Well they might be... what are the CDs?
Why do you think they are bootlegs?

In my opinion your cd is original:

http://www.discogs.com/Obituary-The-End ... se/4207728

Sure...

3984-14001-2 (V) . MASTERED BY NIMBUS

Ahahah non avevo notato che sei italiano

Here it is:

It looks legit to me, probably just a newer repress, signed by the band is cool

Mine is:

122549-R2-4084-1 DISCTRONICS USA **14001**

I was under the impression that the "Mastered by Nimbus" matrixes were EU versions, but you said you bought the US version back then?! For instance, the Peaceville CDs from the early nineties used those pressing plants. Or am I wrong?

PS: This is also interesting, as it has the same playing times as mine. Especially when compared against this. Is it possible that the first batch of the first press was just badly cut and they made a new press still in 1992 to correct it? It wouldn't be the first time a first press was screwed.

That itunes info means nothing, it's the same as Freedb or CDDB etc and not really version specific, the repress, reissue and original could all just be lumped together.

Unfortunately I am 99% sure that you have two (damned!) azintex bootlegs:

http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y44 ... 1cb806.jpg

look at the matrx: it looks exactly like your Port Royal copy... Blazon Stone is totally different but it doesn't match with my original copy.

Hope this helps...

If you bought them from this shifty Russian bootlegging scumbag recently on Ebay you could report him and try to get your money back.
Remember the follow up feedback too.
The important thing about Discogs is it's a database of music, legitimate and not, so if it's there it can be found, if your CD's aren't there feel free to add them

If you bought them from this shifty Russian bootlegging scumbag...:

Do you guys think that it is in general a higher risk to buy stuff from these countries? (sorry here to the serious traders and collectors from these countries)

Yes.

You're a bit confused indeed, let me talk some sense into you.

The differentiation between a Single and a Maxi Single is the number of available songs, while at the same time retaining the song that's the actual "single". Think of it as something along the lines of a 2 track CD (Single) vs a 4 track CD (Maxi Single). Those can be released in whatever format though, and the acronym MCD is used for that kind of releases. Likewise, an EP can be printed to vinyl, CD or tape, but it's always an EP (Extended Play).

Hope this clears your doubts.

You're a bit confused indeed, let me talk some sense into you.

The differentiation between a Single and a Maxi Single is the number of available songs, while at the same time retaining the song that's the actual "single". Think of it as something along the lines of a 2 track CD (Single) vs a 4 track CD (Maxi Single). Those can be released in whatever format though, and the acronym MCD is used for that kind of releases. Likewise, an EP can be printed to vinyl, CD or tape, but it's always an EP (Extended Play).

Hope this clears your doubts.

To be honest I think it's a matter of interpretation there. People have by now stated countless times that the demo put to CD format became sort of their debut album. But back then bands would just call that kind of stint an EP (mini-album), because it was just a slightly redone demo and not a proper full-length. Reverend Bizarre for instance have EPs which are over an hour long, and why?! Because they say something along the lines of "it only has like three real songs, rest is interludes/covers".

I've done some checking and there's the demo tape self-financed by the band. Then they signed to X-Rated which reissued the demo on CD with a new song, and later on the "proper debut" Oracle Moon. So all in all I think it's just a case of interpretation, even more when you read his words in that interview. If you trade "mini-CD" with "EP" the sentence still makes sense. That's my honest opinion.

Either way, you can do one thing to appease your mind. Ask for pictures of other X-Rated matrices and compare font type and size, as well as pressing plants (although that may not prove anything in the end). Check other albums from the label on MA users' collections and PM them. Or in alternative, if any kind soul has an actual X-Rated original CD to post it here...