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Rjonesrm20Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
edited December 2009 in The Porch
"Life" ? ....i was looking at a few of my 45 vinyl singles today and noticed on the label of a couple of them it has " taken from the forthcoming Epic release "Life"

Is this the way they are all labeled or are these more rare?

thanks.
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  • Jokertt14Jokertt14 Posts: 2,566
    edited November 2009
    http://www.pjcollectors.com/

    http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=441
    must be one of them says it on the paper label on the vinyl ..
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  • EastiesEasties Posts: 479
    If you're referring to the 'Spin the Black Circle' 45 then they were released prior to the album being released. A that point in time the album was going to be called 'Life'. In between the pressing of that single and the album release they changed the name. From what I believe to know, they are not that rare.
  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    Yeah I READ that too...
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    According to PJcollectors.com all of the singles (Spin the Black circle, Not for You, and Immortality) all say "Taken from the upcoming release "Life". Does that mean all of the singles were released prior to Vitalogy's release?
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  • EastiesEasties Posts: 479
    cropduster82 wrote:
    According to PJcollectors.com all of the singles (Spin the Black circle, Not for You, and Immortality) all say "Taken from the upcoming release "Life". Does that mean all of the singles were released prior to Vitalogy's release?

    Pretty sure only 'STBC' was released prior to the Album. The others were released in '95 I think? It's well documented there were issues around the time this album was being recorded/released so they probably just pressed the songs anticipated for singles release a little too early? Maybe they just cut a good deal on mass production of vinyl and wanted to save themselves some money!
  • CantKeepMeHereCantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    They could rename any album they produce "Life" and I would have agreed 100%
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  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    Wow... had it been called "life" i think mine would be drastically different. well not drastically, but VITALOGY has become an important word to me...
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Posts: 1,030
    Vital is latin for Life, so in a way it still is titled that, just with different take as on they can. Vitalogy has a better ring to it & to me is still their finest moment. Bugs really should have been a silent track!
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    BALLBOY wrote:
    Vital is latin for Life, so in a way it still is titled that, just with different take as on they can. Vitalogy has a better ring to it & to me is still their finest moment. Bugs really should have been a silent track!

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  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    I hardly doubt that they had designed this whole album concept but somehow released the singles under a different title. My guess is that "Life" was the alternative title in case they couldn't get the rights to use the name "Vitalogy". The studio probably wanted the singles out as soon as possible so they used the fallback instead.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,853
    well the Vitalogy book is a study of human life so maybe that's the reference.
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