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Stiff BUY 11 [[Less Than Zero|LESS THAN ZERO]]/[[Radio Sweetheart| RADIO SWEETHEART]] (March 1977; PS) | Stiff BUY 11 [[Less Than Zero|LESS THAN ZERO]]/[[Radio Sweetheart| RADIO SWEETHEART]] (March 1977; PS) | ||
Produced by [[Nick Lowe]], Elvis’ first single failed to make the charts, despite a live promotion campaign from Stiff. The A- | Produced by [[Nick Lowe]], Elvis’ first single failed to make the charts, despite a live promotion campaign from Stiff. The A-side reappeared (in a remixed form) on the “My Aim Is True” as well as on the “[[A Bunch Of Stiff Records]]” compilation the following month and the 1st | ||
“[[Heroes & Cowards| Heroes And Cowards]]” album (Stiff SEWL 1000). The flipside was remixed for the Greatest Stiffs” compilation later in 1977, and reappeared on the “[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers| Ten Bloody Marys]]” cassette in Britain and the “[[Taking Liberties]]” album in America. | “[[Heroes & Cowards| Heroes And Cowards]]” album (Stiff SEWL 1000). The flipside was remixed for the Greatest Stiffs” compilation later in 1977, and reappeared on the “[[Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers| Ten Bloody Marys]]” cassette in Britain and the “[[Taking Liberties]]” album in America. | ||
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The only Costello single to date issued without a picture sleeve completed a trio of chart non-contenders. Again, both songs were from “My Aim Is True”, with “Mystery Dance” joining “Alison” on the “Heroes And Cowards” compilation. | The only Costello single to date issued without a picture sleeve completed a trio of chart non-contenders. Again, both songs were from “My Aim Is True”, with “Mystery Dance” joining “Alison” on the “Heroes And Cowards” compilation. | ||
Stiff BUY 20 WATCHING THE DETECTIVES/BLAME IT ON CAIN/MYSTERY DANCE (October 1977, No. 15;PS) £5/gl.75 | Stiff BUY 20 WATCHING THE DETECTIVES/[[Blame It On Cain|BLAME IT ON CAIN]]/MYSTERY DANCE (October 1977, No. 15;PS) £5/gl.75 | ||
“Detectives”, Costello’s first chart entry, appeared in at least three different sleeves a colour picture cover, a plain Stiff sleeve and the now very rare (worth about £8) telephone directory cover, which consisted of a chunk of the London phonebook with the Stiff Records number highlighted. The single was also issued on a promo (BUY200J), which coupled long and short versions of the A-side, while some promos also apparently had different takes of the live songs on the flipside. Excerpts from “Detectives”, | “Detectives”, Costello’s first chart entry, appeared in at least three different sleeves a colour picture cover, a plain Stiff sleeve and the now very rare (worth about £8) telephone directory cover, which consisted of a chunk of the London phonebook with the Stiff Records number highlighted. The single was also issued on a promo (BUY200J), which coupled long and short versions of the A-side, while some promos also apparently had different takes of the live songs on the flipside. Excerpts from “Detectives”, “Alison” and “Red Shoes” appeared on a Stiff promo single (FREEB 2), together with parts of nine other Stiff releases, linked by Les Prior. | ||
That single now sells for about £15. Finally, all four Stiff singles were repackaged twice: once as an Elvis Costello four pack (GRAB 3), and again as part of a boxed set of singles BUY 11 to BUY 20. This was issued in a first pressing of 5000 copies in a brown box, and then made available indefinitely. Later pressings carry the words “Made In England” on the labels. The “Detectives” single was reproduced intact in America, as Columbia 1-10896. | That single now sells for about £15. Finally, all four Stiff singles were repackaged twice: once as an Elvis Costello four pack (GRAB 3), and again as part of a boxed set of singles BUY 11 to BUY 20. This was issued in a first pressing of 5000 copies in a brown box, and then made available indefinitely. Later pressings carry the words “Made In England” on the labels. The “Detectives” single was reproduced intact in America, as Columbia 1-10896. |
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