Reissue recordings with added tracks

Another compelling reason for computer audio and playlists. I quite enjoy some of the outtakes - some great stuff for example on Clapton's '461 Ocean Boulevard' deluxe edition. Nice material to mix into a complilation playlist.

As a side, and perhaps deserving of its own thread, has anyone ever taken notice where a song was just finding it's groove on the fade out and you've remarked to yourself "damn, where were they going with that?". An example off the top of my head would be at the end of The James Gang's 'Walk Away'. It would be nice if they could add some of these unedited cuts that may have turned into some interesting extended jams.

Extra tracks on Pentangle CDs are great!!

Wouldn't have it any other way!!

I agree, sort of.
Example, I think bonus tracks are great!
HOWEVER, I HATE Greatest Hits! These are what makes me
very angry, I only have a few, and not by choice either.
I recently got the RUSH-Retrospect #3, which has the
CD/DVD 2 disc set. I already have these songs on CD and
I feel angry because I had to buy the 2 disc set to
get the DVD, WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED! I did not need the
same songs on cd again!
What ALSO makes me VERY ANGRY is the
RE-RELEASE of
1. Ozzy Osbourne-Diary Of A Madman
2. Ozzy Osbourne-Blizzard of Oz
Both NEW RELEASES have bonus tracks, HOWEVER, BOTH of
the cd`s are RE-RECORDED WITH ZAKK WILD AND
MIKE BORDEN, ON GUITAR AND DRUMS!
I DON`T want THIS version!
I want the OLD ORIGINAL VERSION!
The ONE that I`M used to hearing on the radio!

I personally love them.

I am an artist away from all this audiophile stuff so I can appreciate the progression of ideas. With the exception of the original gallery show (i.e. the album), you would never see the sketch books leading up to the final rendering or show.

Deluxe additions serve this function, by allowing access to the artistic minds. Often times, some of the strongest material never makes it to the final cut, as it might be out of step with the "concept", but can standalone as a powerful track (i.e. Bruce Springsteen's "Loose Ends", Bob Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand", Neil Young's "Winterlong"). It has spawned a whole industry of bootlegs. I appreciate the Beatles, Radiohead, Neil Young, REM, Bob Dylan and Springsteen for officially releasing out-take material alongside their best work, both from a current and legacy catalogue perspective.

Alternative bonus tracks/takes allow you access to the studio, at a specific point of time. I especially respect the Clash, who in 1980 released the entire studio session production of Sandinista, 3 albums for one price, so fans could reassemble the finished album to their tastes.

in general, "bonus tracks" are mainly an excuse for the label to recycle/resell its catalog. i've purchased a few reissued-with-bonus-tracks cds that were actually worthwhile (uncle tupelo and traffic's john barleycorn come to mind), but typically i'm disappointed--the bonus tracks are either addons which obviously didn't match the quality of the original release or pointless remixes or alternative versions. some of the reissued bowie and badfinger are particularly bad in this regard. i share the sensibilty that the artist's original vision shouldn't be trampled with.