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Comes Quickly” was released in 1986 as the second single of “Please”,
the first studio album of the band. The artwork was designed by Mark Farrow
and Chris Lowe and was the single that saw the refinement of Chris wearing
a baseball cap becoming an icon for the band. The photo was taken by Eric
Watson with only the lower part of Chris’ face visible while the upper
part was shadowed by the cap with the word ‘BOY’, another icon for the
band that now a days is still used by Chris on different ways. On the
12” Single, Farrow decided to use this close shot of Chris without any
type on the front sleeve -something unusual and probably never seen before-
arguing that Chris wearing the ‘BOY’ cap was kind of a logo and after
“West End girls” been number one where Chris worn the same outfit on live
shows, it was obviously a Pet Shop Boys record and didn’t need anything
else. The 7” Single used a wider shot of the same photo leaving space
at the bottom for the name of the single and the 12” release used the
same shot with the name of the band on top of the sleeve because the band
was not that famous there. |
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The
7” Single included the original version of “Love Comes Quickly”
and the B Side “That’s my impression”. Later on, a second 12” vinyl
was issued in the UK with 6” labels (as seen before on “West End girls”)
with the photo of Chris in the Side A label and the tracklist on the
Side B label and the die-cut outer sleeve was completely white just
showing the vinyl labels; both 12” releases included “Love Comes Quickly
(Dance Mix)” and a remix of the B Side “That’s my impression (Disco
Mix). In the US there was also a second edition of the 12” Single using
the exact same artwork from the UK edition without any type on the front
and including two new exclusive remixes of “Love Comes Quickly” by Shep
Pettibone.
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Finally a Limited Edition 10” Single was released in the UK with the same
tracklist as the 12” Single but with a very original packaging: An outer
translucent PVC 12” sleeve with the name of the band, title and the legend
“Collectors Edition 10” And Poster” in the front and tracklist on the
back, everything in white type… inside the PVC sleeve there was a paper
sleeve folding the 10” vinyl that once unfolded became a 34” x 34” poster
with 9 different photos of Neil & Chris, most of them can be seen in the
inner sleeve of “Please” LP. A very interesting detail is that owners
of this edition can fold the poster and choose what photo to use as the
front cover that once inside the PVC sleeve, would show the type in front
and back. This Collectors Edition became a very valuable item for fans
since that time. |
