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The Seth Man Jul 12, 2020 17:52:49
Replying to Popel Vooje

Popel Vooje wrote:
phallus dei wrote:
Great review as always, Seth Man. 666 is one of those all-encompassing doubles I love, and I can't believe there's an extra five minutes of it that I've never heard lurking out there somewhere in infinity!
Great review and album, but I'm a little confused. I know there have been at least two CD releases of this album, one single and one double. Doesn't the current double CD issue - which I have - include around 15 extra minutes that were cut from both the original vinyl and the single CD? If so, is the current double CD the same as the Greek mix, or yet another variation?

On a side note ... there are few experiences in life that compare to listening to "Aegean Sea" on headphones, stoned out of one's gourd, whilst looking over the deck of a ferry crossing the Aegean Sea. I'd unreservedly recommend this to anyone who hasn't tried it.

Hey, Popel Vooje.

I don't know which double CD version you're referencing. Is it this one?

https://www.discogs.com/Aphrodites-Child-666/release/10918712

This is the double CD I had back in the mid-1990s. It matched the original LP mix exactly.

Nowadays, the original LP mix of "666" can fit on a single CD -- even with a total time of approximately 78:00.

The Greek LP mix total time: 82:05.

The Japanese SHM-CD total time: 78:50 (on one CD, no less.)
This includes something weird: a spoken "Do it!" (from the same-named song) is thrown on the end right after the final song, "Break." I've never heard this on any LP pressing: US, UK, or Greece. (If you have, let me know, OK?)

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flashbackcaruso Jul 12, 2020 20:35:43
Replying to The Seth Man

The Seth Man wrote:
The Japanese SHM-CD total time: 78:50 (on one CD, no less.)
This includes something weird: a spoken "Do it!" (from the same-named song) is thrown on the end right after the final song, "Break." I've never heard this on any LP pressing: US, UK, or Greece. (If you have, let me know, OK?)
My 70's French pressing has the "Do it!" at the end. Bought it in Paris some years ago and this is the copy I always play. I hadn't noticed that my previously bought CD copy didn't end this way.

P Popel Vooje
Popel Vooje Jul 12, 2020 22:58:04
Replying to The Seth Man

The Seth Man wrote:
Popel Vooje wrote:
phallus dei wrote:
Great review as always, Seth Man. 666 is one of those all-encompassing doubles I love, and I can't believe there's an extra five minutes of it that I've never heard lurking out there somewhere in infinity!
Great review and album, but I'm a little confused. I know there have been at least two CD releases of this album, one single and one double. Doesn't the current double CD issue - which I have - include around 15 extra minutes that were cut from both the original vinyl and the single CD? If so, is the current double CD the same as the Greek mix, or yet another variation?

On a side note ... there are few experiences in life that compare to listening to "Aegean Sea" on headphones, stoned out of one's gourd, whilst looking over the deck of a ferry crossing the Aegean Sea. I'd unreservedly recommend this to anyone who hasn't tried it.

Hey, Popel Vooje.

I don't know which double CD version you're referencing. Is it this one?

https://www.discogs.com/Aphrodites-Child-666/release/10918712

This is the double CD I had back in the mid-1990s. It matched the original LP mix exactly.

Nowadays, the original LP mix of "666" can fit on a single CD -- even with a total time of approximately 78:00.

The Greek LP mix total time: 82:05.

The Japanese SHM-CD total time: 78:50 (on one CD, no less.)
This includes something weird: a spoken "Do it!" (from the same-named song) is thrown on the end right after the final song, "Break." I've never heard this on any LP pressing: US, UK, or Greece. (If you have, let me know, OK?)

Hi Seth Man -

Yes, it looks identical to the disc in the link, but it also has the spoken "Do It!" after "Break". I only bought it about twelve years back so maybe it's a later pressing that was cloned form the Japanese disc? The mystery thickens.
The timings are indeed the same as the album timings listed on Discogs though - turned out the misinformation about it being longer was from an Amazon reviewer who'd got their facts wrong.

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