Promos & White Labels

Angel (CD promo) front coverAs Long as you Hold Me (CD promo)Can’t Stop Killing You (US CD promo) front coverCaroline (CD promo) front coverEngland 2 Colombia 0 (CD promo) front coverFairytale of New York CD Promo, front coverFree World (CD promo)Sun on the Water (CD promo)Treachery (CD promo) disc

There are obviously a lot of promo discs, white labels and DJ copies out there. Where the track listing or artwork is of interest in some way, we have listed it here.

Some of these contain songs which were unavailable in other formats for many years, though the recent reissue programmes have scooped most of these up.

You Caught Me Out 7” single

  1. You Caught Me Out (MacColl, Briquette, Crowe)
  2. Boys (MacColl, Lloyd)

Stiff Records BUY57* (unreleased)
October 1979

* Never released at the time as a single due to contractual difficulties at Stiff, a few white label copies exist. George Lloyd was guitarist with the Drug Addix. Pete Briquette & Simon Crowe were in the Boomtown Rats, who play on the track.

There’s a Guy Works Down the Truck Stop Swears He’s Elvis US 7” single

  1. There’s a Guy Works Down the Truck Stop Swears he’s Elvis (MacColl, Rambow)
  2. Over You (MacColl)

Polydor PD 2201
May 1981

NB: This is the “country version”, a ‘Truck Stop’ version of the original “fast version” appears on the ‘See That Girl’ box set.

Teenager In Love 10” acetate

  1. Teenager In Love (MacColl)
  2. Falling For Faces (MacColl, Edmonds)

The Sound Clinic acetate (see it on discogs)
1985

Kirsty MacColl LP Special Edition

  1. Clock Goes Round (MacColl)
  2. See That Girl (MacColl)
  3. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (MacColl, Rambow)
  4. Teenager In Love (MacColl)
  5. Annie (MacColl)
  6. Until The Night (MacColl, Johnstone)
  7. Falling For Faces (MacColl, Edmonds)
  8. Roman Gardens (H. MacColl, Povey)
  9. The Real Ripper (MacColl, Edmonds)
  10. Hard To Believe (MacColl)
  11. He Thinks I Still Care (Lipscombe, Duffy)
  12. Berlin (MacColl)
  13. Man With No Name (MacColl)
  14. Sleepless Nights (MacColl)
  15. You Still Believe in Me (Wilson, Asher)

Polydor SPELP95B
March 1985.

This was most likely only an unreleased studio acetate with two extra tracks: Man with No Name and Sleepless Nights. It may also have included You Still Believe in Me (according to Record Collector.  We’ve never seen a copy so can not vouch for any of this, though it does appear to have had a catalog number . . .

Angel (IRS CD promo single)

  1. Angel (Jay’s edit) (MacColl)
  2. Angel (Stuart Crichton piano edit) (MacColl)
  3. Angel (Into the Light Mix) (MacColl)
  4. Angel (Stuart Crichton Remix) (MacColl)
  5. Angel (Apollo 440 Remix) (MacColl)

IRS DPRO-6731

Can’t Stop Killing You (CD promo single)

  1. Can’t Stop Killing You (MacColl, Marr)
  2. Touch Me (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. Fabulous Garden (MacColl)

Liberation D11587
1994

Can’t Stop Killing You (Cassette promo single)

  1. Can’t Stop Killing You (MacColl, Marr)
  2. Touch Me (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. Fabulous Garden (MacColl)

Liberation C11587
1994

England 2 Colombia 0 CD promo single

  1. England 2 Colombia 0 (MacColl)

V2 VVR5013303P
2000

Treachery CD promo single

  1. Treachery (MacColl, Gouldman)

V2 VVR5015353P
2000

There was also a US promo on Instinct INS593-2 (2001), which also has In These Shoes? (Les Rosbifs Mix) and In These Shoes? (P. Mix). Source: PM.

Sun on the Water CD promo

  1. Sun On The Water (new version) (MacColl, Glenister)

EMI Digital Download & Promo CDs only
18 July 2005