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promos
This page contains information on the group's worldwide promotional releases but only those that differ greatly to the commercial release or are exclusive in some manner.
Promotional or DJ/radio station releases that are only the title track are not included unless the track differs from the commercial release or are exclusive to a particular format.
A HANDFULL OF SONGS
Cassette
1986
Red Berry Joy Town
A Wonderful Day
She's The Rain
One Girl
Rare promotional cassette issued by the group at concerts.
A HANDFULL OF SONGS
Polydor
Cassette
1988
Give Give Give Me More More More
Unbearable
Ten Trenches Deep
Ruby Horse
It's Ya Money I'm After Baby
Rare promotional cassette released by Polydor (also credited to The Far Out Recording Company) to promote the Eight Legged Groove Machine album.
Note the incorrect wording of the last track ('Ya' instead or 'Yer').
A WISH AWAY
Polydor PRO729-1
12"
1988
A Wish Away
Rave From The Grave
Jealousy
Happy:Sad
Goodbye Fatman
Promotional 12" single released in America.
Front sticker reads: "A Wish Away" also includes "Rave From The Grave" which is impossible to find...anywhere. Play it after "A Wish Away".
THE EIGHT LEGGED GROOVE MACHINE
Polydor GONLP 1
LP
August 1988
Track listing as standard release
Rare white label album test pressing in custom sleeve, with rubber-stamped logo on record labels. No track listings.
IT'S YER MONEY I'M AFTER, BABY
Polydor GONEDJ 5
7"
September 1988
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
Ooh, She Said
2-track single released in the UK. Although the record only has two tracks on it, the sleeve lists all four of the tracks on the commercial release.
Single plays at 45rpm, whereas the commercial release is cut at 33rpm.
AN EYEFULL OF SONGS
Polydor VP-31
VHS
September 1988
A Wish Away
Give Give Give Me More More More
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
Rare three-track promotional video released in America.
AN EYEFULL OF SONGS
The Far Out Recording Company
VHS
October 1988
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
Give Give Give Me More More More
Unbearable
A Wish Away
Give Give Give Me More More More (Wired Version)
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
Promotional video containing the promo videos for tracks from the Eight Legged Groove Machine album plus a rare recording of a live performance of Give Give Give... filmed for the Wired TV programme and broadcast on May 6th 1988.
WHO WANTS TO BE THE DISCO KING?
Polydor GONEX 6DJ
12"
February 1989
Who Wants To Be The Disco King? (King Of The Disco Megamix)
Double-sided promotional 12" single released in the UK. This extended mix has never been commercially released. Track plays the same on both sides.
IT'S YER MONEY I'M AFTER, BABY
Polydor PRO 788-1
12"
March 1989
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
Unbearable (live)*
No For The 13th Time (live)*
Ten Trenches Deep (live)*
Released in USA.
HUP Album Sampler
Polydor 889989-2
CD
September 1989
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Piece Of Sky
Golden Green
Room 410
UK promotional release for 2nd album, HUP. This CD contains a longer version of Room 412 than the commercially released version which was edited prior to official release due to usage/copyright issues.
AN EYEFULL OF SONGS PT. 2
POLYDOR
VHS
October 1989
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
A Wish Away
Give Give Give Me More More More
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Promotional video released in the UK by Polydor Records.
RADIO ASS KISS
Polydor PRO 755-1
12"
November 1989
Radio Ass Kiss
Double-sided promotional 12" single released in the USA. Track plays the same on both sides.
DON'T LET ME DOWN, GENTLY
Polydor CDP 137
CD
November 1989
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
1-track promotional CD with custom HUP artwork on CD
TWO! THREE! FOUR!
Polydor/Mercury PROC 43
Cassette
November 1989
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Cartoon Boyfriend
Golden Green
Can't Shape Up
Them, Big Oak Trees
American Music*
Womens Intuition*
Pain*
Beg A Little Love*
* recorded by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson from the album 'Y U I Orta'.
Housed in a double-sided cardboard slipcase sleeve. Double-sided promotional cassette released in Canada. No indication on release which side is the primary side. Reverse of sleeve has Hunter/Ronson labelling on cassette and artwork on sleeve.
CARTOON BOYFRIEND
Polydor CDP-234
CD
January 1990
Cartoon Boyfriend
Get Together
Gimme Some Truth
Inside You
Promotional CD released in USA.
WAFFLE AND MAPLE SYRUP
Polydor STUFF 1
LP
January 1990
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (Extended Version)
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby (live)
Piece Of Sky
Cartoon Boyfriend
Inside You
Can't Shape Up, Again (New Version)
This album was released to American college radio stations to promote the HUP album. Copies were also sold through the group's Lambast fan club. The tracks are interspersed with interview footage between DJ Gary Crowley and The Wonder Stuff.
THE DELIVERANCE TOUR 1990
Polygram SACD 166
CD
May 1990
Deliverance*
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Butterfly On A Wheel*
Cartoon Boyfriend
Tower Of Strength*
Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More
Wasteland*
A Wish Away
Amelia*
Radio Ass Kiss
Sea Of Love*
Piece Of Sky
* performed by The Mission
This album was released as a collaboration between Mercury Records and Polydor Records (released by Polygram) in America to promote the joint US tour by The Mission and The Wonder Stuff. The album was originally included as part of a press pack which also included photographs and biographies of both groups.
THREE FROM 3
Polydor THREE 3
Cassette
April 1991
Mission Drive
The Size Of A Cow
38 Line Poem
Released in the UK to promote the Never Loved Elvis album. Tracks are repeated on both sides.
FIVE FROM 3
Polydor FIVE 3
Cassette, CD
April 1991
Mission Drive
Caught In My Shadow
Welcome To The Cheap Seats
Inertia
38 Line Poem
Released in the UK to promote the Never Loved Elvis album. Tracks are repeated on both sides on the cassette version.
CAUGHT IN MY SHADOW
Polydor PRO 937-1 / CDP 476
12", CD
May 1991
Caught In My Shadow
Caught In My Shadow (Extended Version)
Released in the USA.
MISSION DRIVE
Polydor CDP 517
CD
May 1991
Mission Drive
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
Released in the USA.
THE SIZE OF A COW
Polydor CDP 562
CD
June 1991
The Size Of A Cow
The Size Of A Cow (Version)
Maybe
Maybe (Santa Fe acoustic version)
The Takin' Is Easy
Released in the USA.
NEVER LOVED ELVIS AND MORE MORE MORE...
Polydor CDP 518
2CD
August 1991
CD1:
Mission Drive
Play
False Start
Welcome To The Cheap Seats
The Size Of A Cow
Sleep Alone
Donation
Inertia
Maybe
Grotesque
Here Comes Everyone
Caught In My Shadow
38 Line Poem
CD2:
Give Give Give Me More More More
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby
Astley In The Noose
Rave From The Grave
A Wish Away
Who Wants To Be Disco King?
Unbearable (live)
No, For The 13th Time (live)
Radio Ass Kiss
Golden Green
Get Together
Gimme Some Truth
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Let's Be Other People
Cartoon Boyfriend
Room 410
Circlesquare
Rare double CD album containing the Never Loved Elvis plus an exclusive promotional-only compilation album released in Canada.
The 2CD set is housed in a mock Elvis Presley's Greatest Hits slipcase sleeve with custom details overwriting the 'original' track listng.
MAYBE
Polydor 847252 / SAC 424
Cassette
August 1991
Maybe
Maybe (Santa Fe acoustic version)
Rare 2-track cassette released in the USA. Tracks are repeated on both sides.
WELCOME TO THE CHEAP SEATS
Polydor GONE 14DJ
7"
February 1992
Welcome To The Cheap Seats
That's Entertainment
UK jukebox pressing. Welcome To The Cheap Seats is the 'UK Remix' version of the track which differs from that which appears on the Never Loved Elvis album.
WELCOME TO THE CHEAP SEATS
Polydor CDP 631
CD
March 1992
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (UK Remix)
Released in the USA.
WELCOME TO THE CHEAP SEATS
Polydor SAC 460
Cassette
April 1992
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (UK Remix)
The Size Of A Cow (extract)
Mission Drive (extract)
Donation (extract)
Released in the USA. Tracks are repeated on both sides.
"ALBUM"
Polydor
Cassette
1993
Change Every Lightbulb
I Wish Them All Dead
Swell
Big Assed Mother
Flour Babies
Hush
Storm Drain
Cabin Fever
Something For Sammy
A Great Drinker
Burger Standing
Unrest Song
Just Helicopters
Early promotional tester issued by Polydor Records in the UK for the eventual 'Construction For The Modern Idiot' album. Unique track listing and recorded tracks are from pre-mastered final recordings.
ON THE ROPES
Polydor GONEJB 15
7"
September 1993
On The Ropes
Professional Disturber Of The Peace
UK Jukebox pressing.
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Polydor IDIOT 1
CD
September 1993
Welcome To The Cheap Seats
Unbearable
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
Circlesquare
The Size Of A Cow
Compilation CD released in the UK to promote the release of the 4th album, Construction For The Modern Idiot.
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Polydor IDIOT 2
CD
September 1993
On The Ropes
Hot Love Now!
Hush
I Wish Them All Dead
Compilation CD released in the UK to promote the release of the 4th album, Construction For The Modern Idiot.
FULL OF LIFE (HAPPY NOW)
Polydor GONER 16DJ
12"
November 1993
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (Dignity Mix)
Single-sided pressing of the remixed version of the track unreleased on 12" format.
The Dignity mix was remixed by acclaimed producers Rollo and Rob Dougan.
FULL OF LIFE (HAPPY NOW)
Polydor 1784
CD
November 1993
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (The Rollo Mix - Edit)
Released in France. One track promotional CD Single contains an edited version of the Dignity Mix of the track.
TOUR EP
Polydor CDP 1160
CD
January 1994
Your Big Assed Mother
Change Every Light Bulb
I Think I Must Have Had Something Really Useful To Say
Flour Babies
Released in USA to promote thev1994 US Tour. Housed in a jewel case with a sticker on the front of the case with all of the tourdates listed.
IDIOT EXTRACTS
Polydor CDP 1160
Cassette
March 1994
On The Ropes (extract)
Cabin Fever (extract)
I Wish Them All Dead (extract)
Hot Love Now! (extract)
Storm Drain (extract)
Sing The Absurd (extract)
Limited numbers were available for free at venues on the UK Tour in March 1994. Buyers of XD brand lager at the venue were also given their drinks in a plastic cup bearing both The Wonder Stuff's and XD Lager's logos. Labels on bottles of the lager had £1 money-off vouchers on their reverse, redeemable at HMV record stores against the purchase of the 'Construction...' album.
UNBEARABLE / THE SIZE OF A COW
Polydor JURY 1
7"
August 1994
Unbearable (Album Version)
The Size Of A Cow
Rare UK jukebox pressing.
TOUR EP
CD
June 2003
Unbearable
Don't Let Me Down, Gently
The Size Of A Cow
On The Ropes
Released in the UK to promote the December 2003 tour.
ESCAPE FROM RUBBISH ISLAND
IRL
CD
September 2004
Escape From Rubbish Island
Better Get Ready For A Fist Fight
You Don't Know Who...
Bile Chant
Rare promotional CD released in the UK. It is rumoured that the tracks on this album are different to the ones on the eventual release as the promo CD was issued to journalists prior to the final album mastering.
FROM THE MIDLANDS WITH LOVE #1
IRL
CD
March 2012
Blackberry Way
Save It For Later
CDR promotional single released by Independent Records (IRL) in the UK. Full colour wraparound sleeve in PVC wallet.
FROM THE MIDLANDS WITH LOVE #2
IRL
CD
July 2012
Far, Far Away
There, There My Dear
CDR promotional single released by Independent Records (IRL) in the UK. Full colour wraparound sleeve in PVC wallet.
FROM THE MIDLANDS WITH LOVE #3
IRL
CD
January 2013
Planet Earth
Get Up!
CDR promotional single released by Independent Records (IRL) in the UK. Full colour wraparound sleeve in PVC wallet.
OH NO!
IRL
CD
March 2013
Oh No! (Radio Edit)
Oh No! (Instrumental) (Radio Edit)
A Wish Away (20th Anniversary Version)
CDR promotional single released by Independent Records (IRL) in the UK. Full colour wraparound sleeve in PVC wallet.
FRIENDLY COMPANY
IRL
CD
July 2013
Friendly Company
Friendly Company (Instrumental)
Friendly Company (Acoustic Version)
CDR promotional single released by Independent Records (IRL) in the UK. Full colour wraparound sleeve in PVC wallet.
FOR THE BROKEN HEARTED
IRL
CD
August 2016
For The Broken Hearted
CDR promotional single released by Independent Records (IRL) in the UK. Full colour wraparound sleeve in PVC wallet.