ELECTRIC CAFE (USA, 1986)
Warner Brothers 9 25525-4 (4-25525)


It struck me today that we've had USA editions of Electric Cafe on a couple of occasions, but never the standard stock copy, so that's what I'm doing today!

Previously, we've had a Club edition, and a "title sleeve" promo, and we've also seen a v/a promotional item with a brief excerpt from the album with a voice-over. As mentioned before, by 1986, the cover design was mostly standardised, you got more or less the same J-cards the world over, and the US one is not much different from many others (click on the "Electric Cafe" tag below to see others!).


Not that I blame them for re-using the original design, either - it was a fairly decent package with three panels plus another full-panel backflap, with the 3-d design from New York Institute of Technology (which was pretty stunning for a pop record of that time!) in three different images. The cassette is clear with white on-body print, with band name and title in the famous digital typeface. Mine has some strange rust-coloured substance inside the shell, which I'm fairly sure shouldn't be there. I don't know if it affects play, but I have the album on several other cassettes as well as on LPs and CDs, so if this one doesn't work it will not affect my enjoyment of the music!

 






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