Pulp will reissue their 1995 Mercury Prize winning and chart-topping album, Different Class, on October 24 via Island Records/UMe. The album will be available as both a quadruple LP set and on double CD format and is expanded to include their 1995 Glastonbury Festival set in full. It will be the first time that the Glastonbury performance has been released.
Following the release of Pulp’s recent number one album More and an acclaimed UK and Ireland arena tour, European headline shows and a weekend-defining set at this year's Glastonbury Festival - the reissue of Different Class builds on what has already been a very special year for the group.
Jarvis Cocker explains how this new edition presents the album in an improved format, “This 45rpm double album version of Different Class will make it sound a whole lot better. We were obsessed with the fact that this was our 'Pop' album (we had finally achieved some 'popularity' when 'Common People' was a hit) and, as everyone knows, all pop albums have 12 songs on them: 6 tracks per side. Only problem: this took the running time of the record to 53 minutes. We were told this would compromise the audio quality of the vinyl record - but we were more bothered about not compromising the quality of our Pop Dream"...
"The Glastonbury performance in June 1995 will always be the most significant concert of Pulp’s career. Three weeks after “Common People” hit No. 2 in the national charts the band filled in for The Stone Roses at the last minute. We played 'Sorted For E’s & Wizz,' 'Mis-Shapes' & 'Disco 2000' - all receiving their live debut. This is first time the whole concert (including the long, drone-based intro) has been made available. Your chance to relive an historical moment."
The deluxe 4LP set includes a 28-page booklet with a newly commission essay based on new interviews with the band members, plus unseen images from photographers Rankin and Donald Milne (who took the photos for the original release) and the band’s own archives. The original "aperture" sleeve design, which encouraged purchasers to "Choose your own front cover," came with six double-sided inserts/art cards of alternative cover images depicting cardboard cutouts of the band members captured in a variety of situations. This has been fully recreated for the LP set, which will also include a 12" by 12" poster featuring miniatures of the cutouts themselves, which fans can excise if they wish and place in the settings of their choice. The 2CD set comes housed in a digi-sleeve with 28-page booklet.
The remastering/mastering (and lacquer cutting) by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road, who co-mastered alongside Kevin Metcalfe, Different Class for its initial release three decades ago, has been overseen by Jarvis Cocker and Mark Webber.
LPs 1 and 2 - Original album remastered
Side One
1. Mis-Shapes
2. Pencil Skirt
3. Common People
Side Two
1. I Spy
2. Disco 2000
3. Live Bed Show
Side Three
1. Something Changed
2. Sorted For E’s & Wizz
3. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
Side Four
1. Underwear
2. Monday Morning
3. Bar Italilia
LPs 3 And 4 - Live At Glastonbury, 1995
Side One
1. Common People Drone Intro
2. Do You Remember The First Time?
3. Razzmatazz
4. Monday Morning
Side Two
1. Underwear
2. Sorted For E’s & Wizz
3. Disco 2000
4. Joyriders
Side Three
1. Acrylic Afternoons
2. Mis-Shapes
3. Pink Glove
Side Four
1. Babies
2. Common People
NORTH AMEIRCAN TOUR DATES
September 16 - Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
September 17 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple
September 20 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
September 22 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
September 26 - Los Angeles @ Hollywood Bowl
