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Essential

31 March 1998

On March 31, 1998, EMI Records in the USA releases a compilation of early Pet Shop Boys songs, 'The Essential Pet Shop Boys', in a limited edition run of only 6 months. Very few initial promo copies of the CD are titled 'Early', making it a highly collectable item.

Tracks

Domino dancing (alternative version)

West End girls (dance mix)

Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)(Original 7inch version)

Paninaro (7inch version)

That's my impression (7inch version)

We all feel better in the dark (extended mix)

It couldn't happen here (LP version)

It's alright (7inch version)

Left to my own devices (7inch version)

In the night (remix)

Two divided by zero (LP version)

Love comes quickly (dance mix)

Being boring (extended version)

 

Other Albums

Headlines

6 February 2012
Format released

"Format" is released and Neil and Chris talk about the new b-sides album on a special website.

24 January 2012
Format prize draw

Order "Format" now and you could win a Fundamentally fabulous jacket.

1 January 2012
The Most Incredible Thing returns

To Sadler's Wells in the spring.

28 December 2011
New Year's Eve in Sydney

Pandemonium returns for a New Year party in Australia.

23 December 2011
Merry Christmas

Seasonal greetings to you all.

On this day

1988: After the Boys help pay for an anti-Clause 28 newspaper ad, a spokesman tells the Daily Mirror that 'they support a variety of causes.'

2000: The Boys perform in Berlin.

2005: Neil finishes recording vocals for 'Fugitive.'

2007: The Pet Shop Boys had been nominated for two Grammy Awards—Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance Single—but lose out to Madonna and Justin Timberlake, respectively.

2008: Chris appears as a witness at St. Pancras Coroner's Court in London during the inquest into the death of PSB friend and assistant Dainton Connell in a automobile accident the previous October in Moscow. He testifies how he'd seen Dainton only shortly before the accident at a dinner celebrating his (Chris's) birthday.

2009: Despite the fact that he's suffering from a nasty bout of either food poisoning or stomach flu, Neil is interviewed via telephone for a radio show on various subjects, including the upcoming new album Yes, the Brits Awards, and submitting a song shortly before Christmas to Shirley Bassey, who's in the process of recording a new album of her own.

Pet Texts

10 February 2012
Coming soon...

Facts courtesy of geowayne.com