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

[William Duffy]

Paul Mather wrote:
>
> 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...)
>
The version of "High Rise" on Atomhenge and the 25 Years box set is the
original LP version (a completely different version to the CD track). I
believe the CD version of "PXR5" is longer than the original?!?!

William