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The PI Promo cd matrix code is: DIDX-813378 1 IFPI 1329.
Hope this helps.[/quote:qy3hjgx2]
Are you sure it is a 1329 and not an L329?
thanks for the scans. can you please provide the matrix codes? you can send here: thespfreaksteam@gmail.com. thanks!
well, there appeared a JP deluxe box for pisces on eBay for a sizeable amount of money, but i splurged and bought it. it comes with what the seller calls an \"obi sticker\". makes no sense, a sticker is a sticker, not an obi. but it’s pressed in japan with the TOCP code. cool! same seller is offering the standard JP release as well, so count that too!
has a US pressing of the vinyl been confirmed?[/quote:69hx7urg]
i *think* yes, as i ordered one from canada. same seller that sold the reissues for gish and siamese dream, and they were US versions.
i also ordered the standard US release through bestbuy.com, however, in the store. odd.
funny, other things in nature contradict themselves too![/quote:3dx5xsnn]
true, but entropy and evolution don’t really exist in nature. they are concepts and theories that we have created to describe nature. in that sense, they are almost inherently flawed, because they are man-made.
i personally don’t give a fuck, but i can see how others may. and how the advertisement was misleading.
Topspin: 0
Everyone else: 0
i think both theories can exist at the same time.
if you look at them as "everything improves" and "everything gets worse", then yeah, they contradict each other. but that’s not really what they’re saying. that’s too simple.[/quote:2y9v1qfa]
i agree. i just think it is interesting. the whole definition of one thing (entropy), as animals within that universe, seems to completely contradict the theory of evolution.
strange to me. they are two universal accepted truths (theories), but they seem to contradict each other.
I dont really agree with government and a lot of their laws, that hasn’t changed.
It’s more that i just don’t want to be a problem to anyone, or cause hassle. I dont want to make other people feel bad or inconvienienced (sp) in any way……………and i hope they respect me at the same time.I moved out of home when i was 21, to the city about 100km’s away. I moved in with my brother and we used to have lotsa fun (mainly illegal fun). We used to go back to the parents place every weekend!
About 2 years later i moved to another city (in this country), but have never been overseas let alone lived overseas! I live back in my original city now.
Moving home would be such an effort now, for me. It would take a lot of motivation and inspiration for me to move away now.[/quote:2xbrz33p]
lots of people have issues with governments. what are yours?
i’m a little of the opposite. if someone is causing me, or anyone else harm, i will get in their face and let them know about it.
this is completely different from how i used to be, hence, the thread. i’ve changed in that aspect.
Anyway, I wondered… The Mellon Collie original 1995 release is close to reaching the 10 million copies sold status in the US. The band already received a 9M award on September 17th, 2001. So now we definately will see a boost again in the sales of this album, with the reissue. Will the number of reissue copies sold be counted for the 10M award? Just wondering…[/quote:rvdmm1fh]
For the purposes of quantifying sales, an album’s original and subsequent releases are counted together. For example, if an album sold 300,000 of its original release and 700,000 in subsequent reissues, it would be entitled to platinum certification. However, the musical contents of the disc must remain the same on a reissue for it to count towards certification.
-Wikipedia
Although, if it includes extra shit, does that negate the whole thing? I guess it wouldn’t matter, because surely they will manufacture some sort of standard release. But even then, they’d need to sell around 500,000 copies. That is a TON.
and yes, there’s a european vinyl release of pisces too.[/quote:26qe4vzj]
goddamn it.
weird that you can’t find it in shops in the US. another mess up? (they messed up the availability.)
or do you think there’s something seriously wrong that they want to fix, and they recalled all cds where possible?[/quote:26qe4vzj]no fucking clue. i’ll keep looking. or maybe just go online.
as for why there are EU and US pressings of this boxset, what does that suggest to you? to me, it suggests the first two reissues did well enough to warrant this. not to mention the extra EU vinyl (is there one for pisces? maybe i’m only thinking of oceania). i guess EMI got what they wanted in the end, and with pisces, decided to mass produce just a tad more because the demand/interest/money was there.
the first releases were a shot in the dark. i.e. pressed in MX.
but, i do find it a little strange that after visiting best buy today, no box set, no standard US CD. dunno, maybe they were sold out, but i honestly can’t see that being the case. i went in weeks after the release of gish/siamese dream and everything was just sitting there. same thing today, just, no pisces.
i’m also curious if this cassette was exclusive to SPRC or if it is contained in the standard US release. it’s probably in all the deluxe editions, but it was not presented clearly. with this release, the only reason i bought through topspin was so i wouldn’t miss out on the cassette. (which i already had anyway)
yeah, i’m holding the US boxset right now. once again, from topspin, they slapped a unique barcode over the other barcode. i’m curious if the US pressing has all these flaws everyone has been bitching about?[/quote:1lykfg6g]
When ordered online through Top Spin Media, a unique barcode was created to track the release. The US edition of this release is slightly different than its EU counterpart, as the first disc is orange (instead of blue). The word ‘one’ does not appear on the first disc, and the release codes do not match (sleeve to CD).[/quote:1lykfg6g]
i don’t think these barcodes added by different companies are relevant.when i bought my copies of the pisces reissue at this big chain of music-dvd-electronics stores, they had also added their own barcode. when you buy stuff off eil.com, it will also have an eil.com barcode, used to process things internally. it’s what happens. but in my opinion, it’s not really related to the release itself, and none of these barcodes, unique or not, are relevant to the spfreaks collection.
about the different cd in the US box set: do you think they quickly fixed the plume problem and replaced the first disc? or what would have happened?[/quote:1lykfg6g]
you are right bram. i agree, i’ve purchased many items from eil, i know the deal. i just see it a little different, as topspin is the official outlet that the band chose to utilize for distribution of this particular product. in this capacity, it seems more relevant to me. if amazon had their own barcode, i’d list that as well. basically, it’s too much information, maybe a little over the top. but, if you personally think it irrelevant, just ignore it. no? it’s there for reference, that’s all.
as for the quick fix idea, no, there was no time for that. (my own opinion: i don’t think anyone was aware of this problem until we all got the EU copies and starting to dig in). i haven’t listened to the US bonus disc yet, as i’m currently watching the DVD. amazing footage here. completely mindblowing.
good theory though bram, but i just don’t know the answer. i just see it as another fuck up, honestly.
