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International CD album editions
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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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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If they did that they wouldnt be able to rip you off : )
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If they did that they wouldnt be able to rip you off : )
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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.
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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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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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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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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