The Radio Stars' "Nervous Wreck" is what you could call "a perfect power pop hit single", a version slightly different from the ones available on the album or the Best Of, and a great cover of Marc Bolan's "You Scare Me To Death" on its B side. Ian Dury's "Sweet Gene Vincent" was the second Stiff single bearing a picture label on its A side, the song remained in his set list for almost his entire carreer.
CHISWICK NS 23 (1977)
Radio Stars
Nervous Wreck / Horrible Breath
STIFF BUY 23 (1977)
Ian Dury
Sweet Gene Vincent / You're More Than Fair
The votes
Stiff BUY 23: 44%
Chiswick NS 23 : 55% (winner)
CHISWICK NS 23 (1977)
Radio Stars
Nervous Wreck / Horrible Breath
STIFF BUY 23 (1977)
Ian Dury
Sweet Gene Vincent / You're More Than Fair
The votes
Stiff BUY 23: 44%
Chiswick NS 23 : 55% (winner)
5 comments:
This one is COMPLETELY impossible to decide. I just love them both.
-bosshoss
choosing Stiff again. Have you heard the Robbie Williams version of Sweet Gene Vincent?
Thanks again...hope this goes on till every single,and then album is covered. Then we can move on to Radar vs Small Wonder
Sweet G.V. is really great but Radio Stars is a two-sider...
Blue Gene, baby...
Stiff wins again, even though I really love Radio Stars.
I would agree that this is the hardest one...my favourite Radio Stars single (including the great B Side cover) but...one of the great Ian Dury tunes...a really hard one...I spoil my vote and give both 10/10.
Cheers
Stephen
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