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Release date	Media	Catalogue number (comments)
Almost Blue - Elvis Costello & The Attractions [31:08]
standard release, with sticker Israeli release, with sticker in Hebrew
1981-10-23	LP	F-Beat XXLP13 (UK)
1981-10-__	CAS	F-Beat XXC 13 (UK, issued in cardboard cigarette-style pack)
19__-__-__	LP	Columbia FC 37562 (US/Canada)
19__-__-__	LP	F-Beat/Warner-Pioneer P-11107 (Japan)
1984-04-06	LP	Demon IMP FIEND 33 (UK)
1984-04-06	CAS	Demon IMP FIEND CASS 33 (UK)
1986-01-__	CD	Demon IMP FIEND CD 33 (UK)
19__-__-__	LP	Liberation Records LIB 5106 (Australia)
19__-__-__	CAS	Liberation Records TCLIB 5106 (Australia)
19__-__-__	LP	(Israel, with sticker in Hebrew)
Japanese release in miniature paper sleeve
2003-09-27	CD	Victor VICP-62507 (Japan, miniature paper sleeves of original LP artwork)

Tracks:

Side 1:
Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)? [Hank Williams] [1:30]
Sweet Dreams [Don Gibson] [2:52]
Success [Mullins] [2:35]
I'm Your Toy (Hot Burrito Number 1) [Ethridge/Parsons] [3:18]
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down [Merle Haggard] [2:05]
Brown To Blue [George Jones] [2:35]

Side 2:
Good Year For The Roses [Jerry Chesnut] [3:05]
Sittin' And Thinkin' [Charlie Rich] [2:50]
Colour Of The Blues [Williams/Jones] [2:15]
Too Far Gone [Billy Sherill] [3:18]
Honey Hush [Big Joe Turner] [2:05]
How Much I Lied [Parsons/Rifkin] [2:40]

Producer:: Billy Sherrill.
Personnel:: Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar; Steve Nieve - piano, organ; Bruce Thomas - bass; Pete Thomas - drums; John McFee - lead guitar, pedal steel; Tommy Millar - fiddle; Nashville Edition - background vocals
Charts:: #7 (UK), #50 (US).; Went gold (100,000 copies) in the UK (date unknown).
Notes:

The LP came in 4 different coloured covers; blue/pale blue, blue/pink, blue/green, & blue/yellow, and some copies had a sticker saying either
"WARNING. This album contains country & western music and may cause offence to narrow minded listeners"
or simply
"The new album from Elvis Costello and The Attractions".
The CD version has the correct title for "How Much I've Lied", and lists "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" as simply "The Bottle Let Me Down". It also has some incorrect track credits ("Brown To Blue [Mathis]" & "Good Year For The Roses [Chestnut]"). The US/Canada versions of the LP have the US spelling of colour (color) in the title of "Colour Of The Blues".
The original version of "I'm Your Toy" by the Flying Burrito Brothers was simply called "Hot Burrito No.1".