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johnfowles · 10-28-2005, 08:38 AM

Ok mystery partly solved.I was sure that the CD I spotted had a brown insert (but having been alerted by Val's note to a GG1 reissue my mind and eye was probably prejudiced to seeing the brown facsimile of GG1)
Although in fact Tower and amazon are reticent on the subject as Val said the Barnes and Noble site now lists GG1 as a "repackaged CD" and similarly describes a new issue of GG2 which they now show together with a tiny graphic showing this revised front insert which is more or less what I saw

If anybody finds a larger graphic could they let me know please
so obviously it was a copy of the revised GG2 CD that I saw.
although having said that it would appear to make sense for the repackaged GG1 to have a similarly revised front insert
i must add that the addition of a snippet of the insert from CGH will surely muddy the waters??
(the accompanying track list shows that like the original GG2 CD issue the repackaged version has the two bonus tracks "Ghosts of Cape Horn" and "It's Worth Believin'" that were not on the original Vinyl release). I see what Valerie means by a missed opportunity by Rhino over Affair on Eighth Avenue a small but niggling detail that I doubt would have occurred had the guiding hand of Thane Tierney still been in evidence at Rhino.So all one can do is digitise this omission fron the original GG1 vinyl.
still at least they have taken the trouble of reinstating GG1 to the calalogue
For that we should be grateful
John Fowles
PS harmony judging by the frequency of ebay auctions of GG1 copies
I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for your copy to become a collector's item!!!
Perhaps you meant you would put it up in your attic?

[ October 28, 2005, 08:47: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

10-28-2005, 08:38 AM	#4
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Ok mystery partly solved.I was sure that the CD I spotted had a brown insert (but having been alerted by Val's note to a GG1 reissue my mind and eye was probably prejudiced to seeing the brown facsimile of GG1) Although in fact Tower and amazon are reticent on the subject as Val said the Barnes and Noble site now lists GG1 as a "repackaged CD" and similarly describes a new issue of GG2 which they now show together with a tiny graphic showing this revised front insert which is more or less what I saw If anybody finds a larger graphic could they let me know please so obviously it was a copy of the revised GG2 CD that I saw. although having said that it would appear to make sense for the repackaged GG1 to have a similarly revised front insert i must add that the addition of a snippet of the insert from CGH will surely muddy the waters?? (the accompanying track list shows that like the original GG2 CD issue the repackaged version has the two bonus tracks "Ghosts of Cape Horn" and "It's Worth Believin'" that were not on the original Vinyl release). I see what Valerie means by a missed opportunity by Rhino over Affair on Eighth Avenue a small but niggling detail that I doubt would have occurred had the guiding hand of Thane Tierney still been in evidence at Rhino.So all one can do is digitise this omission fron the original GG1 vinyl. still at least they have taken the trouble of reinstating GG1 to the calalogue For that we should be grateful John Fowles PS harmony judging by the frequency of ebay auctions of GG1 copies I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for your copy to become a collector's item!!! Perhaps you meant you would put it up in your attic? [ October 28, 2005, 08:47: Message edited by: johnfowles ]