U.K. Retro vs. U.S. Retro

Hello all. New here. I have looked at several pages of threads but have found no comment on this. I have the U.K. issue of Retro.....was looking at the Rhino website and the track listing is a bit different on cd two.( the U.S. version has "Ecstacy" for example) Is this in fact true or is this a mistake on the Rhino site? Does anyone own both boxes and what are the differences if any besides this. Thanks!:-)

The only difference that I noticed was in the hidden tracks...e.g. Love Vigilantes live on UK cd and The Perfect Kiss (K Klass edit) on the US version...

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On my version ALL the tracks were hidden. Apart from Love Vigilantes.

Originally posted by 404 error On my version ALL the tracks were hidden. Apart from Love Vigilantes.

lucky sod!!

Originally posted by 404 error On my version ALL the tracks were hidden. Apart from Love Vigilantes.

Mine too!! They're SO hidden, that I can't even find my copy of Retro. It must be somewhere, waiting to be bought by me.

I have not even got this yet!

Being out of the country for the last six months - in Poland - hasn't helped either.

I don't think any shops I've been to have any copies of it left.

:(

The UK version comes with an outer slip-cover, while the US version doesn't. My eyes may be tricking me too, but I think the picture on the cover is not as good in the US version as in the UK version. There seems to be more "shadows" around the mirror ball. Can someone else confirm?

Sorry, I have the spanish Retro, with Thieves like us and Love vigilantes live at Move 2002 as hidden tracks on the bonus CD. And an enhanced new album's demo...really great.

ok, maybe i'm still mistaken about this,

but i've seen two different times for this track:

8. The Perfect Kiss - Live Video Version 5:13

while others say

8. The Perfect Kiss - Live Video Version 9:55

apparently its the edit on the UK promo version? (see the discography on this site for the time)..

and the full version on the US release.

later

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'the kiss of death'

This is all intriguing. But which version to buy - American or English? I am going to a music shop to pick up one. But I don't know what's better.

Originally posted by Ben Sweeney I have not even got this yet! Being out of the country for the last six months - in Poland - hasn't helped either.I don't think any shops I've been to have any copies of it left.:(

You went to Poland? I was there last year, where did you stay? i was in Poleniza and Wroclaw, also visited Warsaw, Stashov and Krakow.

I had a great time :)

My copy is wrecked because i folded the cds in two to hear the bonus tracks :D

Damn server error thing :(

Originally posted by -1 ok, maybe i'm still mistaken about this,but i've seen two different times forthis track:-------------------------------------------------8. The Perfect Kiss - Live Video Version 5:13 while others say8. The Perfect Kiss - Live Video Version 9:55apparently its the edit on the UK promo version?(see the discography on this site for the time)..and the full version on the US release.

I've just checked my MP3s I made from the bonus disc - the actual time of The Pefect Kiss MP3 is 9:57. That's the bonus disc promo from hmv.co.uk.

MK

I'm still confused about the US and UK versions. :(

I have the Irish version of retro... all the tracks are hidden...WTF??? :finger:

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Originally posted by -1 ok, maybe i'm still mistaken about this,

but i've seen two different times for this track:

8. The Perfect Kiss - Live Video Version 5:13

while others say

8. The Perfect Kiss - Live Video Version 9:55

apparently its the edit on the UK promo version? (see the discography on this site for the time)..

and the full version on the US release.

I've just checked my MP3s I made from the bonus disc - the actual time of The Pefect Kiss MP3 is 9:57. That's the bonus disc promo from hmv.co.uk.

MK

hmmm....well if that's the time on the UK promo, then maybe there is another promo? or??????

later -1

The shorter version of TPK video version was originally released on a vinyl promo, if that helps (see the niagara discography).

Originally posted by Pedro Marzo The UK version comes with an outer slip-cover, while the US version doesn't. My eyes may be tricking me too, but I think the picture on the cover is not as good in the US version as in the UK version. There seems to be more "shadows" around the mirror ball. Can someone else confirm?

The UK pressings, artwork, paper quality, etc. have always been two or three notches above the US releases. I try to get UK imports as I can afford. It feels like the real thing. Sometimes American stuff just feels cheap....and it is. I hear these stories about the guys in the band gluing up their own album covers on the early Factory stuff. No wonder it feels that way.

Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin does the US version of Retro even exist, or was it just a rumor?!?!?!?!

yeah, it's on London Records/Warner Music Group in Burbank. It has the 9 minte plus version of Video "Perfect Kiss". The disc is quite good. I'm stoked and surprised. I was lucky to a comp copy.

Well, last night I bought the American release of Retro (no bonus). Yahooooo, I am so happy. The only shadow is the quality of the live tracks. You guys got me. I was really looking for hidden tracks (which, of course, doesn't go with such record companies as Warner or London). It would be a nice idea at Factory, but not there. I want some more.

Originally posted by Russell Scott > Originally posted by Pedro Marzo> The UK version comes with an outer slip-cover, while the US version doesn't. My eyes may be tricking me too, but I think the picture on the cover is not as good in the US version as in the UK version. There seems to be more "shadows" around the mirror ball. Can someone else confirm?

The UK pressings, artwork, paper quality, etc. have always been two or three notches above the US releases. I try to get UK imports as I can afford. It feels like the real thing. Sometimes American stuff just feels cheap....and it is. I hear these stories about the guys in the band gluing up their own album covers on the early Factory stuff. No wonder it feels that way.

Wait till you see some of Australian made CD covers or packaging.....like all the NO Cd singles that are available in cardboard sleeve....the UK version has high quality print on dense & hard white-backed cardboard whereas we Aussies have to put up with bad ink printed on thick but soft toilet-paper-inner-roll type of cardboard....

A funny one that comes to my mind is the fiasco behind the U2 CDs produced in Australia during the Achtung Baby time - 'The Fly' CD label was sooo bad with inconsistent ink smudges everything that the next few singles were import from EU....the funny thing is that these badly manufactured Aussie CD singles has become a rare collectors item now...( and i have a few...heehee )

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News:
Retro Brazilian version includes 3 hidden tracks

cd4:Touched...(live in Rio de Janeiro 1988) cd5:Paradise (peel sessions 1998) EvilDust

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It's very funny !!!!