On July 6, 1979 Wreckless Eric released his fifth single "Hit + Miss Judy", inspired by a Spanish waitress he met who couldn't do anything right. A limited edition 12" single came pressed on orange vinyl with two additional tracks, "Let's Go to the Pictures" and "I Need a Situation".
On February 17, 1978 the Stiff Records artist Wreckless Eric released his fourth single, "Reconnez Cherie". The song, a remembrance of the romping days of an early love, ("Do you remember all those nights in my Zodiac playing with your dress underneath your pacamac?") would be the opening track to his self-titled debut album, a UK Top 50 hit. 40 years later, Wreckless Eric and wife Amy Rigby are recording and touring the USA and UK together.
On August 25, 1977 Stiff Records released Wreckless Eric's debut single "The Whole Wide World", a song that had already been featured on A Bunch of Stiff Records.
On October 13, 1976, two days after he dropped off a cassette of demos, 22 year old "Wreckless" Eric Goulden got called back to Stiff Records to sign a contract reportedly in the two figure range. Among the songs recorded at home is "The Whole Wide World", written with just two chords in 1974, and eventually recorded with Nick Lowe on guitar and bass and Rumour drummer Steve Goulding on the skins. Released as a single in 1977, "The Whole Wide World" would rank number 8 in the Sounds critics' singles of the year and receive an 'honourable mention' in the NME critics' chart.
On October 13, 1976, two days after he dropped off a cassette of demos, 22 year old "Wreckless" Eric Goulden got called back to Stiff Records to sign a contract reportedly in the two figure range. Among the songs recorded at home is "The Whole Wide World", written with just two chords in 1974, and eventually recorded with Nick Lowe on guitar and bass and Rumour drummer Steve Goulding on the skins. Released as a single in 1977, "The Whole Wide World" would rank number 8 in the Sounds critics' singles of the year and receive an 'honourable mention' in the NME critics' chart.
