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is "stairway" available anywhere on cd? i don't have the cd-version of "in mysterious ways" so i don't know. also, the single version of "what kind of girl" (on the "stars on fire" 12") is slightly different from the lp version.

and is there a 12" version of "your dress", i have that 12" and i remember it's pretty much the same version as on the album.

this might be a bit off-topic but why "young love" wasn't included on the latest cd-version of "metamatic"? and on the first editions the extra tracks were really wrong, the golden section tracks were on the garden cd etc.

Yes, Stairway is on the 2001 version of the In Mysterious Ways CD - but John decided to retitle it as Hiding in Plain Sight.

I've no idea why Young Love was omitted from the 2001 version of the Metamatic CD. And you're right about the bizarre track listings for the original versions of both Metamatic and The Garden on CD - especially as I'd furnished Virgin with complete listings for all four albums which included details for all of the appropriate additional tracks. The reason I was given (at the time) by Virgin was that they couldn't locate all of the tracks.

Rob

Bugger ive posted my reply wrong. What i did say was the virqin video does appear on ebay from time to time. I got my copy from a charity shop. Did anyone buy this on its realease in 89.

[/qb][/QUOTE]I've no idea why Young Love was omitted from the 2001 version of the Metamatic CD.

Rob [/QB][/QUOTE]

Hi Rob,

If you listen carefully to 'Young Love' you'll hear a bit of tape drop-out somewhere in the middle - perhaps this is the reason?

There are a lot of tracks on the 2001 reissue... maybe there imply wasn't enough room on the CD and John had to omit one track.

Sarah, see the entries for 'Nap-ster' under 'John Foxx Video' in this very section.
I also have the video, and will sell it to anyone for £1000!!!!!!! (it's autographed - well, I've signed it!)
Cheers
P.S I also had a video by John Cougar Mellencamp from the same shop, but lost it - I'm not selling that!

The Metamatic tape seems to have suffered badly over the years. The original CD issue gets very hissy towards the end (Tidal Wave and Touch and Go). The remaster is better but the hiss is still evident.

I was interested to hear the recent interview with John where he was discussing baking the master tapes in order to recover them. It seems like that original masters of the earlier albums are now defunct and only available digitally.

HH

Is this version of 'ANKoM' different to the album version?

HH

The original single version of A New Kind of Man is indeed different to the album version, whilst the Italian version is (as far as I remember) the same. It's worth noting that the lyrics are also slightly different on each version.

Rob