Question about the Bot album

[iloveedge]

I wasn't sure where to put this but I decided to put it here since their is always alot of activity around here! I hope no one minds, if so, just move it!

Ok I finaly got my Boy album (I have a hard time getting them over here ). And the song Into The Heart is hiddin after An Cat Dubh. So it lasts about 8 minutes...and let's say I want to listen to The Electric Co. , instead of putting the 10th track like it's said on the cassing, I'd have to put the 9th track to play it.

Is that normal...like does everybody have this?!

 

[vertpomme]

An Cat Dubh that fades into Into The Heart, but it is supposed to be a separate
track. In the fade, An Cat Dubh ends at 04:45-46 and Into The Heart begins. ITH isn't really
a "hidden" track and should roll over to be track number 4.

My copy rolls over from An Cat Dubh being track 3 to Into The Heart being track 4.
You say your copy doesn't do that? That is really peculiar.

 

[Mucca]

Actually my copy of the album does that too for whatever reason. I think it does switch over to the next track when I play it continuously but I can't manually choose the track.

 

[iloveedge]

My copy rolls over from An Cat Dubh being track 3 to Into The Heart being track 4.
You say your copy doesn't do that? That is really peculiar.

Yeah so if I want to listen to Into The Heart I have to fast forward it! And that kinda sucks that's all! So let's say I'd want to play Out Of Control, instead of putting track 5 well I have to put track 4.

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

You can probably find a replacement copy on ebay for very little

 

[vertpomme]

So let's say I'd want to play Out Of Control, instead of putting track 5 well I have to put track 4.

That is so weird. I just put my cd on, and I can select track 4 and Into The Heart plays.
Perhaps it is a coding/burning/manufacturing error on newer editions.

 

[iloveedge]

^ I'll return it and see what they can do...And Boy came in a package with Under a Blood Red Sky for the price of one! My dad will bring it and see what they can do. Hopefully they will replace it!

 

[livviebway]

My copy of Boy is like that, with An Cat Dubh and Into The Heart on the same track.

 

[~BrightestStar~]

I came in here all excited thinking they had an album about robots.

 

[AtomicBono]

Re:

I came in here all excited thinking they had an album about robots.

me too...next album maybe??

 

[jedi Larry]

I think the later editions of the album had this issue.

 

[gman]

Part time fans!!! Shoulda been a fan back in 80.....even if ya werent born

 

[iloveedge]

Re:

I came in here all excited thinking they had an album about robots.

Sorry...I have a hard time typing I guess

Well if I'm not the only one that has this (the two tracks together) I guess I'll keep it!

Thanks everyone!

 

[fandangamoq]

Yeah my album does this as well. I looked into it on the now defunct eyeofthefly.org and someone told me that a couple of the Canadian pressings of the album had the two tracks together. They were supposed to change the liner notes but they got lazy and just reprinted them. I also bought the dual package with The Unforgettable Fire, so we can probably assume that that pressing was the bad one.

Caused me a lot of confusion too, but as far as I'm concerned it's one track so I don't mind!

~A.j.~

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Mine does this as well...

Rare Canadian mispressings...

 

[BVS]

Part time fans!!! Shoulda been a fan back in 80.....even if ya werent born

I bought mine in the 80's, and mine does the same thing...

 

[Zoots]

Re: Re:

me too...next album maybe??

You and your robot fixation!

 

[bono_man]

My wife's version of Boy does this too. She is also from Montreal. It might be a French-Canadian thing.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Part time fans!!! Shoulda been a fan back in 80.....even if ya werent born

Get the vinyl!!!

 

[Popmartijn]

My wife's version of Boy does this too. She is also from Montreal. It might be a French-Canadian thing.

No, it's not limited to Canada. I got Boy in 1992 and it also has the two tracks together. I have a (West) German pressing.
It never bothered me as I consider An Cat Dubh and Into The Heart as one long song.

 

[An Cat Gav]

The cassete of BoyI got in the 80's didn't list Into The Heart as a track on the sleeve notes. and I'm pretty sure that in the discography of the Rattle and Hum film-book it doesn't list it either.