B Stiff (EP)

B Stiff is a compilation of three 7-inch singles released by Stiff in the UK, the first two of which had initially been released independently by the band.{{cite book |title=The Trouser Press Guide to New Wave Records |last=Isler |first=Scott |editor=Ira A. Robbins |date=1983 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |page=79 |isbn=978-0684179445}}{{cite web |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/devo |last1=Isler |first1=Scott |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |last3=Neugebauer |first3=Delvin |website=Trouser Press |title=Devo - Trouser Press |access-date=November 9, 2022}} The EP collects the only three Devo singles released by Stiff.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-stiff-ep--mw0000939256 |last=Thompson |first=Dave |title=Be Stiff [EP] - Devo |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 9, 2022}} The cover was created by graphic designer Barney Bubbles and photographer Brian Griffin.{{cite web |url=https://www.briangriffin.co.uk/photography/album-covers/devo/devo---b-stiff~82?scroll=left |title=BRIAN GRIFFIN - Devo / Devo - B Stiff |website=Brian Griffin |access-date=November 11, 2022}}

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Although the B Stiff EP has never had a proper CD release, five of its six tracks have been re-released on various compilation albums in the digital format:

• "Jocko Homo" – Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology
• "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – Greatest Misses, Hardcore Devo: Volume One
• "Be Stiff" – Greatest Misses, Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology
• "Mongoloid" – Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (A slightly different mix appeared on Hardcore Devo: Volume One.)
• "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting)" – Recombo DNA (The extra few seconds of drum noise and shouting before the song starts have been removed from this version.)

A re-recording of "Social Fools" produced by Brian Eno appeared as the B-side of the "Come Back Jonee" single in 1978. It was later reissued as a bonus track on the Virgin CD release of Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo!/Dev-O Live EP in 1993 and was subsequently reissued again on Social Fools (The Virgin Singles 1978-1982) in 2015 and Turn Around: B-Sides & More (1978-1984) in 2019.

Side one

1. "Jocko Homo" (Mark Mothersbaugh) – 3:21
2. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:53
3. "Be Stiff" (Gerald V. Casale, Bob Lewis) – 2:35

Side two

1. "Mongoloid" (G.V. Casale) – 3:30
2. "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting)" (M. Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, G.V. Casale, Gary Jackett) – 2:20
3. "Social Fools" (G.V. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh) – 2:52

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• Bob Casale – rhythm guitar, additional keyboards, occasional backing vocals
• Gerald Casale – bass guitar, additional keyboards, lead vocals
• Bob Mothersbaugh – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Mothersbaugh – electronic drums
• Mark Mothersbaugh – keyboards, occasional guitar, lead vocals
• Alan Myers – drums

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• Devo – producers
• Brian Eno – producer ("Be Stiff")

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