Please

Label: Parlophone
Photographer: Eric Watson & others
Sleeve design: Mark Farrow @ 3a & Pet Shop Boys
Cat#: 7243-7-46271-2
Release: 24 Mar 1986

 Chart: UK/DE #3, US #7, NO #13, CH #20, SE #21, IT #30.

    CS: 1986 UK (Abbey Road Studios; n/a) [studio tape; custom ps; "PET SHOP BOYS LP"]
    LP: 1986 UK (Parlophone; PSB 1)
    LP: 1986 UK (Parlophone; PSB 1) [promo w/wraparound sleeve+printed bio+8"x10" press foto]
    CS: 1986 UK (Parlophone; PCS 7303 / TCPSB 1)
    CD: 1986 UK (Parlophone; CD PCS 7303)
    CD: 1986 UK (EMI; CDP 746271-2)    
    LP: 1986 US (EMI-America; PW-17193/B 460643) [nmbd promo; green print cover; only 4tks lbd; Matrx: 
PW-17193]
    LP: 1986 US (EMI; PW-17193 {Matrix PW-17193}) [numbered promo; green print cover]
    LP: 1986 CA (EMI-America; PW-17193) [0-777-17193-1]
    CS: 1986 US (EMI; 4PW-517193) [promo; clear green case w/no j-card]
    CS: 1986 US (EMI; 4PW-17193)
    CD: 1986 US (EMI-America; CDP 7 46271 2)
    CD: 1986 US (EMI-America; CDP 7 46271 2) [in 14x31x2cm longbox]
    CS: 19?? US (EMI; E4-46271) [reissue]
    LP: 1986 DE (EMI; 064-240520-1) [promo w/l press sheet; "unverkaufliche Musterplatte"]
    LP: 1986 DE (EMI; 240520-1) [matrix A1/B1]
    LP: 1986 DE (EMI; 240520-1) [matrix A1/B1; DMM logo on ps; large titled pic ps]
    LP: 1986 DE (EMI; 240520-1) [matrix A2/B2; DMM logo on ps]
    LP: 1986 DE (Parlophone; PCS 7303)
    LP: 1986 DE (EMI; F 669 512) [special issue manufactured for shops in East Germany]
    CD: 1986 DE (EMI; CDP 746271-2)
    CD: 1995 DE (EMI; CDP 746271-2) [mfd. HO; "Alternative" promo sticker]
    LP: 1986 FR (EMI; 240520-1) [testpressing; no ps]
    LP: 1986 FR (EMI; 240520-1) [different ps]
    LP: 1986 ES (EMI; 074-240520-1) [different ps w/spanish text; snap-shots on inner sleeve]
    CS: 1986 ES (EMI; 240520-4) [different inlay & ps]
    LP: 1986 NL (EMI; 064-240520-1) [original ps]
    LP: 1986 NL (EMI; 064-240520-1) [DMM reissue; big picture ps in printed sticker; beage label; 
enlarged graphics]
    CS: 1986 NL (EMI; 264-240520-4)
    CD: 1986 NL (EMI; CDP 746271-2)
    CD: 2009 NL (EMI; 5-0999-2-68289-2 3/PSBCD1) [reissue; 9 Feb 2009]
    CS: 19?? PL (TACT; 379) [Polish bootleg; red ps]
    LP: 1986 IT (EMI; 240520-1) [large "Sanremo" sticker]
    CS: 1986 IT (EMI; 64-240520-4)
    CD: 1986 IT (EMI; 746271-2)
    LP: 1986 AU (EMI; 240520-1) [large sticker]
    LP: 1986 AU (EMI; PCS 7303) [Australia/New Zealand; some w/bold text on ps "Demonstration Record/
Not available for sale"]
    LP: 1986 JP (EMI; EMS 81759) [+numbered promo sticker; lyric booklet]
    CD: 1986 JP (EMI; CP32-5131)
    CD: 19?? JP (EMI; ??) [promo box w/bonus CD3 -- does this exist?]
    CD: 1996 JP (EMI/Toshiba; TOCP-8176) [reissue; poster/lyric sheet w/98 photos]
    CD: 1997 JP (EMI/Toshiba; TOCP-3297) ["cool price" reissue; called "West End Girls"?]
    CD: 1999 JP (EMI/Toshiba; TOCP-53103) [reissue; 8 Oct 99]
    CD: 2005 JP (EMI/Toshiba; TOCP-53581) [reissue; 3 Aug 05; "TOCP-53103" & "Two Devided..." on disc]
    LP: 1986 HK (Parlophone; PCS 7303)
    LP: 1986 TW (??; ??) [Taiwan/green vinyl/ltd edn]
    LP: 1986 TW (EMI; RE-2053) [EMI logo on label; 78 small pics on ps]
    CS: 1986 TW (EMI; RE-2053) [EMI logo on label; 14 small pics on ps]
    LP: 1986 AR (EMI; 58412) [Argentina/all text in Spanish / "Por Favor"]
    CS: 1986 AR (EMI; 68412) [Argentina/all text in Spanish / "Por Favor"]
    LP: 1986 GR (EMI; 062 240520-1) [Greece/different ps; Greek labels; x200-300]
    LP: 1986 GR (EMI; 062 240520-1) [Greece/different ps; English labels]
    CS: 1986 GR (EMI; 062 240520-4) [Greece/different ps; Greek labels]
    LP: 1986 ZA (EMI; EMICJ(D) 240520-1)
    LP: 1986 IN (The Gramophone Co. of India Ltd.; PCS 7303) [India]
    LP: 1994 RU (SBA Records; 0294 01) [Russia]
    CS: 19?? RU (EMI/Gala Records 7243-5-38150-4 2) [Made in Russia]
    LP: 1986 YU (EMI; LSPAR 73172) [Yugoslavia]
    CS: 1986 YU (EMI; CAPAR 9193) [Yugoslavia]
    CS: 1986 CL (EMI ODEON; 105481) [Chile; promo labeled "Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls"]
    CS: 1986 IN (Thomsun Original; EN-768)
    CS: 1986 ID (King/Atlantic; ??) [Indonesia; 15 track issue; w/4x Secret Service + One More Chance]
    CS: 1986 ID (??; ??) [Indonesia]
    CS: 1986 TK (EMI; ??) [turkish issue]
    CS: 1986 MY (Parlophone; TC-PCS 7303) [Malaysia]
    LP: 1986 BR (Parlophone; 31C 064 240520) [Brazil]
    LP: 1986 PH (EMI; PCS 7303) [Phillippines; stickered]
    LP: 1986 PE (EMI; BE.02.0033) [Peru]
    LP: 1986 MX (EMI; SLEM 1379) [Mexico; titles in Spanish + sticker]
    LP: 1986 SK (High Stereo Light; ST-152) [South Korea; green ps]
    LP: 1986 IL (EMI; PCS 7303) [Israel; w/Hebrew text]
      3:32  Two Divided By Zero
      4:41  West End Girls
      3:43  Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
      4:18  Love Comes Quickly
      5:07  Suburbia
      0:32  Opportunities (reprise) [unlisted on LP/CS]
      4:30  Tonight Is Forever
      4:27  Violence
      4:04  I Want A Lover
      2:44  Later Tonight
      4:44  Why Don't We Live Together
    [Abbey Road studio tape lists "Opportunities (reprise)" as "The Track
     That Wasn't"]

    CS: 1987 PL (Mag Magic; MM-0042) [bootleg; enlarged ps]
            Suburbia
            Two Divided By Zero
            Opportunities
            Love Comes Quickly
            I Want A Lover
            West End Girls
            Tonight Is Forever
            Violence
            Why Don't We Live Together
            Later Tonight

    CS: 198? ?? (??; AM 6E162)
            Two Divided By Zero
            West End Girls
            Opportunities
            Love Comes Quickly
            Suburbia
            Why Don't We Live Together
            Tonight Is Forever
            Violence
            I Want A Lover
            Later Tonight
            Why Don't We Live Together
            Love Comes Quickly
            Suburbia

    CS: 1986 ID (Team Records; T 6312) [Indonesia]
      4:41  West End Girls
      4:18  Love Comes Quickly
      3:43  Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
      5:07  Suburbia
      3:55  Violence
      4:04  I Want A Lover
      3:32  Two Divided By Zero
      4:30  Tonight Is Forever
      2:44  Later Tonight
      4:39  Why Don't We Live Together
      1:08  Pet Shop Boys (7" edit)
      4:50  In The Night
      5:18  That's My Impression (disco mix)
      5:46  One More Chance (bobby o remix) ["remix"]

    CS: 1986 ID (Billboard; 112) [Indonesia]
      9:04  West End Girls (dance mix)
      6:50  Love Comes Quickly (dance mix)
      3:32  Two Divided By Zero
      3:43  Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
      5:07  Suburbia
      5:18  That's My Impression (disco mix)
      4:18  Love Comes Quickly
      4:30  Tonight Is Forever
      3:55  Violence
      4:04  I Want A Lover
      4:39  Why Don't We Live Together
      4:50  A Man Could Get Arrested (7" mix) [mix unlabeled]
      2:44  Later Tonight

    LP: 1986 SK (Oasis Records; OLE-656) [Korea]
      3:32  Two Divided By Zero
      4:18  Love Comes Quickly
      4:30  Tonight Is Forever
      4:04  I Want A Lover
      2:44  Later Tonight
      4:44  Why Don't We Live Together
    [korean LP with 6 tracks only]

    CS: 1986 ?? (F.B.I. Records & Tapes; 5056560-1) [bootleg; "The Best Of Pet Shop Boys Disco"]
      6:26  In The Night (extended mix)
      8:55  Suburbia (the full horror)
      5:30  Opportunities (version latina)
      9:04  West End Girls (disco mix)
      8:35  Paninaro (italian remix)
      3:32  Two Divided By Zero
      4:04  I Want A Lover
      4:18  Love Comes Quickly
      4:41  West End Girls
      3:43  Opportunities
      5:07  Suburbia
      4:30  Tonight Is Forever
      4:27  Violence
      2:44  Later Tonight
      4:44  What Don't We Live Together
    [cassette of a unknown country - maybe Taiwan]

  [Promotional Items: Please]
     Sweatshirt; white, grey hood, half-zip front, front: embroidered
      grey+white stripe with grey "pet shop boys please" below, left
      sleeve: grey+yellow logo, back: blue/yellow/grey caricature of
      Chris in BOY cap+shades, Smash Hits 17 Jun 86 giveaway (x4) (UK)
     Cap/Tape; "BOY" cap, Please tape in custom orange ps, Star Hits 
      magazine contest prize (x10) (UK)
     Cap; black, front: white "pet shop boys please" (UK)
     48 page book of sheet music for vocal, piano and guitar (UK)
     Please Press promo pack; comprises promo LP in giant 4-fold (in T-form)
      wrap-around p/s with biography printed inside + 8"x10" parlophone 
      press foto; same item stated as PSB 1 above (UK)
     Presskit; huge triple-gatefold "Please!" folder w/Please LP, 8"x10"
      photos, press release, inner artwork (CA)
     Boxset; Taiwanese promotional only box set, contains the 10-track 
      cassette album, two colour 5½ x 4" glossy photographs and a fold-out 
      lyric sheet. All housed in a 5½" tall and 4" in diameter tube style 
      box with Pet Shop Boys text and images along with record company logos (TW)
     18"x36" White poster with "West End Girls" picture and original logo (US)
     12x12 Display Flat; 1st side: LP Cover, 2nd side "Pet Shop Boys Please,
      Featuring: West End Girls Love Comes Quickly & Opportunities (EMI USA)
     U.S. Red sweatshirt with black lettering; Front - "Pet Shop Boys"; Back - "Please"