I've had the Sundown cassette playing in my car this week after not being able to place a line from "Somewhere, U.S.A." over the weekend, and I've noticed that the order of songs is quite different from that of the CD. I don't have the vinyl edition here in front of me (it's next to the folks' turntable Up North), and I'm wondering what the original order was and why they are so different. I'm guessing it must have something to do with the length of songs and balancing the tunes on each side of the cassette? And if that is the case, was the original record order the same as the cassette?
The cassette order:
SIDE ONE:
Sundown
Somewhere, U.S.A.
Seven Island Suite
Circle of Steel
Is There Anyone Home
SIDE TWO:
High and Dry
The Watchman's Gone
Carefree Highway
The List
Too Late for Prayin'
I haven't noticed a variation with the other cassettes and CDs I have, even those that have "long" songs on them (GGI and II).
It just seems curious to me, particularly because I imagine there is quite a bit of thought that goes into organizing tracks into an album.
Any thoughts or bits of trivia knowledge about this? Are there other albums that were shuffled around when recorded to cassette?
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