45cat - Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind / Endless Grey Ribbon - Radar - UK

Record Details

Artist:	Nick Lowe
Label:	Radar
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	ADA 43
Date:	17 Aug 1979
Format:	7"
Chart Position:	12
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	210 Own, 5 Want
Price Guide:	$3
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PRICE GUIDE

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Producer	Rating
A	Nick Lowe	Cruel To Be Kind	Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm	Nick Lowe	8.7 Rate
B	Nick Lowe	Endless Grey Ribbon	Nick Lowe	Nick Lowe	6.6 Rate

Notes

Incorrect release date of 31 Aug 79 given in booklet 'The New Singles' No. 789. Record charted w/e 25 Aug, so latest possible release date was 17 Aug.

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Comments and Reviews


Jake Smarm 27th Apr 2023		No RecordDragon, The labels are on the wrong sides of ADA 43. The label on ADA 43A reads ADA 43 B-1 in the run out groove. (and vice versa). JCM800 I have listened to mine and I hear no knocking. Maybe the knocking is your neighbour banging on the wall cos you are playing this too loudly!



RecordDragon SUBS 23rd Apr 2020		Jake Smarm: Could your single be ADA 12? That has "Cruel To Be Kind" as the B-side (although an earlier recording).



Jake Smarm 23rd Apr 2020		My copy has the labels on the wrong sides - Cruel To be Kind is on the B side according to the labels. Anyone else?



The Record Press 24th Jan 2020		Cruel to be Kind was first recorded for the 1974 lost Brinsley Schwarz LP, It's All Over Now (UA declined to issue it when they dropped the band - now thankfully available).



Whyperion SUBS 14th Mar 2018



JCM800 22nd Jul 2016		You can't miss it at 2.47 but it's all over the recording if you listen carefully.



RecordDragon SUBS 22nd Jul 2016		I was unable to hear said noises on the video that was posted by BigBadBluesMan, so here's another with higher quality audio



ajtharp 22nd Jul 2016		you can also hear it at 22 seconds, 1:08, 2:10 & 2:28. I always thought it was the sound of fingers sliding on bass strings or something, I've never been sure what that sound is.



JCM800 22nd Jul 2016		Am I the only one who has noticed a strange out of time knocking noise that can be heard on this?! You can hear it most clearly between 2.46 and 2.49 It doesn't matter if it's a CD version, 7", LP vinyl or whatever. Nick Lowe needs to be asked - What the hell is the knocking noise!?!



Whyperion SUBS 19th Feb 2015		I am certain I had an old Capital Radio programme featuring Nick Lowe working different versions of Cruel and a couple of others , demonstrating how singles went from conception to final release. Didn't specifically mention previous releases , but given how Lowe/Rockpile/Edmunds divided up their output at times to share things out its no big surprise. Unfortunately I recorded it onto tandy tape which lost all its backing , there is a pile of oxide dust which I doubt is readable at all somewhere in a bedroom cupboard.



CHSP2619 17th Feb 2015		..with a funkier bass



dogear 17th Feb 2015		but they're two different recordings (this one's more accoustic probably backed by Rockpile while the older one sounds like a organ dominated Costello/Attractions track)



Michael Earith 17th Feb 2015		Didn't Know That "CRUEL TO BE KIND" Was A B-Side First Issued In May 1978.



BigBadBluesMan 2nd May 2014



BigBadBluesMan 2nd May 2014



janiejjones 14th Apr 2012		A Porky Prime Cut