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Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed (July 2009)
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:26 am
by tomsakic
No.
Only credit is Simon Catwell for "2009 update" of the "original cover design by Les May (for CBS Records)".
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed in the UK (July 2009)
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:25 pm
by tomsakic
My short review at Amazon.co.uk:
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Outrageous!
5 Aug 2009
By tomsak (Europe) - See all my reviews
Made by Sony company of UK, without involvement of Leonard Cohen or his manager's office, this is outrageous re-packing of 1975 Best Of LP (known in Europe as Greatest Hits). Not only it's ridiculous in packing, but one of the best Cohen songs, Waiting for the Miracle, is cut off in half (at 3:24 instead of 7:42), after 3rd verse, and there's also major drop out at the beginning of the song, with two lines omitted in the first verse (what sounds like your CD skipped but it's there on the record).
Outrageous and shameful way of making money of Cohen's recent popularity.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002 ... d_i=468294
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed (July 2009)
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:40 am
by Phantom Stranger
Tom Sakic wrote:No.
Only credit is Simon Catwell for "2009 update" of the "original cover design by Les May (for CBS Records)".
Thank you for the information. From the description others have posted, my guess is that the truncated Waiting For The Miracle is actually the edited version from the Natural Born Killers soundtrack.
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed in the UK (July 2009)
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:43 am
by tomsakic
Oh, didn't know it was shortened already there. Thanks for the info.
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed in the UK (July 2009)
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:17 pm
by danslenoir
Yeah this is the Natural Born Killers edited version.
The reason they have included this I'm guessing, is because the CD length is 77 minutes and the full version is over four minutes longer than the edit, which would take the length of the CD to over its maximum capacity (80 minutes).
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed in the UK (July 2009)
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:54 pm
by tomsakic
It seems that Sony Germany has different cover (for the EU market?).
Released September 2009 (for the birthday), and there's TV clip on Amazon Deutschland:
http://www.amazon.de/Greatest-Hits-Leon ... 264&sr=8-3
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed (July 2009)
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:22 am
by MaryB
I LOVE this cover!!!!!!!
Re: Greatest Hits re-released & re-packed (July 2009)
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:05 pm
by tomsakic
It's also my favourite; it was originally used for 2001 single:
and (reversed) for free Polish single in 2002:
