Rats imports

Mike menzies · V Deep

Rats imports

suss · In the Long Grass

I've got a copy of Like Clockwork b/w Eva Braun from France, and we know Mulligan Irish version of same single was b/w D.U.N L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E

Any other unusual 7" non UK/import versions in terms of track alterations out there?

Mike menzies · V Deep

Yes us version of slay has got mondays live on beside rain is dave with different lyrics

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Picked up 2 rare pieces today,both sent from Italy.
Boomtown Rats debut lp 12 tracks,starts with Do The Rat.
Mary Of The 4th Form/Barefootin single.
Other good bits from the debut album are
Lookin After No 1/Mary Of The 4th Form,Spanish copy,sleeve same as lp cover
Lookin After No 1/She´s Gonna Do You In,France,no cover
Do The Rat/Mary Of The 4th Form,Dutch copy has picture sleeve,French copy does not.
Joey´s On The Street/Mary Of The 4th Form,I think this is an Australian copy before they changed to the vertigo record label,no picture sleeve.

I can take album to album if people want.Now I have a record player again my vinyl stuff will grow again.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Derek you are going to have to buy a house to store all your Rats music soon

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suss · In the Long Grass

Derek,

Amazing! Never even knew most of those existed, just the Dutch DTR/Mary. That 7" LP cover must look good.

suss · In the Long Grass

Or is that a 12" single?

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Hi Suss,they are all 7 inch singles.

A Tonic For The Troops from America has Joey and Mary Of The 4th Form on it.
Rat Trap/Joey,black cover,American 12 inch promo.
The Dutch copy of Like Clockwork has a different picture sleeve.
Like Clockwork/D.U.N.L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E,Ireland,no picture sleeve.
Like Clockwork/Eva Braun,French,no picture sleeve.
Rat Trap/Like Clockwork,Japan fantastic "live"cover.
Rat Trap/Do The Rat,American copy,no picture sleeve.
Rat Trap/Rat Trap,American 7 inch promo,no picture sleeve.
Rat Trap/Living In An Ireland,Australian copy,no picture sleeve.
I have Rat Trap/So Strange from Ireland and Holland.

-- Edited by Derek The Dane on Saturday 14th of February 2015 06:46:02 AM

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Any chance of a photo of those ones with pictures on the sleeve, that differ from the original?

Thanks, Derek.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Up all night 12inch has mood mambo & banana republic on b side 7inch version of up all night has another piece of red as b side rat trap 12 inch has joey on b side

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Jules,give me some time and I will take some photos of some of the covers.

Items from Fine Art of Surfacing
Album versions all the same.
I Don´t Like Mondays(Live)/Someone´s Looking At You,Do The Rat,12 inch promo from America.
All the copies of Mondays have It´s All The Rage on the b-side.Japan has a different sleeve.
Diamond Smiles/Late Last Night can have slightly different covers,some with lyrics on the front.
Someone´s Looking At You/I Don´t Like Mondays(Live),7 inch from America,no picture sleeve.

Items from Mondo Bongo
American version different to UK.
5 track,one sided test pressing
Banana Republic/Man At The Top 12 inch from Germany,has both English and German lyrics on the back cover.
Up All Night/Mood Mambo 12 inch from Germany,picture sleeve.
Up All Night/Mood Mambo,Banana Republic 12 inch promo from America.
Banana Republic has Man At The Top on all the b-sides that I have.The Italian copy is supposed to have a different b-side,will let you know as I will order it next month.
Elephants Graveyard has Real Different on all the b-sides that I have.
Up All Night/Elephants Graveyard 7 inch from Germany with picture sleeve.
Up All Night/Another Piece Of Red 7 inch from America,no picture sleeve.
Go Man Go/Another Piece Of Red 7inch from Ireland with picture sleeve.

Will continue with V Deep and ITLG later.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Just some photos of my collection.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Not much imagination for Tonight and Rain

. The others are interesting. What is the alternation version of Mary - Apart from the 5 second difference?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Derek The Dane wrote:
Picked up 2 rare pieces today,both sent from Italy.
Boomtown Rats debut lp 12 tracks,starts with Do The Rat.

Never heard of that. Was it a plain cover as shown?

I never realised there were so many variants.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

The debut album cover is the same as the British one.It names the 12 tracks but the times are wrong.The inner sleeve is exactly the same as the British version and has no text for Born To Burn or Do The Rat.Great to listen to and feels totaly different when it starts with Do The Rat.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

V Deep,UK and American versions are different.

Skin On Skin/Talking In Code 12 inch promo,America,no picture sleeve.
Never In A Million Years/Charmed Lives 7 inch,America,no picture sleeve.
Never In A Million years was the last single released in Japan.
Both House On Fire and Charmed Lives can be found on 12 inch promos in the UK.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Derek The Dane wrote:
V Deep,UK and American versions are different.

looked on ebay, assuming Whitehall 1212 is the Mondo Version...

THE BOOMTOWN RATS - V DEEP (USA 1982 Vinyl LP)

Very rare USA original 11 track vinyl LP released in 1982 by Columbia Records (Cat No: FC 38195). Record, lyric inner and sturdy card picture sleeve all in excellent condition.

Tracks:

Side One

1. Never In A Million Years

2. The Bitter End

3. Talking In Code

4. He Watches It All

5. A Storm Breaks

Side Two

1. Charmed Lives

2. House On Fire

3. Whitehall 1212

4. Skin On Skin

5. The Little Death

6. House Burned Down

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

I have this But on tape Only. Have ITLG again on tape only USA one

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

My vinyl Mondo Bongo is an import. I can't remember where from. It's put away in a cupboard, at the back because I have nothing to play it on. It may well be the US version above. That looks familiar. The sleeve is the same as the UK one.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Just rec rat tracks 12inchep ratrospective lp & rat trap 12inch single looking forward to playing these

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Just to finish it off.

In The Long Grass,the UK and American versions are different.
Drag Me Down and Lucky are different and Dave becomes Rain.
There is a UK remix version of Tonight 12" both as a promo and normal.
12" Drag Me Down/Drag Me Down promo,USA,no picture sleeve.
12"Rain/Rain promo,Canada,no picture sleeve.
7" Drag Me Down/Drag Me Down,USA promo,no picture sleeve.
7" Drag Me Down/Hard Times,USA,no picture sleeve.
7" Dave/Hard Times,UK priority promo,no picture sleeve.
7" Rain/Rain,USA promo,no picture sleeve.
7" Rain/An Icicle In The Sun,USA,no picture sleeve.
7" Rain/Precious Times,Canada,picture sleeve.

The picture shows Tonight UK and Rain from Canada.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

I can confirm that the Italian version of Banana Republic has Straight Up on the b-side.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Just waiting for skin on skin 12inch just need go man go7inch and ratlife ep hopefully get off web as I can't get to gigs for ratlife