I just wish there were more versions of "Gratitude."

You can never have too much Gratitude.
I love having all the different mixes. And with the addition of the "Boingo Dance Version" on Boi-Ngo" we are now up to four versions of "Weird Science" included on the Rubellan reissues. Overkill? I think not!

My main issue with these bonus tracks is that we're not getting remasters/official releases of the dozens of rare tracks out there. I want my Teenage Monster, my Louise, my Find You, my Can't Pretend, etc! Granted, I know it's not the fault of the Rubellan people, I think they just probably weren't given access to Elfman's archive of stuff ... Damn you, Elfman!

Check out Rubellan's remaster of Teenage Monster. Whoever the person is behind the Youtube account, he says that he was only able to refurbish this particular track because as a fluke he gained access to a high-quality instrumental track. And that this is just a one-time thing because ...

"The only thing stopping any sort of rarities package is Elfman's approval. I'm not going to pester him but myself and Universal tried last year, to no avail. Even Bartek brought it to the attention of management, but nothing happened. Regarding the songs you mention. Louise only exists at Universal on a multitrack, there is no recording of Forbidden Zone in the archive, and the only Cinderella recordings are from the Boi-Ngo and Alive sessions."

MFin' Elfman, man. I mean yeah, he's a genius, but ... lighten up and release the rarities, Francis.

His name's not Francis.

And yeah, it would be great to get all the rarities, but Elfman's not going to allow it. Nothing Rubellan can do about it. He gets final approval.

If they're not willing to tie Elfman down and torture him until he finally relents, then why are they even in this business?

(Note: I'll still be buying all of these remasters. But I shall complain loudly as I do so.)