Yeah, the 'Hansa' logo on the 2nd picture is much larger. The first picture is the more common standard issue of the record which usually comes in a picture sleeve. The 2nd picture is the rarer 'clean version' with altered lyrics and a slightly better remix. This different version usually turns up sleeveless which makes it easier to spot. To double check the matrix should read 'LIG-508-A-1-2' rather than 'LIG-508-A-1'.
Anyway this 'clean version' of 'Jet Boy Jet Girl' makes no reference to 'head', 'blood' or 'penetrate' and as mentioned earlier it features a brighter mix. Another reason you need this is the superior mix of 'Pogo Pogo' on the flip which is speeded up slightly, clocking in at around 5-6 seconds shorter than the original. One other thing of note is that one of the two copies I have has 'Jet Boy' labels on both sides of the disc, anyone else got one like this?
I don't know if both versions were released simultaneously or whether Lightning put the 'clean version' out a few months later to cash-in on the success of 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' but these versions were likely exclusive to the UK. Other versions of the song from other parts of the world are optional (7 minute 'club mix', USA 'radio mix' with bleeps!) but this one is essential.
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I think both clean and depraved versions were available at the same time. My first 'clean' copy was bought at the time, from a cheapo box in Menzies... where so many other remaindered Lightning releases went to die (that first Jet Bronx single was ALWAYS cheapo'd, in quantities that nearly blocked out the sun).
I came across multiples of the Jet Bronx as recently as 2-3 years ago at a record fair in Glasgow, all red vinyl, easily about a dozen of them. I bought one to keep my crummy black copy company.
I think it is time for a comprehensive and detailed jet Boy discography. I mean, how many different pressing of this record are there - like 20?
OK, here goes... UK (x2), Belgium, France, Germany (x2), Holland (x2), Italy, Portugal, Greece, Canada, Australia and New Zealand all on 7". Then there's the Canadian extended 12", the USA club mix / radio mix 12", the USA radio mix split 7", the UK extended 33rpm one-sided freebie with the 'Pop Art' LP and the USA porno sleeve 7" (boot?). That's 19! Have have I missed anything? ...was there a Swedish 7" on CBS?
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