Is "Bulbs Of Passion" part of the original "D

[bomber2007]

I was wondering if "Bulbs Of Passion" is considered to be part of the original tracklisting of the "Dinosaur" album ?
(I know it was also a b-side on the "Repulsion" single).

I was looking at this discography :
http://www.keeblin.com/dinojrdetails.php?AlbumID=1
And "Bulbs Of Passion" is listed as the last song on the 1985 (Homestead) release along with the note *Also Bulbs of Passion was not on the early vinyl pressings but was added in later pressings.

Was this added to the album soon after the original release or a long time after ?

Is it considered to be a part of the "original" album or not ?

[mabewa]

As far as I know, the answer is "no." Back in the day, I had "Dinosaur" on cassette, and it did not include Bulbs of Passion. I’ve heard that Bulbs of Passion was included on later vinyl/cassette versions of the album, but I did not personally hear the song until I bought the CD remaster. I think that they basically released that it was a great song and decided to add it to the album in retrospect.

[bomber2007]

"mabewa " wrote:

As far as I know, the answer is "no." Back in the day, I had "Dinosaur" on cassette, and it did not include Bulbs of Passion. I’ve heard that Bulbs of Passion was included on later vinyl/cassette versions of the album, but I did not personally hear the song until I bought the CD remaster. I think that they basically released that it was a great song and decided to add it to the album in retrospect.

I’m a bit confused now because I’ve heard 2 completely different answers, someone else told me it is part of the album because it was incuded on all pressings since maybe only a month or two after the original release in 1985

[AGAP]

keeblin.com

great site for information on Dinosaur/J releases

[bomber2007]

"Another Girl Another Planet " wrote:

keeblin.com
great site for information on Dinosaur/J releases

The following bit of info I posted in my original post above was from that Keeblin discography page you have given the link to, in fact I also linked to that exact page !
The info on that page says :
*Also Bulbs of Passion was not on the early vinyl pressings but was added in later pressings.

That is why I asked the question how soon after the original release of the "Dinosaur" album was "Bulbs Of Passion" added ?, if it was shortly after then I guess it was intended to be part of the original album, but if it was added quite some time after, for example years after the original release it would make sense to say it was not originally part of the album…

I’ve been told "Bulbs Of Passion" was added to the album maybe only 1 or 2 months after the original release, but in an above post "mabewa" said his version of the album doesn’t have it and he never heard the song until the re-issue, well maybe "mabewa" actually got his copy of the "Dinosaur" album when it had just been released in 1985 and "Bulbs Of Passion" was added to the album very soon after he got his copy ?

[oldskool1221]

Quote:

Notes:
Originally issued with the original band name of Dinosaur on the cover. After the band changed it name, subsequent pressing were issued with the new band name of Dinosaur Jr.on the cover. Also Bulbs of Passion was not on the early vinyl pressings but was added in later pressings.

The Baked Goods colored vinyls are a limited edition of 500 per color.

i think that means when they printed the album under "dinosaur jr" it was added but when it was just "dinosaur" it wasn’t on there—if not i don’t know

[readyourmind]

Hi friends —

I have a homestead "Dinosaur Jr." copy on CD, and it has "Bulbs" on it. I was confused when I read an interview with J regarding the reissue, because he was like "Bulbs of Passion is a great song, so when I put together the extra material I wanted to list it first." I was like "Extra Material? I already have that jam!" So, I’m siding with the "Dinosaur" vs. "Dino Jr." theory.

[bomber2007]

"readyourmind " wrote:

Hi friends —
I have a homestead "Dinosaur Jr." copy on CD, and it has "Bulbs" on it. I was confused when I read an interview with J regarding the reissue, because he was like "Bulbs of Passion is a great song, so when I put together the extra material I wanted to list it first." I was like "Extra Material? I already have that jam!" So, I’m siding with the "Dinosaur" vs. "Dino Jr." theory.

I think that the "Dinosaur" album was still on the "Homestead" label years after it was first released, so the "Bulbs Of Passion" track could have been put on the "Homestead" release of the album quite some time after the original release, but long enough after the original release to say it’s not part of the original tracklisting…

I guess the band name on the first 3 albums was changed from "Dinosaur" to "Dinosaur Jr" all at the same time ?
When did this actually happen ?

J’s comment you have quote is also kind of interesting, as I guess if anyone is going to know about album tracklisting it’s going to be J, so the fact that he seems to have refered to "Bulbs Of Passion" as an extra might indicate he doesn’t think of it as an original album track ! ?

[hertz32]

Im fairly certain it happened after Your Living All Over Me on SST.

[mabewa]

I’m thinking about it some more, and I’m pretty sure that "Bulbs" was added years after the album first came out.

Here’s why: I bought YLAOM on cassette when it first came out–it was my first Dino album. At the time, they were still just called "Dinosaur"–I still have the original cassette, and it has no "Jr." on it. I really liked it, so I went out and bought the debut on cassette, too. Since YLAOM came out in 1987, then it would seem that Bulbs still hadn’t been added to the debut in 1987. As we know, the debut came out in 1985–quite a long time earlier.

It’s also possible that "Bulbs" was on CD releases but not on the cassettes. I doubt it though, because in those days, if an extra track was on the CD version, it was usually on the cassette version too. This is because vinyl albums can’t be more than about 45 minutes without seriously losing sound quality, but cassettes and CDs don’t have this limitation. If an extra track was added to the CD version of an album, then there was no reason not to add it to the cassette version, too.

[bomber2007]

Thanks a lot for the info guys…
I also believe that "Show Me The Way" was not originally part of the "You’re Living All Over Me" album ?
Was this also added quite a while after the original release ?
Same question applies !
Original album track or not ?

[mabewa]

No, Show Me the Way was DEFINITELY not on the original YLAOM!

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