Welcome to the working week.
Click to viewLive at the Nashville Rooms 1977, first ever performance as Elvis Costello & The Attractions. With Intro by Dave Robinson.
Which gets me thinking about how utterly amazing the line up on Stiff Records was back in the alleged day.
Have another Stiffy:
In my very unhumble opinion I consider Stiff to be the most important record label of the post disco era. Well, actually, really of post 1958. They have- for my tastes- the highest "hit-to-flop" ratio of any label, anywhere.
For my personal value of "hit"!
Bands included (I am excerpting from Wikipedia here):
The Belle Stars, Joe "King" Carrasco, Elvis Costello, Devo, The Damned, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Dave Edmunds, The Feelies, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Lene Lovich, Nick Lowe, Madness, Kirsty MacColl, Motörhead, Graham Parker and The Rumour, Pink Fairies, Plasmatics, The Pogues, Tenpole Tudor, Tracey Ullman, Wreckless Eric, Yello and a ton of others.
Styles all over the map from rockabilly to punk to early electronica to ska, to...
I try to limit myself to posting two vids at a time. Go look at some of these for yourselves if you have time.