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Revision as of 20:50, 7 February 2015
Release information
| Release date | Media | Catalog number | Comments |
| 1977-10-14 | 7" | Stiff BUY 20 | UK, ps |
| 1977-10-__ | 7" | Stiff BUY 20DJ | UK, DJ promo |
| 1977-__-__ | 7" | Stiff BUY 20 | UK, 1-sided test pressing |
| 1977-10-__ | 7" | Columbia 3-10696 | US, a promo version also exists with a "DJ stamp" |
| 1977-__-__ | 7" | Columbia 3-10696 | US, DJ promo |
| 1977-__-__ | 7" | Stiff 2COU/B/BUY 20 | Belgium, yellow vinyl, ps |
| 1977-__-__ | 7" | Teldec AC 6.12193/Stiff BUY 20 | Germany, ps |
| 1977-__-__ | 7" | Stiff 640120 | France, ps |
| 1977-__-__ | 7" | Stiff SRS 510042 | Holland |
| 1978-01-23 | 7" | Stiff Buy 11633 | Australia, demo |
| 2003-10-27 | 5" CD | Edsel BUY 20 | UK, available only in Singles, Volume 1 box set |
Commercial releases
7" tracklistSide A: Watching The Detectives [3:43] |
CD tracklist01. Watching The Detectives (remix) [3:48] |
Promo releases
UK 7" promo tracklistSide A: Watching The Detectives |
US 7" promo tracklistSide A: Watching The Detectives (Mono) [3:42] |
Credits
Producer: Nick Lowe
Personnel:
- Watching The Detectives:
- Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
- Steve Goulding - drums
- Andrew Bodnar - bass
- Steve Nieve - piano, organ
- Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
- Blame It On Cain, Mystery Dance & Miracle Man:
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
- Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
- Steve Nieve - keyboards
- Pete Thomas - drums
- Bruce Thomas - bass
- Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
Charts
- #15 (UK)
Notes
- Blame It On Cain, Mystery Dance & Miracle Man 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.
- BUY 20: Etched in the runoff for side A is "I Think You Know What I Mean". Side B contains "Little Triggers But Big Tears".
- BUY 20DJ: Etched in the runoff for side A is "tone controlled".
- A US 12" promo with Watching The Detectives and two unknown tracks is rumored to exist, but this may actually be the Live At Hollywood High EP.
 UK 7" single with rare "telephone directory" sleeve |
 Belgian 7" single on yellow vinyl |
