''A Bunch of Stiff Records'', also known as ''A Bunch of Stiffs'', is a various artists album to promote some of the first acts to be signed by

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. It is subtitled ''Undertakers to the Industry – If They're Dead - We'll Sign 'Em''. One of the tracks,

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's " Less Than Zero", had been issued as single only a week prior to this album being released, although this is an unusual and otherwise-unavailable mix of the song, which has keyboards overdubbed over the intro.

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's "White Line Fever" had been scheduled for release in December 1976, but the issue was cancelled.

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's " (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" was issued as a single in August 1977. The album did not enter the UK charts.

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's track (No. 6, the final track on side 1 of the LP) was not listed on the original release, probably due to his contract with

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, for whose

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label he and the Rumour had already released two LPs. The album was designed by

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(uncredited, as was his usual practice).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bunch of Stiff Records, A 1977 compilation albums New wave compilation albums Record label compilation albums Stiff Records compilation albums

Track listing

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