Elvis Costello Introduces...The Tracks From His New Album Almost Blue - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Release date
Media
Catalogue number (comments)
1981-10-__
LP
F-Beat E.C.CHAT 1 (UK promo)
1981-10-__
LP
Columbia AS 1318 (US promo)
Tracks: Side 1:
Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)? [Hank Williams]
Sweet Dreams [Don Gibson]
Success [Mullins]
I'm Your Toy (Hot Burrito Number 1) [Ethridge/Parsons]
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down [Merle Haggard]
Brown To Blue [George Jones]
Side 2:
Good Year For The Roses [Jerry Chesnut]
Sittin' And Thinkin' [Charlie Rich]
Colour Of The Blues [Williams/Jones]
Too Far Gone [Billy Sherill]
Honey Hush [Big Joe Turner]
How Much I Lied [Parsons/Rifkin]
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
Notes:
Each track is preceeded by a short spoken intro.
The UK cover is a pasteup; the front has a drawing of the band by Bruce
Thomas on white paper, with a copy number and the artists' names
stamped (in black, blue & red ink) and their signatures in various
colours. The back has the tracklist and times printed in black on blue
paper. The cover lists the keyboard player as Steve Neive.
The US cover is plain black, some with a square red on white sticker
containing the title. The US title is Almost Blue (Elvis Introduces
His Favourite Country Songs).