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    This has become pretty much policy for some companies to add a "CD
    BONUS" cut for a couple of reasons. 1) To get the record buying
    public to switch over to the CD medium; 2) An attempt at fairness
    - meaning filler for a 30-40 minute lp in its' transfer to a 70+
    minute medium. 
    
    Some CD clubs even advertise "CD BONUS" cuts, i.e.; RCA (Compact
    Disc Club), Columbia Disc Club.
    
    The ones I've noticed so far are 1 extra cut on Tina Turner's "Private
    Dancer" (an awesome remake of the Beatles' "Help") and another on
    Barbra Streisands' "The Broadway Album." The "Welcome To the Pleasure
    Dome" disc by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, actually had to have 2
    different session cuts put on the single disc, filling it out to
    72 minutes, but dropped a song from the double lp, since it timed
    out at 74 minutes.
    
    				The Cruiser
    
    

    On "Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Volume I & II" CD's, there are two
    bonus songs on the second volume, to quote the fine print:
    
    'These compact disc contain previously released material with the
    exceptions of "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is
    Still Young."'

    
    re: .2   Thats the same as the lp
    

CBS Records has a nasty habit of including GREAT new songs on Greatest Hits 
packages.  This is something most other companies don't stoop to doing.  They 
put out hits packages when an artist hasn't delivered a new album within 
twelve months of the last one.  Sometimes, they take whatever they're working 
on and put it on the hits album.  Other times, they dig up previously rejected 
studio tracks.

The Billy Joel tracks are on the vinyl as well.  They were the selling point 
for the album on all three major media (CD, vinyl, casette).  The CD, however, 
does include more tracks.  Notably, extra tracks from "The Stranger", and a 
few more early tunes.  A non-diehard Joel fan could get by with the Hits CD 
and every album from "52nd Street" onwards.


				Mark

        Talking Heads "True Stories" has a different mix of "Wild Life"
    as well as the normal one on the CD.
    
    ASP

    
    Yeah, but I think "The Entertainer and Captain Jack" are on CD,
    are they on the album?  I made a tape of the album  and didn't have 
    that on there.  Maybe i just cut them out.
    
    Walt

    	There is an earlier note (399.*) which covers this topic.

    And now for something completely different....
    
    I picked up a disc at Lechmere 2 weeks ago - called "Super Sounds
    of the 60's" or some such nonsense. Only reasons I bought it were
    that 1) it was cheap 2) IT had some oldies cuts I wanted on CD but
    hadn't found before. Sorry don't remember the label - some mongrel
    indie label.
    
    Anyway, I went to play it a few days later. Cued it up to play track
    10 (Vanity Fare's "Hitchin' A Ride", if you must know) - when outta
    the speakers came the BEATLES, doin' a live version of "I Saw Her
    Standing There"......in mono, no less!  Scanned through the rest
    of the disc, and found another unlisted cut...yup, Beatles again,
    doin' a live version of "Twist And Shout." Now, the disc was only
    suposed to contain 16 tracks - these two Beatles' tracks are not
    listed anywhere on the packaging OR CD. Both of these "bonus" tracks
    sound very good, for what I assume to be a mid 60's live recording
    (not being a Beatles' historian, I can't place the origin of these
    tracks....I think they're from the "Ready...Steady...Go!" Video
    of a few years' back).
    
    This CD was part of a series of "Super Sounds" collections offered
    by this label...I'm half tempted to go back and pick up a few more,
    just to see if they also have uncredited live Beatle performances.
    Don't know if the disc I have is (or will be) a collector's item
    - I'm not interested in selling it anyway.
    
    Well, that's my tale of "bonus tracks" - anybody have others along
    this line?
    
    
    
                                        Ken
    
    
    "Well, she was just seventeen
     If you know what I mean....."
    

    Re: .-1

    So how did "Hitchin' a Ride" sound?  Also, what's the label/catalog no.?

    RE: -.8
    
    I have volume #10 of the Super Sounds of the '60's, and it also
    has a live Beatles track on it, 'Kansas City'.  The quality is REAL
    poor on this cut, and I think it's from the Star Club recordings.
    Anyway, it wasn't listed on the cover, but it IS on the disk itself,
    so they probably got cold feet (or a lawyer's letter) before it
    was packaged.  The total number of tracks is 18 WITH the extra cut,
    so maybe the boxes with less than 18 have extra tracks.  By the
    way, the total time of the 18 cuts is 46 minutes, so its no great
    bargain, but there are some things here that probably aren't available
    anywhere else on CD.  The package says remastered for CD, but it
    sounds like somebody just digitally recorded a bunch of old 45's
    and album cuts.  
                           -Brian
   

    RE .8
    
    Sorry for the delayed response, John; - work has been gettin' in
    the way of my notesfile reading :-)
    
    "Hitchin A Ride" wasn't anything to write home about - to be honest,
    I don't think it's the original hit version, based on the instrumental
    intro....and sound quality is only fair on all tracks.
    
    I'll post the label/catalog # soon....
    
    
                                               Ken
    

    Couple of extra tracks (or longer versions) on the Eric Clapton
    CDs, mind not all of them were good!  Longer versions of tracks
    shortened for LPs is a good idea. Why didn't Dire Straits use the
    full version of Sultans of Swing on the CD (Gurrrr!)
    Greg.