B Stiff (EP) and Be Stiff (single)

7" Cover Art by DEVO - front

12" Cover Art - front

12" Cover Art by Barney Bubbles - back

Snot-colored 7"

First Released: 1978 (Show All)
Tracks: 12": 6 / 7": 2
Label: UK: Stiff

12" Track Listing

1. Jocko Homo (3:14)
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (2:47)
3. Be Stiff (2:28)
4. Mongoloid (3:20)
5. (I Saw My Baby Getting) Sloppy (2:15)
6. Social Fools (2:41)

7" Track Listing

1. Be Stiff (2:28)
2. Social Fools (2:41)

• Runout grooves read "Nick's Cut"/"E.G."

Extra Info

Be Stiff (2 track single)

• 7" in black vinyl, yellow vinyl or clear vinyl, with picture sleeve or custom black bag.
  
• This single features the original image of Chi-Chi Rodríguez, rather than the altered one that appeared later on Q/A.
  The cover art includes the song title "Be Stiff" on the front and "Social Fools" on the back.
• “Chi-Chi, bigger than life, and a real human. He inspired our debut album graphics, and he taught me how to putt.” — Jerry Casale (2024)

• The Be Stiff / Social Fools 7" single did not have a prior Booji Boy release.
  

• This “Be Stiff” track was recorded at Connie Plank’s studio in Germany, in February of 1978.
  It was produced by Brian Eno [with some help from DEVO].
• This "Social Fools" track was recorded and produced by DEVO in July of 1978 when DEVO had returned to Ohio.
  

B Stiff (6 track EP)

• Recorded from October 1976–October 1977
• 12" exists in versions with and without pauses between songs.
• The 12", six track EP is a compilation of the three DEVO singles Stiff distributed.
• This cover art was by Barney Bubbles (Colin Fulcher). (The art includes the EP title, "B Stiff," printed in very small type under the second egg.)

External Links

B Stiff (EP) (Master Release) -- Discogs

Be Stiff (EP) (Release group) -- MusicBrainz

Be Stiff (EP) (Overview) -- AllMusic

B Stiff (EP) -- Wikipedia

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