Collectable # 5: Underworld - 1992 - 2002 - German V2 Logic Promo 2 x CD with Picture CD's - LC 01801
Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Big Mouth - 10'07
2. Dirty - 11'37
3. Mmmm Skyscarper I Love You - 13'14
4. Rez - 9'58
5. Spikee - 12'30
6. Dirty Epic - 9'59
7. Dark & Long (Dark Train) 10'51
Disc 2
1. Cowgirl - 8'29
2. Born Slippy - 7'34
3. Pearls Girl - 9'39
4. Jumbo - 9'12
5. Push Upstairs - 6'10
6. Moaner - 10'21
7. King Of Snake - 9'30
8. Eight Ball - 8'55
9. Two Months Off - 9'10
This album was never officially known as the Anthology, the compilation spanning the years 1992-2002 features all the major hits of Underworld, it is popularly know by this name, and one of the promo versions even refers to it as the 'Anthology', but the official title is "1992-2002"
The tracklisting and tracks are not 'unique' to any version - the 16 tracks are the same on whatever album you buy, but there are subtle difference in the releases, and perhaps the best version is this one, released on German promo, which, not only features differing track lengths, but also a unique picture cover CD, albeit a paper image stuck on the CD-R, its a nice item to have...
This promo features a longer version of Dirty - 11'37, compared to the UK promo version which is 9'47 & the 10'18 version on the UK commercial CD.
Dark & Long (Dark Train) is 10'53 long, which is the same length of the UK commercial CD, but oddly enough, both these versions are 30 seconds longer than the UK promo
The version of Born Slippy is 7'33 long and is the same as every other version, except the UK promo which has an 11'32 version
Most uniquely to this CD promo version, though, is the 9'12 version of Jumbo...3'13 seconds longer than the version on any other format.
Push Upstairs and Moaner are the same as every other release except for the UK promo, which has shorter versions...
Oddly the the most unique thing about this promo is the 9'12 Jumbo version, which as far as i know has never been released anywhere else in this long form...(except...) All of the other 'odd' track lengths can be found elsewhere...
I have since acquiring this version on promo, discovered that there is an Argentinian commercial released version of this album, on CD with the exact same track times, including Jumbo at 9'12...and as such I expect there to be other commercial versions out there with the longer Jumbo...so get hunting...
And as unique this promo is, the UK promo version, is also worth getting hold of because of the different tracks lengths on it as well - compared to the UK commercial release, the promo has Moaner, Push Upstairs, Born Slippy, Pearls Girl, Dark & Long (Dark Train) & Dirty with all different track lengths to the commercial release (although not exclusive to this promo)
Now most people have the standard commercial formats, whether on Cd or Vinyl, but it is certainly worth tracking down the UK promo CD or this unique German promo CD, for alternate versions of your favourite Underworld tracks.
Year of Release: 2003
Current Price: £30+
Desirability: 9/10 - well for one track Jumbo - its worth getting hold of...also the picture CD images are unique to this promo - so grab it if you ever see one...(good luck
Availability: 1/10 - the only one i knwo of i have, but idoubt that thats the entire stock, check ebay - it may come up - but is likely to disappear quickly....
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