Download: Is That All There Is? – Cristina (mp3)

(One of the great, long-lost singles of 1980, and in this case I mean literally long-lost. “Is That All There Is?” was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1968 (and was a big hit for Peggy Lee) but when they heard how Cristina had “updated” their lyrics with decadent references to drugs and violence they were so vexed they sued her record label and made them take it off the market, so you couldn’t buy a copy of it for nearly twenty five years. It was finally reissued on a Cristina CD a few years ago but that’s been deleted too now so it’s lost again, only to be found for a very pretty penny. Luckily I bought a copy of the 12″ when it came out, it might turn out to be a better investment than my retirement account is these days.)