Revised 1982 "Special Edition" LP

For the revised 1982 version of the album, released as Island ILPS 7022, the tracks by Alan Vega and Charlélie Couture were replaced by tracks by The Three Courgettes – a British band featuring singer Barb Jungr

Barb Jungr

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, who recorded the song in London

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 – and James White

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 (later known as James Chance). The James White track has been described as a "droll, blasphemous, nearly tuneless piece of skronk". According to another source:

The running order of the album was completely revised, and a radically shortened and remixed version of the Material track was used. The sleeve design was maintained but with an additional red star stating "Special 1982 Edition". At the same time as the album was re-released in 1982, "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses was issued as a single (Island WIP6821), and reached # 45 on the UK singles chart

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Reissue on CD, 2004

After ZE Records closed in 1984, most of the original recordings were unavailable for many years although some, including "Christmas Wrapping", appeared on other compilations. The CD version of the album, produced by Esteban and issued on the revived ZE label in 2004, features all the tracks on the original 1981 album, except that the Material track is the shorter version used on the 1982 album. It also contains the James White track contained on the 1982 album, but not the track by The Three Courgettes. In addition, the CD contains three further tracks, two of them, by Lisi and Miss OD (also known as Ophélie Doll) newly recorded by Esteban in France; and the remaining track, by Portuguese-born singer Lio

Lio

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 with her sister, actress Helena Noguerra

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, and transsexual icon Marie France

Marie France

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, recorded in 1988 for a French TV show.
"Bells of Christmas", recorded by Miss OD, was a song originally recorded by The Beach Boys

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, and Esteban dedicated the album to Brian Wilson.
The running order of the album was again completely different to that on either the 1981 or 1982 vinyl LPs, and a new sleeve design was used.