Elvis Costello - Alison (US single version)

Here's one more for today, kind of similar to the previous post in that it was a failed attempt to make a UK single more 'radio friendly' for the U.S. market...



Elvis Costello - "Alison" (US single version)

The idea here seems to be: take the album version, overdub some synth strings (Steve Nieve?), add more backing vocals (obviously Elvis himself), add a ton of reverb and market the thing towards Adult Contemporary radio.
This was released by Columbia in October 1977, backed with a live version of "Mystery Dance" (my copy is a double A-side reissue with "Accidents Will Happen").