You are right, the limitation of space definitely resulted in some incomplete albums that we all bought on vinyl, then looked at the CD and went..."What the Hell!".
Fortunately many of the newer remasters done in the 90's and 2000's have added numerous tracks to old classic albums, so in Jethro Tull's case you buy the original studio CD, and they include some live tracks as bonuses. I'm going to check my copy of Bursting Out later to see if it has those or not,,,been a long time since I played it...
I've often wondered a few things about this, LG. One thought that I've had is, is there really not enough time/space available on a single CD disc for all of the songs or, and this is a mostly crazier (but maybe not
) notion. I can't help but wonder if the record companies either couldn't include the 'omitted' songs, and/or held them back for the remastered edition? It would be another way to try to make additional sales of releases that are a number of years old. There are quite a few people (myself included) that will buy the remastered edition especially when it includes 'omitted' songs, extra bonus tracks or unreleased material that wasn't made available for the original issues.
flipflop Re: Omitted Songs
Rush - Exit Stage Left (A Passage To Bangkok). It was later included on the upgraded remaster though.
Interestingly I just noticed that 'A Passage To Bangkok' is included on the cassette tape edition of Exit Stage Left, there are no time limitations on cassettes, but there is for CD's?
Lord Grendel Re: Omitted Songs
Just finished playing my 2 CD set of Bursting Out and all three of the songs you posted are on it, I must have the European edition.
And thanks for reminding me about that album, I thoroughly enjoyed playing it for the first time in a while today.
That's a good thing! Some people may not realize that a few songs have been omitted on the original CD's that were on albums, more so with many of them remastered and reissued with the 'missing' tracks.
Tattoo'd Lady Re: Omitted Songs
Mountain Jam
One Way Out
Trouble No More
all would have been on the Allman's At Fillmore East had there been enough time but they just released them on Eat a Peach a year later
And that is a shame, too, imo. Those are all excellent Allman Brothers songs. I remember that Mountain Jam is one extremely long song (with an average running time of about 20 minutes) which would surely take up quite a lot of time, too. If I remember somewhat correctly on the 2 album set Mountain Jam was one whole side of an album.
Dave78 Re: Omitted Songs
Not only that, but some cds are even being re-issued now as a complete concert - including a re-sequencing of songs in addition to including originally recorded songs that were even omitted from the original cd - as is the case with the Deluxe Version of Frampton Comes Alive.
Wow, I was unaware of that, Dave! I do wonder if the songs on these newest editions are sequenced in the same order as they were played at the shows when they were recorded?
Here are a couple more 'omitted' songs.
Heart - Greatest Hits / Live (Hit Single, Strange Euphoria, Unchained Melody)
Ten Years After - Recorded Live (Hobbit)