Left To My Own Devices

Label: Parlophone
Photographer: Michael Roberts
Sleeve design: Mark Farrow @ 3a & Pet Shop Boys
Cat#: 6198
Release: 14 Nov 1988

 Chart: UK #4, DE #9, CH #12, IT #13, NL #19, US #84, US Club #8.

    7": 1988 UK (Parlophone; R 6198) [jukebox promo]
    7": 1988 UK (Parlophone; R 6198) [+promo]
    7": 1988 UK (Parlophone; RS 6198) [manila outer ps; hats-and-armour ps]
      4:43  Left To My Own Devices
      5:13  The Sound Of The Atom Splitting (extended version)

    7": 1988 US (EMI; B-50171) [different ps]
   CSS: 1988 US (EMI; 4BX-50171) [different ps]
    7": 1988 DE (EMI; 006-203081-7)
    7": 1988 DE (EMI; ??) [unconfirmed]
   CD3: 1988 DE (EMI; CDP 560 203081-3) ["Made in Austria" printed on disc]
    7": 1988 FR (EMI; 203081-7) [test pressing; no label; white sleeve]
    7": 1988 FR (EMI; 203081-7) [manila outer ps; hats-and-armour ps]
    7": 1988 IT (EMI; 203081-7)
    7": 1988 AU (EMI; A-2181)
    7": 1988 PT (EMI; 203801-7) [Portugal]
    7": 1988 JP (EMI; PRP-1341) [promo]
      4:43  Left To My Own Devices
      3:37  The Sound Of The Atom Splitting

   12": 1988 UK (Parlophone; 12RDJ 6198) [promo; white text on black cover]
   12": 1988 UK (Parlophone; 12R 6198 A/B) [white-label test pressing] 
   12": 1988 UK (Parlophone; 12R 6198)
   12": 1988 UK (Parlophone; 12RS 6198) [manila outer ps; inner dentist-chair ps]
   12": 1988 NL (EMI; 060-203080-6)
   12": 1988 IT (EMI; 203080-6)
   12": 1988 DE (EMI; 052-203080-6) [dentist-chair ps]
   CD3: 1988 JP (EMI; XP12-5005) [3.5"x6.5" case + promo]
   12": 1988 US (EMI; V-56121) [dentist-chair ps]
   12": 1988 AR (EMI; 8627) [Argentine white-label]
   12": 1988 AR (EMI; 8627) [Argentinan promo; 'dentists chair' p/s w/Spanish text & titles; 
"Abandonado a mi suerte"]
   CSS: 1988 AR (EMI; 18627) [Argentina; 'dentists chair' p/s with Spanish text and titles]
   12": 1988 PH (EMI; ??) [Philipine]
   CSS: 1988 MY (EMI; TC DPRO-04180) [promo; Malaysia]
     11:27  Left To My Own Devices (the disco mix)
      4:43  Left To My Own Devices
      3:37  The Sound Of The Atom Splitting

   CSS: 1988 UK (Parlophone; TCR 6198) [hats-and-armour ps]
   CSS: 1988 UK (Parlophone; TCR 6198) [manila outer ps; inner hats-and-armour ps]
   CD5: 1988 UK (Parlophone; CDR 6198) [manila outer sleeve; cardsleeve hats ps; "Made in UK"]
   CD5: 1988 SU (Parlophone; CDP 560-20 3080 2) [cardsleeve ps; CD states "Made in Switzerland"]
   CD5: 1993 UK (Parlophone; CDR 6198 / 203080-2) [cardsleeve ps; reissue; "EMI Swindon"]
   CSS: 1988 AU (Parlophone/EMI; TC-ED-391) [clear cassette]
   CSS: 1988 AU (Parlophone/EMI; TC-ED-391) [clear cassette; promo stamped]
   12": 1988 AU (Parlophone/EMI; ED-391)
   CD5: 1988 US (EMI; DPRO-04180) [jewelcase; promo with inlay card]
      4:43  Left To My Own Devices
     11:27  Left To My Own Devices (the disco mix)
      3:37  The Sound Of The Atom Splitting

   CSS: 1988 UK (Abbey Road Studios; n/a) [studio tape]
      8:16  Left To My Own Devices (royal piano mix)

    7": 1988 US (EMI/Manhattan; P-B-50171) [2xA promo; ps as UK]
   VHS: 1988 UK (Chop 'Em Out; n/a) [studio tape; custom ps]
      4:45  Left To My Own Devices

    7": 1989 ZA (EMI; PS 107) [promo]
      4:43  Left To My Own Devices
      4:53  Left To My Own Devices (disco mix edit)
    [mix on the b-side is the faded out Disco Mix.]

    7": 1989 MX (EMI; SEC-641) [promo; Mexican track titles; white ps]
      4:43  Left To My Own Devices
      3:41  It's Alright (introspective version - edit) ["Itīs All Right"]

    7": 1988 IT (EMI; ??) [promo; tracks unknown]

  [Remixers: Left To My Own Devices]
    [Frankie Knuckles]
      8:16  Left To My Own Devices (royal piano mix)
    [Shep Pettibone]
      9:25  Left To My Own Devices (shep pettibone remix)
      7:13  Left To My Own Devices (device mix)

  [Promotional Items: Left To My Own Devices]
     Video; Filmed in Los Angeles through various layers of plexiglass.
      (D: Eric Watson)
     Video (longer version); Details unknown (D: presumably Eric Watson)