Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) (Canada 12'') (1986)

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) (Canada 12'') (1986)

NEW 2021 Transfer! Meticulously Remastered! Originally posted March 21, 2017 “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” is a song by UK duo Pet Shop Boys, released as a single in 1985 and then in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 10 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The song’s indirect attack on its subject matter has come to exemplify the Pet Shop Boys as ironists in their songwriting. This 12″ is for the 1986 re-release which becam a worldwide hit and features remixes by noted 1980s producer Shep Pettibone. Shep Pettibone did not mix “Was That What It Was?”; he was booked to do so, but missed his plane, and his manager, Jane Brinton, mixed the song in his absence. It is unknown if Shep Pettibone was consulting the manager over the phone. This fact went unnoticed until Pet Shop Boys revealed it in the liner notes for the Alternative anthology of B-sides and rarities (1995), though Jane Brinton gets a “Thanks to” mention on the 12″ cover. After a Super Bowl ad featuring the song, it re-entered the Billboard's Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart at No. 5 on February 20, 2021. ** The original transfer that I did in 2017 had a mastering error in the vinyl that created a 2 second gap of silence at around 4:00 on track B2. I have corrected this error for this transfer. SIDE A: Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) 7:18 Engineer [Mix] – Andy Wallace Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen Hague Producer [Original Production] – J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome Recorded By [New York Overdubs By] – Ron Dean Miller Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Shep Pettibone Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Reprise) 4:28 Engineer [Mix] – Andy Wallace Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen Hague Producer [Original Production] – J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome Recorded By [New York Overdubs By] – Ron Dean Miller Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Shep Pettibone SIDE B: Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Original Dance Mix) 6:47 Producer – J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome Was That What It Was? 5:14 Mixed By – Shep Pettibone Mixed By [Uncredited] – Jane Brinton Producer – Pet Shop Boys VINYL GRADE: Vinyl: Near Mint Sleeve: Near Mint RELEASE INFORMATION: Label: EMI America - S 75146 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single Country: Canada Released: 1986 Genre: Electronic Style: Synth-pop CREDITS: Sleeve – Mark Farrow, P.S.B.* Written-By – N. Tennant-C. Lowe* NOTES: A1, A2, and B2 remixed for Mastermix Productions