I should have posted this along with the other versions of the soundtrack album I have, but I somehow had it in my head that it was released in 1981. It wasn’t; all the international editions of the soundtrack were released in 1980, with only one exception I know of, and this isn’t it.
This is the Peruvian edition, and cover-wise it’s essentially identical to the Canadian edition, with a blank red spot in place of Tim Curry, and Tim in his rightful place in the center square in the gatefold.
![Back cover of the Peruvian edition of the soundtrack to TIMES SQUARE (1980) Text: [BACK] A25 - RSO - 2658145.3 STEREO Side 1 "ROCK HARD" - SUZI QUATRO "TALK OF THE TOWN" - THE PRETENDERS" "SAME OLD SCENE" - ROXY MUSIC "DOWN IN THE PARK" - GARY NUMAN "HELP ME!" - MARCY LEVY & ROBIN GIBB Side 2 "LIFE DURING WARTIME" - TALKING HEADS "PRETTY BOYS" - JOE JACKSON "TAKE THIS TOWN" - XTC "I WANNA BE SEDATED" - THE RAMONES "DAMN DOG" - ROBIN JOHNSON EDICION DE LUJO Side 3 "YOUR DAUGHTER IS ONE" - ROBIN JOHNSON & TRINI ALVARADO "BABYLON'S BURNING" - THE RUTS "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE" - D.L. BYRON "WALK ON THE WILD SIDE" - LOU REED "THE NIGHT WAS NOT" - DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE Side 4 "INNOCENT, NOT GUILTY" - GARLAND JEFFREYS "GRINDING HALT" - THE CURE "PISSING IN THE RIVER" PATTI SMITH GROUP "FLOWERS IN THE CITY" - DAVID JOHANSEN & ROBIN JOHNSON "DAMN DOG" — ROBIN JOHNSON (Reprise - The Cleo Club) Album Executive Producer: Bill Oakes c 1980 Butterfly Valley NV P 1980 RSO Records, Inc. RSO FABRICADO POR "EL VIRREY" INDUSTRIAS MUSICALES S.A. EL DISCO ES CULTURA](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2017/04/Peru-OST-jacket-rear_1080px.jpg)
I stopped collecting variants of the soundtrack album once I realized just how much space they would take up for dozens of items that were all pretty much the same. I’ll only pick one up if it has some substantial difference (and is cheap enough), and the title in Spanish on the spine and the Spanish translations of the song titles on the record labels did it for me.
My copy doesn’t have the blue paper inner sleeves with the photos of Nicky and Pammy and the extended song publication information. I don’t know if that’s how it was originally issued or if some previous owner lost them along the way. This may also be different because it’s a white-labeled promotional record. Prohibida su venta.
For comparison, here are the American and the UK editions.