Excerpts From Stiff's Greatest Hits
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| Excerpts From Stiff's Greatest Hits | |
 Various artists promo single by Various artists | |
| Released | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Label | Stiff |
1978 Stiff promo single includes excerpts from "Alison", "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" & "Watching The Detectives"
Tracks
| Side A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Performer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | One Chord Wonder | The Adverts | |||||||
| 2. | Alison | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 3. | (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 4. | Whole Wide World | Wreckless Eric | |||||||
| 5. | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Ian Dury | |||||||
| 6. | Problem Child | The Damned | |||||||
| 7. | Suffice To Say | Yachts | |||||||
| Side B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Performer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Watching The Detectives | Elvis Costello | |||||||
| 2. | Halfway To Paradise | Nick Lowe | |||||||
| 3. | Police Car | Larry Wallis | |||||||
| 4. | Sweet Gene Vincent | Ian Dury | |||||||
| 5. | Don't Cry Wolf | The Damned | |||||||
Release information
| Release date | Media | Catalog number | Comments |
| 1978-__-__ | 7" | Stiff FREEB2 | UK promo, 33rpm |
Notes
- "For promotional purposes only, not for resale"
- Collects 12 Stiff records singles (Buy 13 to Buy 24) and plays excerpts of each, linked with some "crazy" DJ voiceover
- Issued in company sleeve only
- Runout etchings: A side "Where Perfection is no accident" / B Side "And the Lord said Go out and SELL"
