Difference between revisions of "Collection: Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles"

Alice Through The Looking Glass (Edit)

Diamonds And Pearls - The Singles is a collection of 7" singles released a month prior to the Diamonds And Pearls (Super) Deluxe Edition.

The collection contains remastered editions of the commercial 7" singles (and one promo CD-single / 12" picture disc single) from the time of original Diamonds And Pearls album in 1991 - Gett Off, Cream, Insatiable, Diamonds And Pearls, Money Don’t Matter 2 Night and Thunder (which had been released as a promo CD, and 12" picture disc). Additionally, the set includes a unique single, Alice Through The Looking Glass b/w Horny Pony (Version 2). Alice Through The Looking Glass had been released for streaming and download prior to the collection’s release.

Some of the 7" singles in this box set have different b-sides than their original 1991-1992 versions. The original Cream single had Horny Pony as the b-side, which has been replaced with Gangster Glam in this box set as Horny Pony is also the b-side to Gett Off. The box set has been compiled with the commercial US 7" singles as a template. The original US 7" single for Diamonds And Pearls contained X-cerpts From The Songs: Thunder, Daddy Pop, Strollin’, Jughead, Money Don’t Matter 2 Night, Push, Live 4 Love as the b-side. This compilation of album track snippets has been replaced in this box set with the European b-side Q In Doubt.

For this box set art director Mathieu Bitton has recreated the artwork for every single from scratch. No scans of the original releases were used. Oddly the original 1991 US 7" single for Diamonds And Pearls was released in a white paper sleeve. So within this box set the 7" artwork for that single is based on the 1991 US cassette single art, not on the more common international Diamonds And Pearls single artwork.

The set was limited to 1,991 units (in honor of the year the Diamonds And Pearls album was first released, 1991). All seven 7” singles were manufactured on pearl white vinyl in picture sleeves. Each set was accompanied by seven special collectors picture cards with photos by Randee St. Nicolas, and came housed in a numbered 7” box.

Disc 1: Gett Off
A. Gett Off (Single Edit) [2023 remaster] (4:31)
B. Horny Pony [2023 remaster] (4:17)

Disc 2: Cream
A. Cream [2023 remaster] (4:12)
B. Gangster Glam [2023 remaster] (5:06)

Disc 3: Insatiable
A. Insatiable (Edit) [2023 remaster] (4:01)
B. I Love U In Me [2023 remaster] (4:12)

Disc 4: Diamonds And Pearls
A. Diamonds And Pearls (Edit) [2023 remaster] (4:20)
B. Q In Doubt (Instrumental) [2023 remaster] (4:00)

Disc 5: Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
A. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (Edit) [2023 remaster] (4:12)
B. Call The Law [2023 remaster] (4:19)

Disc 6: Thunder
A. Thunder (DJ Fade) [2023 remaster] (3:20)
B. Violet The Organ Grinder [2023 remaster] (4:59)

Disc 7: Alice Through The Looking Glass
A. Alice Through The Looking Glass [2023 remaster] (4:16)
B. Horny Pony (Version 2) [2023 remaster] (4:21)

Reference:
5QLPPR057 (worldwide)

TBA

• See individual tracks and related albums for credits.

• This record was not released in CD format.

• This record was not released in any other format.

• In April 2023 French vinyl pressing plant MPO released a short documentary as part of a Record Store Day collaboration. In that mini documentary they accidentally showed the production of the Money Don’t Matter 2 Night single for this box set. This fuelled rumours that a box set was imminent many months before the official announcement.