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Stiffs Live

Adam Block

Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Larry Wallis, Wreckless Eric

This live sampler from the crack team of England's pub-rock new wave is finally available and it's a treat. Nick Lowe cops a melody from Chuck Berry's "C'est La Vie," and roars with it. Wreckless Eric does the same with "Save the Last Dance for Me," sounding like a drunken hybrid of Bryan Ferry and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Larry Wallis mounts a great Graham Parker parody on "I'm a Police Car," Costello's nearly a cappella reading of Bacharach/David's "I Don't Know What to do with Myself" is a marvel, and "Miracle Man" torques. Ian Dury is hilariously ghoulish. This LP has few pretensions and no dull cuts. As the logo announces: We came, we saw, we left.

Rating: 4+

Tags: Live Stiffs • Miracle Man • I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself • Burt Bacharach • Hal David • Nick Lowe • Ian Dury • Wreckless Eric • Larry Wallis • Chuck Berry • Graham Parker