Hi all, I had PMed trackaghost back but then I thought I should probably paste my thoughts on this in here, and though I'm flattered to be thought of in such high regard, I can't really confirm one way or the other on this. I don't really collect "everything" (i.e. each album in each format), wish I could but funds dictate to me that I can only afford one copy of each thing, if I can get it in CD, then I do, otherwise vinyl, then cassette as a last resort, and even then, I don't collect what I deem as "redundant" releases (for instance, once I got the "Enchanted" box, I traded in my "American Anthem" soundtrack because of the box set's inclusion of "Battle of the dragon"), I just try to get an item that has each studio and live version legally released that any of the 16 FM members play/sing on (though I also don't really collect remixes either, I'm more a versions kind of guy, though again if I had the money...).
Anyways, Hmm, I recall this debate going on before and I can't remember if anyone came up with anything or not like track was saying. I agree with trackaghost though, I don't think it ever was released on vinyl. If it was, I'd imagine it would have had to have been a Japanese limited edition pressing of some kind like they've been doing to try to get the Japanese buyers to buy from within the country rather than getting the "cheaper American imports". I know it sounds odd since we're always used to US/UK imports being more than the domestic issues but I understand that's what's been happening there in the last 10 years or so (that the US issues are cheaper than their domestic Japanese ones so the Japan distributors have been losing a lot of money and have been doing things like the limited edition vinyl and CD bonus tracks on Japan copies only as an incentive for the Japan consumers to "buy from within").
I know this doesn't really answer the question but my guess would be that it wasn't and that if it was, it had to have been a limited edition item (if one ever did exist), so therefore, not really a full blown release, but I'd be surprised if there was one in the first place. I'm certain it wouldn't have been a US or British issue in any case though, again like trackaghost said.
If anyone reading this does have one, please scan it and/or provide details though, we'd love to hear about it!
Hope this humble opinion helps anyways.
John