peter gabriel "steam"

my commercial cassingle issued as geffen 19145 contains a non described version (on the cardboard sleeve), but states "lp version" on the cassingle itself, and is the 6:01 full lp length version.....i have a different promo cd single than what todd posted in his lengthy thread regarding 45 and lp differences


PETER GABRIEL - STEAM (Geffen PRO-CD-4479)
1) Edit - 4:44
2) LP version - 6:00
My conclusion: DJ copies of this single run (4:44) and (6:00); commercial copies were all (6:00)


my promo cd single is issued as geffen pro cd 4484 and contains the below tracks/versions

1-steam (edit) (4:44)
2-steam (oh, oh let off steam mix 7") (4:33)
3-steam (oh, oh let off steam mix 12") (8:40)

this info should be added to the db..



















Edited by edtop40

don't know....never listened to those mixes...would you like copies for your review?....as far as the $1.99 price....there used to be dozens of used records stores here on long island back in the day (90's) and i used to frequent them every weekend.....sometimes you steal items and sometimes you get had....it all works out in the end...

edtop40 wrote: ....as far as the $1.99 price....there used to be dozens of used records stores here on long island back in the day (90's) and i used to frequent them every weekend.....sometimes you steal items and sometimes you get had....it all works out in the end...

I know EXACTLY where you bought that promo CD single, ed, lol - over the years, I've spent plenty of money at that same store. :-) I, too, lived on "Lawn Guyland" for just over 10 years, from 1991-2001. And during that whole time, I was a regular or semi-regular at EVERY indie record store on LI & in NYC, so I don't doubt that we must've crossed paths more than once...

Sadly, you're right - the no. of indie stores on the Island has indeed shrunk from over 50 in the mid '90s to about only a dozen today, and I still make the rounds about once a year, when I go back to visit. (Wouldn't ever wanna live there again, though!) The owners all still remember me well. :-) I know of only a couple of new stores that have opened since I left about six years ago; the nos. just continue to shrink. :-( I was last there this past September, and had to shudder when I walked up to the charred shell that had been "Looney Tunes" in West Babylon, as it had burned down only two weeks before. (They say they're gonna re-build, though. Let's hope they can make a comeback!)

Loved stores like "The Music Arcade" (formerly "Titus Oaks Record Exchange"; Hicksville & Huntington Station), "Music Den" (Oceanside, Commack & Port Jefferson), and many others. RIP...

Oh, and I have to agree w/ your end philosophy above, too...