| “DJ Culture”
was released in 1991 as the first single of “Discography - The Complete
Singles Collection”, the first compilation of the band after 4 studio
albums. The lyrics, as Neil puts it, “it’s about how facile and pretentious
modern life is. Just as in DJ records, everything is sampled to sound
authentic.” With this in mind, Eric Watson took the photograph used on
the front sleeve in his studio with Neil & Chris behind a turntables &
mixer DJ set and using a rack of gear on the back. The idea was originally
conceived by Mark Farrow during the Performance Tour when he told the
band they should be photographed in front of Chris’s rack of gear. The
only sleeve variation on international releases of “DJ Culture” was the
japanese version, where the title was presented on white type instead
of red, as used on the original release. |
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“DJ
Culture” was released in CD, 7” and 12” vinyls including the B-Side
“Music for Boys”. Each format presented adjustments on the size of the
title in the front sleeve and an italic type was used for the name of
the song and the word DJ in italic font was used as a guide to align
the tracks and credits copy in the back sleeve. The CD included an Extended
Version of “DJ Culture” that was also included in the 12” vinyl along
with “Music for Boys Part 2”. A second Remix Single title “DJ Culturemix”
was released including a new remix by The Grid, “Music for Boys Part
3” and the new B-Side “Overture to Performance”. With this single was
the first time when the band released the Remix Single in all formats:
Cassette, CD and Vinyl. The original UK CDs were issued on a cardboard
sleeve and then issued in a slim jewel case for European Editions. The
single in the US was released only as a Limited Edition 12” vinyl with
the same cover as the UK version and a generic die-cut sleeve for “DJ
Culturemix”.
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