discography -
compilations
Whole
Wide World especially gets to appear on loads of compilation albums.
Most of them are instantly forgetable like Twenty Romantic Punk
Love Songs which I'm afraid really does exists, or The Best
Punk Album In The World Ever Volume Two. This one really exists
too - I got a fat royalty cheque after it came out. Six months later
I got another royalty statement with a monolithic total but no cheque
enclosed. When I rang the accounting department they explained that
the monolithic figure was in fact a minus amount because nobody
bought the massive number of copies of The
Best Punk Album In The World Ever Volume Two that
were sent out to the shops,. They'd all been returned. I'm just listing the ones I know anything about - some of them passed me by completely because the record company (usually Stiff) didn't bother sending me copies even though I asked nicely. |
| 1977 | A Bunch Of Stiffs (includes Whole Wide World - my first ever release, April 1st 1977!) Stiff Records | ||
| 1978 | Stiffs Live Stiffs (includes Reconnez Cherie and Semaphore Signals - live album of the first Stiff Tour featuring Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Larry Wallis and myself) Stiff Records | ||
| 1978 | Heroes & Cowards (includes Whole Wide World) Stiff Records (Italy) | ||
| 1979 | That Summer! (soundtrack album - Ian Dury, Mink DeVille, Ramones Patti Smith, Richard Hell... includes Whole Wide World) Arista | ||
| 1979 | Be Stiff Tour (Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Mickey Jupp, Rachel Sweet, Wreckless Eric - ghastly versions Be Stiff by Devo) Stiff Records | ||
| 1986 | All Night Garage Service (includes The Golden Hour Of Harry Secombe by The Len Bright Combo) Waterfront | ||
| 1989 | Laserock'n'roll (includes Sarah from Le Beat Group Electrique) New Rose | ||
| 1989 | Apples - Ian Dury musical - Eric sings PC Honey WEA | ||
| 1991 | The Indie Scene (includes Whole Wide World) The Connoisseur Collection | ||
| 1992 | The Stiff Records Box Set (includes Whole Wide World, Semaphore Signals and Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.)) Demon / Rhino (USA) | ||
| 1993 | Calling London (includes Whole Wide World) Fnac (France) | ||
| 1994 | Love Is My Only Crime (Ugly & Old - the Hitsville House Band featuring Wreckless Eric) Veracity (Germany) | ||
| 1995 | Fast Forward #2 (includes the Hitsville House Band version of Gimme All Your Lovin' by ZZ Top) Brinkman (Holland) | ||
| 1996 | The Best Punk Album In The World Ever (Volume 2) (includes Whole Wide World) Virgin | ||
| 1998 | Unknown Pleasures (Uncut CD - opens with Semaphore Signals live from first Stiff tour) Demon / Uncut | ||
| 2001 | Stiff, Stiffer, Stiffest (includes Whole Wide World) Metro / Stiff | ||
2001 |
Brand New Boots & Panties (Ian Dury tribute, also featuring Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams etc – Eric produced the Blockheads who played on his version of Clevor Trever) East Central One | ||
| 2001 | Me Without You (soundtrack album, includes Whole Wide World) Sony | ||
| 2002 | Straight From The Desk #2 - The Blockheads (live album includes Eric singing Clevor Trever and Blockheads) Blockhead | ||
2005 |
Power Pop Anthems (don't know anything about this one - I heard Jonathan Ross mention it on the radio the other day) | ||
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