Hey all....

I made one ages ago in the FAQ, and it's kind of wrong now.....

Please help me complete this..... i mean, wtih definitions, descriptions. I dont own all of these so I dont actually know what some of them look like or have on them. Thanks alot.

Will



Italics: I havent seen them personally. Added by other comatorians
Normal: These are things I have seen/own. Please correct me if i'm wrong though

-----European Tour Sampler

-----Tremulant EP

1. Initial CD pressing has a photomontage on the inner sleeve
2. Second CD pressing has no photomontage; the inner sleeve is just black
3/4. American and European vinyl pressings differ with respect to GSL’s address on the back of the sleeve being slightly smaller and shifted
5. [Promotional] Initial vinyl pressing, in black. Unsure as to the casing. Not an actual release.
6. tremulant- light yellow UK 12" produces on southern records
7. tremulant-black USA 12" with poster

-----De-Loused In The Comatorium

1. UK CD comes with bonus track titled ‘Ambuletz’
2. UK CD special edition has variances in writing size/location on the spine and rear of the CD
3. USA CD comes without the bonus track ‘Ambuletz’
4. Japanese CD also includes ‘Ambuletz’ on the CD, yet remains unmentioned on the actual CD’s track listing.
5. Australian Tour Edition, 2 CD, 2nd CD with 2 Live tracks from the Electric Ballroom and 2 session tracks from Xfm.
6. 2 LP Vinyl, in Silver with black outline.
7. [Promotional] Yellow sleeved with ‘The Mars Volta’ stamped onto the front.
7. [Promotional] French promotional CD in white paper sleeve, see through patch on front.
8. [Promotional] Same as the original, but also includes a ‘De-Loused In The Comatorium stamp in the back
9. [Promotional] 2 LP Vinyl, Black. Again, unsure as to the casing and also, not an official release.
10. [Promotional] Demo disc. Many of these seem to float around eBay. The writing on some of the discs is what looks to be plain Italic Arial. Unsure as to casing, and number of variations.
11 [Promotional] DITC promo Holland with mixed tracklisting
12. [Promotional] DITC german promo with sticker

-----Inertiatic ESP

1. UK CD with postcard
2. Blue vinyl
3. Picture disc vinyl
4. [Promotional] UK CD Promo, comes in see through case with yellow writing. Single track, that being the radio edited version of the track.
5. [Promotional] UK CD Promo, comes in cardboard sleeve. Colored similarly to the reverse of the deloused CD case. Again, single radio edited version of the track. CD is black with ‘The Mars Volta’ printed on in yellow.
6. [Promotional] Germany CD Promo, comes in orange sleeve with The Mars Volta Tarsier printed on the front, and also ‘The Mars Volta’.
7. [Promotional] Vinyl in big yellow sleeve with ‘The Mars Volta’ printed on the front, and ‘Inertiatic ESP’ printed on back.
8. [Promotional] UK Video with the Inertiatic Video, both long and short versions.
9. [Promotional] USA Video, contains the Inertiatic video, along with other videos from other bands signed under Universal.

-----Televators

1. UK CD
2. Yellow vinyl
3. Picture disc vinyl
4. Australian Tour Edition CD
5. [Promotional] UK CD Promo, Case clear with red writing, ‘The Mars Volta’. 2 Tracks on this CD, one being the original Televators track and one being the Radio Edited version.
6. [Promotional] USA CD. Black cover with ring of tentacles (Taken from the alternate cover). Normal CD casing.
7. [Promotional] UK Video
8. [Promotional] USA Video, unsure as to whether it includes videos from other bands, although it is a Universal promotional release.

-----Live EP

-----Frances The Mute

1. CD
2. 3 LP
3. Japanese CD, comes with 3 live DVD tracks from Electric Ballroom, and ‘Frances The Mute’ decoder.
4. Demos for the Forthcoming Album USA (summer demos)
5. Demos for the Forthcoming Album Germany (summer demos)

-----Frances The Mute (Decoder)

1. Green vinyl

-----The Widow

1. UK CD Single
2. UK DVD Single
3. Picture disc Vinyl
4. [Promotional] UK CD 1 Track, same cover as normal single, although not in a Digipak.
5. [Promotional] CD, 1 track, cover is the image of the manakin in front of the mirror. Also on the front is all the bands information.
5. [Promotional] Swedish CD, same as UK to look at.
6. [Promotional] Video, self explanatory





False/Fake/Unofficial releases:

this apparatus must be unearthed german demo

wasnt the first pressing of tremulant on yellow vinyl (limited to approx. 10,000 copies)? and now it's only available on black vinyl?

erm.... before they put it on yellow.... to pass it around it was on black

Nice discog, you TWAT!
It's thorough, if not OBSESSIVE!


But the bottom line is i love you wiiiiiillll

you bastard.....

just coz you masturbate outside my window

your back! huzzah!

booya

damn, that shit's insane.

lol how you mean

what about the fingerprints EP

the british version was the see through casing i thought..... all versions of the black televators promo were located in america i thought. cheers anyways

as will knows, i am no help here!

the UK promo version and the UK digipak version of the widow have different cover art, they look very similar but you can see that the guy is further down the tree on the picture

the split cd they did with the apes and les savy fav if that counts

that's what's reffered to as the "European Tour Sampler"

US release, 4 tracks in white cardboard sleeve with red "Spider woman" graphic

...Were there any other versions of this release???

no thats the singular version.

there was only one made for you amerlicans lol .

us brits see....we got the actual gig lol :)

anyone know when the widow singl 12" will be realeased??

pic disc is already out if thats what you mean

what does the pic disc look like

"Guy on the tree" artwork, I believe.

If you're talking about the ftm single, yeah one side's the guy on the tree, the other is the baghead guys in the cars. Very shiiinyyy

the 12'' from gsl is out too, i got it in the post 2 days ago, strange because it said it was only relased the 21st and that it would take 4-6 weeks delivery, perhaps they just like me!
the 'frances the mute' 12'' forgot to say that

that shit is insane

well most of it is promo stuff.

i like you shorty

I thought there was already a pinned thread on this, and I remember it having tons more in it. Which isn't to say I'm unappreciative, but what am I missing?

sorry shorty mate....
i'm just lazy

will do now *drags hands along floor*

i think the last 2 promo things under FtM album are supposed to be under DITC, at least according to the pics a couple posts up.

If anyone's interested, I found this on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4713160939&rd=1

It looks legit, but I could be mistaking. Also, i'm a bit confused, so both the Frances the Mute 12" on green marble vinyl AND The Widow picture disc came out on GSL? If so, why is The Widow picture disc not up for purchasing in the GSL online store, like TMV other two pic discs?

Shit, that's rare. I reckon that'll go for a tidy sum.

aren't the "demos for the forthcoming album" supposed to be under the deloused section? as far as i know, there arent any demos of FTM material... maybe one day we will see the light...

i'd love to get my hands on all the imports. nice post.

I think this is a good place to ask a question that has been bugging me.
Why the hell is the US left out of all the special features on TMV CD's? Be it extra tracks, decoders not being released on CD format, dvd's included with cd's, etc etc.
Are we the least important buyers? Is the US not important enough to give a little bit extra to? I know there are reasons for this i just dont know them. Could someone help me out?

And what exactly is the whole "demos for forthcoming album" cd? And are there any dates on this? Are they FTM demos?

Poor hugs...

The terrible thing is .... how is anyone supposed to know why the US doesnt get all these little extras.

Decoder isnt on cd here..... its the widow single with the song on it.

The decoder ... 'DECODER" is only porperly a decoder on the green vinyl... which they dont sell in europe or anywhere....appart from america.

I spend half my money getting stuff imported from you guys !

yeah i was wondering about this.... i dont even think any demos were recorded since omar was the producer and didnt show anything to the label until it was completely finished (for FTM).

Yeah i dont know anything about it..... but shorty said they existed and i trust his judgement.... i assume he has seen them

sorry man
confused by the word 'forthcoming' i guess

Does anyone know anything about the "Live @ Electric Ballroom Mexican Promo CD" (currently sold on ebay.co.uk) ?

i've seen it .... in all fairness it looks like a pikey ... but i'm unsure as well :)

it's official. there was some discussion on the board when it was given out at the Mexico City (i believe) listening party thing. i think it has 4 full songs from the concert. i can't seem to find the post that had pics and talked about it, but it is legit and a Mexcio Promo that came with FtM album.

good work btw Capn Beefheart, and sweet icon

Well I bought my deloused CD in Tokyo JAPAN and no IT DID NOT HAVE AMBULETZ on it. my ex boyfriend had to get an MP3 of it for me. how kind... just thought i would clear that up.

well i have a japanese cd... and it does have it on it

Could you guys please tell me what are the things that you could get from the first list(in stores or on the internet)? And if there in vynle or cd, thanks!

in all fairness... all the promo's .... ebay

all other things.... GSL, internet shops, normal stores

so like who are te people who get the promo shit etc.

Ummmm radio dj's stuff like that ....

I bought the tremulant EP in london,
and it was in a digipack, with a black innersleeve.
Is the digipack a limited edition or something like that, because i only saw it in a normal cd case?

mine is digipack

Mexican Promo
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