Heartland

Hey all, I spotted this on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 4013824665


And it made me wonder - did they ever have the longboxes in UK & EU?

I've got Floodland in a longbox. No idea where it's from, but it's an elektra product if I'm not very much mistaking. Bought in Sweden. There was a time when every cd came in a longbox along with the regular packing. Not sure why. There wasn't anything special with them, the cd was the same, no extra material, the box was too big to fit the cd collection and too small to fit the vinyls. Then they stopped making them.

shivarising wrote:
And it made me wonder - did they ever have the longboxes in UK & EU?

Nope, but if there ever was a version on CD with the 'proper'/original mixes (see threads passim) this is the one. First Issue US CD, released a while before the UK first issue or any latter remastering disasters...

Howvere I think I asked before and somebody said it had the Jap mixes on it.... Oh well.

As Mr Lantern so accurately describes, they tended to be a rather futile excerise. Contents-wise they brought nothing new to the party, whilst on the front packaging then come in unwieldy boxes that don't fit anywhere in your collection, and get damaged the second you remove the shrinkwrap.

Wasn't the idea behind them at one point to make nicking CD's out of the shop more difficult? Futile attempt of course.

Karst wrote:Wasn't the idea behind them at one point to make nicking CD's out of the shop more difficult? Futile attempt of course.

You mean it forced the "tea-leaves" to get deeper pockets?

Well, yes, but then the record shop owners started to complain that they had to get deeper trays in their shops. Then various rock stars (incl Mr. Paul Hewson of course) started to go on about the fact that it wasn't good for the enviroment. They only kept on doing them in Japan for while I think where you get advertising added to it.

Karst wrote:Well, yes, but then the record shop owners started to complain that they had to get deeper trays in their shops. Then various rock stars (incl Mr. Paul Hewson of course) started to go on about the fact that it wasn't good for the enviroment. They only kept on doing them in Japan for while I think where you get advertising added to it.

Did they have longboxes in Japan? I think you are referring to the 3" CD snapcases (?) ...

Anyway the CD's of the long boxes don't offer any extra material or different mixes, so there's only the "cosmetic" appeal of the long box itself, especially the FALAA which has the 4 'red background' pictures at the back as 1st used on the Elektra/Warner Canada LP release ...

Hojyuu-obi wrote:Did they have longboxes in Japan? I think you are referring to the 3" CD snapcases (?) ...

Ah yes. Apologies for the confusion.

K.

Got a longbox for FALAA and Floodland...... what's the big deal?

slightly off topic but does anyone know where one could find the better scans of the band pics on the back of the longbox?

Well, the same chap has this item, too

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 56800&rd=1


1, 2, 3, 4
I declare a bidding war!

The Sisters Wiki entry for Floodland claims that the longbox has shorter versions of This Corrosion and Driven. False?

robertzombie wrote:The Sisters Wiki entry for Floodland claims that the longbox has shorter versions of This Corrosion and Driven. False?

Yep, false. The cd's are the regular releases, just the cover (ie. the box) is different. I didn't read all previous posts re the longbox releases, but they're US releases only and seem to be a particular marketing instrument in the US as far as I know.

Karst wrote:Wasn't the idea behind them at one point to make nicking CD's out of the shop more difficult? Futile attempt of course.

The point was to avoid having to build/buy new display stands as the boxes were the same height as a vinyl LP and jewel cases aren't. The fact that they were more difficult to shoplift was an added bonus.

Victim of Circumstance wrote:

robertzombie wrote:The Sisters Wiki entry for Floodland claims that the longbox has shorter versions of This Corrosion and Driven. False?

Yep, false. The cd's are the regular releases, just the cover (ie. the box) is different. I didn't read all previous posts re the longbox releases, but they're US releases only and seem to be a particular marketing instrument in the US as far as I know.

Ok, I'll correct that, asap ... thanks for the info ... ...

EDIT: done.