anybody know why they changed the order of songs on the 1999 cd? i recall this being the original order:

side 1
1999
little red corvette
delirious
lets pretend
dmsr
free

side 2
automatic
something in the water
lady cab driver
the critics
international lover

now its this:
1999
little red corvette
delirious
lets pretend
dmsr
automatic
something in the water
free
lady cab driver
the critics
international lover

im used to free coming right after dmsr...not something in the water

i dunno...recently somebody told me on the initial copies of 1999 on cd "dmsr" wuz omitted 2 allow room 4 the other songs...

You must be imagining things,
Free was always the last song on side 3
(after Something In The Water)

BorisFishpaw said:

yeah, i noticed that...

ok..i was thinking of the cassette...i played my 1999 tape so many times it was always the last song on side 1
either way its an excellent song!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

WHAT? Whosaidthat?

I have a copy of 1999 without DMSR. I have always wondered what was up with that, even posted here about and got no response. DMSR is listed on the cover thought!

Original 1999 LP:

side 1:
1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious

side 2:
Let's Pretend We're Married
D.M.S.R.

side 3:
Automatic
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Free

side 4:
Lady Cab Driver
All The Critics Love U In New York
International Lover


Some countries originally only got a single LP
version of 1999 initially which had the following
tracklisting:

side 1:
1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Free

side 2:
Let's Pretend We're Married
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Lady Cab Driver


When 1999 was first issued on CD they omitted D.M.S.R.
because at that time it wasn't possible to make a
single CD long enough to include all the tracks, but
the running order wasn't affected.

Soapstone said:

Sounds like someone put the wrong CD in the wrong case.
Check to see if the catalogue number on the CD matches
the one on the case. I bet it doesn't.

Original DMSR-less copies of 1999 didn't list it
on the case, and the writing on the back was in
red on a purple background. The re-issued version
with DMSR had the writing in yellow on a purple
background.

I still have the original 1999 cd!

BorisFishpaw said:

My recollection:

The original CD release of 1999 omitted DMSR for only one reason: CD technology at the time did not allow for including the entire album on one disc (it's over 70 minutes in its entirety). The max that the time was something like 65 or 68 minutes of music on a disc. So, to get the album out as a one-disc set, something had to be removed. DMSR got the boot because that song was available on a movie soundtrack on CD elsewhere (the movie title escapes me now).

I have both versions...original without DMSR and re-release with DMSR. Both have red type on a purple background as the back of the CD case. The notable difference was the screenprinting on the CD itself. The original release was the standard "Warner Brothers" format (see your Purple Rain disc). The re-release is nothing special, all purple type on a CD, in the blocky "1999" typeface.