kyrlidis@athena.mit.EDU (Agathagelos Kyrlidis) (04/30/91)
Hi, I bought a CD player yesterday and NATURALLY I had to buy 'The Dreaming' (although I have it on LP, in Greece..). To my surprise, the CD came with NO Lyrics. Just a stupid leaflet with no info whatsoever. Is this the rule or is this just my luck? My LP, has an insert with all the Lyrics, and some other info, if I remember correctly. I know I can get the Lyrics from the archives, but I am frustrated at how cheap Record companies are. I bought the HoL tape a year ago for ($3.99 at some bin) and it had all the Lyrics! Are all KaTe CD's like this? Oh, by the way I now understand why most people rank TD as their favorite. I guess I didn't pay the necessary attention when I listened to it back in the old days. Angelos --------- no sig today
ed@das.llnl.GOV (Edward J. Suranyi) (04/30/91)
In article <1991Apr30.000331.18023@athena.mit.edu> you write: >I bought a CD player yesterday and NATURALLY I had to buy 'The Dreaming' >(although I have it on LP, in Greece..). To my surprise, the CD came with >NO Lyrics. Just a stupid leaflet with no info whatsoever. Is this the >rule or is this just my luck? > >Angelos I take it you bought an American copy. EMI-America put all of Kate's old albums into a cheaper line a few years ago, so with rare exceptions none of her EMI-A albums come with lyrics anymore. I say "with rare exceptions" because it's still sometimes possible to find the first pressings of these albums in stores; these have the lyrics. Here's the key to finding these first pressings: 1) They DON'T say anything like "Price Buster" or "Budget Line", or anything like that. 2) They DON'T have a cut-out in the generic cardboard longbox through which you can see the CD. Instead, there's a picture of the album on the longbox itself. Only _The Whole Story_, out of all the EMI-A albums, always comes this way -- but that album NEVER had the lyrics. Ed ed@das.llnl.gov
wisner@ims.alaska.EDU (Bill Wisner) (04/30/91)
The short answer: if you can help it, never buy a Kate Bush CD released on EMI Manhattan. They're cheap pressings and don't have lyrics booklets. If you can manage to find an EMI America release, grab it. It you can manage to find an EMI (UK) release, kill for it. Bill Wisner <wisner@ims.alaska.edu> Gryphon Gang Fairbanks AK 99775 And a little piece of hope holding us together.
jondr@sco.COM ("Jonathan S. Drukman") (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr30.000331.18023@athena.mit.edu> kyrlidis@athena.mit.EDU (Agathagelos Kyrlidis) writes: >I bought a CD player yesterday and NATURALLY I had to buy 'The Dreaming' Naturally. >(although I have it on LP, in Greece..). To my surprise, the CD came with >NO Lyrics. Just a stupid leaflet with no info whatsoever. Is this the >rule or is this just my luck? My LP, has an insert with all the Lyrics, Most of the CDs you'll find in the racks in US stores nowadays are the newer versions, which have the cruddy little four-panel booklets you got. Sorry. You could buy the boxed set which has the british edition CDs, all with complete lyrics (except the B-sides discs, curse the luck.) >from the archives, but I am frustrated at how cheap Record companies are. You and half the civilized world. >Oh, by the way I now understand why most people rank TD as their favorite. >I guess I didn't pay the necessary attention when I listened to it back >in the old days. You don't know how hard it is to bring a smile to my face these days, but this one has fixed a dopey grin there, probably for ever. Well, for another ten minutes anyway. -- jon drukman jondr@sco.com always note the sequencer: sco docland wage slave uunet!sco!jondr this will never let us down