Pulp announce 30th anniversary reissue of Different Class

Pulp have announced that a 30th anniversary edition of their Britpop high-water mark, Different Class, will be released by Universal Music Recordings on behalf of Island Records on October 24.

The album will be available in both quadruple-LP and double-CD format, expanded to include their legendary 1995 Glastonbury Festival set in full – the first time that this performance has been released.

The LP has been cut at 45rpm, to “make it sound a whole lot better,” as Jarvis Cocker explains. “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: six 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. Now, 30 years later, we are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory.”

The deluxe 4-LP set is presented in a sturdy slipcase with a comprehensive, 28-page booklet featuring a newly commissioned essay based on new interviews with the band members, plus many previously 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” has been fully recreated for the LP set, which will also include a 12”x12” poster featuring miniatures of the cutouts themselves. The 2-CD set comes housed in a digi-sleeve with 28-page booklet.

Pre-order the LP version here and peruse the tracklisting below:

LPs 1 and 2 – Original album remastered
Side One

1. Mis-Shapes 3:47
2. Pencil Skirt 3:11
3. Common People 5:51

Side Two

1. I Spy 5:55
2. Disco 2000 4:34
3. Live Bed Show 3:29

Side Three

1. Something Changed 3:19
2. Sorted For E’s & Wizz 3:40
3. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. 6:01

Side Four

1. Underwear 4:06
2. Monday Morning 4:18
3. Bar Italia 3:44

LPs 3 And 4 – Live At Glastonbury, 1995
Side One

1. Common People Drone Intro 3:28
2. Do You Remember The First Time? 4:00
3. Razzmatazz 4:44
4. Monday Morning 5:16

Side Two

1. Underwear 5:17
2. Sorted For E’s & Wizz 4:34
3. Disco 2000 5:45
4. Joyriders 4:03

Side Three

1. Acrylic Afternoons 6:01
2. Mis-Shapes 4:23
3. Pink Glove 5:09

Side Four

1. Babies 6:41
2. Common People 7:33