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Old 21-10-2011, 21:14
Simon Rodgers
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How come different countries have different release versions of the same album with more or less tracks than others?

I bought some CDs from Ebay recently. One was the the album Gloria by Gloria Estefan another was The Polyester Embassy by Madison Avenue.

Turnes out that it was the US version of Gloria, with two tracks LESS than the UK/European version and the Australian version of The Polyester Embassy which had two tracks MORE than the European version.

There's always a Japanese release version of nearly every album you can think of with extras as well

Why do they do this? If you had the choice of buying more than one version from the record shop, I could half understand because the record companies would make more money but this is seldom the case and you would have to go on Ebay and pay an extortionate rate to some jammy geezer who has a rare international version.

Why don't they just have the same version released everywhere and stop this rip off market?
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Old 21-10-2011, 21:18
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How come different countries have different release versions of the same album with more or less tracks than others?

I bought some CDs from Ebay recently. One was the the album Gloria by Gloria Estefan another was The Polyester Embassy by Madison Avenue.

Turnes out that it was the US version of Gloria, with two tracks LESS than the UK/European version and the Australian version of The Polyester Embassy which had two tracks MORE than the European version.

There's always a Japanese release version of nearly every album you can think of with extras as well

Why do they do this? If you had the choice of buying more than one version from the record shop, I could half understand because the record companies would make more money but this is seldom the case and you would have to go on Ebay and pay an extortionate rate to some jammy geezer who has a rare international version.

Why don't they just have the same version released everywhere and stop this rip off market?
Well speaking as a country music fan they release an international version IE UK version with all the country instruments removed thus giving a soft rock type version so it sells better in the UK, they think we can't handle a steel guitar and mandolin.
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Old 21-10-2011, 21:19
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If they did that they wouldnt be able to rip you off : )
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Old 21-10-2011, 22:26
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If they did that they wouldnt be able to rip you off : )
As I said before though the record companies ands the record shops can't make extra money because in most cases only one version of the album is available in a certain country.
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Old 21-10-2011, 22:28
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Well speaking as a country music fan they release an international version IE UK version with all the country instruments removed thus giving a soft rock type version so it sells better in the UK, they think we can't handle a steel guitar and mandolin.
I'm quite sure for albums like Shania Twain's "Come On Over", you can get both versions in the UK, but the original country mix version is a little more difficult.

If they were both freely available I'm sure Shania Twain fans would buy both and the shops make two sales as opposed to just one.
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Old 23-10-2011, 17:16
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Another rip-off is different versions of an album with additional bonus material or extra tracks depending on where you buy it from. For example,download it from i-tunes and get an exclusive bonus track,or download it from Amazon and get a different exclusive bonus track,and then there's another version with even more different extra tracks available exclusively at Target/Walmart/Barnes And Noble/wherever.
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Old 23-10-2011, 17:59
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I'm pretty sure Japanese albums have bonus tracks to tempt Japanese people to purchase albums domestically instead of importing them. It pisses me off!
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Old 23-10-2011, 18:55
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I'm pretty sure Japanese albums have bonus tracks to tempt Japanese people to purchase albums domestically instead of importing them. It pisses me off!
they certainly get all the best stuff. Pretty much every album I love has had the Japanese special edition treatment, fancy packaging, rare tracks. And they cost an absolute fortune to try and get them in this country.
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