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Interestingly (possibly ) the *bonus* tracks on Grant Green's **["Idle Moments"](http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29913)** are the tracks that would have been on the original album if it hadn't been for the *limitations* of vinyl. Shorter versions of 2 of tracks were made a week or so later to enable all of the tracks to fit onto the album.
Consequently, these bonus tracks are an absolute must-haves.

Apologies is that doesn't relate to reggae, but I do tell the tale as it completely changed my view regarding bonus tracks.

On a reggae front I find that some are outstanding, some good and some poor. Funnily enough I don't play the latter!

stepper wrote:I don't mind bonus tracks on CDs... especially if they're tracks that I don't already have.

I do, however, hold the opinion that the bonus material (if added to the end of a CD) leaves me with a vibe not intended to be left with when the original album was compiled.
If that's a problem, I can just burn a CDR of the original running order for myself.

i'm with stepper on this one! i'm happy to have any reggae that i don't have! but please leave the integrity of the original LP intact, and put pertinent tracks at the end, treating them as BONUS tracks, not filler!

a great example how bonus stuff should be done is trojans ">Presenting I Roy" reissue.

i also don't like bonus tracks which are a) of very dubious quality and b) from a total different (shitty, boring, pointless digital) era.

informer wrote:a great example how bonus stuff should be done is trojans "Presenting I Roy" reissue.

exactly, informer! great choice, and i'll throw johnny osbourne's "come back darling" into the fray for consideration of one of the best (and most complete!) reissues lately...