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I am very aware of the history behind the "robot rape" cover.  But what I am confused by is which cover was ultimately released in America?

I remember my friends owning copies of the Appetite CD and the cover was the collection of photos of the band laid out against a black background, with the cross on the inside cover of the CD.  My copy of the CD, which I got in the mid 90's shares this cover scheme ... the cross is on the inside cover.

But now in the stores, the CD has the cross on the cover, and in a discussion I read of the history of the original banned cover, it only says that the cross cover was the replacement for the robot rape cover.

What is the deal with the photo montage cover?  Was this a US only cover?  Was it only a cover used for the CD?  Anybody know?

The cross cover replaced the robot rape scene,
I too bought a montage cover, but I think this was a factory mistake...

Show us the montage cover please, I've never seen it.

It's the same one that's on the inside of the cd.....it was just stapled all fucked up I think.? I bought the CD in the long case back in like 91..........it had the full skeleton cross on the front, then the actual cd booklet had the messed up cover

It was infact a mess up with the printing. After the rape cover was pulled they rushed production on CD's Casettes and Albums only to find half way through the front and back cover were reversed. Instead of scrapping the whole thing the went ahead with it cause back then CD's came in a long box which would show the cover. The CD was never meant to be sold with out that box.

Thanks for the info.

You can check out the photo montage cover here:
http://www.secondspin.com/music/product-detail.jsp?id=833655

Why didn't they just insert the booklet into the CD case with the cross facing out?

you'll have to ask the little chinese kids that packaged them ;D

what is this long black box?

i assume a long black box that he is refering to, is what cds first came in when they were released...way back in the day cds came in boxes, unlike cds that come out today....

LOL...yeah, I forgot all about those old boxes CDs used to come in. Used to be a pain in the ass to get the CD out without destroying the box. Then there were those plastic monstrocities for security purposes. There was a great use of plastic, huh  :hihi:

Sorry...back on topic. I've always wondered 'bout that cover myself (as I had the photo collage too). I never paid it much mind as I just flipped the CD booklet around so the cross faced outwards, but was always curious as to why it was like that.

My "Live Era" CDs are F'd up too. Disc one is actually disc two and vice versa. Anyone else run into that problem as well?

In the US, the orignal was the robot rape scene....the croos with the band members was the replacement as far back as 87-88, which is the one I have from multiple purchases