Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True

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Rhino Cover
rhino
Deluxe Edition
deluxe edition

B0009514-02 (Deluxe Edition)

Release Date(s)
August 1977
08/11/2001 (Rhino reissue)
09/11/2007 (Hip-O Deluxe Edition)

Production (Deluxe Edition)
Elvis Costello, Bill Levenson - producers
Dan Herch - mastering
Suha Gur - additional mixing (The Nashville Rooms)

Musicians - Original Album
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, piano, drumsticks "Mystery Dance"
John McFee - guitar, pedal steel
Sean Hopper - piano, organ, backing vocals
Stan Shaw - organ "Less Than Zero"
Johnny Ciambotti - bass, backing vocals
Micky Shine - drums
Nick Lowe - backing vocals, bass "Mystery Dance" and "Radio Sweetheart", piano & drumsticks "Mystery Dance"

Additional Musicians
Andrew Bodnar - bass "Watching the Detectives"
Steve Goulding - drums "Watching the Detectives"
Steve Nieve - organ & piano "Watching the Detectives", "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (live)", "Less Than Zero ("dallas version")"
Bruce Thomas - bass "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (live)", "Less Than Zero ("dallas version")"
Pete Thomas - drums "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (live)", "Less Than Zero ("dallas version")"
Steve Hazelhurst - guitar "Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)"
Mich Kent - bass "Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)"
Dickie Faulkner - percussion "Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)"

Musicians - The Nashville Rooms
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, piano, drumsticks "Mystery Dance"
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums

Rhino 2CD Edition
Disc One
1. Welcome to the Working Week
(Costello) 1:23
2. Miracle Man
(Costello) 3:33
3. No Dancing
(Costello) 2:43
4. Blame It on Cain
(Costello) 2:53
5. Alison
(Costello) 3:25
6. Sneaky Feelings
(Costello) 2:12
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
(Costello) 2:49
8. Less Than Zero
(Costello) 3:18
9. Mystery Dance
(Costello) 1:37
10. Pay It Back
(Costello) 2:36
11. I'm Not Angry
(Costello) 3:02
12. Waiting for the End of the World
(Costello) 3:26
13. Watching the Detectives
(Costello) 3:45

Bonus Disc
1. No Action (early version)
(Costello) 2:15
2. Living in Paradise (early version)
(Costello) 3:00
3. Radio Sweetheart
(Costello) 2:31
4. Stranger in the House
(Costello) 3:04
5. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (live)
(Bacharach/David) 2:27
6. Less Than Zero ("dallas version")
(Costello) 4:19
7. Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)
(Costello) 3:39
8. Mystery Dance (honky tonk demo)
(Costello) 2:15
9. Cheap Reward (honky tonk demo)
(Costello) 2:18
10. Jump Up (honky tonk demo)
(Costello) 2:09
11. Wave a White Flag (honky tonk demo)
(Costello) 1:59
12. Blame It on Cain (honky tonk demo)
(Costello) 3:34
13. Poison Moon (honky tonk demo)
(Costello) 1:53

Hip-O Deluxe Edition
Disc One
My Aim Is True
1. Welcome to the Working Week
(Costello) 1:23
2. Miracle Man
(Costello) 3:33
3. No Dancing
(Costello) 2:43
4. Blame It on Cain
(Costello) 2:53
5. Alison
(Costello) 3:25
6. Sneaky Feelings
(Costello) 2:12
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
(Costello) 2:49
8. Less Than Zero
(Costello) 3:18
9. Mystery Dance
(Costello) 1:37
10. Pay It Back
(Costello) 2:36
11. I'm Not Angry
(Costello) 3:02
12. Waiting for the End of the World
(Costello) 3:26
13. Watching the Detectives
(Costello) 3:45
The Out-takes
14. No Action (early version)
(Costello) 2:15
15. Living in Paradise (early version)
(Costello) 3:00
16. Radio Sweetheart
(Costello) 2:31
17. Stranger in the House
(Costello) 3:04
The Pathway Studio Demos
18. Welcome to the Working Week
(Costello) 1:23
19. Blue Minute
(Costello) 1:23
20. Miracle Man
(Costello) 3:33
21. Waiting for the End of the World
(Costello) 3:26
22. Call On Me
(Costello) 3:26
23. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
(Costello) 2:49
24. I Don't Want to Go Home
(Costello) 2:49
25. I Hear a Melody
(Costello) 2:49

Disc Two
Live at the Nashville Rooms - August 7, 1977
1. Introduction by Dave Robinson 1:23
2. Welcome to the Working Week
(Costello) 1:23
3. Blame It on Cain
(Costello) 2:53
4. No Dancing
(Costello) 2:43
5. Waiting for the End of the World
(Costello) 3:26
6. Night Rally
(Costello) 2:12
7. Hoover Factory
(Costello) 2:49
8. No Action
(Costello) 2:15
9. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
(Costello) 1:37
10. Miracle Man
(Costello) 3:33
11. The Beat
(Costello) 3:02
12. Less Than Zero
(Costello) 3:26
13. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
(Costello) 2:49
14. Lipstick Vogue
(Costello) 2:15
15. Watching the Detectives
(Costello) 3:45
16. Lip Service
(Costello) 2:31
17. Mystery Dance
(Costello) 3:04
18. Alison
(Costello) 1:23
Live at the Nashville Rooms - Soundcheck, August 7, 1977
19. Pay it Back
(Costello) 1:23
20. Radio Sweetheart
(Costello) 3:33
21. Sneaky Feelings
(Costello) 3:26
22. Crawling in the USA
(Costello) 3:26
23. Alison
(Costello) 2:49


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