The former Orange Juice frontman is releasing the single in a limited run of 1,500 and, in what Collins's website calls a "Willy Wonka golden-ticket tradition", fans won't know whether they've lucked out until they get home and take the record out of its packaging.
Each single contains a paper sleeve printed with one of Collins's distinctive pencil drawings. But 25 of these drawings have been coloured or added to by celebrity fans of his. These include include Richard Hawley, the Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley and Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller.
Collins suffered a major brain haemorrhage in February 2005 and his physical rehabilitation is ongoing. As part of his therapy he has had to relearn how to draw, this time with his left hand, and it's one of these drawings which decorates the single.
Home Again was the title track on his 2007 solo album, recorded prior to his illness. All profits from the single will go to Connect, an aphasia support organisation that helped Collins during his recovery.
On June 9, Collins will perform with Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame and launch an exhibition of the customised record sleeves at the Social, in London. The exhibition continues for four weeks, and the Home Again seven inch - golden tickets and all - will be released on June 23.
Click to see our gallery of Edwyn Collins's sleeves.
Full list of designers:
John Squire, Irvine Welsh, Jeremy Deller, Norman Blake, Samantha Morton, Paul Cook, Franz Ferdinand, Nicky Wire, Harry Hill, Pete Fowler, Pam Hogg, Billy Childish, Pete Shelley, Tracey Thorn, Jarvis Cocker, the Cribs, Bob London, Bernard Butler, Sebastian Lewsley, David Shrigley, Graham Coxon, Andrew Weatherall, Tim Burgess and Richard Hawley
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