davidgra
Active Member
Hi all.
I pulled out my original copy of Christmas Portrait: The Special Edition today. I realized that it was released 30 years ago -- some time in late 1984, although I don't know exactly when.
That original 1984 copy of the CD is still the only one I own of the Special Edition. While looking for the exact release date online today (does anyone know the actual date? I couldn't find it), I noticed that the current versions of the CD seem to have 21 tracks. (At least, the downloadable MP3 version on Amazon has 21 tracks.) My copy has 23 tracks -- the tracks "Winter Wonderland," "Silver Bells," and "White Christmas" are each given their own track number.
Making things more interesting is the fact that the tray card and the printing on the disc itself only list 21 tracks.
Can anyone confirm that there are CD versions that have only 21 tracks? Or are all copies like mine? Does anyone know when this was changed (if it was changed)? And does anyone know if the mastering of the two different versions is different? I'm curious about this, because I never realized there were different versions floating around out there.
I pulled out my original copy of Christmas Portrait: The Special Edition today. I realized that it was released 30 years ago -- some time in late 1984, although I don't know exactly when.
That original 1984 copy of the CD is still the only one I own of the Special Edition. While looking for the exact release date online today (does anyone know the actual date? I couldn't find it), I noticed that the current versions of the CD seem to have 21 tracks. (At least, the downloadable MP3 version on Amazon has 21 tracks.) My copy has 23 tracks -- the tracks "Winter Wonderland," "Silver Bells," and "White Christmas" are each given their own track number.
Making things more interesting is the fact that the tray card and the printing on the disc itself only list 21 tracks.
Can anyone confirm that there are CD versions that have only 21 tracks? Or are all copies like mine? Does anyone know when this was changed (if it was changed)? And does anyone know if the mastering of the two different versions is different? I'm curious about this, because I never realized there were different versions floating around out there.