CD Albums - Comments by Syd Vliet

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Syd Vliet 24th May 2014		CD Album The Who - Tommy (1983)	The original pressings apparently had the orange silkscreen labels.
Syd Vliet 24th May 2014		CD Album Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off Baby	This is a bootleg (Russia 2006)
Syd Vliet 24th May 2014		CD Album Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1989)	This was released long before 2004. I bought the exact same copy in the 1990's, I think it dates from 1989/90.
Syd Vliet 24th May 2014		CD Album The Beatles - Live At The Star-Club, Hamburg (1991)	Date of release needs to be changed, it says 1991 on the back.
Syd Vliet 24th May 2014		CD Album The Beatles - The Silver Beatles (1986)	That's a good link, thanks. Have added a scan of the disc. The booklet is 16 pages but is not very interesting, plain text - half of it in Japanese and then the song lyrics in English.
Syd Vliet 24th May 2014		CD Album The Beatles - The Silver Beatles (1986)	"Timeless II" has '87-7-20' on the back but I bought that one on 5th December 1986. "Golden Beatles" has ''87-2-28' but that was my first ever CD purchase on 26th August 1986. The "Timeless II" disc itself has (P)1985, as does "Live at the Star Club" whilst "Silver Beatles" has (P)1982 but the sleeve notes in Japanese are signed off 'Nov 1985'. I don't know what those numbers on the back mean but they absolutely 100% do not refer to the release date.
Syd Vliet 23rd May 2014		CD Album Neu! - Neu! 2 (1994)	This may be an unofficial release of the 1973 German LP, though I did buy it in a High Street record shop.
Syd Vliet 22nd May 2014		CD Album John And Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Some Time In New York City (1987)	Added the 16 page booklet. Bought this on the same day "The White Album" and "Yellow Submarine" were released on CD (24th August 1987), so it was an expensive lunch-time trip to HMV.
Syd Vliet 21st May 2014		CD Album Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV] (1983)	Added booklet, back and disc scans (West German pressing, bought in UK March 1988).
Syd Vliet 21st May 2014		CD Album John Lennon - Live In New York City (1986)	Added booklet and disc scans. This is another one that needs changing to a Europe or International release.
Syd Vliet 18th May 2014		CD Album John Lennon - Imagine (1987)	I don't know if the UK number appeared on copies sold across Europe, but the UK cat number is in smaller print below the main one, which was used for Europe. So going by what was discussed on the JL/POB disc entry (and others), it probably should be changed as the UK reference would be a relatively insignificant variation and the mods apparently don't want to encourage multiple entries for what is basically the same release.
Syd Vliet 18th May 2014		CD Album Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1986)	Added booklet scans as well as the back which is a slight variation to the one already uploaded (no WE835 number in the bottom right corner). I bought this in December 1987 to replace a well worn vinyl copy I'd been given two years earlier, the quiet bit towards the end of "Thank You" was completely buried under surface noise, to the point where I thought it had been faded out completely, so it was nice to hear it properly for the first time on CD.
Syd Vliet 18th May 2014		CD Album John Lennon - Imagine (1987)	It was on sale across Europe at least and it may have been sold in Australia as well, but Japan and the US did have their own variations.
Syd Vliet 18th May 2014		CD Album John Lennon - Imagine (1987)	Added the 8 page booklet. My disc was made in Japan and has two cat numbers, so this probably needs to be changed to an 'International' release.
Syd Vliet 18th May 2014		CD Album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1988)	Never noticed it was a USA disc having bought it in the UK, though it was 6 weeks after release before I found a copy, so there must have been a shortage of UK discs.
Syd Vliet 17th May 2014		CD Album John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1988)	Added the 8 page booklet. This was the last of Lennon's studio albums to be released on CD, it was said to have been delayed by almost a year due to problems with the sound quality of the master tapes.
Syd Vliet 17th May 2014		CD Album The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1989)	The 8 page folded booklet opens up into a large square with the lyrics on the back.
Syd Vliet 17th May 2014		CD Album Various Artists - Woodstock (1987)	Odd packaging for a double CD. Both of the tray inlays had track details (no cover picture) but they were housed in two single jewel cases taped together, the front one with the six page folded booklet, the other with nothing.
Syd Vliet 16th May 2014		CD Album Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1987)	Released on CD in 1987, but my copy is the gold disc which was pressed in 1989.
Syd Vliet 16th May 2014		CD Album Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1989)	Added booklet scans.
Syd Vliet 16th May 2014		CD Album The Beatles - The Early Tapes Of The Beatles (1987)	So GEMSMFAN's disc needs to be changed to 1985. I think I do remember seeing that one actually, alongside some of the Japanese imports in the days before any official Beatles discs were released by EMI. Added a scan of the disc.
Syd Vliet 16th May 2014		CD Album The Beatles - First (1985)	The version with this cover must have been issued early 1985. "The Beatles Ultimate Recording Guide" book says December 1984, but if it has Billy Harry's sleeve notes (as my 1987 CD does) then it will be a touch later as he signs off "Bill Harry, January 1985". Presumably it was re-packaged with the Pete Best photo in 1987 specifically for Polydor's "Special Price" CD campaign.
Syd Vliet 16th May 2014		CD Album Cream - Goodbye (1986)	Added disc and booklet scans. This was another Polydor/RSO CD in the 1987 "Special Price" range with a promotional flap stapled to the booklet, which I didn't keep.
Syd Vliet 16th May 2014		CD Album The Beatles - The Early Tapes Of The Beatles (1987)	100% certain this was released in 1987 with this design. I bought it on 14th August 1987.
Syd Vliet 15th May 2014		CD Album Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1990)	This album was apparently released on CD under the title "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in Europe in 1989. Then it came out on CD under its' proper title in the US in 1990. My copy was made in Austria, bought in 1996.
Syd Vliet 15th May 2014		CD Album Verve - A Storm In Heaven (1993)	They were, but if other CD's are added by 'The Verve' they wouldn't show up together if I entered this one as just 'Verve' (unless the mods do something about it). I've had that problem with other entries already, "Velvet Underground and Nico" not being listed with the other CD's by "The Velvet Underground". So, as they're generally known as "The Verve" I thought I'd go with that.
Syd Vliet 14th May 2014		CD Album Pink Floyd - Relics (1987)	Added disc and booklet scans. I haven't included pages 2 & 3 of the booklet as they were completely blank! I don't think there was a European or American release of this album on CD in the 1980's, so for a number of years this imported Australian disc was the only way to acquire some of Pink Floyd's early singles, including the classics "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play". A great pity it didn't include "Candy and a Current Bun" rather than "Bike" (which was on the "Piper At the Gates of Dawn" album).
Syd Vliet 14th May 2014		CD Album The Doors - Morrison Hotel (1984)	Now finished adding disc scans for all of The Doors' mid-1980's CD's. Three different Elektra label designs during this period.
Syd Vliet 14th May 2014		CD Album The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1988)	Added disc and booklet scans.

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