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when I was mad” was released in August 1994 as the fifth and last
single of “Very”, the fifth album studio of the Pet Shop Boys. The artwork
was designed by Mark Farrow and PSB and the creative concept behind the
sleeve was related to the meaning of ‘mad’ as craziness, even when the
song’s about being on tour, so Farrow rented a pair of straitjackets so
Neil & Chris were to be photographed wearing the jackets, but in the end,
only one jacket was shot by Richard Burbridge, looking a bit spooky, stained
and unnerving, and the image became ‘like a texture’. Each format showed
a different view of the jacket and the sleeve won a D&AD award. This was
the first single released without a 7” vinyl and the promotion was made
directly with a double 12” Single showing a closeup shot of the straitjacket’s
back, including all seven mixes of “Yesterday, when I was mad” and two
B Sides: “Euroboy” and “Some Speculation”. Both, the Tape Cassette and
the european 2-Track CD Single included “Yesterday, when I was mad (Single
Mix)” and “Euroboy”. |
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addition to the Tape Cassette, the commercial release of “Yesterday,
when I was mad” within the UK included two #CD Singles and one 12”
#Single. The first CD Single was issued in a double cardboard sleeve so
it can hold the second CD that was sold separately; the outer sleeve was
pure texture of the straitjackets and it was printed matt to suggest the
texture of the jacket itself and was sealed with a sticker including the
barcode on it; the inner sleeve showed a photo of the straitjacket’s back
and jacket texture on the back and included the ‘Single Mix’ and ‘Jam
& Spoon Mix’ of “Yesterday, when I was mad” and another two B Sides: “If
love were all” and “Can you forgive her? (Swing Version)”. |
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second CD was issued in a single cardboard sleeve showing a photo of the
straitjacket’s front with the name of the band and title in white font
on it and jacket texture on the back and included remixes by Coconut 1,
Junior Vazquez and R.A.F. and the B Side “Some Speculation”. Finally,
the 12” Single showed a full shot of both, the front and back of the straitjacket,
one in top of the other with the band’s name and title ni the middle and
included the Jam & Spoon Remix and remixes by Junior Vazquez and R.A.F.,
different from those included in the CDs. International releases f the
single used the same artwork with slight variations on the title positioning,
i.e. the Australian CD included “Absolutely Fabulous” as an extra track
and the US releases changed the title to “Yesterday, when I was mad -
The Mixes” on both, the CD and the double 12” Limited Edition Set, issued
in a generic black die-cut sleeve with a monochrome sticker in front.
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