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CUPID & PSYCHE '85

LP (vinyl/cassette/CD). 1985.
Warner Bros Records.
US. 25302-1/25302-4/25302-2.

The vinyl sleeve comes in two versions. The standard has "Cupid & Psyche 85" in white lettering. The promotional version has the title in gold enbossed lettering.



-- The Word Girl
-- Small Talk
-- Absolute
-- A Little Knowledge
-- Don't Work That Hard
-- Perfect Way
-- Lover To Fall
-- Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
-- Hypnotize

...& on cassette & CD only...
-- Flesh & Blood (The Word Girl), extended version
-- Absolute, extended version
-- Wood Beez, extended version
-- Hypnotize, extended version

Singles & EPs



UK Scritti scholar James Lawrence claims the existence of the picutre disc, but no one has a copy to prove it...

ABSOLUTE

7" single. 1984.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 680.


-- Absolute
-- Absolute, version

12" single picture disc. 1984.
Virgin Records.
UK. VSY68012

-- Absolute
-- Absolute, version

12" single. 1984.
Virgin Records.
Germany. 601 364.

-- Absolute
-- Absolute, version

WOOD BEEZ

7" single. 1984.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 657.


-- Wood Beez
-- Wood Beez, version

7" single picture disc. 1984.
Virgin Records.
UK. VSY 657.


-- Wood Beez
-- Wood Beez, version

12" single. 1984.
Warner Bros Records.
US. 20417-0.


-- Wood Beez
-- Wood Beez, version



WOOD BEEZ & ABSOLUTE

12" EP. 1984.
Warner Bros Records.
Canada. 92 02250.


-- Wood Beez
-- Wood Beez, version
-- Absolute
-- Absolute, version

HYPNOTIZE

7" single. 1984.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 725.


-- Hypnotize
-- Hypnotize, version

7" single picture disc. 1985.
Virgin Records.
UK. VSY 725.


-- Hypnotize
-- Hypnotize, version

12" single. 1984.
Virgin &
Warner Bros Records.
UK/Canada.
VS 725-12/92 02920.
Virgin includes poster.


-- Hypnotize
-- Hypnotize,
lyrics variation version
-- Hypnotize,
7" version extended

12" single. 1984.
Virgin &
Warner Bros Records.
UK.
VS72513.
Virgin includes poster.


-- Hypnotize,
lyrics variation version
-- Hypnotize,
7" version extended
-- Absolute / Wood Beez /
Hypnotize,
Mastermind Turntable mix

The UK (Virgin) 12" is definitely a collector's must as it originally came with a rather good poster of Green. Of course if you're buying second hand, the poster may be gone by now, but the songs are still worth it. Although only the lyrics variation version is exclusive to the 12"...all three versions are so good! A much better buy than the 7" on which the B-side is too short and ends up sounding like a sampling excercise.

7" single picture disc. 1985.
Virgin Records.
UK. VSS 747.


-- The Word Girl
-- Flesh & Blood

THE WORD GIRL

7" single. 1985.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 747.


-- The Word Girl
-- Flesh & Blood

12" single. 1985.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 747-13.


-- The Word Girl
-- Flesh & Blood
-- Absolute / Wood Beez /
Hypnotize,
Mastermind Turntable mix

PERFECT WAY

7" single. 1985.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 780.
Includes poster.


-- Perfect Way
-- Perfect Way, version

12" single. 1985.
Virgin Records.
UK. VS 780-12.


-- Perfect Way,
extended mix
-- Perfect Way,
version extended mix

7" single. 1985.
Warner Bros Records.
US. 28949-7.


-- Perfect Way
-- Perfect Way,
Way Perfect version edit

12" single. 1985.
Warner Bros Records.
US. 20362-0


-- Perfect Way,
Way Perfect mix
-- Perfect Way,
Way Perfect version

And from the collection of UK Scritti scholar James Lawrence...
Cassette single. 1985.
Virgin Records.
Limited edition, in gold flip-top card sleeve.


-- Perfect Way
-- Perfect Way, version
-- Perfect Way, version extended mix

Videos




CUPID & PSYCHE '85 VIDEO
VHS PAL-format video. 1986.
Virgin Records.
UK. VVC 074.

-- Wood Beez
-- Absolute
-- Hypnotize
-- The Word Girl
-- Perfect Way
-- Wood Beez (USA)
  • Wood Beez directed by John Scarlett-Davies has the band in pajama performing on a bed with a dancer jumping around.
  • Absolute directed by John Scarlett-Davies is set in a club with the band performing live and features Green donning a mule's head à la Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Green's in an hideous sky blue track suit but still manages to look ever so cute!
  • Hypnotize directed by Peter Care is set in a brightly lit parlor with Green and a black girl on the couch motionless except for his mouth lipsynching while David and Fred play their toys behind the couch.
  • The Word Girl directed by John Scarlett-Davies has Green looking his best and most comfortable -- is it possible? -- performing spliced with footages of some women and girls making the woman symbol on glass and of the band on vacation at some amusement park and on a yacht.
  • Perfect Way, directed by Paula Greit & Peter Kagan who are also responsible for Duran Duran's Notorious video, uses the same visual concept of playing with light and motion, and features young models again as pretty props. But the mood is less overtly sexy and more down-to-earth romantic than D2's Notorius.
  • Wood Beez (USA) directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino is über-chic with mostly shots of 2 black models captured on a waving fabric screen lighted with the song's lyric. Unfortunately the visual rhythm is out of synch with the song's rhythm.




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