Record Details

Artist:	Various
Title:	Out Of Our Idiot
Format:	12"
Label:	Demon Records
Cat No:	X FIEND 67
Released:	1987
Country:
Genres:	New WaveRock & Roll
Status	Have
Added To List	8th January 2026

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The album was credited to "Various" (label) and "Various Artists" (spine) rather than to Elvis Costello because the tracks were recorded and credited under a variety of names, including The Costello Show, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Elvis Costello and the Confederates, The Coward Brothers, Napoleon Dynamite, The Emotional Toothpaste and The MacManus Gang, and with a variety of collaborators. Most copies have a hype sticker on the front cover reading: ELVIS RARE AND UNRELEASED CUTS COSTELLO X-FIEND 67 ℗ 1987 Demon Records Ltd. Track A2 is the theme music from Granada TV series 'Scully'. Issued with a printed inner sleeve. Manufactured in England. Publishing and production information: A1 Plangent Visions Music Ltd / Warner Bros Music Ltd. Produced at Eden Studios, London 1986 A2 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at SARM West and AIR London 1984 A3 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at AIR London and Genetic, Berks 1983 A4 Plangent Visions Music Ltd / Warner Bros Music Ltd / Bug Music. Produced at The Sound Factory and Sunset Sound, Los Angeles 1985 A5 EMI Music. Produced at EMI Abbey Road (27 May 1979) A6 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. A Napoleon Dynamite Production at Eden Studios, London 1987. A7 Copyright Control. Produced at Eden Studios, London 1985 A8 Ono Music Ltd / Warner Bros Music Ltd. Produced at Sea Saint Studios, New Orleans, 1984 B1 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles. Mixed at Eden Studios, London 1987 B2 Ludix Music Ltd (Carlin). Produced at Am-Pro Studios, London, 1984 B3 Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. Produced at Matrix Studio, London, 1982 B4 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, 1985 B5 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, 1985 B6 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at AIR London and Genetic, Berks 1983 B7 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Mixed at Eden Studios, London 1980 B8 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at Eden Studios, London 1982 B9 Plangent Visions Music Ltd. Produced at Pathway Studios, London 1982 The runout strings are etched except side A: "X" "TY1" and side B: "TY1" stamped. Variant 2 runouts have same etched/stamped as previously mentioned, but also have "O" and "D" stamped.

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