Wow, what a start to the year, for Madonna, Madonna fans, Madonna mixes and Ray Of Light. Last year I left the Madonna Ultiography, Section 17, with the words: "I certainly hope to hear more fabulous Madonna remixes played at clubs - far to much slush has been released in the last few years, and with so many fabulous DJ's begging for work, come on Madonna get funky, after all it is the nineties" Well, its as if she had taken note and tried to keep me happy by proceding to phone fellow British music man, William Orbit, the latest musical genious and wizard of the decks to innovitively rework a Madonna album; the last album owing its popularity to the unique sounds of up-and-coming professionals being Bedtime Stories, reworked by messes Austin, Hooper, Babyface and Dave Hall.

"For this album Madonna has already used some of the worlds biggest remixers including" Mr Orbit, originally debuted his tallents back in 1990 for the smash hit & dam right sexy tune Justify My Love, following with massive self named remixes of Erotica and I'll Remember. His remix work on Ray Of Light can be found on the single releases of Frozen, which included the Meltdown Mix and Widescreen Mix, and on Ray Of Light which gave rise to the Liquid Mix, an absolutely cool mix!.

• Sasha, who has to be one of the top five deck masters of the UK, usually known for his DJ sets in the biggest night clubs around the world has done wonders on the track Ray Of Light. On Friday 17th April two weeks prior to the release of Ray Of Light, Judge Jules, a top British radio DJ played a promotional mix of the track on his show, the mix now titled Ultra Violet Mix was nearly eleven minutes long and blew the top off my radio! - Sasha and Madonna was all I needed to hear, and at that point I knew Madonna mixes had reached a pinickle, as now more than ever top DJ's were not only playing Madonna mixes but were now finally taking an interest in Madonna music....what a mix, I felt the hairs on my neck stand up and sallute, fuck I thought, this boy is remixing Madonna, who next, Carl Cox?. Well not quite, but two other equally banging remixers also ripped there way through tracks from the new album. Frozen got the Stereo MC's treatment and Victor Calderone was created on the Extended Club Mix of Frozen and went on to Club Mix Ray Of light as well.

"Of course lets not forget the past remixers", starting some sixteen years ago, back in '82 with John Jellybean Benitez who originally put his hand to lucky Star, Burning Up and Physical Attraction, on her first album Madonna. He then went to work on the main remixes of Borderline, Virgin, Material Girl and Dress You Up, all of which appeared on 12" formats throughout the globe. Another big remixer form the early years, Shep Pettibone, who in '87 remixed not only all tracks on the You Can Dance album but later went to work on Causing A Commotion, Like A Prayer, Express Yourself, Keep It Together, Deeper And Deeper, Fever, Up Down Suite and Vogue, creating some of best known mixes of the day. The Erotica album in 1992 and Bedtime Stories just two years later seemed to herold the modern Madonna mix and with Madonna's much documented and frequent trips to the club cities of Miami and New York, and the rise in sales of multi mix compact disc singles and 12" vinyl both here and in America, her collaborations with the night club world was certainly going to show. The names of 'Little' Louie Vega & Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales, David Morales, Junior Vasquez, Orbital, Danny Tenaglia, Howie Tee and Pablo Flores followed and it's now almost imposible to listen to a recent Madonna track without one of these guys being credited somewhere.

THE ALBUM
The beginning of March saw the world release of the album Ray Of Light, an album which went on to sell 500,000 copies worldwide in it's first two months on sale. As already mentioned, the superb production, composition and remixing on the album guarrenteed Madonna's ninth studio album a massive reception and here in the UK went straight in at number one in the album chart.
Britain and Germany shared three formats CD, cassette and fantastic vinyl pressing. These carry identical tracks and initially the British CD and cassette albums came with special 'UK' hologramic sticker. The vinyl is apparently limited edition so may be delited at anytime, and when originally pressed some copies escaped with the track 'To Have And Not To Hold' mis-printed as 'To Have And Not To Have' so keep an eye out and check your copy as it may be one of these now very scarce pressings. The album came with great disc sleeves which shimmer when tilted in the light.

The inclution of 'Has To Be' on the Japanese album made these even more desired by collectors and the CD version was initially selling for up to £50 over the net. There is also a beautiful double pack vinyl pressing which came out six weeks later in mid April and seems to be fairly scarce.

One other vinyl pressing, and the only other known Vinyl release so far came from America in promotional format only. This is a great double pack which includes all 13 tracks and came in plain white die-cut sleeve with totally unique title sticker and is quite scarce now.

AMERICAN LIMITED EDITION DIGIPAK
If your as serious about collecting new Madonna rarities as I am then I'm sure information on the American Digipak limited edition album would not come as any surprise. But what the heck, America produced a CD album with "special lenticular cover that produces the 3-D appearance of aqua-colored satin-textured fabric", thanks to Warners for that description. Well basically it's a Digipak CD album with unique silk look hologram cover which shimmers as its moved. These come factory sealed with a round promo sticker on the front and large sticker on reverse; although they have been stuck on the wrapping so once removed, the stickers go with it. Initially selling at £21 here in the UK, $30 in the States, this is now selling for upto £40 here and $60 abroad.

What you may not realise is that a month or so after the American Digi's release another virtually identical pressing was made available here in the UK and in Europe. The European pressing does not have a front sticker and the rear one has an additional '9362' prefix on the catalogue number printed at the bottom right side. It's disc and sleeve are made in Germany, not USA and this was only available for some three weeks before being delited.

While on the subject of CD's for the serious collector, I must give a fair mention to those brilliant limited editions from Singapore. These concisted of a gold disc limited edition and free postcards pressing. The first to surface was the postcard pressing, this concisted of a regular CD and casing, encased by a card outer picture box which also houses a strip of Madonna postcards, all joined by perferations so don't pull too hard. The second limited edition is a unique 24 Karat gold disc pressing housed in regular casing; this is in such short supply that it's currently selling for £100 plus over the net.

Other countries producing collectable albums include Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Malaysia, Taiwan, Tailand, China, Australia & Israel, all of which can be acquired through hours of email with persons from those countries. Otherwise expect to pay upto £25 a copy.
With most pressings around the world coming with identical disc design, pressings from Thailand and Colombia with their special silver disc graphics are far more collectable and will cost aroun £30.

New Zealand produced a rather interesting Video limited edition, first bought to my attention by Aussy collector Dex Tan. This was a limited edition video in titled blue card casing which includes complete Frozen and Justify My Love clips, and an Express Yourself advert/commercial, "Madonna Is Coming", and Like A Virgin clip edited from Truth or Dare. this also came with the Aussy CD album and a poster and is rare although not technically official. Some copies were issued in plain white cases to avoid confusion so the blue cases are now very scarce. (info from Steve at MadonnaCatalog)

FROZEN
Towards the end of March the world saw Frozen perfectly defrost it's self and slip straight into number one on the British singles chart, it felt as if the whole world had put a winning vote forward and once again Madonna had an almost dignified status. With the Erotica 'tits out' stunts put fermly behind her, TV, newspapers & magazines and the radio finally gave in and admitted that this girl is on form again. The radio stations here in the UK pumped the single out, playing it perpetually, morning noon and night and even the big weekend DJ/CLUB shows were playing the remixes.

HERE IN THE UK the end result was a three mix 12" single with great label, five mix CD and two track cassette single with 'Shanti' track. Meanwhile a UK white label Promotional 12" pressing surfaced (SAM3173), this carried the now familiar Extended Club Mix 11:17 by Calderone, Stereo MC's Mix 5:45 and Meltdown Mix Long Version 8:10 by William Orbit, all of which were available on the commercial pressings. One other fine UK promo was a various artist WEA Showreel Spring 1998 video which among other artists included Frozen twice; the video does include a small visual documentary which can anoy.

GERMAN PROMO CDS PASSING HANDS IN THE UK The first was a single mix CD, 'PRCD1007', which although offered just an 'Edit 5:10' mix, is still emensly collectable, most copies came with a rare product information insert , these are selling at between £15 and £30. Some time later Germany produced a second promo CD, 'PRCD1502', which included three Radio Edits: 'Stereo MC's Remix Edit 4:52', 'Extended Club Mix Edit 4:35' and 'Radio Edit 5:09'. It's sleeve included an additional titled white oval design and most copies came with product information insert, these are almost impossible to find now and.

Spain also produced a mega rare promo CD of Frozen, this comes in beautifull picture sleeve with additional "Cadena Principales 40" wording (looks so cool), the disc itself includes regular Spanish wording: "Disco Promocional, Prohibida Su Venta". This is certainly one of the rarest promotional CD singles from the ROL album, expect to pay £50 upwards for a mint copy. (cheers Steve from Catalog sute for info)

Two other interesting overseas promo CD's came from USA, the first, a three mix, which came with full picture insert and very special third track, 'Hook For Call Out Research', a seventeen second clip which was to be used by DJ's to piece tracks together (PRO-CD-9182). The disc came covered with cool )|( logos in white making it easily recognisable (as used on the ltd digipak disc).
The second issue, although coming without any sort of picture sleeve, infact just the traditional titled backing insert and Maverick graphic disc, did however include three edits: 'Stereo MC's Remix Edit 4:52', 'Extended Club Mix Edit 4:35' and 'Radio Edit 5:09'; the first two mixes appear native to this CD and the German promotional pressing, which is probably why so many collectors wanted this pressing rather than the initial picture sleeve issue! Both sold between £15 and £30, the remix pressing fetching the higher bids.
There is also an advanced pressing of Frozen which comes with special photo insert and CDR disc, apparently only a few were made and this was selling from £40 in the UK.

For less than £30 you can invest in a copy of the official Warner Bros American promo video single in NTSC format, made at the 'The Mastering Studio' in California, as its label states, and concists of a 5:24 video clip (W017686) all slipped into a clear plastic case. For about the same amount of money and a lot more searching try the Oprah Winfrey show which was broadcast on American TV on 29th May and includes 43 minutes of interview and Madonna singing "Little Star". This rarity was also made at the 'The Mastering Studio' in California, as its label states (W017691). (pic from Steve C) One final Frozen promo video was a Swiss Instore compilation which features a 4:00 video clip and has stickered catalogue number: '1575 PAL' on the spine and white card sleeve with stickered artist info. This is mega rare now.

If your a bit of a vinyl junkie then track down a copy of the USA promo 12" of Frozen which came with 'William Orbit Widescreen Mix 6:34' and two mega rare mixes, 'William Orbit Drumapella 5:15' and 'Victor Calderone Drumapella 5:09', but expect to pay around £80 for a mint copy.

USA Frozen WEA 'in-house test pressing' for the 12" single. This extremely rare item has a unique WEA record label, and hand-written titles and information. Less than ten of these rare test pressings are known to exist. Includes the 'Album Version', 'Stereo MC's Mix', 'Extended Club Mix', and 'Meltdown Mix', and comes in a plain white die-cut sleeve.

EUROPEAN PRESSINGS, German and French commercial pressings were widley available, both produced card sleeve compact disc singles with regular album mix and 'Shanti' track. The French pressings seem more scarce, although both can be picked up for under £10 each.

Australia produced a far more interesting card sleeve CD single, as not only did it carry five mixes but came with beautiful and scarce picture disc graphic, I love this item, expect to pay around £10 for a mint uncreased copy. Another picture CD and far more scarce came from Mexico, this is a promotional pressing and came in jewel casing with picture sleeve and includes five mixes as found on the Aussy pressingand is currently selling for over £50 on the internet.

Two Japanese CDs were released, the first being a compact disc single 'WPCR-1791', the other, a far more interesting 'Remix' CD EP 'WPCR-1846', both sell at between £12 and £16 and come with OBI and the usual Japanese writing, etc!

Taiwan has also produced a wonderful CD single for Frozen, this comes in jewel casing and has unique orange sticker. Now quite hard to find.

Eventually the USA released Frozen which shot high in the Billboard music chart, offering five formats: plain sleeve jukebox 7", cassingle in small-box casing, CD single in drawpak, 12" single in full picture sleeve and maxi CD with typically cool 'FLP' Digipak casing. All materialised without too much fuss and are easily found.

RAY OF LIGHT SINGLE
Following the albums release came the title track single. Ray Of Light which as already mentioned was promotionally released first in the UK on April 17th and came in four initial formats.
Two 12" white lable pressings surfaced first: the first, 'SAM3247', came with 'Sasha's Ultra Violet Mix 10:4'5 and 'William Orbis's Liquid Mix 8:06' (a rearly cool mix), the other, 'SAM3248' offered the 'Victor Calderone Club Mix 9:29' and 'Album Version 5:21'.
A great UK promo CD, 'W0444CDDJ' also surfaced, with special aqua blue promotional disc and blue title sleeve and came with 5:21 mix, otherwise known as the album version. The final issue and certainly the rarest was a Pal 'Ray Of light' 13:20 minute 'EPK', an electronic press kit, issued in a cool high quallity glossy card picture box which if found would probably cost between £35 and £50.

The UK later produced two more promotional 12" pressings: the first headlined Sasha's Twilo Mix 10:58 and Victor Calderone Drum Mix 5:26 and has 'SAM3268' catalogue number and plain die-cut sleeve, this was the second Sasha promo, otherwise known as the third Ray Of Light promo 12". The final and fourth promo, issued the same week as the third, and over a month after the initial two pressing included Sasha's Strip Down Mix 5:00 and Orbit's Ultra Violet Mix 6:59. This came with 'SAM3269' catalogue number and plain die-cut sleeve. Insidently, all four 12" pressings were limited to just 125 in total, with the last two being more scarce as apparently only twenty five actually sent out with the other one hundred being sent to a music supplier in London for distribution.

April 27th saw the commercial release of the single here in the UK, along with Germany, France, Japan and Australia with CD's coming out in every country. The UK four track CD came with 'Album Version 5.19', 'Ultra Violet Mix 10.43' (by Sasha), 'Liquid Mix 8.03' (by W Orbit) and 'Calderone Club Mix 9.29' (by V Calderone), catalogue number 'W0444CD'. The same tracks can also be found on the now scarce 12" 'W0444T' with its great blue labels. A two track cassette single also appeared at the same time. Three weeks later came a second CD release in the UK, easily identifyable by its double faced picture sleeve and four totally new remixes by messes Sasha, Calderone and Orbit: 'Sasha's Twilo Mix 10.58', 'Sasha's Strip Down Mix 5.00', 'Victor Calderone Drum Mix 5.26' and 'Orbit's Ultra Violet Mix 6.59'. Initially, what made these remix releases even more unique and highly collectable was the decission of the American record company not to release Ray Of Light until mid June meaning collectors in the States had to buy the UK pressing on import.

AMERICAN PROMOTIONALS
An advanced CD pressing got the ball rolling. This pressing was given a special 'A4648' catalogue number and contained a Radio Edit 4:35 and Album Version 5:00, although its actually just the regular 5:21 album version. The 'A' on the catalogue number stands for advance and appears to be a totally unique prefix. There are no front or back inserts for this CD, but it's mega rare and is very hard to find.
The second promo CD from America, 'PRO-CD-9266', was issued with )|( logo disc, this time in blue, and came with just one track, a 5:00 mix, which is actually just the album version with the track time mis-pressed. It came with full picture insert sleeve, printed with Madonna's face upright, not facing down as with other pressings, also has full backing sleeve. Accompanying this was a great three track pressing with 'Radio Edits' which is certainly far more collectable. This included Radio Edits of Sasha Ultra Violet Mix 5:07, William Orbit Liquid Mix 5:11 & Victor Calderone Club Mix 4:56 and came with backing sleeve and Maverick logo disc with 'PRO-CD-9327-R' catalogue number.

GERMANY PRODUCED JUST ONE PROMO. Towards the end of June I picked up a great german promotional CD for Ray Of Light, which from a distance looked identical to the UK pressing, complete with special blue title sleeve and aqua-blue graphics. But a closer inspection reveals 'PRCD1142' catalogue number, the only real difference between this and the UK pressing. This also comes with special product information insert.

Next came three American 12" vinyl promos.
Two promos were released with identical track listing: 'Album Version 5:21', 'Sasha's Ultra Violet Mix 10:45', 'Victor Calderone Club Mix 9:29' and 'William Orbit LIquid Mix 8:05'. The first to surface carried 'PRO-A-9327' catalogue number and came with traditional labels with full production and composition information, the other came with 'PRO-A-9333-A' catalogue number and "Advance Only" written on it's less informative labels. This was pressed in advance of the promotional release yet it carries a higher catalogue number than the regular promo?.
The last 12", titled "New Mixes", because of its, well, new remixes, which weren't rearly that new as all had already been released commercially in Europe on the UK & German CD singles. The four remixes were: Sasha Twilo Mix 10:58, Sasha Strip Down Mix 5:00, William Orbit Ultra Violet Mix 6:59 and Victor Calderone Drum Mix 5:26. The lable is titled "NEW MIXES" and has 'PRO-A-9359' catalogue number and is quite scarce.

For around £30 you can invest in a copy of the official Warner Bros American promo video single in NTSC format, made at the 'The Mastering Studio' in California, as its label states, and concists of a 5:04 video clip (W03577) all slipped into a clear plastic case.

Ray Of Light was also issued Switzerland on a various artist Instore promotional video which features a 30 second TV Spot and 13:20 EPK, an electronic press kit. Comes with '1578 PAL' spine catalogue number and stickered plain white card case. This is scarce and was originally selling at £35

BACK TO COMMERCIAL PRESSINGS. Germany and France produced simple two track CD's as did Australia, all came with regular picture sleeves. Taiwan produced a CD single in jewel case and comes with large orange sticker denoting "Made In Taiwan". Japan produced two CD's as usual, a basic pressing 'WPCR-1887', and 'Remix' EP 'WPCR-1860'. Germany then went on to release another CD, their third, this came with unique green label and included the non album track 'Has To Be'. New Zealand have also produced two rare CDs, the first is a card sleeve single issue with the two regular tracks including "Has To Be" the other is a four-track maxi pressing in jewel casing with small cover sticker. both are certainly scarce so long as their made in NZ and not brought over from Australia.

American finally released the single in mid June, coming in five formats, cassingle in great picture variation small-box casing, CD single in draw pack, a maxi CD in FLP 'digi-pak' and double pack 12". All came with same tracks as the UK pressings. The USA then went on to release a video single coming with full picture casing. This is the second such video single release, Justify My Love being the first.

Drowned World / POG
After the success of Frozen and Ray Of Light, two singles were then released. America offered an early release of Power Of Goodbye, while UK and the rest of the world released Drowned World instead. The reason for this was the late release of Ray Of Light in America which when it eventually did appear on sale there, was long out of the charts throughout the rest of the globe. So natually, Drowned World was then released in UK and the rest of the world while Ray Of Light was still in the USA charts.

DROWNED WORLD: This was released in the UK in two CDs, cassette single and a fab 12". The two CDs came with slightly different covers; the regular pressing (W0453CD1) was issued with black background sleeve and three tracks: Album version 5:08', 'BT And Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Remix 9:26' and 'Sky Fits Heaven - Sasha Remix Edit 4:08'. Where as the second CD (W0453CD2) came with white rimmed sleeve and included 'Album Version 5:08', 'Sky Fits Heaven - Sasha Remix 7:21' and 'Sky Fits Heaven - Victor Calderone Remix Edit 5:49'. These Sasha and calderone mixes of 'SFH' are so cool, I love these.... The 12" was rather beautiful, issued in a card box-edged card sleeve and has fabulous aqua-blue labels. Comes with DW 'BT And Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Remix' 9:26, 'Album Version' 5:09 and SFH 'Sasha Remix Edit' 4:08. (9362 44552-0). A regular cassette single blessed the UK release in the normal way.

UK & German Promos were identical, which is unusual as these pressings normally have a different catalogue number at least. The promo CD included a 'Radio Edit' 4:45 and special aqua-blue graphics instead of regular black disc, also includes a different type of catalogue number: '3333 00054-2'. Also comes with: "For promotion only. Not for sale" wording on the sleeve and disc. The 12" was a rather plain affair, just a plain white sleeve and plain label disc. The vinyl came with '333 1000037' catalogue number and same tracks as the commercial pressing.

Germany's commercial pressings included a card sleeve CD single, this pressing carries the 'Album Version 5:08' and 'Sky Fits Heaven - Sasha Remix Edit' 4:08 and has '17156-9' catalogue number. along with possibly the same CDs as UK, except for the emmision of the UK 'W---' catalogue prefix. A 12" may have been issued in Germany also, and should not include the 'W---' prefix (this prefix is also scratched into the center of the vinyl).

Other European commercial pressings include possibly a French card sleeve CD single, similar, if not same as the German issue.

Australia produced two interesting CD singles both came in card sleeves with same picture variation as the UK but it is the mixes of 'Sky Fits Heaven' that make these pressings so collectable. The first CD, 'Part 1 of a 2 CD SET' as the sleeve denotes, (9362445522), comes with regular picture design and three mixes, but check out the SFH mix: 'DW - LP Version', 'DW - BT & Sasha Buck Lodge Mix' (brilliant mix!) and totally unheard mix of 'Sky Fits Heaven - Sasha's The Drug Fits Face Mix, Edit' (this mix is amazing!). Comes with beautiful sky-blue disc, as used for the UK/German promo CD, very nice!
The second CD single 'Part 2 of a 2 CD SET' comes with white rimmed picture sleeve and includes 'DW LP Version', interestingly titled: 'Sky Fits Heaven - Sasha's The Drug Fits Face Mix' (cool mix and longer than the eidt! (7:15)); and finally 'SFH - Victor Calderone Remix Edit', another fine mix of the tune. The disc is a darker blue and appears to be totally unique so far.

Further afield 'Drowned World' Japanese pressings have surfaced, unfortunately there is nothing special for the collector. The 5" (WPCR-1975) at least has it's insert up-side-down! and the disc includes the 'Sasha Edit Mix', which is actualy titled "Sasha's 4 Minute Edited Remix".
A far more interesting pressing surfaced in Thailand two in total as with the UK, Australia, etc, but it's the second CD (CD2)that is most impressive, as it has a totally unique peach disc!. The first CD (CD1)was identical to the UK pressing but does include Thai manufacture printed within.

POWER OF GOODBYE
First released in the USA while 'Drowned World' was teasing the rest of the globe. America produced a limited selection of commercial pressings, possibly their worst effort for a while?:
A great 'drawpak' CD single, with reg hologram style p/s and graphics disc as used for the promo version. Includes just an 'Album Version 4:12' and the track 'Mer Girl 5:12'. And that was about it, although a cassette single in small box casing did appear, this included the album version of 'POG' and the 'Mer Girl' album version.

American Promotionals were a little more impressive though, which kind of made up for their poor commercial releases. The picture sleeve promo CD came with equally cool back sleeve, with fantastic design (PRO-CD-9418). The disc comes with floral graphics with the titles and catalogue number etched into the centre of the disc.

As usual there has been a second and far scarce promo CD with Maverick logo disc and titled backing sleeve, includes two mixes: 'Dallas Austin Low End Mix 4:33' and 'Album Version 4:10'. (PRO-CD-9499-R).

American promotional vinyl included two similar pressings. The first was an ADVANCE ONLY 12" promo (PRO-A-9499-A) with unfinished labels and white card die-cut sleeve. Includes four mixes: 'Fabians Good God Mix 8:25', 'Slater's Filtered Mix 6:05', 'Slaters Super Luper Mix 8:45' and 'Dallas Austin Low End mix 4:33'. This is now quite scarce. The finished promo 12" with regular promo labels and 'PRO-A-9499' catalogue number, includes same four mixes as above and came with unique brown card die-cut sleeve. Now also scarce.

Power Of Goodbye was eventually released in the UK, and here, as in France, a picture disc graphic CD single was pressed. The UK picture disc CD single came in jewel case with 'W459CD' catalogue number and carried 'Little Star' sleeve titles. Includes: 'POG - Album Version', 'Little Star - Album Version' and 'POG - Dallas Low End Mix'. The emmision of 'Mer Girl' for 'Little Star' made all following pressings of POG different from those from USA. The UK back sleeve shows the lower half of the front cover picture without floral wording, where as many back sleeves actually show track details and album information, catalogue number etc. in floral writing accross the entire back sleeve picture.

The UK also produced a cassette single and fabulous 12" with unique picture labels and full picture sleeve, these are now quite scarce in mint condition.

A German promotional CD surfaced in the UK, issued with strange 'PRO 01055' catalogue number. This came with full picture cover in jewel casing and carried just the album version although this is not too apparent from reading the sleeve and disc info. The disc is metalic silver with floral graphics (smaller than the USA graphics) and the center of the graphic has a circular title and catalogue number etched into it! - nice. This is made in Germany but was issued to DJs in UK as well as Germany (and many other countries throughout Europe).

Germany released an interesting CD, this came in jewel casing but different to the UK CD singles the sleeve doesn't include the 'Little Star' titles on the front cover and, this pressing includes FOUR mixes of POG: 'Album Version 4:11', 'Dallas' Low End Mix 4:34', 'Luke Slater Super Luper 8:46' and 'Fabians Good God Mix 8:22'. The disc is not a picture disc and include floral graphics and the usual German wording (9632 44590-2).
Another CD single was also released in Germany; this was a card sleeve pressing with picture disc graphics. The graphic was identicle to the UK copy but this pressing included just two tracks, the album versions of 'POG' and 'LS', although the 'Little Star' title was emmited from the main design on the disc. (This may be the same pressing that was sold in france)

Other interesting releases include a card sleeve CD sngle from France, which is identical to the German pressing described above. Australia produced a five track CD single in card sleeve (9362445912). This includes: 'Album Version', 'Dallas' Low End Mix', 'Luke Slater's Super Luper', 'Luke Slater's Filtered Mix' and 'Fabien's Good God Mix' as originally ONLY included together on the USA promo 12". Comes with floral graphics (similar to the USA pressings) and includes all the usual Aussy authenticity. These are now quite scarce in mint condition. Thailand also produced this pressing but it does include additional thai manufacture wording, but otherwise identical to the Australian pressing.

Canada also produced two CDs for POG; the first was a CD single (CD17160) which includes just two album versions of 'POG' and 'Mer Girl'; the second CD includes four tracks (CD44590) and is more of a maxi edition, both come with full picture sleeves and are a tad scarce now.

Nothing Really Matters
The long awaited and possibly final track to be released as a single from the Ray Of Light album.