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Release date	Media	Catalogue number (comments)
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions [35:14]

1978-03-17	LP	Radar RAD 3 (UK)
1978-03-17	LP	Radar RAD 3 (UK promo see note below)
1978-__-__	CAS	Radar RAC 3 (UK, different track order)
1978-05-__	LP	Columbia JC 35331 (US, original copies had the words 'Columbia Columbia Columbia' were replaced with 'Costello Costello Costello' on the label. Promo copies were also issued with with For promotion only / ownership is reserved by CBS / Sale is unlawful stamped in gold on the back of the cover and a track listing pasted on the front)
1978-05-__	CAS	Columbia JCT 35331 (US and Canada)
1978-__-__	LP	Radar 56447 (Belgium, red vinyl)
1978-__-__	LP	WE 341 (France, red vinyl)
(Front cover of Swedish LP)
1978-__-__	LP	Smash SLEPT 2 (Sweden)
1978-__-__	LP	Music Hall/Warner Bros. 50-14.3B6 (Argentina)
1978-08-10	LP	Radar/Warner P-10538F (Japan)
1978-12-21	CAS	Radar/Warner PKF 5011 (Japan)
1980-05-__	LP	F-Beat XXLP 4 (with corrected sleeve)
1980-05-__	CAS	F-Beat XXC 4
1984-__-__	LP	Columbia PC 35331 (US/Canada)
1984-04-06	LP	Demon IMP FIEND 18
1984-__-__	CAS	Demon IMP FIEND CASS 18
1986-01-__	CD	Demon IMP FIEND CD 18
19__-__-__	8T	Columbia 35331 (US)
19__-__-__	LP	Liberation Records LIB 5101 (Australia)
19__-__-__	CAS	Liberation Records TCLIB 5101 (Australia)
Japanese release in miniature paper sleeve
2003-09-27	CD	Victor VICP-62502 (Japan, miniature paper sleeves of original LP artwork)

Tracks:

Side 1:
No Action [1:57]
This Year's Girl [3:16]
The Beat [3:42]
Pump It Up [3:12]
Little Triggers [2:38]
You Belong To Me [2:19]
Watching The Detectives --- only included on Belgian, French, German, Swedish & Argentinian releases

Side 2:
Hand In Hand [2:30]
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea [3:06] --- not included on US release
Lip Service [2:34]
Living In Paradise [3:51]
Lipstick Vogue [3:29]
Night Rally [2:40] --- not included on US release
Radio Radio --- not included on UK release

Producer:: Nick Lowe.
Personnel:

Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums
Bruce Thomas - bass
Charts:: #4 (UK), #30 (US).; Went gold (100,000 copies) in the UK (date unknown).; Went gold (500,000 copies) in the US in 1991.
Notes:

The first 5000 copies of the UK LP included a free single, and had a small round black sticker with white lettering which read "Free album with this single".
The original LPs contained the following text etched next to the run-off groove on side 1: "Special pressing No. 003 Ring Moira on 434 3232 for your special prize". The first few people (believed to be limited to 1000) who phoned in received a photo (with printed autograph) and a badge with the text "Made In 1955 For 1984". In Record Collector (#49) it says that this offer appears to have been a hoax!
The original UK Radar LP release had the covers offset by about 1 inch so that the spine was on the back, and down the righthand side of the front was a printer's colour chart - a deliberate mistake!
The promo version of the UK LP (RAD 3) apparently came with a pound note glued over the opening!
The LP covers for releases in different countries featured different photos (from the same session) for both the outer and inner sleeve.
The Belgian, French, German and Swedish releases contain an 'alternative' version of "Watching The Detectives" at the end of side 1. However, this is simply the normal version speeded up. (The wrong speed was used during mastering).