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New version of GH???
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roxlad said on October 19, 2006 23:17:
After the standard international, deluxe and spanish.... an East European version has popped up.... unfortunately I don’t speak Polish, anybody knows what is the difference to the standard edition?
tomos85 said on October 20, 2006 08:37:
In fact, there IS A BIG difference in Eastern European edition. But it’s important information only for the collectors :)
Friend of mine, Gosia, has won this CD in the one of Polish radio stations and took few photos.
The main and the only difference is the booklet. Well, I wouldn’t even dare to call it like that, cos it includes just... 4 pages! :) it looks like a pirate version but it’s really, truely official and legal.
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1530/1pa7.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4553/2mm4.jpg
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1089/3nm1.jpg (flags of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania in the right corner at the bottom, at least I think so :P)
And here you have photos of this tiny booklet - 4 pages with the little covers of the Swedish editions of Roxette’s singles :)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1465/pict0002mn5.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5002/pict0003iz2.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8657/pict0004nn8.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9151/pict0006el5.jpg
This edition cost stg about 43-50 PLN and it is 30% less than Deluxe Edition. All in all, maybe someone will be intrested in music not in booklet :-)
roxlad said on October 20, 2006 13:09:
@tomos85 Thanks for the info! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this edition, actually it looks like in Poland you can buy all issues so you can decide how much to spend because, as you said, not everybody is that interested in a big booklet. If had to buy a GH of another artist rather than Roxette I wouldn’t be interested in the booklet at all. About the quality it looks well printed.
@Perekopskiy thanks for the translation! spacibo!
tomos85 said on October 20, 2006 13:41:
I’ve seen it in the music-shop and I must admit that the booklet’s paper isn’t very nice. It looks rather cheap. And the box has the normal shape, it’s not in the combo-style.
If I was to buy compilation of another artist, I would rather choose deluxe edition with videos than this one. Polish record companies release Eastern European editions of many artists, but I’ve never bought them yet. And I don’t think I’ll ever buy :-) I don’t buy CD only for music, but for booklet too :)
oh, I would forget to say that there isn’t any Eastern European edition of RoxBox lol :-)
ATLTK said on October 20, 2006 13:53:
is it wirth buying for collectors?
is it officially licenced by emi
tomos85 said on October 20, 2006 14:00:
@ATLTK
> is it wirth buying for collectors?
If you have every edition of every CD, I think you should buy it. The only differences are the booklet and those 5 Easter European flags :)
> is it officially licenced by emi
YES ! I wrote it, that it’s truely legal, orginal version of GH20 for Eastern European markets (like Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania or Hungary)
roxlad said on October 20, 2006 14:09:
@tomos85
but the normal edition you have, is it printed in Poland or is it an import?
If it looks cheap then it’s no good I think. I thought the only difference was the number of pages of the booklet. In any case I thought that Polish issues were as good as western European ones because I have two CD’s from ’Goya’ and they are very well made! So I can’t really understand why they make such cheap looking cd’s if they have the ability of making them just right unless that is to cut costs.
tomos85 said on October 20, 2006 14:19:
The normal edition is from import (I mean - it’s written that it was made in EU, Poland is part of EU so don’t know really where it was printed :P) :-)
I don’t have this EEE (Eastern European Edition), but I’m not sure if it was made in Poland.
Yeah, I’ve expected sthg much better than this. Most CDs printed in Poland are well-made, this is one of few I do not really like. Pity that’s Roxette :(
coyboyusa said on October 20, 2006 18:36:
the more i see the hits packaging the more it screams RUSHED, and the more I see the box, whixh i am eagerly awaiting, the more it screams boxed and printed in 2000-01 right after hand then having stuff added, hmmm
tomos85 said on October 20, 2006 18:43:
@Marieangel
Polish Promo GH20 CD in every record-shop ? :):):):):) Nice interpretation.
Nope, it’s real! It’s just edition for EE markets.
There are many albums that were released in this way (4 pages booklet with no other difference). For example: the latest Robbie’s Rudebox will be release in this same format:
http://www.merlin.com.pl/frontend/towar/480785
Bon Jovi’s HAND... and few others.
roxlad said on October 20, 2006 22:03:
@tomos85
yes maybe it’s not even printed in Poland, if it says EU it could be Slovakia or Czech Rep or Hungary and I don’t know what standards these countries have in making cd’s, even though I should imagine it would be same as many other European countries. It’s probably just a cheap print and it’s got nothing to do with the place it was made in.
Rox-Van said on October 21, 2006 01:18:
interesting, thanks for the information :D (I would like to have this cd edition) any can help me ...??!!!
tomos85 said on October 21, 2006 07:28:
@ roxlad
Hmmm, don’t know where it was printed but I’m goin’ to visit Polish EMI headquaters, and I’ll ask them. Maybe they’ll be able to inform me :-) And I’m going to ask if they have any GH posters :)
@ Rox-Van
My, my, I could have helped you, but I’m going to help two other people to get this CD :-) I don’t have a lot of money, so it would be hard for me to buy a copy for every1 :) But I’ll look into, maybe there’ll be possiblity :)
roxlad said on October 21, 2006 13:45:
@tomos85 that’s gonna be a nice tour!
And for those who want the CD just go to www.fan.pl, click on the English flag and on EUR as your currency. Search for Roxette and you’ll see the GH. Click on it and then select EE version (I think it’s the Eastern European Version), it’s only 11 Euros and they ship everywhere. Hope this helps.
Tomos can you confirm? This way you won’t have to buy all those cd’s!
tomos85 said on October 21, 2006 16:19:
@ roxlad
hahaha, that’s right! :-) Fan.pl is quite good shop and it delivers quite fast :-) I forgot, that there are many web-shops in Poland :P :P :P
All in all, if someone is still intrested in getting this CD via me, just mail me :-)
Emil__BG said on October 30, 2006 16:06:
Hi Ted!
Bulgarian version —“manifactured and distributed in Bulgaria by Animato music” under licence of EMI
12- pages on bulgarian–cyrrilic letters..
1.roxette hits
2.short story
3.picture from the look
4.about BMI award
5.picture FLAF
6.pict crown
7.bowling
8,9,10-videos
11.A big thnks to...
12.picture of Marie and Per
Emil__BG said on October 30, 2006 16:48:
ATLTK said on February 11, 2007 22:23:
hi
any chace to get this cd somewheree any site to buy it from???
Perekopskiy said on October 20, 2006 06:34:
There is no difference. They say in Polish that Roxette has decided to release the greatest hits with 18 hits and 2 brand new songs, ’cos they celebrate their 20th anniversary this year. Nothing’s new....though...