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Roxette Tourism long-pack picture wanted
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CoyRoy said on April 13, 2008 09:02:
Hey guys!
Does anybody have a nice picture of the cover of Roxette’s Tourism that wat released in the long-pack in the USA? The catalogue number is EMI / E2-99929.
You can contact me at [email protected]
Thanx!
CoyRoy
CoyRoy said on April 13, 2008 14:03:
The purpose will be private, of course. I just want to see the details on the cover.
But I can’t find a scan anywhere - the pic in The Look For Roxette is SO small.
The cover just looks more interesting in the long-pack design.
CoyRoy said on April 13, 2008 16:41:
Oh Dear Gosh!!! That’s like the most wonderful gift from you, Tevensso!!
Thanx!! You’re a great help!!
Now I can finally see what is hidden behind all those text from the cd!!!
Thanx a billion!!
CoyRoy
tevensso (moderator) said on April 14, 2008 14:38:
CDs were sold in these boxes in the US for a short while. Guess they were trying out different methods to display these new things called CDs.
CoyRoy said on April 15, 2008 18:21:
I never saw a long-pack in my life..LOL... One more technical question (I just noticed Look Sharp! was also released in this format - do you have that pic?):
My question: Was the actual cd the normal size of an ordinary cd we know??
tevensso (moderator) said on April 15, 2008 18:26:
I do and yes. The normal CD is inside the longpack. You just open the end and take it out and never use the pack again.
CoyRoy said on April 15, 2008 18:33:
Never use the cover again?? Oh no
Do you know of a site where they have these 2 cd’s for sale??
tevensso (moderator) said on April 15, 2008 19:40:
Sorry no, and there’s also Joyride. :) I’ll scan them both when I have time.
7-Twenty-7 said on April 15, 2008 21:48:
Those packages pop up quite rarely in Ebay, but if you are looking for a bargain this is not the case.
CoyRoy said on April 17, 2008 05:36:
Wow, I didn’t know that Joyride was also released in a long-pack.... I’ll be OVERJOYED if you could scan those 2 covers too. Thanx!
I see that Celine Dion’s new album “Taking Chances” is also released in a long-pack in the US... so, I guess this format is still used today.
tevensso (moderator) said on April 19, 2008 07:38:
Not forgotten. I’ll do it after my massage.
http://www.evensson.com/temp/looksharp.jpg Note that the long-pack says 12 songs!
http://www.evensson.com/temp/joyride.jpg
CoyRoy said on April 19, 2008 15:39:
Tev!!! Dude!!! Thanx a million!!
Wonder why LS was released only on 12 track in the US.... Did they leave “(I Could Never) Give You Up” out like on the cassette??
7-Twenty-7 said on April 19, 2008 15:59:
I think the LS vinyl had 12 tracks all over the world, not only in the US. Same about Joyride, when “Church of your Heart” was scrapped.
7-Twenty-7 said on April 19, 2008 20:59:
The LP has 12 songs on it as well. Maybe they used the same picture to make both the LP sleeve and the long-pack. Makes sense, somehow.
AURYTE said on April 20, 2008 05:15:
tevensso: thank you very much for the scans :) While I was reading your post “Guess they were trying out different methods to display these new things called CDs.”, I was laughing out loud. What times were there!!! It seems like ages ago :)
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tevensso (moderator) said on April 20, 2008 08:48:
Ha ha. Some more trivia: did you know that the jewel packs CDs come in was to be a temporary solution? Jeez, it’s been, what, 28 years? The first ever CD was ABBA’s Super Troupers, or if it was The Visitors, I forget. But I do think it was The Visitors, it was 1982 at least.
@727: Most likely.
RobS said on April 20, 2008 11:48:
tevensso said: “Some more trivia: did you know that the jewel packs CDs come in was to be a temporary solution?”
That’s interesting, never heard about that before. I wonder what other designs they had in mind?
AURYTE said on April 21, 2008 21:38:
@tevensso: thank you for the story :) It seems that spending my time in the forum is definetely not the waste of time :P
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AntiMario said on April 22, 2008 12:56:
The first commercial CD album was released in Japan, in October 1982. It was Billy Joel with ’52nd Street’
Some sources say it was Abba’s “The Visitors”... who knows. 1st ever 5 track CD-single was out 1986
tevensso (moderator) said on April 13, 2008 09:55:
I can get one, what’s the purpose? Does a photo suffice?