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Originally Posted by TheBang
Some of you seem to have missed the fact that this was never intended for general public consumption. It's a promotional disc from the label intended for music licensing purposes (TV commercials and the like). They didn't specifically release it like this to make it hard for you to get. You were never the intended audience for this.
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yep - i agree...
like most 'promotinal' versions tbh, radio edits being the most recognisable... most fans here hate shortened versions of the epics but 'edits' are a must have for radio stations, and as such are better produced by the band themselves than some dj just chopping a track to make it fit. (hence radio edits on promo cd's)
these radio edits get released via promo - but again are not intended for public comsumption, collectors hunt them down for uniqueness and collectabilty but they are nothing more than oddities of the industry rather than 'releases' by the band...
i was an aviid collector back in the day, and would have grabbed the instrumentals disc just to have it, but its not essential, not worth putting up for sale online and not worthy of discussion tbh... yet I do have them on file, i certainly wouldn't pay for them and certainly don't expect the band to release them...(i don't really listen to them either - i just have them 'there') they are not what was intened for release, and generally won't ever be considered 'back catalogue', unlike alternative versions which are generally work in progress type tracks and much more worthy of inclusion.
if we make the case for these to be put for sale, we could argue everything that UW have recorded should be sold to us... the decision has been made that these are not for sale - so accept it and move along
