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

Pulp Intro - Promo CD album: IMCD 159

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Same tracklisting as the regular CD release.

» Identical to the regular CD but with "Promo Only Not For Sale" printed on the disc.

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 the UK Release

Pulp Intro - Japanese CD album (first issue): PHCR 3702

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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 on 20 December 1993

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

It - US CD album: VEL79750 (Velvel Music)
Same tracklisting as the UK release.

Like A Friend - 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 standard jewel case without artwork.

Lipgloss - Promo CD single: CIDDJ 567 (Slim Jewel Case)

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1. Lipgloss (Radio Edit)

» In September 1996, the Lipgloss CD single was re-released (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.

Lipgloss - 7" glitter white label: ISC 567

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A. Lipgloss
B. You're A Nightmare

» This transparent silver glitter white label originated from the Orlake pressing plant during 1996 and was sold on eBay for £30 in September 2001. The story behind its existence started when a small record label contacted the plant to enquire about the costs of pressing a special edition glitter 7". As the label was unable to decide on the many colours of glitter available, Orlake agreed to send them some samples and pressed five records, each one with a different colour of glitter. By chance, the stampers for the Pulp 7"s were still in place and were used to press the five samples. The label only realised what they had been given when they played the one remaining record five years later and discovered, to their surprise, that it was a pressing of Pulp's Lipgloss.

Lipgloss - Single-sided 10" acetate test pressing: [No number]

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A. Lipgloss

» 10" acetate platter cut with the Lipgloss 7" A-side.
» Click here to see the accompanying 10" acetate cut with the Lipgloss 7" B-side: 'You're A Nightmare'.

Lipgloss - Single-sided 12" acetate test pressing: [No number]

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A. Lipgloss

» 12" acetate platter cut with the Lipgloss 12" A-side.
» Click here to see the accompanying 12" acetate cut with the Lipgloss 12" B-sides: 'Deep Fried In Kelvin' and 'You're A Nightmare'.

Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) - 12" white label single: FIRE 5

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Same tracklisting as the original release.

» Click here to see the B-side label.

Masters Of The Universe (Compilation) - White label LP: FIRELP36
Same tracklisting as the original release.

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

Mis-Shapes & Sorted - Promo CD single: CIDDJ 620 (Card Case)

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

» Some of these promo CDs were issued in an A5 envelope and included a fold-out sewing pattern. Pictured below right - not to scale.

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 - Juke box 7": ISJB 620

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

Mis-Shapes & Sorted - 2-track promo cassette: [No number]

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

Mis-Shapes & Sorted - 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 - 6-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)
5. Common People (Motiv 8 Club Mix)
6. Common People (Vocoder Mix)

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

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

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1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz
3. Common People (Motiv 8 Club Mix)

Mis-Shapes & Sorted - European 2-track CD single: CIDT 620 (Card Case)
1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz

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

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1. Mis-Shapes
2. Sorted For E's & Wizz
3. Common People (Motiv 8 Club Mix)

» Released in Japan on 10 February 1996.
» Click here to see the etching on the Japanese promo copy of this CD.

Party Hard - Promo CD single: CIDDJ 719 (A5-sized Gatefold Card 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 - 12" promo: 12IS 719 DJ

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

Party Hard - 12" promo: 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 - 12" white label promo: 12 HARD 1

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

Party Hard - Single-sided 12" white label promo: 12 HARD 2

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A. Party Hard (Chocolate Layers Remix)

» The Chocolate Layers Remix is by Jarvis & Steve.

Party Hard - 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 - Remixes 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 CD1 single
Same tracklisting as UK release.

Party Hard - Australian CD2 single
Same tracklisting as UK release.

The Peel Sessions - Promo CD-Rs: [No Number]

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

@ Homelands 2001 - 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 - 12" white label single: GIF 6

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

Separations - LP white label album: FIRELP26

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Same tracklisting as the LP release.

The catalogue number, FIRELP26, is stamped on the label and etched in the runout. This is different to the catalogue number used for the commercial release (FIRE11026).

Separations - Promo cassette: [No Number]

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Same tracklisting as the cassette release.

Separations - Japanese CD album: KICP 451 (King Records / Seven Seas)

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Same tracklisting as the UK CD release.

Released in Japan on 24 March 1995.

Separations - US CD album: RE 2088 (Razor & Tie)
Same tracklisting as the UK release.

Simply Fuss Free Australian CD Singles 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 (Standard Jewel Case)
Sorted For E's & Wizz & Mis-Shapes CD (Standard Jewel Case)
Disco 2000 Part 1 CD (Slim Jewel Case)
Disco 2000 Part 2 CD (Standard Jewel Case)
Black and white miniature version of the Common People comic book by Jamie Hewlett

The Sisters EP - Promo cassette: [No Number]

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Same tracklisting as the UK cassette.

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

Same tracklisting as the UK release.

The Sisters EP - Thailand cassette: 858703-4

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Same tracklisting as the UK cassette. Tracks repeated on both sides.
This is possibly an unofficial release.

Something Changed - Girl CD single with promo stickers: CID 632

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This is the same as the commercial release but with promo stickers.

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

Something Changed - Juke box 7": ISJB 632

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

Something Changed - Promo gold 'Chop Em Out' CD-R: [No number]

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1. Something Changed

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

Something Changed - 4-track European 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 single: 854439-2 (Standard Jewel Case)
1. Sorted For E's & Wizz
2. Mis-Shapes
3. Common People (Motiv8 Club Mix)
4. Common People (Vocoda Mix)

Sunrise - 12" white label promo: 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 available to buy from the Rough Trade record shops in London. Track B2 (Original Mix) is the same as the Album Version of Sunrise.

Sunrise - 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.