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quoted 2 lines Some of you folks mentioned that the CD release of Mu-Ziq Tango 'n Vectif

>Some of you folks mentioned that the CD release of Mu-Ziq Tango 'n Vectif >is different then the LP release. Is it still possible to get the LP ??

When I bought the CD, the same store had several copies of the LP as well.

quoted 2 lines My local record dealer only got the CD format. Is the vinyl version better

>My local record dealer only got the CD format. Is the vinyl version better >than the CD (I love the CD version)?

Is it "better" or is it "different"? You be the judge (not in running order): Tango n' Vectif Tango n' Vectif Phi*1700 (u/v) LP CD 12" --------------- --------------- -------- (1) Tango N' Vectif (1) Tango N' Vectif (1) Phi*1700 (u/v) (2) Swan Vesta (2) Swan Vesta (2) Glink (3) Burnt Sienna (3) Burnt Sienna (3) Paco (4) Iesope (4) Iesope (4) Xolbe II (5) mu-Ziq Theme (7) mu-Ziq Theme (6) Auqueam (5) Auqueam (7) Vibes (6) Vibes (8) Ad Misericordiam (9) Beatnik #2 (15) Beatnik #2 (10) Die Zweite Heimat (12) Die Zweite Heimat (11) The Sonic Fox (8) The Sonic Fox (12) Caesium (13) Phi*1700 (u/v) (14) Phi*1700 (u/v) (14) 4 Time Egg (15) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 1 (16) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 2 (17) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 3 (13) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 3 (9) Amenida (10) Whale Soup (11) Xenith Feligree Anus (edit) Now, to put it bluntly, I just don't get this at all. They take off 5 tracks (not 7, as was originally quoted) from the LP and put back 3 new ones on the CD. !$@^&$*&@$^@&! I really don't appreciate having to buy a CD with 12 tracks I already own in order to get 3 new ones; this is not my idea of value for money. What I would have preferred to see would have been a double CD with the extra tracks from the Phi*1700 12" appended: Greg's Ideal Tango N' Vectif Greg's Ideal Tango N' Vectif CD #1 CD #2 ---------------------------- ---------------------------- (1) Tango N' Vectif (11) The Sonic Fox (2) Swan Vesta (12) Caesium (3) Burnt Sienna (13) Phi*1700 (u/v) (4) Iesope (14) 4 Time Egg (5) mu-Ziq Theme (15) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 1 (6) Auqueam (16) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 2 (7) Vibes (17) Phragmal Synthesis Pt. 3 (8) Ad Misericordiam (18) Glink (9) Beatnik #2 (19) Paco (10) Die Zweite Heimat (20) Xolbe II Of course, the fact that the Phi*1700 (u/v) single came out on R&S might have precluded this. But no matter what, and I may be an old stick in the mud here, but I think that if you're paying CD premium prices you deserve extra material compared to an LP, not alternative material that forces you to buy the same thing essentially twice. Perhaps Grant would say that all of the album wouldn't fit on a single CD. My answer to that would probably be "Dropping 5 and adding 3 makes dropping 2, so why not just drop 1 or 2 tracks from the album and leave it at that?". For example, Phi*1700 (u/v) could have been dropped since it's readily available on the single. Better yet, drop "Vibes" because it's this execrable piece of ersatz Jazz that is the only black mark on an otherwise masterful work of perfection ... Old Timers "Where have I heard this before?" mu-Ziq quiz: Why does track 3 ("Burnt Sienna") remind me of the instrumental break from The Doors' "Love Her Madly", if the latter had every other note removed?!? Weird ... - Greg