If anybody can enlighten me further on this query, I will be most grateful. Back in 1986/7 New Order's US Label at the time QWEST issued a curious double-header 12" Maxi-Single featuring "Bizarre Love Triangle" (Shep Pettibone remix - same as the UK single version) backed with "State Of The Nation" (12" original UK version) plus maybe two other alternate versions of these songs. However, the sleeve was the one used for UK's version of "BLT" - a slightly orangier wash of colour than the UK "SOTN" 12", and due to the lack of any sleeve information, a label was stuck to this cover: listing the tracks. Now this is where the oddity surfaces. One of the tracks clearly listed has the title "I DON'T CARE" - which, if it existed, must be the only New Order song I've never heard - or come across in any other format. This 12" was also available as an expensive import in Britain at the time - I even saw a copy or two at several record fairs I went to around the same time. Now, can anybody here verify this title as I'm positive I saw this on the sleeve of this 12". When I went to the States for a holiday in late1987 I searched in vain for this 12" but it seemed the stores were either out of stock or may have only had it available as a limited edition.
What I'd like to know is....does anybody have a copy of said 12" maxi-single, or acquired one? And if so, just what is this track? Is it an instrumental? Or a red herring? I'm intrigued to know. Surely, there must be some devout collectors out there who may well have snapped up every bean and fart the band have ever emitted.
Any answers?? ![]()