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Just one cut on ''Stiffed Again'', the 1975 Flip City version of "Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver," will be familiar from the Rykodisc bonus tracks, appended to ''My Aim Is True''. That version, however, is only one (the third) of three takes included on ''Stiffed Again'', and there is little to choose, or distinguish, between any of them. It is also only one of several genuinely revelatory tracks included here. | Just one cut on ''Stiffed Again'', the 1975 Flip City version of "Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver," will be familiar from the Rykodisc bonus tracks, appended to ''My Aim Is True''. That version, however, is only one (the third) of three takes included on ''Stiffed Again'', and there is little to choose, or distinguish, between any of them. It is also only one of several genuinely revelatory tracks included here. | ||
"Third Rate Romance" contains the blueprint for several tracks on ''This Year's Model'', which is presumably why it never got any further, but neither time nor experience really improved on the previous year's models for "Living In Paradise," "Pay It Back" and "Radio Radio" (present here in its original incarnation as "Radio Soul"), while "I'm Packing Up" and the quirky "Don't Stop The Band" wouldn't have disgraced ''My Aim Is True'' either. | "Third Rate Romance" contains the blueprint for several tracks on ''This Year's Model'', which is presumably why it never got any further, but neither time nor experience really improved on the previous year's models for "Living In Paradise," "Pay It Back" and "Radio, Radio" (present here in its original incarnation as "Radio Soul"), while "I'm Packing Up" and the quirky "Don't Stop The Band" wouldn't have disgraced ''My Aim Is True'' either. | ||
According to legend, several of these songs were recorded with Graham Parker's backing band, the Rumour. Costello played several shows around London with them during the summer of 1976, and the band's approach certainly lent itself to Costello's own style. | According to legend, several of these songs were recorded with Graham Parker's backing band, the Rumour. Costello played several shows around London with them during the summer of 1976, and the band's approach certainly lent itself to Costello's own style. | ||
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Unfortunately, not only is this track presented out of chronological sequence, its error-scarred intro is rendered utterly inexcusable by the same performance's appearance on the BBC's ''[[One And Only: 25 Years Of Radio One|One And Only]]'' compilation in 1992. One can accept this sort of quality when you're talking genuine rarities, but not when the same thing's available properly, down the road, for $20. (The same could also be said of "Imagination," earlier.) | Unfortunately, not only is this track presented out of chronological sequence, its error-scarred intro is rendered utterly inexcusable by the same performance's appearance on the BBC's ''[[One And Only: 25 Years Of Radio One|One And Only]]'' compilation in 1992. One can accept this sort of quality when you're talking genuine rarities, but not when the same thing's available properly, down the road, for $20. (The same could also be said of "Imagination," earlier.) | ||
October 1978 brought the most fondly remembered of Costello's BBC sessions. Highlighted by a positively demonic rendering of his then-latest single, the scathing "Radio Radio," it also gave rare airings to a genuinely yearning "Stranger In The House," and "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," the latter otherwise officially available on the previous year's ''Live Stiffs'' in-concert album. | October 1978 brought the most fondly remembered of Costello's BBC sessions. Highlighted by a positively demonic rendering of his then-latest single, the scathing "Radio, Radio," it also gave rare airings to a genuinely yearning "Stranger In The House," and "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," the latter otherwise officially available on the previous year's ''Live Stiffs'' in-concert album. | ||
Disappointingly, both "Radio" and "I Don't Know What To Do" suffer from severely clipped intros, and there's some dropout in the fade of "Stranger." It's also galling to note the absence of "Really Mystified," a song which has never seen a regular release. But it's still a blistering showcase, and one of Costello's most typically atypical. | Disappointingly, both "Radio" and "I Don't Know What To Do" suffer from severely clipped intros, and there's some dropout in the fade of "Stranger." It's also galling to note the absence of "Really Mystified," a song which has never seen a regular release. But it's still a blistering showcase, and one of Costello's most typically atypical. | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Paul Spencer]].</small><br> | <small>Photo by [[Paul Spencer]].</small><br> | ||
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[[Category:Album reviews]] | [[Category:Album reviews]] | ||
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