstompf wrote:
Being645 wrote:Oh, I was talking about vinyls ... CDs seem to have other versions, anyway ...
Oh no, that opens another can of worms...
yeah, maybe we had better keep that tin closed ... anyway, nobody else seems to care ... :wink: ...
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move your question to the main sisters section, there you gonna get the answers
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panzerfaust wrote:move your question to the main sisters section, there you gonna get the answers
I'll move it...
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Fodderstompf wrote:Sadly, the answer is NO. The US version is identical to the standard CD version. The timing discrepancies are only part of the artwork.
Not strictly true. The US version fixes the error on the German CD that places the end of Ribbons at the start of Detonation Boulevard. You're right about the printed timings though, they're all over the place.
I think the mastering is different too. The Elektra mastering engineers give more preference to the top end on F&L&A and Floodland, I think the same is true for Vision Thing.
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Vinyls never have the correct times.
This is presumably a combination of peoples turntables running at very slightly different speeds and record company incompetence.
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