close up of Ryder lip-synching, imposed over footage of the other members in Happy Mondays in wintery scenery. The band received national exposure for the first time when the video was played on Channel 4's The Chart Show. Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) was released by Factory Records in mid-April 1987. Its initial vinyl release featured a removable PVC sleeve that had the band's name and the album's title on it in large bold letters. The cover itself featured an array of cakes and trifles, while the back cover consisted of a tray of fish. Iain Ellis of PopMatters said Central Station Design, who made the artwork, "introduce a spot-effects technique into the background", which evokes the work of Roy Lichtenstein. The first 3,000 copies of Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) were released with "Desmond", which received attention for the song's similarity to the aforementioned Beatles track. Factory received a writ from the lawyers of Michael Jackson, who owned the Beatles' song publishing. Saxe claimed they had received authorization for the melody over the phone; despite this, Factory promised to destroy all copies that contained the song, which did not come to fruition. Instead, they opted to draft in Young to quickly record the replacement track "24 Hour Party People" at Suite Sixteen Studios in Rochdale. Happy Mondays toured across the UK in April and May 1987, with a mixture of headlining shows, and supporting slots for the Fall, the Farm and the Weather Prophets. Happy Mondays then supported New Order at an all-day benefit gig in London ran by Factory on 6 June 1987, and supported them again three days later in Glasgow. They flew to the United States to appear at a showcase gig, ran by Wilson, in New York City on 15 July 1989. It was being held in the midst of a city-wide music conference New Music Seminar in an attempt to secure licensing deals for the band's releases in North America. Alongside this, Factory released the sampler album Young, Popular & Sexy with "Kuff Dam", which was issued following New Order's commercial breakthrough in the US. The show went poorly, with various members falling ill to unknown substances; the equipment they hired for the event did not show up, and the gear they did find would not