808 State Discussion

I just got a copy of the Blue monday & confusion remixes on a promo CD . Is this a legit item ? the CD case has a round disc sized sticker listing the artist & titles of each track , then reads radio 1 Hanover,Germany with a cat # reading PRO-138526A . The disc itself reads PROMO ONLY Radio 1 ...

Or how about that early version of Voodoo Ray as mentioned from the Prebuild liner notes or mabye more early BBC material .

Hello I,m a newbie here & was wondering ....what's the story behind the master tapes being lost to Newbuild any previous discussion or thread I can go to & i've heard / read that "the original vinyl " sounds better than the CD as it was mastered from a different source . I've been interested in ...