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    • #1836

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Is there a difference between the CD and vinyl version of this song? Just curious. Because I just bought a radio promo that explicitly mentions \"The End… etc. (LP version)\".

    • #46810

      you mean the end is the beginning is the end (aka teitbite)?

      i think \"LP version\" usually means \"album version\". it doesn’t necessarily refer to a medium (cd or vinyl).
      if they put \"LP version\", they probably want to say they just lifted it off the original release, and didn’t use a \"radio edit\".

      except for some promotional vinyl records, this song was never released on vinyl, so it would be weird to refer to those releases to indicate what version it was.
      either way, as far as i know, there are no alternate versions of teitbite.

    • #46811

      makes sense?

    • #46812

      jawn till dusk
      Spectator

      I agree.

      L.P. just means long player,although some areas of marketing use the term for vinyl.

    • #46813

      Arthur
      Spectator

      I know LP as long player too, and in NL (maybe in Belgium too?) it is called ‘elpee’. But all these terms, at least in NL, refer to an album release on vinyl only. Normally the labels or whoever is in charge call it ‘album version’ vs ‘single version’ or ‘extended version’, whatever is appropriate. So to me this sounds like there was a special version on vinyl of this song. But no, I guess not!

    • #46814

      jawn till dusk
      Spectator

      Just had a look at my various formats of this,and they all seem to have a running time of 5.08/5.09/5.10.

      What the running time of your promo?

    • #46815

      manillascissor
      Keymaster

      long play (LP) does, in fact, by definition, only refer to vinyl. so arthur was right. :P (according to wikipedia.org)

      however, i think commonplace jargon has colloquially accepted LP to mean an album on any format. but, technic(ally), that is wrong.

    • #46816

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Just had a look at my various formats of this,and they all seem to have a running time of 5.08/5.09/5.10.

      What the running time of your promo?[/quote:1kxr9fkc]
      5:02, see pic below. I still have to receive it, so I can’t tell much yet. Only that I noticed a lot of "jargon" on the tracklist lol!

    • #46817

      jawn till dusk
      Spectator

      Maybe this was taken in refference to the 12\" promo prior to actual album promos were given out?

    • #46818

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Maybe this was taken in refference to the 12" promo prior to actual album promos were given out?[/quote:hsse4dbr]
      Could be… However, this radio promo cd is dated June 13, 1997, and The End… was already out on cd single on June 2nd, 1997. In the same timeframe (May, June, July 1997) the track appeared on (promo-only) vinyl. And it appears to me that it is the same track, both on cd and on vinyl, all with the length of 5:08. Not 5:02, like on this radio promo cd… Interesting, but most probably it means nothing. :P

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