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This packaging version was never released and, to date, the validity of the item has never been verified. However, the group's label did release other seven-inch "double pack" versions of some of the group's future singles in exactly the same format which lends some credibility to the claim that the
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is labelled as "Side One" and features an extended version of the song entitled "Ressurection Joe (Long Version)". The B-side to the twelve-inch single is labelled as "Side Two" and features the title song along with an extended and remixed version, entitled "Ressurection Joe (Hep Cat Mix Long
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under the title "The Ressurection Song." The earliest versions bore no resemblance, musically or lyrically, to the final version. The song was gradually transformed into the final version during the later months of 1983, while the group was on its second concert tour of the United Kingdom.
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The picture sleeve to both the seven-inch and twelve-inch releases were produced in both die-cut and non die-cut versions. Further both die-cut and non die-cut versions were produced with untextured and textured sleeves. To date there is no explanation as to why this was done.
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format and was distributed by the Nexus International/Jade Music label (catalogue number K15P-516). It was released in 1985, but the specific day and month of the release is unknown. The track listing is radically different from the United Kingdom single as follows:
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version of "Ressurection Joe". The layout carried the catalogue number BEG 122D (which was consistent with Beggars Banquet catalogue numbering at the time) and was allegedly to have collected all four versions of "Ressurection Joe" on two seven-inch records.
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and the misspelled title was retained as the "official" song title. On some subsequent compilation releases, the group's label has spelled the word in conventional form.
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was produced for the song. For years this fact was unknown, due to no exposure or promotion of the music video, until it was released on the music video collection
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version of the song entitled "Ressurection Joe (Hep Cat Mix)". The title of the remix comes from a lyric in the song and is, in turn, a reference to a
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album). The footage is spliced from different songs they performed, as "Ressurection Joe" was not performed during that concert.
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hawking "Joe's Ressurection Elixir". Astbury is initially rejected by patrons of a bar as he tries to hawk his
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Interspersed in the music video is live footage of the group performing. The live footage is from their
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Often the title of the song is indicated as being misspelled. While the correct spelling of the word is
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The song was originally written and performed (live) when the group was still
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stated that he accidentally misspelled the word when designing the single's
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in April 23, 2014 and November 4, 2014 dated posts to his Facebook page
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Release information pertains to the United Kingdom release only.
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In 1991 a record store in England advertised for sale, in
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Single
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B-side
Genre
Post-punk
gothic rock
Label
Beggars Banquet
Songwriter(s)
Ian Astbury
Billy Duffy
Producer(s)
Chris Kimsey
The Cult
Go West
She Sells Sanctuary
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rock

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