How To Be Invisible: Paperback Edition

I got this one as a little gift from a friend, which is fantastic as I had no plans to pick it up myself. But since I now have it, I thought it would be a great opportunity to post a rant about it and see if there are any comparative differences, apart from the obvious... this could end up being a very short rant. If you haven't checked out my post on the hardback, you can do so HERE

The artwork on the cover is done by illustrator Jim Kay, and he's got some interesting artwork on his website and Instagram if you want to check it out. On the latter, he mentions how the cover was Kate's concept. It's interesting to say the least, and it sort of reminds me a little bit of the film, The Night of the Hunter. The artwork continues onto the spine and back of the book, as well as the inside front and back folds. I did my best to do scans of this, so that you could see the individual sections. The letters of the book title are embossed, but only on the front cover.

 

There's a new introduction by Kate, but it's only 2 ½ pages long. Fortunately, the previous introduction that was in the book by David Mitchell has been removed. Good! I am grateful for that. I could barely stomach getting through his drivel the first time. Unfortunately, I could not scan this in, or any other part of the book for that matter without cracking the spine.

Unfortunately, this is where the differences between the paperback and hardback end. From this point onward, everything else I mentioned in regards to the hardback in my original post is exactly the same in the paperback edition. There's the same grouping of songs listed (83 to be exact), and the same limited number of doodles and crazy fonts throughout the book. There doesn't seem to be as many blank pages, both half pages and full ones, but there's still enough for it to be noticeable. 

I don't have a personal preference for one over the other - they're both fine. The paperback is probably the best version to have if you're travelling by bus or something.

Eat The Music - 10" Vinyl Picture Disc

Just a couple of quick notes here. This is not my best cut and paste job, but whatever! Also, my scanner has currently gone full evil on me and refuses to behave. For some reason it wouldn't pick up and register side 2 fully. Maybe this is due to the fact that it's all white vinyl. Either way it's annoying. I did manage to get the label scanned, so this will have to do for now. I may try scanning all of this in again in the future, but for now it's good enough. Yes, my standards have slipped ;)

I must say it was a very nice surprise when Eat The Music was first announced to be getting a vinyl release for this year's RSD in April, especially as this was originally intended to be the first single released from the Red Shoes back in the day.

I'm not so sure if this can really be called a Picture Disc in the truest sense, considering the picture is UV printed as opposed to a real picture being used. The UV printing has a very flat matte finish to it - but it's still very nice though, and I probably like it more than I should. It probably stems from the regret that I still have from letting the scrapped 7" single slip through my fingers years ago. It's just a shame the flipside was left white as it looks a bit unfinished. Still, it could have been worse with a giant Fish People logo... just saying!

There also doesn't appear to be any messages scratched into the run-off vinyl on either side - only matrix/catalogue numbers on side two. Kate appears to have scrapped doing this. Prove me wrong Kate... prove me wrong ;)

Admittedly, I haven't played this single and have no plans to, so I really have no clue which version of Lily is used or if Big Stripey Lie is the original version or the newly edited version. I'm assuming they are the original '93 versions. The last thing I will mention is the sleeve. It comes in a soft plastic sleeve that splits at the seams very easily, so be careful with it.

The single appears to have found its way onto auction sites, which is not surprising, but the money those people are asking for it is totally ridiculous. Some, but not many, are selling it for a decent price though. You'd probably have to dig deep to find it at a reasonable price if you really want this one.