ELVIS COSTELLO I Can't Stand Up Two-Tone Records Vinyl 45 7" UNPLAYED CHS-TT7
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This is from the private collection of a former music industry veteran. It has been in (smoke and pet free) storage and has never been played. Disc was only taken out of paper sleeve to photograph. Plain white paper sleeve has some yellowing and slight wear from many years in storage as shown in photos.
I got this at an Elvis Costello & The Attractions Show in Boston in 1981
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down b/w Girls Talk Vinyl 7" Single 45 RPM in original white paper sleeve Two-Tone Records – CHS TT 7 Made in UK
Released 1980
Tracklist:
A I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Written-By – Alan Jones, Homer Banks 2:05 B Girls Talk Written-By – Elvis Costello 1:56
Credits:
Mixed By [Balanced] – Roger Bechirian Producer – Nick Lowe Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records Ltd. Marketed By – Chrysalis Records Ltd. Licensed From – Riviera Global Record Productions Ltd. Published By – Mews Music Ltd. Published By – Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
Notes:
Original version which was withdrawn from the market due to legal action from WEA. Reportedly most copies were given away at London and NYC gigs.
According to Record Collector (No 91): " Costello had been signed to Radar in 1978, via a licensing deal from Riviera Global Productions. Radar collapsed towards the end of 1979, and so Elvis's manager Jake Riviera alighted upon the Specials' 2-Tone label as an ideal venue for a holding operation - a one-off single - until Elvis sorted out a deal for the Get Happy!! album. WEA, who had distributed Radar, were less than delighted: they felt they had a stake in Costello's career by virtue of the success of the records they had distributed for him, and so they obtained a court injunction to stop the 2-Tone single being sold.
By March '80, the situation was clarified: F-Beat was set up by Riviera as an independent company, but WEA continued to distribute their records. In the meantime, there were several thousand 2-Tone singles to dispose of. These were handed out free to the audience at a London's Rainbow Theatre gig. Several months later, Riviera pressed up a few thousand more of the 2-Tone singles, and these were given away at London and US gigs".
Jerry Dammers offers a slightly different take on the story behind this single: “Jake Riviera cheekily printed up a few thousand Elvis Costello singles on the 2 tone label, obviously thinking that I would be delighted to have such a major star on the label, but I was having none of it, 2 Tone being a strictly ska at that time. So Elvis was forced to give these singles away free at his gigs (now collector’s items, of course). (Record Collector magazine No 363)
Of the 2 versions pressed one simply has CHSTT7 on the run out groove and the other has both the F-Beat number XX 1 and 2 separate 2 Tone numbers, CHSTT7 and CHSTT8. The latter (CHSTT8) is crossed out. Both versions are highly sought after and are the number 1 UK 2 Tone rarity, with either version commanding a high price. And in keeping with 2 Tone tradition the A side of the single was a cover version. This time it was the old Sam and Dave soul number that got the 2 Tone treatment.
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