Purchasing a different version quality of the same song

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Purchasing a different version quality of the same song

I've purchased an enhanced version of Hero by Enrique Eglesias rather than the original. I require the original version as released in 2001 as I'm using this to analyse the loudness for a university project and it appears as though the enhanced version is louder. I've deleted the enhanced song but still can't purchase the original, any idea of a way around this?

I could perhaps gift the song to someone but I'm not sure if this would then allow me to use it and if it did would simply revert to the enhanced version anyway?

Posted on Aug 27, 2013 12:05 PM

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varjak paw

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Aug 27, 2013 1:27 PM in response to horse yeast

If by "original" you mean the old 128 Kbps version, those have not been available for more than two years now. If that's not what you meant, please explain what "original" you're referring to.

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horse yeast Author

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Aug 27, 2013 2:49 PM in response to varjak paw

By original I mean the version included on the 'Hero-EP' released in 2001.

The one I purchased is on 'Addicted (CD 1 - Enhanced)' released in 2003.

I'm presuming both versions are 256 kbps.

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varjak paw

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Aug 27, 2013 3:10 PM in response to horse yeast

If EP version doesn't appear in the iTunes Store, and it doesn't when I look for it, then you can't purchase it from them. You might find it elsewhere, but of course another store's track won't have the same compression, so your comparison would probably be invalid or at least not very informative.

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horse yeast Author

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Aug 27, 2013 3:44 PM in response to varjak paw

It is there if you search for 'hero-EP' at I can see it from my end.

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The problem I have is that the track is showing as purchased even though I have a later version and have also deleted it from my Itunes library.

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varjak paw

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Aug 28, 2013 6:41 AM in response to horse yeast

It doesn't appear to be in the US iTunes Store - the only "Hero-EP" I find is by Mariah Carey and the only Hero by Enrique are from the Escape and Greatest Hits album.

But anyway, if the track shows as downloaded, then the iTunes Store apparently thinks it's the same track as the more recent version. You can try removing all instances of that track from your iTunes library - copy the track file elsewhere, of course - and then see if it will allow you to redownload the track, but I have no idea what you'll get since I can't see what you see.

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horse yeast Author

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Aug 28, 2013 1:57 PM in response to varjak paw

Managed to find the version I was looking for in a second hand shop!

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