Copies of “Look Sharp!” surface with “new” cover
Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on April 23, 2003 to Releases.
NEW YORK (UPDATED) - 
Jewel case packages of “Look Sharp!” are on sale in the United States where, by mistake, the cover booklet was inserted reverse-side-up and the now-classic Mikael Jansson photographic image of Marie and Per lounging against a black limo – along with their “autographs” – shows through as the cover art.
A spokesperson at EMI knew of no intentional change to the cover, and the number of units affected is unknown. The catalog number is CDP-7-91098-2.
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29 comments
ChrisWilliams said on April 24, 2003 18:42:
Collectable?
Oooh look, I put my cover into the case backwards. I’m gonna be rich!
;-)
Jud (moderator) said on April 24, 2003 22:32:
*** joking mood on ***
I purchased already 3 copies, gonna attack Ebay
*** joking mood off ***
Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on April 25, 2003 01:21:
If you don’t open the security wrapping (the way CDs are sold in the US), I also think it has potential value for a collector. It depends on how many units were produced this way... and entire production run, or only a portion of it.
Mfan28179-Jason said on April 25, 2003 02:44:
LOL. I’m suprised it’s still in production in the USA, considering they can barely even put out a few copies of ’The Ballad Hits.’
royalball said on April 25, 2003 04:07:
Duh...where have you guys been? This isn’t the first time that this has happened. When I was in college I worked for a music chain Blockbuster Music and recieved a lot of CDs...also I remember even seeing the Look Sharp cover turned inside out quite a few times. Even today I still see the cover turned inside out...hmmmm...I always had thought people had seen this.
I’ve actually seen worse...I’ve opened up jewel cases and there would be no Cd inside...it happens!
Sparvogamarie said on April 25, 2003 08:39:
Any fan who would buy a CD just because the cover is backwards must seriously fall into the “get a life” category...I mean I know people who have bought 7 copies of WICF because of slightly different covers, but this is just ridiculous!
Jud (moderator) said on April 25, 2003 11:01:
:O surprise! My “Look sharp” CD became a collector item all of a sudden! How come? I turned the cover the other way round :DDDD
matthias said on April 25, 2003 11:50:
Oh well... That’s fine! :-)
I finally contributed to the clarification *grin*
I just didn’t make sense to me...
But that’s life!
Have a nice day! And don’t forget to reverse your covers ;-)
rox-kuryliw said on April 25, 2003 15:31:
i have mine that way anyhow , also like that side better :-)))))))))))
sunnshy said on April 25, 2003 18:28:
Royallball
it has happened to me also, once a bought a cd and it had another cd in the jewel box, and another time i bought a vangelis cd and inside was a computer cd
knight said on April 26, 2003 04:17:
It looks strange to everyone because the cover we all know, was printed first.
If the mistake this cover was the original, no one would have said jack shit at the time of it’s release in 1989.
I think it looks quite good, a collectable.
ATLTK said on April 26, 2003 16:21:
Lars erik
tell me about that record how comes its reissued?
and what the difftence between it and the “old” one
ted
ps
u got mail
tevensso (moderator) said on April 27, 2003 10:18:
The album was released in ’89 in the US. Where did you find it in ’86? ;)
@Ted: That call # is the same as the original CD released in 1989 so there is absolutely nothing new with this one. Probably just a newly pressed batch. (Which in itself may be interesting.)
AntiMario said on April 27, 2003 17:21:
When I’ve purchased the Italian release of LS! (my old Durch got scratched in the player badly in a circle) it was also bend the different way around!
True, Marie and Per photo was at the backside. Besides the sleeve of Italian thing is much lighter in color (not so yellowish) and they have slightly different backsleeve. Am I having a rarity then, duh? ;)
AntiMario said on April 27, 2003 17:23:
Oh my God and I forgot that “Joyride” on the CD I bought is written slightly diagonally benath “Roxette”, but not parallel. Is that rarity too? ;)
tania said on April 27, 2003 17:30:
i dont care if there is a new cover the music stays the same and thats greatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt so emi do something usefull for a change
Jud (moderator) said on April 27, 2003 23:11:
TDR Policy nr. 1 (or 2): no personal attacks / insulting / flaming. As long as you go on like this, your posts will be deleted. Got it?
Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on April 24, 2003 16:15:
TDR apologizes for any confusion in first reporting this as an intentional re-issue. We didn’t allow for the possibility of a mistake in the production line. TDR reader Matthias contributed to the clarification.