HW: P.X.R.5 and 25 Years On

[Craig Shipley]

>
> On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, John Majka wrote:
>
> > Is that right?  I have the virgin copies, and I was wondering just the other
> > day whether Griffin had reissued them with cool extra pictures etc. as is
> > their wont.  I guess not, huh?  I should point out also that the CD and
> > vinyl versions of P.X.R. 5 do not contain the same music.  There are
> > completely different vocal tracks on "High Rise" and both "High Rise" and
> > "P.X.R.5" are edited and mixed differently, so to be complete, you'll
> > actually need the vinyl AND the CD versions.  Oh the difficult life of a
> > hawkfan....
>
> Actually, I was listening to the _Tales from the Atomhenge_ compilation
> the other day and remembered thinking that the version of "High Rise" on
> there sounded the same as I remembered the version to be on my vinyl copy
> of _PXR 5_.  So, perhaps you *can* get all the various versions on CD?
> (Cue: codex, someone...)
>
Well, that same version lives on the SPIRIT OF THE AGE compilation CD, too.
At least, it sounds like that to these old ears...

But having the vinyl is fun, 'cuz of the fact that there are, what, three
different covers? (One without the warning sticker covering the fubar'd
wiring, one with and one that has a small picture of the plug sorta off in
the distance. Or is it four, with a plain back cover?)

> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> obCD: Smashing Pumpkins, _gish_
>
> e-mail: paul at csgrad.cs.vt.edu                    A stranger in a strange land.
>
obCDPlayer: Mark Shreeve / Redshift (holy cow! It's 1975 again! Modular synths
and Mellotron'ed strings, not much of a melody, it's TD's Phaedra and Rubycon
all in one! Yow!)

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