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MY AIM IS TRUE

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With just four 3-hour sessions spread over 2 days the young but mature Elvis recorded one of the finest debut albums ever. Jake Riviera, his manager, described him as "Baggy-suited and bespectacled, a Buddy Holly on acid"!


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Tracks

Initial UK release:

Side 1:
  Welcome To The Working Week
  Miracle Man
  No Dancing
  Blame It On Cain
  Alison
  Sneaky Feelings
Side 2:
  (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
  Less Than Zero
  Mystery Dance
  Pay It Back
  I'm Not Angry
  Waiting For The End Of The World

Bonus tracks on Demon/Rykodisc CD reissue:
  Watching The Detectives
  Radio Sweetheart
  Stranger In The House
  Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
  Mystery Dance (Honky Tonk demo)
  Cheap Reward (Honky Tonk demo)
  Jump Up (Honky Tonk demo)
  Wave A White Flag (Honky Tonk demo)
  Blame It On Cain (Honky Tonk demo)
  Poison Moon (Honky Tonk demo)

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Release information:

Albums

  1977-07-22  My Aim Is True
  1982-__-__  Viva England
  1993-10-__  My Aim Is True (reissue)
  2001-08-21  My Aim Is True (Rhino re-release)
  2001-08-__  Selections from My Aim Is True, Spike, And All This Useless Beauty [US promo]

Singles

  1977-03-25  Less Than Zero
                / Radio Sweetheart (single mix)
  1977-05-27  Alison
                / Welcome To The Working Week
  1977-07-07  (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
                / Mystery Dance
  1977-07-__  (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
                / Dream Tobacco (Max Wall)
  1977-__-__  Alison (US version) [promo]
                / Alison (US version mono)
  1977-__-__  Alison (US version)
                / Miracle Man (live)
  1977-__-__  Watching The Detectives [promo]
                (1-sided test pressing)
  1977-10-14  Watching The Detectives
                / Blame It On Cain (live)
                ; Mystery Dance (live)
  1977-10-__  Watching The Detectives [promo]
                / Watching The Detectives (edit)
  1977-__-__ Watching The Detectives (mono) [promo] 
                / Watching The Detectives
  19__-__-__ Watching The Detectives [promo]
                + 2 tracks
  1977-__-__  Watching The Detectives
                / Alison (US version)
  1977-__-__  Mystery Dance
                / Pay It Back
  1977-__-__  4 Track Sampler From My Aim Is True: [promo]
                Watching The Detectives (edit)
                ; Alison
                / (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
                ; Less Than Zero
  1978-__-__  Alison
                / Less Than Zero
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