Hits Greatest Stiffs
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| Hits Greatest Stiffs | |
 Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | Sep 16, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Label | Stiff |
1977 Stiff compilation includes "Radio Sweetheart."
Tracks
| Side A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Performer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Heart Of The City | Nick Lowe | 1:59 | ||||||
| 2. | Between The Lines | Pink Fairies | 3:10 | ||||||
| 3. | Cincinnati Fatback | Roogalator | 6:14 | ||||||
| 4. | Styrofoam | Tyla Gang | 2:37 | ||||||
| 5. | Texas Chainsaw Massacre Boogie | Tyla Gang | 3:59 | ||||||
| Side B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Performer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | Caravan Man | Lew Lewis | 4:25 | ||||||
| 2. | Help | The Damned | 1:42 | ||||||
| 3. | You Gotta Lose | Richard Hell | 3:29 | ||||||
| 4. | This Is The World | Plummet Airlines | 2:00 | ||||||
| 5. | Leavin' Here | Motorhead | 2:34 | ||||||
| 6. | Radio Sweetheart | Elvis Costello | 2:48 | ||||||
Release information
| Release date | Media | Catalog number | Comments |
| 1977-09-16 | LP | Stiff FIST1 | UK |
| 1977-10-22 | MC | Stiff ZFIST1 | UK |
| 1977-__-__ | LP | Stiff/Barclay 940565 | France, gatefold sleeve with adverts for other artists |
| 1977-__-__ | LP | Stiff SEEZ-5 | Australia, made by EMI Australia |
| 1977-__-__ | LP | Stiff/Victor VIP-6660 | Japan |
Notes
- Hits Greatest Stiffs is a various artists compilation album, drawn from ten of the first eleven Stiff singles, BUY 1 – BUY 11.
- The tracks follow the numerical order of the singles, but feature mostly the b sides, although several singles were originally issued as double a-sides.
- Initial copies of the LP included a free copy of the next single, BUY 12, Max Wall's "England's Glory"/"Dream Tobacco".
- Groove etchings:
- Side A: "IF IT'S STIFF GRAB IT" "A PORKY PRIME CUT".
- Side B: "STIFF ONES HAVE MORE GO IN THEM".
