Re: Greatest Hits The Big Picture/Sweetest Thing

rob okorn ([email protected])
Wed, 09 Sep 1998 21:53:07 PDT

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Too late J, they're releasing an alternate version of 'Sweetest Thing'
from the JT sessions. I guess you'll have to settle for mortal legends.
Salome is another dart in the immortality balloon, similar to the
Beatles 'Ultra Rare Trax' boots.
Hardly clamor, simply a superior choice, reality is it's more than a
remote longshot in the forseeable future.
The Sweetest Thing alternate version and release of that song for radio
can only boost sales, I'm sure many diehards will buy the $10 disc for
that one track.
'Limited edition' is a relative term for the b-side disc, I'm sure
hundreds of thousands will be pressed.
As far as future 'from the vault' releases, you better get used to them,
Poly isn't going to wait 20+ years to release something that's already
in the can when millions can be made. Take a look at ICE magazine's
'From the Vaults' release list, every major 'name' artist has new
previously unreleased stuff released all the time.
U2 does hold some cards in terms of rights to the songs but recording
contract obligations mitigate that power.Their willingness to embrace a
3 disc best of trilogy is a precursor of things to come.

>However, I strongly disagree with Rob's clamor for an "alternate
>version" album with different studio versions of songs from earlier
>takes. I think that shoudl be something that should be reserved for
>release after they die or disband (that's if we're still alive by
>then). That way, U2 legend will only be more immortalized. Look at
In the case of the Beatles, it took the bootleggers release of the first
4 volumes of the 'Ultra Trax' series to open the eyes of the legit
labels who initially offered poorly mastered inferior versions.
>the Beatles, every so often, there always seems to be a new "outtake"
>or "previously unreleased" outtake that stirs interest every now
>andthen...

Will be interesting to see if the 'final' version of 'Sweetest Thing'
measures up the b-side version. Safe to say Bono's voice won't be as
soar.

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