design, art direction Farrow Design design, art direction Pet Shop Boys management Angela Becker photography by John Ross photography by [original portraits] Pelle Crépin Copyright (c) Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. Licensed To EMI Records Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Music Manufactured By Microservice Tecnologia Digital da Amazônia Ltda. Distributed By Microservice Tecnologia Digital da Amazônia Ltda. Fabricado e distribuído pela Microservice - Tecnologia Digital da Amazônia Ltda.
Released in a regular jewel case with clear tray. Includes a 6-page fold-out artwork insert. Catalogue number listed as 1580 2 on spine and back insert / 1580-2 on disc.
Some errors appear on this release, as the tracklist deviates from the tracks that are actually included. On 18 November 2009 Neil Tennant commented via Twitter that these errors were caused by EMI.
The tracklist as printed on the release was the intended tracklist, as can be concluded from the fact that all tracks are in chronological order but Paninaro '95 is placed between Love Comes Quickly (1986) and It's A Sin (1987). It was intended to include the original version of Paninaro, released as the B-side of Suburbia in 1986.
The omission of the Ten Inch Mix of West End Girls is compensated by the mistake of the inclusion of the original 1992 Mark Stent 7 mix of Go West, which has so far only surfaced on a few compilation CD's but not on any official Pet Shop Boys release.
1: Mislabeled as West End Girls (Ten Inch Mix) 3: Mislabeled as Paninaro (Seven Inch Mix) 9: Single Edit 10: This is actually the original and unreleased 1992 Mark Stent 7 mix 12: Album Version
A corrected edition was subsequently released: Party / The Greatest Hits. Barcode: 78914301580 2 6 Matrix / Runout: Microservice 83372M3091016ALC13 143765/1580-2 Mastering SID Code: IFPI L363 (Variations A & B) Mould SID Code: IFPI 540H (Variation A) Mould SID Code: IFPI (Variation B) Other: AA0010000 (Batch ID, on back insert, variation 1) Other: AA10000 (Batch ID, on disc, variation 1) Other: AB0004000 (Code on back insert - Variation 4) Other: AD001000 (Code on back insert - Variation 5) Other: AH0001000 (Code on back insert - Variation 6)