Releases. Singles. CD (p. 91) – 10 years of Being Boring.

onsidering lack of US release, the number of Being boring releases issued on compact discs—six—should be regarded as average:

Name Format Country Label Catalogue no Type

Being Boring 5” CD United Kingdom Parlophone CDR 6275 regular release

Being Boring 5” CD United Kingdom Parlophone CDR 6275 1993’s reissue

Being Boring 5” CD Germany EMI 060 20 4125 2 regular release

Being Boring 3” CD Japan Toshiba/EMI TODP-2224 regular release

Being Boring 3” CD Japan Toshiba/EMI TODP-2224 promotional release

Being Remixed 5” CD Germany EMI 560 20 4126 2 regular release

Name:	Being Boring.
Format:	5” CD in paper sleeve.
Label:	Parlophone.
Country:	United Kingdom.
Catalogue number:	CDR 6275.
Type:	Regular release.
Market value:	More than £ 6,00.
Tracklisting:
4:49	Being boring (7” mix).
3:59	We all feel better in the dark.
10:36	Being boring (extended mix).

egular UK CD release in standard cardboard paper sleeve. The picture on the cover is the same as on the cassette.

Along with the contents of UK 7”, the third track—extended mix of Being boring—has also been added to this release.


Name:	Being Boring.
Format:	5” CD in paper sleeve.
Label:	Parlophone.
Country:	United Kingdom.
Catalogue number:	CDR 6275.
Type:	Regular release, reissued in 1993.
Market value:	£ 6,00.
Tracklisting:
4:49	Being boring (7” mix).
3:59	We all feel better in the dark.
10:36	Being boring (extended mix).

he only difference between this CD (reissued with most UK Pet Shop Boys CDs in 1993) and the original version seems in the colour of “Being Boring.” title printed on CD—the original is dark blue, while this is black.

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Name:	Being Boring.
Format:	5” CD in slim jewelbox.
Label:	EMI.
Country:	Germany.
Catalogue number:	060 20 4125 2.
Type:	Regular release.
Market value:	£ 8,00.
Tracklisting:
4:49	Being boring (7” mix).
3:59	We all feel better in the dark.
10:36	Being boring (extended mix).

s with most of the Pet Shop Boys CDs, German release was repackaged from paper sleeve to transparent slim plastic jewelbox. Its sleeve also has numerous additions, such as German catalogue numbers, “MAXI-CD” label and additional information about mixers and engineers.

The design of the CD itself is completely different from the UK release, having all text in blue on silver background.

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Name:	Being Boring.
Format:	3” CD in snap pack.
Label:	Toshiba/EMI.
Country:	Japan.
Catalogue number:	TODP-2224.
Type:	Regular release.
Market value:	£ 15,00.
Tracklisting:
4:49	Being boring (7” mix).
3:59	We all feel better in the dark.

his unique and rare 3” CD release was the Japanese version of UK 7” vinyl.

The original CD idea was for 3” and 5” CDs to be the counterparts of 7” and 12” vinyls, respectively. But this concept was quickly abandoned as the 3” CDs turned out to be pretty inconvenient to keep in stores and on shelves. In most of the markets smaller CDs ended up being used as rare promos and special issues, but in Japan many of the Pet Shop Boys singles were still released in this format.

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Name:	Being Boring.
Format:	3” CD in snap pack.
Label:	Toshiba/EMI.
Country:	Japan.
Catalogue number:	TODP-2224.
Type:	Promotional release.
Market value:	More than £ 15,00.
Tracklisting:
4:49	Being boring (7” mix).
3:59	We all feel better in the dark.


Name:	Being Remixed.
Format:	5” CD in slim jewelbox.
Label:	EMI.
Country:	Germany.
Catalogue number:	560 20 4126 2.
Type:	Regular release.
Market value:	£ 30,00.
Tracklisting:
9:01	Being boring (remix).
5:18	We all feel better in the dark (after hours climax).
5:18	We all feel better in the dark (ambient mix).

erman Being remixed CD is, as a couple of other German Pet Shop Boys CDs those days—the exact equivalent of British 12” vinyl; so exact its artwork even included the original UK catalogue number.

This release was unique to this market, hence such big market value nowadays. But it is somewhat justified, because even today this CD is the only digital source of the two We all feel better in the dark remixes—Disco 2 remix album (where the latter appeared in edited form) doesn’t count, as it was originally mixed from vinyl.

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