Why does the Japanese version have bonus tracks on the albums?
[top] The reasoning behind this is that CD prices are higher over seas. As I understand it, it is because of some weird tax that makes CDs manufactured in Japan more expensive in their market as opposed to imports. The Japanese market has to find some way to entice people to buy domestically instead of just hoping online and buying our versions. So they throw on a couple of bonus tracks to make up for the extra costs. There has not been any Japanese release that contains tracks exclusive to the Japanese version so don’t feel that you have to buy the Jap import to complete your collection. It’s a waste of money that could be better spent elsewhere. The Japanese version of White Blood Cells contains the extra studio tracks: Jolene and Handsprings and the video for Hotel Yorba The Japanese version of Elephant contains the extra studio tracks: Who’s To Say and Good To Me 4.23 Unauthorized Releases: [top] There seems to be a variety of people posting on the Little Room with a variety of inq
