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I kept the original 1980s Varese CD of The Fury because I did not like the "brickwalling" on the CD Club release. I also kept the original Star Wars since Williams' original program is different.
Otherwise, I don't keep old ones. The Bond reissues all have better sound than the originals, so I gave the old ones to my friend's son. Also gave him the older releases of Raiders, First Blood, Star Trek: TMP, Clash of the Titans, Dances with Wolves, etc. Who has room for all those? 
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I think for “Twister” I ended up buying 3 of the same of the LLL release. That was such a sought after score because the original score was very hard to find and extremely expensive if you ever got your hands on it. So I just went crazy without thinking it through.
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I multiple-dip all the time and always keep the old editions.
Often, but not always. I also keep the odd old edition, but only if there is material that can't be found on the re-issue, or if the liner notes justify it. That's one of the major reasons I find it difficult to part with some old FSM editions.
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Jul 28, 2021 - 3:36 PM
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I have five versions of The Empire Strikes Back. (Anthology, 2-CD re-release, original CD release, high-res download of the 2-LP set from HDtracks, and the Gerhardt recording.) If ever we get a release of the complete score in stellar sound (and with alternates indexed in their own section instead of tacked onto the beginnings of other cues) I'll gladly sextuple dip.
If you know the movie well enough to remember the music that's missing as you listen to the deluxe release, I'd go for it. If not, no big deal.
As I tell people mulling over similar questions: If it's not a visceral, instant yes, it's a no.
In other news, I used the new release and the deluxe release to replicate the original 1999 Matrix album since I never got around to buying it. I'm that person. It's now in my iTunes library and burnt to a CD-R on top of the deluxe Matrix disc in its case. Just like the 2-LP presentation of Empire is on top of the original CD issue of the score. (I STILL want to know why the 2-LP program wasn't put on the original CD release).
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Jul 28, 2021 - 7:30 PM
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My old favorite cereal, Cocoa Krispies now carries a flash on the front of the packet, "Now With More Cocoa". I bought it last week for the first time in years, to try it out. Going from memory, I didn't notice much of a change, but I enjoyed it well enough. If I go to buy another packet, and there isn't the "More Cocoa" flash on the front, I probably won't buy it because I'll assume it's the "old" recipe and I'll wait for the "new" version to appear on shelf again.
It's not much different to telling Jerry Goldsmith collectors that the latest version of a soundtrack CD has a new ingredient (say, an additional alternative version of a track or two). Or it's labeled as "remastered" which folks automatically assume means better. Obviously, if new elements are found or suchlike, we can enjoy much-improved releases of treasured scores. But even more likely, as I have discovered countless times, descriptions like "remastered" or "expanded" are just the soundtrack equivalent of "Now With More Cocoa".
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