Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (12", Single, Dance Mix Label, Specialty Pressing, 1986, EMI America V-19206)

Why This Record Matters
This three-track 12-inch pairs the extended “West End Girls” Dance Mix with a nine-and-a-half-minute Dub Version and “A Man Could Get Arrested.” The alternate arrangements expand the song’s synth-pop sound for club listening, with Shep Pettibone credited for mixing and additional production on the Dub Version.

Collector Note
1986 US Specialty pressing with “Dance Mix” on the A-side label and the correct Steven Spiro production credit for “A Man Could Get Arrested” on Side B. AL-SP runout markings identify Specialty manufacture using Allied and Sheffield metalwork, with Eddy Schreyer’s E_ lacquer-cutting signature and MASTERED BY CAPITOL stamps.

Availability
Single copy available—once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Condition & Details
Media: NM
Sleeve: NM

Technical Details
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Dance Mix Label, Specialty Pressing
Label: EMI America – V-19206
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave

Matrix / Runout
Side A: AL-SP V-1-19206 Z-1 ɑ B-226 79-Z1 △ 11659 1̶-̶2̶ SP0-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL E_
Side B: AL-SP V-2-19206 Z-1 ɑ B-22680-Z1 △ 11659-X 1̶-̶2̶ SP0-1 SM1-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL E_

Tracklist
Side A
A West End Girls (Dance Mix) 6:31
Side B
B1 A Man Could Get Arrested 4:50
B2 West End Girls (Dub Version) 9:31

Shipping & Handling
Ultrasonically cleaned using a Degritter Mark II prior to shipping.
Stored in protective inner and outer sleeves.
Shipped with vinyl protection and cardboard reinforcement.
Packed securely for safe delivery.

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