PULP - ACRYLIC AFTERNOONS - Pulp Promos & Imports I to S

Pulp Intro UK Promo CD Album: IMCD 159

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Same Tracklisting as UK Release

» Whilst this promo has the same catalogue number as the standard UK CD, the disc bears the marking "Promo Only Not For Sale".

Release Sticker:
Having recently signed to ISLAND RECORDS, PULP mark this brand new phase in their career with this retrospective album of their Gift Records singles: includes, "O.U." (track 2); "BABIES" (3); & "RAZZMATAZZ" (5). That's for starters, the main meal begins with Britain's coolest pop band releasing their debut single for Island, "LIPGLOSS" on 15th NOV.

Pulp Intro Australian CD Album: 5184512
Same Tracklisting as UK Release

Pulp Intro Japanese CD Album: PHCR 3702 (First Issue)

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Space
O.U.
Babies
Styloroc Nites Of Suburbia
Razzmatazz
Sheffield: Sex City
Inside Susan: A Story In 3 Parts

» Released in Japan in December 1995

Pulp Intro Japanese CD Album: PHCR 4858 (Second Issue)
» Same tracklisting as first Japanese issue
» Released in Japan on 15 April 1998 and sold with a modified obi strip.

It US Album: VEL79750 (Velvel Music)
Same tracklisting as UK release.

Like A Friend 2trk US Promo CD: PRCD 8440

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1. Like A Friend (Album Version) [3:58]
2. Like A Friend (Film Version) [4.32]

» Comes in a stickered jewel case without artwork

Lipgloss UK Promo CD: CIDDJ 567

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1. Lipgloss (Radio Edit)

» In September 1996, the Lipgloss CD single was rereleased (CID 567) and many were incorrectly labeled on the disc as being for 'Promo Use Only' despite such discs never being used for promotional purposes. Their value is therefore little more than £3 - £4.

Lipgloss White Label 7" Glitter Test Pressing: IS ISC 567

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A. Lipgloss
B. You're A Nightmare

» This silver glitter vinyl test pressing originated from the Orlake pressing plant during 1996 and was sold on eBay for £30 during September 2001. The story behind its existence started when a small record company phoned the plant to enquire about the costs of pressing a special edition 7" release for their own label. They were spoilt for choice on discovering the multitude of options available ranging from coloured vinyl to clear vinyl and glitter vinyl. Seeing as the stampers were still in place from the 7" coloured vinyl re-issues job that had just been completed for Island Records, the pressing plant agreed to send the record company some test samples to help them decide, and pressed up 5 records, each one containing a different coloured glitter. The record company only realised what they had been given when they played the one remaining record some 5 years later, and were stunned to hear that the sample record was a pressing of Lipgloss.

Lipgloss 10" 1-sided Acetate Test Pressing: [No number]

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A. Lipgloss

» 1-sided 10" acetate platter impressed with the Lipgloss 7" A-side.
» Click here to see the other 10" acetate impressed with the Lipgloss 7" B-side, 'You're A Nightmare'.

Lipgloss 12" 1-sided Acetate Test Pressing: [No number]

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A. Lipgloss

» 1-sided 12" acetate platter impressed with the Lipgloss 12" A-side.
» Click here to see the other 12" acetate impressed with the Lipgloss 12" B-sides, 'Deep Fried In Kelvin' and 'You're A Nightmare'.

Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) White Label Promo 12": FIRE 5

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Same tracklisting as original release.

» Click here to see the B-side label.

Masters Of The Universe Compilation White Label LP: FIRELP36
Same tracklisting as original release.

Masters Of The Universe Compilation US CD: VEL79751 (Velvel Music)
Same tracklisting as UK release.

Mis-Shapes & Sorted UK Promo CD: CIDDJ 620
(Card Case with black and white 'cutout' photos)

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1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz

» Some of these promo CDs were issued in an A5 pack (similar in style of those dress pattern packs) and included a fold-out tracing paper jacket pattern (Pictured below right - not to scale). They sell for around £10

Release Sticker:
"PULP's second single of the year on Island Records is a double A-side. The two tracks are entitled "MIS-SHAPES" and "SORTED FOR E's AND WHIZZ" [sic] otherwise just known as "SORTED". Both songs were first aired earlier this year when Pulp headlined Glastonbury. "MIS-SHAPES" takes it name from those biscuits which are rejected because they don't quite look up to scratch even though they taste just as good as the normal ones. And as you might have guessed this little number is about misfits, a tribute to all outsiders. Meanwhile "SORTED" is neither a pro or anti drugs song but more of an overview of the summer of love and festivals in general. PULP will be touring throughout the country in October."

Mis-Shapes & Sorted UK 7" Juke Box Vinyl: ISJB 620

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A. Mis-Shapes
B. Sorted For E's & Wizz (Single Version)

Mis-Shapes & Sorted UK 2-track Promo Cassette: [No number]

1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz

Mis-Shapes & Sorted UK 4-track Promo Cassette: [No number]

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1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz
3. P.T.A.
4. Common People (Live at Glastonbury)

Mis-Shapes & Sorted Australian CD: 854437-2 (Album Case)
Same tracklisting and sleeve as UK release

Mis-Shapes & Sorted Euro 3-track CD: CIDZ 620 (Slim Jewel Case)

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1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz
3. Common People (Motiv8 Club Mix)

Mis-Shapes & Sorted German 2-track CD: 854436-2 (Card Case)
1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz

Mis-Shapes & Sorted Japanese 3-track CD: PHCR 8348 (Slim Jewel Case)

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1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz
3. Common People (Motiv8 Club Mix)

» Click here to see the etchings on the Japanese promo copy of this CD.

Party Hard UK Promo CD: CIDDJ 719 (A5 Gatefold Sleeve)

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1. Party Hard (single version)

Release Sticker:
And Party Hard it will be incase you didn't know; the tour rolls out around the UK in November and they've ever so slightly remixed this single. There's to be a special re-release of the album 'This Is Hardcore' with a bonus CD of their monumental Glastonbury performance...

Release Sticker:
Pulp prove why initial doubters of their current album are now eating their words with this, the strongest track of them all. The cheer leading video sees Jarvis pursuing a familiar theme of sexual frustration. "This Is Hardcore" has received a nomination for the "Mercury Music Prize" making Pulp the only band ever to have been nominated three times (they won in 1996) and it will be repackaged in a special limited edition double album format including this year's rousing performance at "Glastonbury". (Released 14th September)

Party Hard UK Promo Remix 12": 12IS 719 DJ

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A. Party Hard (Christoper Just Remix)
B. Party Hard (Tom Middleton Vocal Remix)

Party Hard UK Promo Remix 12": 12ISX 719 DJ

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A1. Party Hard (Stretch 'n' Verns Michel Lombert Remix)
B1. Party Hard (Tom Middleton's Dub Mix)
B2. Party Hard (All Seeing I's Remix)

Party Hard UK White Label DJ Promo 12": 12 HARD 1

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A. Party Hard (Christoper Just Remix)
B. Party Hard (Tom Middleton's Dub Mix)

Party Hard UK 1 sided White Label DJ Promo 12": 12 HARD 2

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A. Party Hard (Chocolate Layers Remix)

» The Chocolate Layers Remix is by Jarvis & Steve
» Limited to 100 numbered copies (22/100 pictured). There were also some after-run stickered copies (pictured) and some hand-written copies (not pictured).

Party Hard UK Promo Cassette: [No Number]

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1. Party Hard
2. We Are The Boyz
3. The Fear (The Complete And Utter Breakdown Version)
4. Party Hard (Stretch 'n' Verns Michel Lombert Remix)
5. Party Hard (All Seeing I's Remix)

Party Hard Mixes UK Promo Cassette: [No Number]
1. Party Hard (Stretch 'n' Verns Michel Lombert Remix)
2. Party Hard (Christopher Just Remix)
3. Party Hard (Tom Middleton Vocal Remix)
4. Party Hard (Tom Middleton's Dub Mix)
5. Party Hard (All Seeing I's Remix)

Party Hard Australian Part 1 CD
Same tracklisting as UK release.

Party Hard Australian Part 2 CD
Same tracklisting as UK release.

The Peel Sessions UK Promo CD-Rs: [No Numbers]

Disc 1: Same tracklisting as standard CD1
Disc 2: Same tracklisting as standard CD2

Pulp @ Homelands UK Promo CD-R: [No Number]

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Sorted For E's & Wizz [4:52]
[0:54]
Weeds [4.55]
Bad Cover Version [5:15]
Common People (Reworked) [8:01]
F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E (Reworked) / A Little Soul [11:51]
The Trees [5:41]
The Night That Minnie Timperley Died / Party Hard / This Is Hardcore [18:56]
Sunrise [7:59]

» A monumental display of ineptitude, this promo serves as a reminder of the decline of a great record company. By 2001, Island were not even capable of putting together a promo CD of Pulp's live set at Homelands. The second track is totally mangled - it begins with the intro to Weeds then abruptly reverts to Jarvis' spoken introduction to the song which is then followed by 15 seconds of silence. Track 3 starts with the end of Sorted and ends after the start of Bad Cover Version and track four starts at the end of Weeds. This means that without editing, it's impossible to have an uninterrupted play of the gig from beginning to end. Such spoiling tactics could have been a ploy to deter bootleggers, but this CD-R was issued a month after Radio 1 had broadcast 80% of the same gig! On the plus side, the CD provides a superb document of an entire Pulp gig complete with all of Jarvis' chatter and with a sound quality superior to that of the Radio 1 broadcast.

Razzmatazz UK White Label Test Pressing: GIF 6

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A1. Razzmatazz
Inside Susan "A story in three songs..."
B1. Stacks
B2. Inside Susan
B3. 59, Lyndhurst Grove

» Pictured Right is the handwritten B-side label

Separations UK Promo Cassette: [No Number]

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A1. Love Is Blind
A2. Don't You Want Me Anymore?
A3. She's Dead
A4. Separations
A5. Down By The River
B1. Death III (Working title for 'Countdown')
B2. My Legendary Girlfriend
B3. Death II
B4. This House Is Condemned

Separations Japanese Album: KICP 451 (King Records)

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Same tracklisting as UK release.

Separations US Album: (Razor & Tie, 82090)
Same tracklisting as UK release.

Simply Fuss Free Australian Box Set

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Includes:
Do You Remember The First Time? CD (Card Case)
Common People Part 1 'Daytime' CD (Card Case)
Mis-Shapes & Sorted CD
Sorted For E's & Wizz & Mis-Shapes CD
Disco 2000 Part 1 CD (Slim Jewel Case)
Disco 2000 Part 2 CD
Miniature Jamie Hewlett Common People Comic Book

The Sisters EP UK Promo Cassette: [No Number]

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Same tracklisting as UK cassette.

The Sisters EP Euro CD: 74321 21103 2 (Slim Jewel Case)

Same tracklisting as UK release.

The Sisters EP Thai Cassette: 858703-4

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Same tracklisting as UK cassette.
Tracks repeated on both sides.

Something Changed UK Promo Stickered Girl CD: CID 632

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Same tracklisting as UK release.

Release Sticker:
PULP are about to take America by storm, appearing on the DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW (25 million viewers) in April.

Something Changed UK 7" Juke Box vinyl: ISJB 632 (No Sleeve)

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A. Something Changed
B. Disco 2000 (7" Mix)

Something Changed UK "Chop Em Out" Gold CD-R Test Pressing: [No number]

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1. Something Changed

Something Changed UK Promo Cassette: [No number]

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1. Something Changed
2. Mile End
3. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E (Moloko Mix)

Something Changed 2-track Euro CD: CIDT 632 (Card Case)
1. Something Changed
2. Mile End

Something Changed 4-track Euro CD: CID 632 (Slim Jewel Case)

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1. Something Changed
2. Mile End
3. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E (The Moloko Mix)
4. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E (Live From Brixton Academy)

Sorted For E's & Wizz / Mis-Shapes Australian CD: 854439-2 (Album Case)
1. Sorted For E's & Wizz
2. Mis-Shapes
3. Common People (Motiv8 Club Mix)
4. Common People (Vocoda Mix)

Sunrise White Label DJ Promo 12": 12SUN1

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A1. Sunrise (All Seeing I - Middle Of The Road Mix)
B1. Sunrise (Fat Truckers - Scott Free Mix)
B2. Sunrise (Original Mix)

» Despite being a promo release - primarily intended for Jarvis to distribute to DJs at the Homelands Festival - this 12" was also made commercially available through the Rough Trade record shops in London. Track B2 (Original Mix) is the same as the Album Version of Sunrise.

Sunrise UK Promo CD-R: [No Number]

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1. Sunrise (Radio Edit)

» A pretty simple radio edit which fades straight into Jarvis' vocal and fades out just after the first wave of the instrumental. The sleeve is dated 7 September 2001. Thanks to Gordon Voß for the scan and details.