Alvin Stardust Album: 1974

A Glam-Rock Red Dress Debut

Released as a vinyl LP in the UK on December 21, 1974, on Magnet Records. Produced by Peter Shelley with musical direction/arrangements by John Fiddy, this 11-track set featured “Red Dress,” “You You You,” “Tell Me Why,” and “Chilli Willi.” Peaked at No. 37 on the Official Albums Chart for 3 weeks. Issued in standard sleeve, cassette, and 8-track variants.

Album Overview

Release Details

Label: Magnet Records.

Formats: Vinyl LP, cassette, 8-track cartridge.

Full Track Listing

Side A

1. Red Dress

2. Heartbeat

3. Just Love Me Baby

4. Where's She Gone

5. You You You

6. Chilli Willi

Side B

1. Jump Down!

2. Shake On Little Roller!

3. Tell Me Why

4. First Train Out

5. Blind Fool

UK 1974 Variants (all supplied)

LP, Album – Magnet MAG 5004 – UK – 1974

- Cassette, Album – Magnet ZCMAG 5004 – UK – 1974

- 8-Track Cartridge – Magnet Y8MAG 5004 – UK – 1974

Production and Context

Produced by Peter Shelley. Engineered by John Hudson (assistant James Guthrie). Glam-pop from the man behind “My Coo Ca Choo.”

Singles Released

- Red Dress (April 26, 1974)

- You You You (August 23, 1974)

- Tell Me Why (November 15, 1974)

- Chilli Willi (February 21, 1975)

Album Chart Performance

- UK: 37 (3 weeks) – entry December 21, 1974

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts Company, Billboard Chart History and YouTube

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