--- In isaotomita at yahoogroups.com, Kimba W. Lion <kimba at k...> wrote: > >The common short (3'04) version, [2.8Mb mp3] which > >appeared on the original 1978 US & UK LP > > Thanks for making those MP3s. One correction, though: I just got the > UK LP, and it has the _longer_ version. > > So, apparently the UK CD was just perpetuating what had already been > released in the UK. Yes, you're right of course; I was getting myself confused there for a second. Maybe US execs at RCA couldn't handle the extra sepcial effects. The long version does seem to be an exclusive UK thing. For my sins, I have several (far too many) copies of Kosmos and other records where this track appears, as follows: Kosmos: UK 1978 LP: RCA Red Seal RL 42652 (long version of Star Wars) US 1978 LP: RCA Red Seal ARL1-2616 (short version) German 1984 CD: RCA PD 89453 (short version, and no Aranjuez and Pacific 231) UK 1991 Dolby Surround CD: RCA Victor GD 82616 (short version) Others: US 1986 'Tomita's Greatest Hits' CD (short version) UK 1986 'Tomita's Greatest Hits' LP RCA LP 3037 (long version, and four less tracks compared to the CD) US 1978 LP 'Hot Tomita' radio promo RCA Red Seal DJL1-2776 (short version) I don't have any Japanese format where this track appears. Ben
