Tori Amos / Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink deluxe editions

I have “discovered” Tori only recently and have some questions to Paul or any other Tori fan:
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1. Has it become clear after the release of the DeLuxe versions whether these are remastered versions of the original album mixes. Or are alternate mixes used as on Tales Of A Librarian and the A Piano box set because the original tapes appear to have been deteriorated.
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2. On first listen Tori is/was often compared to Kate Bush. Is it a coincidence though that Tori used a similar image for her debut album as Kate used for her’s (US cover The Kick Inside) ? “Living in a Box”

I just noticed a little “skip” in God, at 0:30. Can’t find this mentioned anywhere else, wondering if it is just my copy?

Well I never realised the CD single of Crucify had an alternate version of Crucify as well as the remix! I always assumed the track listing of lp version was accurate. Thanks for pointing it out Paul, i’m only 24 years late!

Any word on replacement discs for the fiest disc in this set with the audio problems?

The live version of ‘Upside Down’ is the one from the 1998 ‘Bliss’ CD single and not the 1994 live version.
When the box set came out didn’t Tori complain about a lot of the original tapes being in poor condition and safety copies or alternate mixes had to be used? So which tapes were used for these releases?
I understand that the problems also occur on the download versions.
What is so baffling about the concept of quality control!

Both albums appear to be remastered by Jon Astley.
Apparently, some fans are pointing on Tori’s FB page, that the new “Under the Pink” cd has two defective tracks. These are The Wrong Band (has an audio glitch, from 00:37 until the end of the track) and This Waitress (seems that the vocals are out of phase).
This is also on the HR download….
Some people say that can be on the (new?) master, since the last vinyl had those glitches as well…
What’s wrong with reissues lately? Is it so hard to check if everything’s o.k. before it gets out?

D B what is the vinyl like? Gatefold?

Bought the vinyls, really happy with the packaging, sound is great!

Checked the track listing, I’m totally not interested in these 2 coming releasing although they’re my favorite albums by Tori.

Adding live cuts on bonus cds is a definite lack of imagination and laziness from the part of the label. Live tracks have a very limited life span, you listen to them once and never bother again, what a missed opportunity not to have add demo versions and unreleased tracks from the period. Knowing how prolific Tori was then (and still is) I’m sure her archives are overflowing! Still, I’ll definitely buy the vinyl as they were things of the past when the cps were released so it’s a good opportunity now.

Promos and some incredible UK TV spots.

Please..

Missed op!

these pending releases made A Piano a real gem… Tori better not be involved in this project. totally pointless!

As far as not including all the available b-sides. This is a totally missed opportunity. These types of sets are geared towards the fans. Those that are on the fence of buying a Tori Amos cd are not likely to shell out $20 or so to try out the album. They could easily find a used copy of the original album on Amazon for under a dollar or so. For the fans they should do everything they can to entice them to buy this. I was a big Tori fan but lost track of her career a few years ago. Under The Pink remains my favorite of hers. I was able to meet her and get my Under The Pink cd autographed on that tour at the Tampa Theater. I have the import 2 cd version that came out back then , that had the existing b-sides. Too bad they couldn’t do that again.

I could say, “At last we cover an age where all bonus content has already been released on CD single” (ignoring most of the previous 90’s music deluxe editions). However, as pointed out with the God remixes, there are still some vinyl-only mixes which shall remain vinyl-only. So, there was a chance to make this a necessary purchase, but they gave up on it.

That said, with all of the complaints I have concerning material (or lack thereof) on 80’s deluxe editions, these Tori CD’s remind me that I happily bought the Radiohead 2CD deluxe editions. Yes! The 2CD and not the 2CD/1DVD versions! And they weren’t complete with regards to remixes. What can I say? How do I explain this action?

Well, I didn’t own the 1st three Radiohead albums on CD, nor any of the CD-singles. And, while I could have crafted my own compilations that would have suited my needs better, these seemed just fine considering my level of interest in the band, which is: I like the albums but don’t need to track down every b-side. So now I know the aim of record companies in addressing the general public, of which I am apparently a member: a bit of extra carrot to entice the fence-sitters who hadn’t already bought the albums.

(And the reason I didn’t get the 2CD/1DVD versions is because I had their music videos DVD already, and I didn’t need to see the odd TV live performances they did that filled out the rest of the DVD’s.)

Missed opportunity, missed purchase ! Sorry Tori.

Nothing previously unreleased? Demos? A concert? What a missed opportunity!

I’ve been awaiting these for so long. A disappointing selection of extras.
I always hoped ‘Little Earthquakes’ would get a SuperDeluxe box set. There’s enough stuff for one…and it deserves one, too.

Something like this would have been so, so cool: http://www.realgonerocks.com/2015/02/deluxe-edition-dreamland-tori-amos-little-earthquakes/ …

…aren’t many of these bonus tracks already on her A PIANO box set???

Paul – which company is releasing these?

I want to email them my home address, so come April, I’m first in the queue for the inevitable repressed-because-of-mistakes-with-the-first-issue Disc 2…

Same with Crime of the century… Missed opportunity…. It’s 2015…. Simply a cd with some bsides and live recordings won’t do….. 5.1, bluray, video footage from that period…. Then we’re talking..

I think it works if you are maybe newer to getting into her or aren’t a big collector (I fall into the second category) but even then, I have pretty much zero interest in live tracks as a casual buyer and would have preferred more b-sides and single/unique remixes or demos. She has more than enough live material for those who care, and on deluxe editions it just comes across as filler.

This would be more exciting if there were some rare, unreleased tracks included. But for someone like me who already owns all of the singles that contain the tracks on the bonus discs, this is quite disappointing.

Nice to see them remastered….. BUT what a wasted opportunity for 2 landmark albums. :-(

There are more interesting things that could be on both LE… Ring My Bell, Happy Worker, the single remix of Crucify (never remastered) is absent.

The longform Little Earthquakes VHS is also out of print and never been issued on DVD/blu-ray so why could this not be bundled with Little Earthquakes 2-CD.

Under The Pink…… there are soundtrack contributions Butterfly and Losing My Religion missing too. Tori has gone on record saying they have filmed concerts from the first 4 tours too… so some archive fotoage of a gig from the Under The Pink too on a DVD alongside the 4 promo videos would have been amazing.

Tor’s first 4 albums are absolute classics and their deluxe re-imaginings should have been very inspired. These track lists are pretty dull it must be said.

I think many of the BSides weren’t included to keep costs down more than likely. I am thrilled to finally have MARY. I prefer the older version to the “Tales” version. Also if these bonus tracks are remastered then Mary and most of the other tracks should sound really good. I know some of the older singles esp the UK Imports had IMO poor sound quality as many did during the 90’s. so I will have to splurge. Also the fact that I would bet the actual albums have been fully remastered probably from when The Piano set was released, so it will be nice to finally her the album tracks that weren’t included on the Piano set remastered.

Still have all my old CD singles from the 90’s so I’ll be passing on these. They might have gotten my money if they had included DVD or BluRay with videos and live performances or a 5.1 mix.

I would have dropped those live tracks and included ALL the B-sides, as well as the exclusive songs used for soundtracks/compilations. There is still space left (since only the original albums are on CD1), so it’s clearly not a space issue. Seems like a missed opportunity – sadly I don’t think these will become a priority buy for me…

Under The Pink got a recent remaster for a Music On Vinyl release which is great quality. Wonder if this new edition will also go for the pink vinyl too?

A shame the B-sides are incomplete (there are a ton of other non-album tracks from soundtracks and compilations too from these two albums including a covers of Famous Blue Raincoat, Landslide, Losing My Religion and a duet of Down By The Seaside with Robert Plant), and also not being included on the vinyl editions. But on the other hand having spent most of the 90s picking up those limited edition releases, it’s nice to still have something exclusive. Agree with Marcel that the remixes of God are strong, especially the lengthy Dharma Kaya mix.

Now that Altlantic are offering anniversary editions of these albums, would it be too much to hope for an official reissue of Y Kant Tori Read?

Such a missed opportunity. Especially in the case of ‘Under the pink’, where there are some remixes of ‘God’ that were never released on CD. I guess this one won’t break my wallet.