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Elvis Costello

Blame It on Cain

1977 · via Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello wrote “Blame It on Cain” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1977. Also recorded by Ursus Veritas (released 2004) and Jamie & Steve (released 2014), among 25 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album My Aim Is True (1977).

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Costello put this one on tape himself back in 1977, and it still had takers decades later; Ursus Veritas cut it in 2004. Play his first, then hear how it holds up in somebody else's hands.

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Credited writer: Elvis Costello.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1977.

On the album My Aim Is True (1977).

Other recordings on file · first release year

25 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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