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VIDEO- “''If It Ain’t Stiff, It Aint Worth a F***''”. The STIFFS tour film, a short documentary about the tour, with live footage, travelling in the bus footage, and general silly behavior. Elvis does ‘”Watching the Detectives’ and also appears in the grand finale. | VIDEO- “''If It Ain’t Stiff, It Aint Worth a F***''”. The STIFFS tour film, a short documentary about the tour, with live footage, travelling in the bus footage, and general silly behavior. Elvis does ‘”Watching the Detectives’ and also appears in the grand finale. | ||
■ PROMOTIONAL ONLY SINGLE-“Excerpts from STIFFS Greatest Hits”. On STIFF Records. | |||
FREEB 2-A. British promotional single. Includes excerpts from BUY 13 thru BUY 24 STIFF singles. Also features a wild narration by a rock dj. ‘where perfection is no accident …. and the lord said-go out and SELL.’ | |||
==the first trip to America== | |||
‘Rock Around the World’ interview. Late 1977. A syndicated radio rock show which mixes interviews with music, either live or studio. This is available on a disc which is distributed to radio stations only. Length is about 15 minutes. Only recorded music was used. Sound quality is excellent. The disc is RARE. | |||
■SINGLE RELEASE-“Watching the Detectives/live medley Blame it on Cain-Mystery Dance” <br> | |||
{{m}}STIFF Records. BUY 20. British issue. Full colour pic sleeve, Elvis and band in stripes. Issued in various European countries as well: <br> | |||
{{m}}GERMAN issue has ‘textured sleeve’. STIFF 6.12193.<br> | |||
{{m}}SPANISH edition says ‘Estereo’ on sleeve, and the label is red and black and white, not just b/w as in Britain. STIFF MO1819.<br> | |||
{{m}}DUTCH version has black sleeve photo with white background, instead of blue and white stripes. STIFF SPS 510.042.<br> | |||
‘i think you know what i mean…. | |||
….little triggers but big tears’ | |||
‘Old Waldorf’ in San Francisco. Broadcast on KSAN. [[Concert 1977-11-15 San Francisco (early)|November 15, 1977]]. Includes the complete early show and a portion of the late show with the songs not performed in the early set. Length is about an hour and sound quality is excellent. Early show: Pump it Up*Working Week*Red Shoes*Blame it on Cain*End of the World*The Beat*Less Than Zero*Alison*Miracle Man You Belong To Me*Lipstick Vogue*Watching the Detectives*Mystery Dance. Late set includes: No Dancing*Living in Paradise*I’m Not Angry*Alison* Chelsea. | |||
‘The Whiskey’ in Los Angeles. [[Concert 1977-11-18 Los Angeles|November 18, 1977]]. Length is about 45 minutes. Sound quality is good at best. I’m Not Angry*Big Tears*Chelsea*Less than Zero*Radio Radio*Living in Paradise*Little Triggers*Lip service*You Belong To Me*Miracle Man*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*Mystery Dance. | |||
‘The Whiskey’ in Los Angeles. [[Concert 1977-11-19 Los Angeles|November 19, 1977]]. Length is about 45 minutes. Sound quality is poor. This is the legendary Elvis show where he nearly took on a drunken heckler during ‘Detectives’. Elvis picked up a glass, broke it, and proceeded to antagonize the nuisance. Working Week*Blame it on Cain* End of the World*Night Rally*This Years Girl *Less than Zero*You Belong to Me *Mystery Dance*Red shoes*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*Miracle Man. | |||
KROQ interview. California. November 20, 1977. | |||
Length is about 15 minutes. Sound quality is very good. Features Elvis, Attractions and Jake Riviera. | |||
‘Jed’s’ in New Orleans. Broadcast on WNOE FM. [[Concert 1977-11-23 New Orleans|November 23, 1977]]. Sound quality is very good. Not great for a radio tape, incomplete, as well. Length is about 30 minutes. | |||
Stranger in the House*Roudettes Song*alison*Blame it on Cain*The Beat*No Dancing* Waiting for the End of the World*No Action*Less than Zero. | |||
‘Electric Ballroom’ in Milwaukee. [[Concert 1977-12-01 Milwaukee|December 1, 1977]]. Length is about 35 minutes. Sound quality is fair. Working Week*Red shoes*End of the World*No Action*Roudettes Song*Less than Zero*The Beat*Big Tears*I’m Not Angry. | |||
‘Top of the Pops’ British TV show. [[TV 1977-12-01 Top Of The Pops|December 1977]]. 2 separate appearances. Sound quality is very good. ‘Watching the Detectives’ ‘I Don’t Wanna Go to Chelsea’. | |||
‘Riviera Theatre’ in Chicago. Broadcast on WXRT. [[Concert 1977-12-02 Chicago|December 3, 1977]]. Sound quality is excellent. Length is about 45 minutes. Working Week*Red shoes*End of the World*No Action*The Beat*Less than Zero*Radio Radio*You Belong to Me*Lipstick Vogue *Detectives*Pump it Up*Miracle Man*Mystery Dance. | |||
■ SINGLE RELEASE – “Mystery Dance/Pay it Back” ORANGE VINYL Belgian pressing. reissue. Many of the STIFF records were issued in this series. Sleeve is black with the titles written on it. STIFF COU-B 640.131. | |||
“Watching the Detectives/Live Medley” YELLOW VINYL Belgian pressing. reissue. STIFF COU-B BUY 20. Identical pic sleeve to original. | |||
WMMS interview. Cleveland. December 5, 1977. Length is about 20 to 25 minutes. Sound quality is good to very good. | |||
‘Agora Club’ in Cleveland. Broadcast on WMMS. [[Concert 1977-12-05 Cleveland|December 5, 1977]]. Length is about 55 minutes. Sound quality is excellent. Working Week*Red shoes*Hand in Hand*End of the World*No Action*Less than Zero*The Beat*No Dancing*Big Tears*Blame it on Cain*Radio Radio*You Belong to Me*Pump it Up*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*Miracle Man*Mystery Dance. | |||
‘Hot Club’ in Philadelphia. Broadcast on WMMR. [[Concert 1977-12-07 Philadelphia (early)|December 7, 1977]]. Length is about 45 minutes. Sound quality is excellent. Working Week*red shoes*End of the World*No Action*Less than Zero*The Beat*Roudettes Song*Blame it on Cain*Little Triggers*Radio Radio*You Belong to Me*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*Pump it Up*Miracle Man*Mystery Dance. | |||
‘Hot Club’ in Philadelphia. [[Concert 1977-12-07 Philadelphia (late)|December 7, 1977]]. Late Show. Length is about 50 minutes. Sound quality is fair to poor. Includes a very rare performance of ‘Neat Neat Neat’. No Action*Red Shoes*Hand in Hand*End of the World*Night Rally*Less Than Zero*Neat Neat Neat*Big Tears*Radio Radio*Lipservice*Living in Paradise*You Belong to Me*Detectives*I’m Not Angry. | |||
‘Paradise Club’ in Boston. Broadcast on WBCN. [[Concert 1977-12-09 Boston (early)|December 9, 1977]]. Length is about 45 minutes. Sound quality is excellent. Pump it Up*Red Shoes*End of the World*No Action*Less than Zero*The Beat*Roudette’s Song*Big Tears*Radio Radio*You Belong to Me*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives. | |||
‘Paradise Club’ in Boston. [[Concert 1977-12-10 Boston|December 10, 1977]]. Length is about 65 to 70 minutes. Sound quality is good. Tape is hampered by mike cut outs which are most prevalent in the only known live performance of ‘Dr Luther’s Assistant’!! This version varies from the version eventually recorded and released in 1980, though the basic melody is the same. No Action*Red Shoes*Hand in Hand*The Beat*Stranger in the House*Chelsea*Blame it on Cain*Dr. Luthers Assistant*Living in Paradise (apt!)*Alison*Radio Radio*Lipservice*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*You Belong To Me*Miracle Man*No Dancing*Mystery Dance*Pump it Up, | |||
‘Oxford Alehouse’ in New Haven. [[Concert 1977-12-11 New Haven|December 11, 1977]]. Length is about 30 minutes. Tape is incomplete. Sound quality is very good. A rare performance of Sunday’s Best*Blame it on Cain*Little Triggers*Radio Radio*Pump it Up*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*You Belong to Me*Miracle Man. | |||
‘Bottom Line’ in New York City. [[Concert 1977-12-13 New York (late)|December 13, 1977]] late show. Length is 55 to 60 minutes. Sound quality is good. Working Week*Red shoes*Hand in Hand*End of the World*Night Rally*Less than Zero*The Beat*Big Tears*Little Triggers*Radio Radio*You Belong To Me*Miracle Man*Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*I’m Not Angry*Pump it Up. | |||
‘Bottom Line’ in New York City. [[Concert 1977-12-14 New York (late)|December 14, 1977]]. late show. Length is 30 minutes. tape is incomplete. Sound quality is very good. Elvis does some great intros to the songs, and there is an interesting break in Alison. Working Week*Red shoes*Hand in Hand*End of the World*Chelsea*Less than Zero*Roudettes song*The Beat*Alison*No Dancing*You Belong To Me. | |||
WLIR interview. Garden City, Long Island. Broadcast December 15, 1977. Length is about 30 minutes or so. Sound quality is excellent. | |||
■ SINGLE RELEASE – “Alison/Miracle Man”. CBS Records. American issue. This is a notable single for a couple of reasons. The ‘A’ side is a ‘doctored’ version of the song, with strings and a female backing chorus. Very schlocky. The ‘B’ side is a live version with the Attractions, not the version on the live STIFFS album, though. No picture sleeve. CBS 3-10641. There is a mono/stereo promotional dj copy available which only includes ‘Alison’. White label. CBS 3-10641. | |||
‘4 Acres Club’ in Utica, New York. Broadcast on WOUR. [[Concert 1977-12-06 Marcy|December 15, 1977]]. Length is about 65 minutes. Sound quality is excellent. Elvis’ comments between songs are interesting. He also makes reference to the fact that since he’s playing ‘to the people’ rather than the media like in larger cities, he does 2 encores. Pump it Up*Red shoes*End of the World*No Dancing*The Beat*Less than Zero*Roudettes Song*Living in Paradise*Little Triggers*Radio Radio*You Belong To Me*Miracle Man*Detectives*Lipstick Vogue*Mystery Dance*Lipservice*I’m Not Angry. | |||
‘Stone Pony’ in Asbury Park, New Jersey. [[Concert 1977-12-16 Asbury Park (early)|December 16, 1977]]. 2 sets. Length is about 90 minutes. Sound quality is very good. Includes a rare performance of the old Everly Brothers song ‘Price of Love’ as well as ‘Really Mystifying’. A great show!! | |||
Lipstick Vogue*Detectives*Mystery Dance*Pump it Up*Hand in Hand*Price of Love*Red shoes*Roudettes Song*Red shoes*Just Don’t Know What do to with myself*Radio Radio*Really Mystifying*End of the World*Detectives*You Belong to Me*Miracle Man*I’m Not Angry*No Action*Less than Zero*The Beat*Blame it on Cain*Alison*Radio Radio*You Belong to Me*Miracle Man. | |||
NBC TV ‘Saturday Night Live’. A live appearance on American Television. [[TV 1977-12-17 Saturday Night Live|December 17, 1977]]. The Sex Pistols were originally slated to appear, but couldn’t get work permits, and as a last minute addition, Elvis was invited. True to form, Elvis’ American TV debut was controversial. Elvis was allotted time to do 2 songs which were to be ‘Detectives’ and ‘Less than Zero’. Detectives was done as planned, then they did the first few bars of ‘Less than Zero’, and Elvis abruptly stopped the band and said ‘No, this isn’t right’ and promptly launched into his scathing indictment of the media – ‘Radio Radio’. Much to the dismay of producer Lorne Michaels. Length is about 10 minutes or so. Sound quality is very good. | |||
a fitting end to the first visit to America… | |||
■ SINGLE RELEASE- “Watching the Detectives/live medley”. On CBS Records in America. Not issued with picture sleeve. CBS 1-10696. There is also a mono/stereo white label dj promo copy with just Detectives. CBS 3-10696. | |||
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