Most Japanese releases have an extra track for exactly the same reason as has been stated before - so that Japanese fans will buy the more expensive CD rather than the cheaper US/European counterparts. The same logic was used for Cydonia here in the UK - i.e. 'E.D.M.' - so that UK buyers would buy the more expensive CD rather than the cheaper US version. That's the way of the record industry, I'm afraid, and is very common. l8rs, Nick ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Jonathan Wakely
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 08:48:59AM -0700, learn&Evolve wrote:
mr smiley -do you know if orb management have offered a believable explaination as to why the full 12 track CD will not be available in all countries? -no doubt have you been told to keep quiet on this
Japanese releases frequently have extra tracks. Whatever the reason I don't think it would be "unbelievable", seeing as most bands have done it at one time or another. The badorb Bless You cd had different tracks in japan as well (same number, but different). It's annoying, but not unusual.
jon