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Watching The Detectives / Blame It On Cain (live); Mystery Dance (live)

Notes

Side A:

Watching The Detectives [3:43]

Side B:

Blame It On Cain (live) [2:52]
Mystery Dance (live) [2:01]


Producer:

Nick Lowe


Personnel:

Watching The Detectives:
Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
Steve Goulding - drums
Andrew Bodnar - bass
Steve Nieve - piano, organ
Blame It On Cain & Mystery Dance:
Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums
Bruce Thomas - bass

Peak Chart Position:

#15 (U.K.)

Releases

Release Date Media Catalogue Number (comments)
1977-10-14 7" Stiff BUY 20 (UK, ps)
1977-10-__ 7" Columbia 3-10696 (US, a promo version also exists with a 'DJ stamp')
1977-__-__ 7" Stiff COU/B/BUY 20 (Belgium, yellow vinyl, ps)
1977-__-__ 7" Teldec AC 6.12193/Stiff BUY 20 (Germany, ps)
1977-__-__ 7" Stiff 640120 (France, ps)
197_-__-__ 7" Stiff SRS 510042 (Holland)
1978-01-23 7" Stiff Buy 11633 (Australia, demo)
Release Date Media Catalogue Number (comments)
1977-10-14 7" Stiff BUY 20 (UK, ps)
1977-10-__ 7" Columbia 3-10696 (US, a promo version also exists with a 'DJ stamp')
1977-__-__ 7" Stiff COU/B/BUY 20 (Belgium, yellow vinyl, ps)
1977-__-__ 7" Teldec AC 6.12193/Stiff BUY 20 (Germany, ps)
1977-__-__ 7" Stiff 640120 (France, ps)
197_-__-__ 7" Stiff SRS 510042 (Holland)
1978-01-23 7" Stiff Buy 11633 (Australia, demo)

Images

File:WTD ps1 front small.jpg
Picture Sleeve variation 1 (front)
File:WTD ps1 back small.jpg
Picture Sleeve variation 1 (back)
File:WTD ps2 front small.jpg
Picture Sleeve variation 2 (front)
WTD Belgium small.jpg
Belgium yellow vinyl


Notes

  • Blame It On Cain & Mystery Dance recorded live at The Nashville Rooms, London, 1977-08-07
  • This single appeared in at least 3 different sleeves: a colour picture cover, a plain Stiff sleeve and the rarer 'telephone directory' cover, which consisted of the entries for the name Stiff out of the London phone book with the Stiff Records number highlighted.
  • Some copies have the Watching The Detectives (edit) version on the A-side. These can only be identified by the duration of the track and the runoff matrix numbers:
A-side: "BUY 20 A-DJ-1U" (stamped) + "tone controlled" (etched)
B-side: "BUY 20 B-1U" (stamped) + "LITTLE TRIGGERS BUT BIG TEARS" (etched)
  • Record Collector (#49) reports that some promo copies of this single apparently had different takes of the live songs on the B-side.
  • Etched in the runoff for side A is "I Think You Know What I Mean". Side B contains "Little Triggers But Big Tears".


Watching The Detectives / Alison (U.S. version)

Notes

Side A:

Watching The Detectives [3:42]

Side B:

Alison (U.S. version) (live) [3:07]


Producer:

Nick Lowe


Personnel:

Watching The Detectives:
Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
Steve Goulding - drums
Andrew Bodnar - bass
Steve Nieve - piano, organ
Alison (U.S. version):
Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums
Bruce Thomas - bass

Peak Chart Position:

n/a

Releases

Release Date Media Catalogue Number (comments)
1977-__-__ 7" Columbia 3-10705 (USA)
Release Date Media Catalogue Number (comments)
1977-__-__ 7" Columbia 3-10705 (USA)

Images

Image To Come Later.gif
Picture Sleeve variation 1 (front)

Notes

  • The U.S. version of Alison has added synth-strings, chorus & echo.