ELVIS COSTELLO DISCOGRAPHY (Part 4 of 4) ========================== Updated: 18-Aug-1999 Compiled by: Paul Hosken Kirchstrasse 23, 82284 Grafrath, Germany {hosken@t-online.de} COPYRIGHT: This set of files and the information it contains is not copyrighted. However, if all or any part of this document is quoted or published in any form then the author/compiler mentioned above must be credited. LATEST VERSION: The latest version of this discography can be downloaded from the Elvis Costello Discography Home Page I maintain at: "http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/costello/333" An HTML version of this bootleg discography can be viewed at John Everingham's Costello Home Page at: "http://www.alphalink.com.au/~ever/ec/" NOTE: All recent modifications are marked with a '|' in column 1. If you wish to remove this symbol then simply use a text editor to replace all occurances with spaces. This symbol is not used for any other purpose in this file. Bootleg Recordings ================== Note: Some boots here are rated (by Joachim Weisbrod) using a +/0/- system. '+' doesn't mean comparable to a studio album, it's just a relative rating concerning the circumstances under which such an album is recorded. ----- _15-LOVE_ (See _ELVIS, ANYONE?_) _1981 BOSTON_ (~90 min) [CAS] A handmade cassette of a 'Trust' era concert on the 'English Mugs Tour' from the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, 5-Feb-81. Martin Belmont joins the group after "New Lace Sleeves". Quality: Uneven tape quality audience recording - Jim Battey {jgordonb@aol.com} Sound - very good/excellent - Jim Gordon {jgordon@aol.com} SIDE1: SIDE 2: Just A Memory Secondary Modern Accidents Will Happen You Belong To Me Strict Time He's Got You [Hank Cochran] Red Shoes Temptation Black Sails In The Sunset High Fidelity The Imposter I Need Your Love So Bad Watch Your Step (Ray Charles) Slippin' And Slidin' Peace, Love & Understanding Clown Time Is Over (Nick Lowe) Clubland Radio Radio/Big Sister's Big Tears Clothes New Lace Sleeves From A Whisper To A Screem Lovers's Walk (duet with Glen Tillbrook) King Horse Mystery Dance Luxembourg I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Watching The Detectives Pump It Up _50,000,000 ELVIS FANS CAN'T BE WRONG_ [2xLP; Slipped Disc Records SX-TT 979/EL5000(1498) (Monaco)] Radio/TV sessions + live recordings from two small club shows in 1977. Quality: Fair. Kinda muddy, but definitely worth the money if you can find it. - Richard Saunders {rms@ca.dynix.com} All tracks are good quality, with the live tracks being soundboard or radio recordings - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Capital Radio session - EC solo Watching The Detectives (TV? - not (broadcast 27-Sep-77): live) Hoover Factory (start missing) Tiny Steps (Commercial version) You Belong To Me Big Tears (Commercial version) Radio Radio Live at 4 Acres Club, Utica, 6-Dec-77: John Peel session - EC+A Roadette Song [Kilburn + High Roads] (rec: 25-Jul-77, bcast: 1-Aug-77): (aka. Young Man) Mystery Dance Living In Paradise (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Little Triggers Shoes Live at the Agora, Cleveland, 5-Dec-77: Less Than Zero Welcome To The Working Week Blame It On Cain (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Possibly from Granada TV's 'What's Shoes On' (21-Jul-77): Hand In Hand Alison (part only) EC+A live at Eric's, Liverpool, 2-Aug-77: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Watching The Detectives Lip Service SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Agora, Cleveland, 5-Dec-77: Agora, Cleveland, 5-Dec-77: Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me No Action Pump It Up Less Than Zero Lipstick Vogue The Beat Watching The Detectives No Dancing Miracle Man Big Tears Mystery Dance Little Triggers Radio Radio _ACCIDENTS_ [2xLP; Slipped Disk Records (or The Impossible Recordworks IMP 2.28)] The Roundhouse, London, 16-Apr-78. Audience recording. EC plays the first song solo. Steve Nieve adds organ accompaniment for Oliver's Army and Accidents, then Pete Thomas and Nick Lowe join in for the duration. Martin Belmont joins them for Pump It Up. Quality: Somewhat cheesy - Richard Saunders {rms@ca.dynix.com} Reasonable quality, without much crowd noise - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Stranger in The House This Year's Girl Oliver's Army Lip Service Accidents Will Happen Less Than Zero Waiting For The End Of The World Big Tears No Action Hand In Hand SIDE 3: SIDE 4: The Beat Mystery Dance (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Watching The Detectives Shoes You Belong To Me Alison Pump It Up Miracle Man (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea _ACOUSTIC TALES LIVE_ (53:39) [CD; Three Cool Cats TTC 039] Live solo performance. Landgraaf, 15-May-89. Quality: Nice performance, particularly "I Want You" & "Pump It Up", but it suffers from being an audience recording. The quality fluctuates sometimes and you can hear members of the audience talking. (3 out of 5) - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Performance: 7/10. Sound: 5/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Accidents Will Happen (2:50) I Want You (5:28) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:50) Oliver's Army (2:59) (listed as Watching The Detectives (4:07) "All Of The Zombies") New Amsterdam/Hide Your Love Away Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said (1:36/2:53) (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) God's Comic (5:06) [Van Morrison] (2:37/2:12) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (3:25) (listed as "Get It All Hang Out") Alison (2:57) Pump It Up (4:07) Pads, Paws And Claws (2:51) Tramp The Dirt Down (3:40) _AGING GRACEFULLY_ (63:40/61:52) [96; 2xCD; DickyPoo Productions 1800269] Local radio KFOG broadcast of the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco show, 15-May-96. EC is only accompanied by Steve Nieve. Complete set. Quality: Great show, great sound quality - Harson Flenco {harson@ix.netcom.com} The sound is very good (8/10) and the performance is as brilliant as I remembered it (9/10). "My Dark Life" is particularly good. A couple of brief audio glitches here & there, but nothing too serious - T.J.Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Very nice performance, excellent quality. Sounds more like it's from master tapes than a radio broadcast. EC is very relaxed and talkative. One of the best boots around - Francois Drouin {francois.drouin@dassault-aviation.fr} I'm going to be excessively hard on this and say that although it is an excellent boot, the sound could be better (9/10). I can also think of better song selections, it naturally relies too much on tracks from _All This Useless Beauty_. (Performance: 9/10) - Paul Hosken {hosken@c31.rb.op.dlr.de} DISC 1: DISC 2: EC solo: Other End Of The Telescope Just About Glad (3:43) [EC/Aimee Mann] (5:44) Starting To Come To Me (3:45) Accidents Will Happen (3:37) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red All This Useless Beauty (5:57) Shoes (2:40) It's Time (5:54) Little Atoms (4:55) 1st. encore: EC + Steve: EC solo: Temptation (new arr.) (4:30) My Dark Life (7:38) You Bowed Down (5:12) Ship Of Fools [Hunter/Garcia] (7:10) Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? EC + Steve: (5:38) Distorted Angel (5:49) (not listed) The Long Honeymoon (4:39) Alison medley (6:07) Poor Fractured Atlas (5:35) 2nd. encore: Complicated Shadows (3:33) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:59) Just A Memory (4:42) Watching The Detectives (6:18) God Give Me Strength I Want To Vanish (4:37) [EC/Bacharach] (7:16) God's Comic (7:30) _AIM TO PLEASE_ (50:18) [CD; EC0031] EC studio demos with Flip City, 1975. This CD is similar to _The Flip City Demos_ & _Our Aim Is True_. Quality: Acceptable, a little distorted in places - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Third Rate Romance (v1) [Russell Smith] (3:29) Living In Paradise (3:44) Radio Soul (v1) - early version of "Radio Radio" (4:22) Radio Soul (v2) (4:41) Pay It Back (3:01) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v1) (4:15) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v2) (3:51) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v3) (3:55) Third Rate Romance (v2-with no piano) [Russell Smith] (3:25) Knocking On Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan] (4:58) I'm Packing Up (v1) [Chris Kenner] (2:52) I'm Packing Up (v2) [Chris Kenner] (2:45) Please Mister Don't Stop The Band (4:58) _ALL THIS BEAUTY_ [99, CDR; Fancy Records MH02] Stockholm, 5-Jan-99. Similar to the _Berwald Hall_ boot, but includes the full show plus a bonus track. Quality: Sound & performance both excellent - David Van Fossen {dpvf@pipeline.com} Accidents Will Happen Painted From Memory [EC/Bacharach] All This Useless Beauty Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue Put Away Forbidden Playthings I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] What's Her Name Today? [EC/Bacharach] Almost Blue This House is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] The Birds Will Still Be Singing Bonus tracks taken from the Edison Awards, Holland, Apr-99: This House is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] _ALL THIS OUTTAKES_ [97; CD] (Does this boot really exist?) _ALMOST BLUE, ALMOST 1982_ [CAS] Los Angeles Sports Arena, 29-Dec-81. TAPE 1 - SIDE 1: TAPE 1 - SIDE 2: Lipstick Vogue Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Watching The Detectives [Merle Haggard] Accidents Will Happen I'm Your Toy [Ethridge/Parsons] Secondary Modern Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used Oliver's Army To Do? [Hank Williams] Green Shirt Honey Hush [Big Joe Turner] Radio Radio Hand In Hand Sittin' And Thinkin' [Charlie Strict Time Rich] Pigeon English Success [Mullins] Watch Your Step Psycho [Leon Payne] The Beat How Much I Lied [Parsons/Rifkin] Kid About It A Good Year For The Roses [Jerry New Lace Sleeves Chesnut] Big Tears Cry, Cry, Cry [Johnny Cash] Human Hands Sweet Dreams [Don Gibson] TAPE 2 - SIDE 1: TAPE 2 - SIDE 2: Shabby Doll King Horse Almost Blue Big Sister's Clothes High Fidelity I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Long Honeymoon (slow version) Temptation Mystery Dance Clowntime Is Over (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Beyond Belief Alison Clubland (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding [Lowe] _AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE_ [7" 33 1/3 picture disc; BSAPC+7-1] Although this picture disc contains pictures relating to EC on both sides (the cover photo from _Nashville & More_ and interview text from the 'Spike' era) its contents seems to contain no EC. The press conference is in connection with their 'Conspiracy of Hope' tour. 4 or 5 artists are featured - Tracy Chapman and possibly Sting, Peter Gabriel & Bruce Springsteen. In the runout grooves is "Porky" and "Orlake", so possibly this is a legitimate promo disc. _ANGRY YOUNG SOD_ (53:24) [CD; Turtle Records TR-209] This is the Agora, Cleveland, 5-Dec-77 concert. CD case unfolds to 8 coloured photographs. (_No Dancing_ & _Live Vol.1_ are of better quality). (NB: I believe that Turtle Records no longer exist). Quality: '0' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} Performance: 9/10. Sound: 9/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Welcome To The Working Week (1:16) Big Tears (3:10) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Blame It On Cain (3:08) Shoes (2:26) Little Triggers (2:39) Hand In Hand (2:13) Radio Radio (2:40) Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me (2:33) (4:00) Pump It Up (2:40) No Action (2:04) Lipstick Vogue (4:17) Less Than Zero (2:56) Watching The Detectives (5:35) The Beat (3:23) Miracle Man (3:32) No Dancing (2:34) Mystery Dance (2:17) _APRIL'S FOOL_ [2xLP; Car Co./Sun Records] Declan MacManus concert on 1-Apr-89, University of Rhode Island. Double LP taken from a high quality audience tape of an acoustic gig. Quality: Variable - sometimes very thin - Kube, Peter {p.kube@rz.uni-sb.de} EC is relaxed, playful & spontaneous. Sound is wobbly at times. All versions of the songs are unique due to the acoustic element. Each side is 25-30 mins. long - Bruce White {brucew8940@aol.com} Performance: 7/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Accidents Will Happen God's Comic/Last Train To Lovable Clarksville Let 'em Dangle Veronica [EC/McCartney] New Amsterdam Green Shirt The Other End (of the Telescope)/ Danger Zone You've Got To Hide Your Love Away Pads, Paws, and Claws/Blood And [EC/Aimee Mann/Lennon/McCartney] Chocolate/Uncomplicated/Not Fade The Big Light Away (not listed) Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) [Van Morrison] SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Brilliant Mistake (titled "King 2nd encore: Of America")/Tangled Up In Blue (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red This Town Shoes/It Won't Be Wrong I Want You Alison encore with Nick Lowe: "Bring me up a sinner"-3rd encore: (Marie's The Name of) His Latest Pump It Up (with drum machine Flame (listed as "His Latest Fan") and electric guitar) (What's so Funny 'bout) Peace, Letterman show (3-Mar-89): Love and Understanding Pads, Paws, and Claws Leave My Kitten Alone [John Turner/McDougall] + interview _ARMED AND DANGEROUS_ [LP; Impossible Recordworks IMP 1-32] EC+A, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, 3-Dec-77). This show can also be found on disc 2 of the _Exit_ boot. Quality: Very good - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} There's a fair bit of surface noise on my copy, but the basic recording is very good, either soundboard or radio. A great performance - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} God-awful, terrible, miserable, worthless - this LP is so poorly recorded that it makes the performers appear to be talentless hacks! - Timothy E. Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} {Sounds like Tim got hold of a boot of a boot!} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Welcome To The Working Week Lipstick Vogue (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Watching The Detectives Shoes Pump It Up Waiting For The End Of The World Miracle Man No Action Mystery Dance The Beat No Dancing (San Francisco, Less Than Zero 15-Nov-77, 2nd show) Radio Radio You Belong To Me _AUSTRALIA 1985_ [LP] Audience recording at Melbourne Concert Hall, 25-Jun-85. Same concert as _I Left My Honda Outside_ but omits Alison and Oliver's Army. EC is in a chatty mood talking with the audience a good bit. All songs are with just one instrument. No band. Quality: Great set, but bad sound - Aaron Yarlas {yarlas@psych.ucla.edu} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: No Reason-acoustic Ragged and Right \ Next Time Around-acoustic Ring of Fire \ With T-Bone Suffering Face-acoustic People's Limosine > Burnett as the Indoor Fireworks-acoustic Midnight Oil / Coward Bros. Substitute[Townsend]-acoustic Tom Dooley / Blue Chair-acoustic Betrayal-electric(early, faster New Amsterdam-acoustic version of "Tramp The Dirt Down") Brilliant Mistake-acoustic Pills and Soap-piano Worthless Thing-acoustic Shipbuilding [EC/Langer]-piano Little Palaces-acoustic My Young Son-electric Inch By Inch-electric End of the Rainbow-electric Riot Act-electric I'm Having It All-piano _B SIDES_ [CD5] The Ugly Things Veronica (demo version) You're No Good [EC/McCartney] The Room Nobody Lives In Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 Point Of No Return (live) Hurry Down Doomsday (MTV Unplugged) _BACK WITH A VENGEANCE, Vol.1_ (73:14/73:38) [96; 2xCD; Doberman 043/044] Complete performance of the final EC+A Shepherds Bush Empire London show, 26-Jul-96. These CDs are home made (only 20 copies!), but there is a rumour that they will get distributed as normal bootleg CDs. Quality: Good sounding audience DAT recording. Great atmosphere with the audience singing along to lots of the songs. Nice accordion arrangement of "This Year's Girl" - Francois Drouin {francois.drouin@dassault-aviation.fr} Sounds a little better than _I Never Talked To Jim Reeves_ - Connor Ratliff {lpacratl@lipa.ac.uk} DISC 1: DISC 2: Opportunity (3:57) This Year's Girl (3:00) New Lace Sleeves (5:50) You Belong To Me (2:17) 13 Steps Lead Down (3:36) Riot Act (4:12) Why Can't A Man Stand Alone Accidents Will Happen (4:31) (3:30) Complicated Shadows (4:37) Little Atoms (5:10) Indoor Fireworks (5:08) Still So Far From The Prize The Other End Of The Telescope (3:18) [EC/Aimee Mann] (5:08) Motel Matches (2:54) Human Hands (3:04) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:28) Watching The Detectives (6:58) Passionate Fight (3:05) You Bowed Down (4:23) Almost Blue (3:53) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red My Funny Valentine [Kahn] (2:35) Shoes (2:46) Oliver's Army (2:58) No Action (2:05) Brilliant Mistake (4:25) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (5:09) All This Useless Beauty (4:44) I Want To Vanish (3:29) Man Out Of Time (5:13) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:47) Distorted Angel (4:39) Alison (3:31) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Rocking Horse Road (6:09) (3:51) Peace, Love & Understanding [Lowe] Pump It Up (4:50) (4:05) _BACK WITH A VENGEANCE, Vol.2_ (72:48/73:11) [96; 2xCD; Doberman 045/046] Contains the majority of the songs performed at the London, Shepherds Bush Empire EC+A shows that were not performed on Volume 1 (from 5-,6-,12-,19- & 27-Jul-96), plus 3 bonus songs recorded at the Beacon Theatre, New York, Aug-95. These CDs are home made, but there is a rumour that they will get distributed as normal bootleg CDs. Quality: Sounds a little better than _I Never Talked To Jim Reeves_ - Connor Ratliff {lpacratl@lipa.ac.uk} I don't agree, I think it's slighty worse - {francois.drouin@dassault-aviation.fr} DISC 1: DISC 2: Shepherd's Bush, 5-Jul-96: Shepherd's Bush, 12-Jul-96: Clown Strike (5:33) Unwanted Number (4:21) Pills And Soap (3:48) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Long Honeymoon (5:47) (3:10) Poor Fractured Atlas (3:49) Roundhouse, 27-Jul-96: Sulky Girl (5:59) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:46) Alison (medley) (8:54) You'll Never Be A Man (4:02) Roundhouse, 6-Jul-96: Black Sails In The Sunset (3:12) Honey Are You Straight Or Are Roundhouse Theme (2:00) You Blind? (3:42) Pump It Up/Slow Down [EC/ Just About Glad (3:35) Larry Williams] (4:28/1:33) I Just Don't Know What To Do Lipstick Vogue (4:15) With Myself [Bacharach/David] I Want You (8:41) (3:01) London's Brilliant Parade (5:04) Beyond Belief (4:04) All The Rage (4:03) Clubland (4:38) Mystery Dance (3:35) It's Time (5:58) God's Comic (7:36) Shepherd's Bush, 12-Jul-96: Beacon Theatre, NYC, 5-Aug-95: Possession (2:40) God Give Me Strength Just A Memory (4:07) [EC/Bacharach] (4:39) King Horse (3:35) Almost Ideal Eyes (5:36) Miracle Man (3:20) Beacon Theatre, NYC, 4-Aug-96: Speak Darkly My Angel (1:49) _BARBADOS MEGA MIXES_ (43:47) [CD; Paper Corn Music PC005] 1991. This is an early boot of the _Kojak Variety_ album. Quality: '0' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} Strange [Walter Hawkins] (2:27) Bama Lama Bama Loo [R.Penniman] Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] (3:28) (2:43) Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/ Must You Throw Dirt In My Face Holland] (3:41) [Bill Anderson] (3:41) I Threw It All Away [Bob Dylan] Pouring Water On A Drowning Man (3:09) [D.Baker/D.McCormick] (3:26) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:06) (3:35) Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose] Payday [Jesse Winchester] (2:55) Allison] (4:03) Don't Go, Please Stay [Bacharach & I've Been Wrong Before [R.Newman] David] (4:41) (2:52) _BAY SIDE ROCK 1998_ [9904; CDR; Green Mint GM015] Poor audience recording of EC & Steve Nieve playing the Fuji Rock Festival in Tokyo, 1-Aug-98. Accidents Will Happen Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Alison Shoes (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Talking In The Dark Veronica Everyday I Write The Book (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love Blue Chair And Understanding [Lowe] Less Than Zero Pump It Up (encore) _(THE) BERWALD HALL_ (52 mins) [01/99; CD; Thunderball TB073] This is the Stockholm show from 5-Jan-99, but missing the final track "The Birds Will Still Be Singing". Accidents Will Happen Painted From Memory [EC/Bacharach] All This Useless Beauty Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue Put Away Forbidden Playthings I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] What's Her Name Today? [EC/Bacharach] Almost Blue This House is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] _BESIDES THE LPS_ [99; CD] Collection of b-sides. _BEST OF UNPLUGGED_ (79:00/76:05/69:11/72:43) [4xCD; Great Dane Records GDR 9415/ABCD] A various artists compilation of the MTV Unplugged series, including tracks by REM, Springsteen & others. Elvis performs the following: Deep dark Truthful Mirror So Like Candy _BETTER THAN CARUSO VOLUME 1_ (224 mins) [98; 4xCD; (Italy)] Complete Genova & Modena 1998 gigs. DAT source. DISCS 1 & 2 (Genova, 5-Feb-98): Shot With His Own Gun God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] Temptation I Just Don't Know What To Do With Talking In The Dark Myself [Bacharach/David] Poor Fractured Atlas Man Out Of Time It's Still Too Soon To Know Veronica [EC/McCartney] Kid About It Deep Dark Truthful Mirror The Long Honeymoon Almost Blue Unfailed Welcome To The Voice My Funny Valentine [Rogers/Hart] [Nieve] God's Comic So Like Candy The Birds Will Still Be Singing Gigi [Alan J.Lerner/Frederic Loewe] All This Useless Beauty Alison Accidents Will Happen Invisible Man Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 DISCS 3 & 4 (Modena, 11-Feb-98): Just A Memory I Just Don't Know What To Do With Temptation Myself [Bacharach/David] Talking In The Dark Mouth Almighty Poor Fractured Atlas Veronica [EC/McCartney] Still To Soon To Know Shipbulding [EC/Langer] Long Honeymoon Deep Dark Truthful Mirror O Mistress Mine Almost Blue Other End Of The Telescope My Funny Valentine [Rogers/Hart] [EC/Aimee Mann] God's Comic King Of Thieves Birds Will Still Be Singing Alison Accidents Will Happen Invisible Man All This Usless Beauty So Like Candy Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] Watching The Detectives Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 _BETWEEN WISDOM AND MURDER_ (63:05/55:40) [96; 2xCD; Moontunes MOON 027/28 (Luxembourg)] Local radio broadcast of entire set of EC+Steve Nieve at the Supper Club, NY, 22-May-96, early show. (5 tracks were officially released on the EC/SN box set). Quality: Nice performance. Good sound, but not as good as on _Aging Gracefully_, there are a few broadcasting noises and light interference. The piano sometimes sounds far away. Excellent sound - R.Stevens {rozmik@xnet.com} 9/10. Slight lack of treble compared to _AG_ - Olivier Ridolphi DISC 1: DISC 2: EC solo: EC + Steve: Just About Glad (3:22) Other End Of The Telescope Starting To Come To Me (3:56) [EC/Aimee Mann] (5:18) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Oliver's Army/Kid/Unchained Melody/ Shoes (2:42) If You Could Read My Mind [EC/ Little Atoms (5:43) Pretenders/?/Gordon Lightfoot] EC + Steve: (4:16) Temptation (new arr.) (4:42) Black Sails In The Sunset (3:07) You Bowed Down (5:59) All This Useless Beauty (4:50) Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? It's Time (5:19) (3:55) Passionate Fight [EC/Nieve] (5:30) The Long Honeymoon (4:28) (listed as "More Or Less Mine") Poor Fractured Atlas (5:07) My Funny Valentine [Kahn] (2:38) Just A Memory (4:18) Distorted Angel (5:54) God Give Me Strength You'll Never Be A Man (3:17) [EC/Bacharach] (5:32) Alison/Living A Little, Laughing A God's Comic (11:09) (listed as Little/Tracks Of My Tears/Tears Of "Goos Comic") A Clown/No More Tearstained Makeup Complicated Shadows (3:11) /Clowntime Is Over [EC/Bell-Creed/ W.Robinson/Cosby-Robinson-Wonder/? /EC] (6:22) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:02) Watching The Detectives (5:35) I Want To Vanish (3:41) _BIG OPPORTUNITY_ [LP; Realism & Quality W10 (79-116M/117M) (multicoloured vinyl)] According to 'Going Through The Motions' this was recorded at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, 6-Feb-79. Quality: Poor quality audience recording, dominated by crowd noise - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} Pressed on multicoloured red, white and blue vinyl ('Patriotic Wax') SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Opportunity Big Boys Green Shirt Goon Squad Party Girl Oliver's Army Girls Talk Peace, Love And Understanding Accidents Will Happen Radio Radio _(A) BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT_ [CD; RO.LA] This boot of the 30-Sep-87 Cinemax TV special 'Roy Orbison & Friends' was issued just a few months before the official release. _BLITZKRIEG_ [3x7"; Thunderbolt Records THUNDER SXN 9321 (blue vinyl)] According to 'Going Through The Motions' the tracks markec (*) are from the Theatre de L'Empire, Paris, 1-Jun-79, those marked (+) are from the Roman Amphitheatre, Cannes, 10-Dec-79, and the rest are from the Grand Odeon, Montpellier, 11-Dec-79. 500 of these box sets were issued. The discs are mono 33 1/3 rpm EPs, pressed on blue vinyl. The box is marked 'Promotion: Not for sale. Made in Germany'. Audience recordings. Quality: Poor - Tom Dowd {UE65@sysm.acs.virginia.edu} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: *I Stand Accused (2:20) *Green Shirt (2:40) *Hand in Hand (2:15) *(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea *Opportunity (2:20) (3:40) *B Movie (2:25) SIDE 3: SIDE 4: *So Young (3:05) +Girl's Talk (2:20) *Oliver's Army (2:40) +Five Gears (3:10) +I Can't Stand Up For Falling +Clowntime is Over (3:10) Down (2:15) SIDE 5: SIDE 6: +Watching the Detectives (6:00) +Love for Tender (2:00) +Possession (2:25) Gangster (4:50) Human Touch _BRILLIANT PARADE_ (67:07/62:21) [2xCD; My Phenix Co./Superb Quality Series SQS 009/010] Soundboard recording of the Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, 22-Sep-94, concert from the Japanese Brutal Youth Tour. On the cover it says "Super Quality Series, limited edition 1000 copies". Quality: Mix is very good, all instruments & vocals are exactly where you want them. Audience noise is kept to a minimum - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} Steve's a bit high in the mix, and EC's guitar isn't very loud - Gary {slug@mail.utexas.edu} Performance: 7/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} It sounds like it was lifted from Steves monitor mix. As such, the keyboard parts have a clarity that is seldom heard on live recordings. Aside from the keys, the bass and drums are remarkably clear as is EC's voice. This is one of the clearest recordings of his voice I have ever heard with what sounds like very little to no effects on it. The only thing that is at all distant is the guitar. This is a fascinating show full of old favorites heard from a fresh perspective. I have very seldom heard a disc that sounds as if you are on stage as opposed to in the seats, but this is definitely one of them - Eddie Gorodetsky {eddieg@cerf.net} DISC 1: DISC 2: Pony Street (4:02) So Like Candy (5:01) Waiting For The End Of The World This Year's Girl (3:22) (2:52) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Beyond Belief (3:51) Shoes (2:42) Sulky Girl (6:33) Mystery Dance (2:04) London's Brilliant Parade (4:16) You Belong To Me (2:23) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (5:00) 13 Steps Lead Down/Radio Radio Oliver's Army (4:21) (7:12) You'll Never Be A Man (3:12) Encore: Temptation (2:37) Favourite Hour (5:16) New Lace Sleeves (4:43) Uncomplicated (5:33) Clown Strike (6:15) Lipstick Vogue (4:26) Kinder Murder (3:24) Watching The Detectives (listed as Shabby Doll (5:29) "Waiting The Detectives") (6:40) Rocking Horse Road (6:24) Little Triggers (2:58) Brilliant Mistake (4:00) Alison (5:04) Peace, Love & Understanding (listed as "Peace, Love & Underground") (3:16) Pump It Up (6:13) _BRIXTON BLUES_ - Bob Dylan (110 mins) [95; 2xCD; Kiss The Stone 435/436] This Dylan bootleg has EC, C. Hynde & Carol King accompanying him on 2 tracks from a Mar-95 show: I Shall Be Released Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 _BRUTAL YOUTH TOUR 1994_ (78:30) [CD; Blue Moon Records BMCD 31] A copy of _Buddy Holly On Acid_ (Rome, 19-Jul-94), but with each song in the segues being a separate track. The 2.5 minutes of dead air still hasn't been edited out. Quality: 9.5/10 - Olivier Rudolphi _BUDDY HOLLY ON ACID_ (78:30) [94; CD/CAS; Insect IST 44 (Italy)] On the cover it says "Recorded at the Forum, Europe; Mid. July 1994; Soundboard recording", but this is the Foro Italico, Rome concert, 19-Jul-94. There's 2.5 minutes of dead air between tracks 2 & 3 while a technical problem is fixed that should have been edited out. Quality: Sounds great, 8-9. I'd give it a 10 but the keyboards are mixed too high and the bass is too quiet. Performance is at least an 8. The highlights are the _BY_ numbers, EC is in great voice - Jacobson, David {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com} Sound is pretty good (not great) and the setlist is solid, if a tad obvious - Timothy E. Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Performance: 9/10. Sound: 9/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} No Action (starts in middle of Hand In Hand (2:15) song) (1:04) Clown Strike (5:53) The Beat (2:59 + 2:31 of silence!) Kinder Murder/Less Than Zero/ Accidents Will Happen (2:59) Rocking Horse Road (12:12) Beyond Belief (3:31) Still Too Soon To Know (3:40) Sulky Girl (5:35) You Tripped At Every Step (4:31) London's Brilliant Parade (4:59) Shipbuilding/Mystery Dance/Watching Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (5:17) The Detectives/You Belong To Me/13 Everyday I Write The Book (2:31) Steps Lead Down/Radio Radio (18:31) _BUFFO ITALIANO_ (69:40/68:45) [98; 2xCDR; no label] Complete Turin show from 9-Feb-98 plus bonus tracks. DAT quality. Quality: The sound is really excellent through most of the discs. There is a bit of noise during the encores, like rustling cellophane. But this is a small criticism compared to the wonderful performance - Dennis McGuire DISC 1: DISC 2: Shot With His Own Gun (5:08) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (4:48) Temptation (3:54) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:25) Talking In The Dark (4:14) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:26) Poor Fractured Atlas (4:13) Almost Blue (4:12) Still Too Soon To Know (3:04) My Funny Valentine [Kahn] (2:35) Long Honeymoon (5:08) God's Comic (5:36) Unfailed Welcome To The Voice The Birds Will Still Be Singing [Nieve] (5:29) (30 seconds missing) (5:53) The Other End Of The Telescope Accidents Will Happen (3:58) [EC/Aimee Mann] (4:52) All This Useless Beauty (5:00) Alison (4:50) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:10) Gigi [Lerner/Loewe] (5:44) Watching The Detectives (5:10) Invisible Man (3:05) Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 I Want You (6:10) (4:37) God Give Me Strength Cremona, 15-Feb-98: [EC/Bacharach] (4:52) Bright Blue Times (2:37) London's Brilliant Parade (5:15) All The Rage (4:11) Watch Your Step (3:40) Venice, 14-Feb-98: Clown Strike (4:02) So Like Candy (4:43) _CANADA HEATWAVE FESTIVAL 23-AUG-80_ [2xLP] Concert at Mosport Park/Raceway, Toronto, Canada. (See also _Heatwave 1980_). Quality: Good soundboard recording. Accidents Will Happen Less Than Zero The Beat Big Tears Temptation High Fidelity Peace, Love & Understanding Radio Radio Mystery Dance Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Green Shirt Alison You'll Never Be A Man Clubland (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Oliver's Army Secondary Modern Watching The Detectives Pump It Up You Belong To Me Lover's Walk _COLDWAVE_ [2xLP] Same as _Heatwave 1980_ (Mosport, 23-Aug-80). _COMPLETED RARITIES "VIDEO GEMS"_ - Paul McCartney (69:46) [93; CD; Ram Records RAM 009] "A superb disc of McCartney studio outtakes, rehearsals and live performances. Lots of material from _Flowers In The Dirt_. Elvis Costello demo for "My Brave Face" plus much, much more. 43 tracks in total. Exceptional sound quality - a must!" (Tracks marked '*' are of interest to EC fans). No Values (full length version & alternative mix) (5:13) Just Because (1:52) Summertime [Gershwin] (1:14) Lucille [Collins/Parriman] (1:31) Ain't That A Shame [Domino/Bartholomey] (3:07) Things We Said Today [Lennon/McCartney] (0:30) I Saw Her Standing There [Lennon/McCartney] (1:04) Let It Be [Lennon/McCartney] (2:05) Fool On The Hill [Lennon/McCartney] (4:10) * That Day Is Done [EC/McCartney] - partial performance by Paul with New Orleans style horns (1:31) This One (4:11) Put It There (2:05) Hello Goodbye/Maori Reprise (0:29) Figure Of Eight (3:57) Too Many People (2:22) C Moon (1:50) * My Brave Face (partial) [EC/McCartney] (0:45) * My Brave Face (vocal rehearsal) [EC/McCartney] (0:44) * My Brave Face (EC's vocal guide tracks) [EC/McCartney] (1:17) * My Brave Face (Paul looning about) [EC/McCartney] (0:15) * My Brave Face (EC demo spliced to the final release) [EC/McCartney] (1:41) Words Of Love [Holly] (1:56) Peggy Sue [Holly/Allison/Petty] (1:13) For No One [Lennon/McCartney] (2:07) Corridor Music ("Mumbo" Riff) (1:00) Broad St. Intro (writing "NMLN" with George Martin) (2:26) Mull Of Kintyre (1:59) Bip Bop/Rough Ride/Bip Bop (0:45) Lucille (Collins/Perriman) (1:05) Jam (Wings rehearsal '71) (0:34) Live And Let Die (Wings rehearsal '71) (0:32) Scrambled Eggs/Michelle/Too Bad About Sorrows/I'll Get You (1:34) I Lost My Little Girl (0:34) Melvyn Bragg ("Instant" song) (0:42) Press (vocal booth) (0:15) Chicago [Fisher] (0:25) Again & Again & Again (rehearsal) [Laine] (0:53) Got To Get You Into My Life (live) [Lennon/McCartney] (1:57) Yesterday (Wings rehearsal) [Lennon/McCartney] (1:45) Eleanor Rigby (Wings rehearsal) [Lennon/McCartney] (1:01) Got To Get You Into My Life (reggae version) [Lennon/McCartney] (0:38) Got To Get You Into My Life [Lennon/McCartney] (2:54) Got To Get You Into My Life [Lennon/McCartney] (1:20) _CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF KAMPUCHEA_ [2xCD; Hammersmith Music CDP5595/6] This is a very clean copy of the official 2xLP set, possibly from the original tapes. Hammersmith Odeon, London, 29-Dec-79. Quality: Light on noise suppression, crisp sound. Could possibly use a little more bottom end - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} DISC 1: DISC 2: The Who: Queen: Baba O'Riley Now I'm Here Sister Disco Clash: Behind Blue Eyes Armagedeon Time See Me, Feel Me Ian Dury & The Blockheads: The Pretenders: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick The Wait The Specials: Precious Monkey Man Tattooed Love Boys Paul McCartney + Wings: EC+A: Got To Get You Into My Life The Imposter (2:08) Every Night Rockpile: Coming Up Crawling From The Wreckage Rockestra (/w Bruce Thomas): Rockpile /w Robert Plant: Lucille Little Sister [Pomus/Shuman] Let It Be Rockestra Theme _CORNERED ON PLASTIC_ [7"; Red Shoes SELL 1 (pic.sleeve, pink vinyl) (USA)] There are at least 2 pressings of this. The original copies have the hole off-centre. SIDE 1: (mono) SIDE 2: (stereo) Honky Tonk Demos, 15-Aug-76: Hoover Factory (electric solo vers. Wave A White Flag broadcast on London's Capital Cheap Reward Radio, 27-Sep-77) Really Mystified (EC+A, BBC John Peel session, 30-Oct-78) _COVERS_ [CD] EC sings other artists' songs in the studio. Track listing is as for _The Great Lost Album_. Quality: Poor - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Tough to rate because the songs are fantastic, and the performance of EC & the Confederates make them even better. It makes a change hearing EC use a laid-back bluesy approach. I listen to this a lot, and that's the best testimony. On the other hand the sound quality is terrible - the tape hiss on the quieter songs makes them almost unlistenable. The dynamic range is also bad. The _Great Lost Album_ & _Barbados Mega Mixes_ are similar to this, but in a better quality. For those who can wait, EC is intending to release this set one day! - Timothey E Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} _COWBOY_ [7"] Same as _Stranger In The House_. _CRAWLING THROUGH THE USA_ (73:13) [95; CD; Flashback 06.95.0262 (Italy)] FM broadcasts from C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, 3-Mar-78 and Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA, 7-Feb-78. Quality: The sound quality of the first show I find is better than the El Morcambo CD. The quality of the second show is not that good, but still listenable - Thomas Schlegel {thschlegel@aol.com} Greenvale, NY: Watching The Detectives (5:52) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red I'm Not Angry (5:43) Shoes (2:32) Berkeley, CA: The Beat (3:26) Mystery Dance (2:22) Radio Radio (3:10) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Less Than Zero (3:45) Shoes (2:24) Waiting For The End Of The World Hand In Hand (2:28) (4:17) Waiting For The End Of The World No Action (2:00) (3:57) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (3:37) (4:17) Pump It Up (3:14) Little Triggers (2:49) You Belong To Me (2:20) I'm Not Angry (5:27) Lipstick Vogue (5:22) This Year's Girl (4:08) _DANGER ZONE_ [85; LP; no record label, Q9019] Label credit is "Tex and the Attractions". The track listing on the sleeve is incorrect and includes "Man Out Of Time". Possibly a version of this exists with this incorrect listing (label: Sherlock Holmes shlp-0621). 1000 numbered copies pressed. There seems to be 2 versions/pressings of this LP, one with a black & white sleeve, and the other with a colour sleeve. Quality: Although the sound isn't that great, I'd highly recommend this boot. The '81 & '83 live stuff are worth the price of admission alone - Matthew Berlyant {berlyant@eden.rutgers.edu} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: From the Kid Jensen BBC Radio Honky Tonk Demos (from original tape), One session, 9-Jun-83: Mar-75: Danger Zone Lip Service Big Sister's Clothes/Stand Wave A White Flag Down Margret Blame It On Cain Pills And Soap Jump Up George Jones HBO special, 28-Apr-81: Mystery Dance Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Poison Moon He's Got You [Hank Cochran] David Letterman, TV, 27-Aug-82: Russell Harty, BBC TV, 3-Nov-81: Kid About It (live) Colour Of The Blues Sweet Dreams _DAZED & CONFUSED_ [99; CD] Labelled as 'a Toronto 1980 plus more' this is most likely the Heatwave show from 23-Aug-80. _DAZE OF GLORY_ (77:15) [99; CD; Tendolar TDR-119] Heatwave Festival show, Toronto, 23-Aug-80 (omitting some songs that have appeared on previous bootlegs of the show). Bonus tracks from Sydney, Australia, 2-Jun-82, already found on _SECONDARY MODERN_ (and seems to suffer from the same interference problems). Shot With His Own Gun (4:04) What's So Funny About Peace Love Accidents Will Happen (2:37) And Understanding [Lowe] (3:18) The Beat (3:42) Mystery Dance (2:19) Temptation (2:30) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (2:17) (listed as bonus track) (3:30) Bonus tracks: Secondary Modern (2:34) Sydney, Australia, 2-Jun-82: Lovers Walk (2:38) Hand In Hand (2:12) Less Than Zero (3:36) The Beat (3:08) High Fidelity (2:42) Kid About It (3:00) Alison (2:46) Watching The Detectives (4:22) Lipstick Vogue (3:43) The Long Honeymoon (3:59) You Belong To Me (3:21) Waiting For The End Of The World Radio Radio (3:31) (2:42) Pump It Up (5:35) Almost Blue (2:58) _DELUXE_ [LP; (No label, GHL 25-A L-2716/GHL 25-B L-2716X on run out grooves)] Audience & TV recordings. Quality: Relatively poor sound quality. - Jim Battey {jgordonb@aol.com} The Hammersmith tracks are from a poorish audience recording, the remaining tracks are better quality - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Love For Tender (*) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Human Touch (*) (*) The Imposter (*) Clowntime Is Over (reggae version) Secondary Modern (slightly (**) different lyrics) (**) Possession (*) Girls Talk (**) B-Movie (rock arrangement) (++) King Horse (***) I Stand Accused (+) Idle Hands (early version of Motel Matches (+) "Temptation") (+++) High Fidelity (++) Opportunity (+) 5ive Gears In Reverse (/w extra verse) (**) Key: * - Clarendon Ballroom, Hammersmith, London, 18-Jan-80. ** - Falconer Theatre, Copenhagen, 28-Aug-79. + - Palomino Club, North Hollywood, LA, 16-Feb-79. ++ - Theatre de L'Empire, Paris, 1-Jun-79. *** - Whitelight TV, 13-Feb-80. +++ - Source unknown. _DO THE RUMBA_ - EC & The Confederates (40:10) [CD/CAS; DGCD 016] From a Japanese TV broadcast, 21-Nov-87. Quality: A (A++ is highest) Seems to be a soundboard recording - Jeff Lawrence {jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca} 8-9 (out of 10) - Not perfect, but excellent. Sounds like a soundboard tape, but I'm not positive. Recommended - Dan Trippel {trippel@u.washington.edu} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 9/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Last Boat Leaving (3:54) (1st. live Shoes (acoustic) (3:02) performance) That's How You Got Killed Before (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love (3:34) & Understanding (4:22) (sung by Honey Are You Straight Or Are You EC & Nick Lowe) Blind? (2:59) I'll Wear It Proudly (6:12) Tangled Up In Blue (intro)/ Your Mind Is On Vacation And Your Brilliant Mistake (0:20/4:26) Mouth Is Working Overtime (8:03) Lovable (3:18) _DOCUMENT_ Southern Alberta Jubilee Hall, Calgary, Alberta, 15-Nov-78, on the 'Wake Up Canada' Tour. _MAIT_ & _TYM_ songs plus "Party Girl" & "I'm Not Angry". _DYLAN GETS TO THE POINT_ - Bob Dylan [2xCD; WR001/2] This bootleg of Dylan's Dublin 1995 concert has EC, Van Morrison & Carol King accompanying him on 2 tracks: I Shall Be Released Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 _ENCHANTED LIVE '98_ [99; CD; Faith (Japan)] Costello & Nieve at the Fuji Rock Festival, 1-Aug-98, combined with the BBC broadcast of the Costello/Bacharach show at the Royal Festival Hall, 29-Oct-98. _EL MOCAMBO_ [7"] Same as _Last Year's Model_. _ELVIS & FRIENDS - VISIT WASHINGTON_ [79; 2xLP: Phoenix 44779 (Australia)] FM broadcast of EC+A at the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, 28-Feb-78, & Rockpile live in New York (possibly Greenvale, 3-Mar-78). This concert can also be found on _Elvis Goes To Washington & Dave Edmunds & Rockpile Don't_ and _In The District Of Columbia_. Quality: Probably the best quality boot I've heard - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} Extremely good quality, probably the best boot of this era. The only flaw is the amount of crowd noise, though it is probably not as bad as at the El Mocambo - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Pump It Up (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Waiting For The End Of The World Hand In Hand No Action Little Triggers Less Than Zero (Dallas version) Radio Radio The Beat You Belong To Me (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Lipstick Vogue Shoes SIDE 3: SIDE 4: (Dave Edmunds & Rockpile) Watching The Detectives Down, Down, Down Mystery Dance I Knew The Bride Miracle Man Deborah Blame It On Cane (sic) Breaking Glass (/w Nick Lowe) Final Solution (solo) Let It Rock (/w Keith Richards) Heart Of The City _ELVIS, ANYONE?_ [99; 2xCD; Jems 014/015] Recorded at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, 27-Aug-82. On the cover 3 titles are listed ("Elvis, Anyone?", "15-Love" & "Matchpoint"). Also included are 12 bonus tracks from around Aug-82. DISC 1: (spine says "15-Love") DISC 2: (spine says "Matchpoint") Intro Encore 1: Accidents Man Out Of Time Green Shirt Encore 2: Pidgin English All These Things Hand In Hand Red Shoes Shabby Doll Mystery Dance Watch Your Step Tears Before Bedtime Backstabbers Why Don't You Love Me Like You King Horse Used To Do? Town Cryer Two Steps From The Blues Watching The Detectives Pump It Up Help Me Encore 3: Long Honeymoon Danger Zone Secondary Modern Peace, Love & Understanding Kid ABout It Shipbuilding Temptation Radio Radio From Head To Toe Clowntime Is Over You Belong To Me Pier 84, NYC, 30-Aug-82: New Lace Sleeves ...And In Every Home Alison Don't Look Back Beyond Belief Almost Blue Clubland Jai Alai Arena, Bridgeport, CT, 28-Aug-82: Imperial Bedroom Chu Dookey Doo Sunrise Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 5-Sep-82: Wondering From A Whisper To A Scream Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 17-Jul-82: Boy With A Problem Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, 3-Jan-82: Human Hands Gates Head Festival, Scotland, 29-Aug-81: Goody Two Shoes (early version of "Inch by Inch") Town Where Time Stood Still Ohio Center, Columbus, OH, 13-Aug-82: I Feel Good Slipping & Sliding _ELVIS AT THE PIER_ [2xLP; Bandido Records B007] Cover says that this is taken from an audience tape of a concert in New York City, 24-Nov-83, but on this date EC+A played in Lund, Sweden! Also, "King Of Thieves" was only performed once on this tour, at the Universal Amphitheatre, LA, 19-Sep-83. ECIS says this is NYC, 10-Aug-83. EC+A are accompanied by the TKO horns except on side 2. Quality: Pretty good clarity, anemic bass, but the sound is consistent throughout. My ears adjusted easily (6/10). The performance is spirited, and if you like the horn section era then it's a must have - Jerry Haussler {bonehead@zephyrblau.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Let Them All Talk Kid About It (listed as "King Of Possession Thieves") Watching The Detectives Mystery Dance Secondary Modern Shabby Doll Greatest Thing New Lace Sleeves SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Everyday I Write The Book Tears Before Bedtime Watch Your Step High Fidelity Back Stabbers (not listed)/ Alison King Horse I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down/ Clowntime Is Over Pump It Up _ELVIS COSTELLO_ [LP; Amazing Kornyfone Label TAKRL 928] From the Hot Club, Philadelphia, 7-Dec-77. Nice drawing of Elvis by Howie on the cover. The record label has no mention of Elvis Costello and contains the text "monique d'ozo - all rights reserved - JE T'AIME" Quality: Not great - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Welcome To The Working Week Roadette Song (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Blame It On Cain Shoes Little Triggers Waiting For The End Of The World Radio Radio No Action Less Than Zero The Beat _ELVIS COSTELLO_ [2xLP; Toasted Records 2S 903] This is a reissue of the _Accidents_ boot (identical track list), and contains the show from The Roundhouse, London, 16-Apr-78. _ELVIS COSTELLO_ [7"; Cowboy Discs NICK 1, ps] Same as _Stranger In The House_. _ELVIS COSTELLO AND MARILLION_ [LP; S 3230B/MAR101B, white sleeve with yellow A4 sheet] Side 1 contains Costello tracks while side 2 has tracks from a Marillion concert (Bangor Uni, 12-Feb-82). The Elvis side contains: Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver Third Rate Romance Knocking On Heaven's Door [Dylan] I'm Packing Up (ver.1) I'm Packing Up (ver.2) Please Mister Don't Stop The Band I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself [Bacharach/David] _ELVIS COSTELLO & RUDE 5 IN JAPAN_ (actual title unknown) (~90 min) [CAS] FM broadcast from the Mighty Like A Rose tour in Omiya, Japan, 2-Sep-91. Quality: Wonderful sound, wonderful performance and wonderful song selection. Great version of "That Day Is Done" & nice piano version of "Couldn't Call It Unexpected" - Ken Bays {kbays@nyx.cs.du.edu} Tokyo Storm Warning That Day Is Done So Like Candy Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] I Want You Veronica [EC/McCartney] The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose -Japanese interview segment/ Allison] Pete Thomas- Hurry Down Doomsday... Watching The Detectives/Let Him All Grown Up Dangle I Hope You're Happy Now Couldn't Call It Unexpected Peace, Love & Understanding Almost Blue Pump It Up (incomplete) _ELVIS COSTELLO & SOME OF HIS FRIENDS_ (~30 min) [CAS] Quality: Sound quality varies - Jim Battey {jgordonb@aol.com} Tracks: With Delbert McClinton at the Lone Star Cafe, NYC, 25-Jul-78: Don't Lie To Me You Win Again [Hank Williams] With Richard Hell at CBGB's, 18-Oct-78: You Got To Lose Shattered (Jagger/Richards) At Apollo Theatre, London, 1-Jun-81: Gloomy Sunday At Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80: Mystery Dance What's So Funny... (not on King Biscuit broadcast) _ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE!_ [LP (clear vinyl)] Seattle '78. Same as _We're All Creeps!_ Quality: Pretty good - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} Mystery Dance Less Than Zero Waiting For The End Of The World The Beat Night Rally (listed at "Night (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Rider") This Year's Girl No Action Little Triggers _ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE 5-29-96 AND 2-5-97_ [CD; No label or catalogue number (Japan)] The first 9 tracks are from the VH1 'Storytellers' taping in New York City, 29-May-96. The remainder are from The Nashville Network (TNN) television taping at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, 5-Feb-97. George Jones & Ricky Scaggs also sings on these tracks. Most of the between song banter has been edited out. Storytellers: Ryman: Accidents Will Happen (1:39) Stranger In The House (3:59) Whay Can't A Man Stand Alone Good Year For The Roses [Jerry (listed as "Man Stand Alone") Chesnut](sung by George Jones) (4:17) (1:02) Mistress & Maid [McCartney/ Good Year For The Roses [Jerry Costello](1:56) Chesnut] (sung by EC) (1:58) Veronica [McCartney/Costello] Big Fool Of The Year (1:54) (4:27) Why Baby Why (1:11) Alison (6:00) Thats All It Took (3:42) Almost Blue (3:19) Indoor Fireworks (4:21) Watching The Detectives (4:43) All This Useless Beauty (4:58) I Want To Vanish (5:39) _ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE IN LONDON JULY 1, 1995_ [CD; No label or catalogue number (Japan)] Dispite the title the date of this concert was 17-May-95. The show can also be found on _Hidden Charms_ & _Jesus, This Is Elvis_. Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/ Pouring Water On A Drowning Man Holland] (listed as "Remove The [D.Baker/D.McCormick] (3:54) Staff") (3:56) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] (3:46) [Bill Anderson] (5:39) Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Allison](5:56) Penniman](3:20) I've Been Wrong Before [Randy Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used Newman](3:38) To Do? [Hank Williams] (3:10) Running Out Of Fools [K.Rogers/ Alison/Tracks Of My Tears/Tears R.Ahlert](3:10) Of A Clown/Clowntime Is Over Leave My Kitten Alone [Little (listed as "Alison, My Aim Is Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:55) True") (5:46) The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] Pump It Up (4:35) (4:42) _ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE "UNAPPROVED"_ (49:02) [95; CD; Mojo MOJO-052 (Australia)] Soundboard or radio broadcast. This could be an edit of the same material that's on the _This Is Tomorrow_ boot. (Royalty Theatre, London, 23-Nov-86) Quality: High quality sound (8 or 9/10). The performance is very good, but not excellent like some of the shows from this era (mid 80's). Nick Corr Temptation (2:48) Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head New Lace Sleeves (4:28) /Accidents Will Happen (6:43/2:46) The Beat (3:32) Clubland (6:57) Watching The Detectives (4:40) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down I Want You (6:11) /Pump It Up (3:09/4:25) I Hope You're Happy Now (3:22) _ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE "UNLICENSED"_ [CD; Mainline Music/AMCOS SW 120 (Australia)] This CD has exactly the same tracks as _Every Day I Write A Book_ & _Writing My Story_, so I assume it's from The Spectrum, Philadelphia, 11-Aug-84 concert. _ELVIS COSTELLO WITH STEVE NIEVE_ (JAPAN TOUR 1999) [9904; 2xCDR; NO SMOKERS MFC 2-99208] Complete Costello & Nieve show, Fukuoka, 8-Feb-99. Quality: Audience DAT. The sound quality is not good. This show was a clubhouse gig and because of this the sound is often split. However, the atomosphere of show is more friendly from that of a hall concert. Elvis sings with care, particurally on "God Give Me Strength". The bad sound quality is a pity, but despite this the boot still has a strong point. In such a small venue the unmiced last track was recorded clearly, so the climax can be enjoyed. DISC 1: DISC 2: Accidents Will Happen/ All This Useless Beauty 24 Hours From Tulsa Veronica [EC/McCartney] Everyday I Write The Book Alison Talking In The Dark I Still Have That Other Party Girl Girl [EC/Bacharach] Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Inch By Inch Tears Of The Birthday Party Shallow Grave [EC/Bacharach] Watching The Detectives Chelsea Pump It Up/Subterranean Homesick Temptation Blues/Too Much Monkey Business Just A Memory I Want You I Just Don't Know What To Do God Give Me Strength [EC/ With Myself [Bacharach/David] Bacharach] Red Shoes American Without Tears This House Is Empty Now [EC/ Oliver's Army Bacharach] Couldn't Call It Unexpected Pads, Paws & Claws [EC/McCartney] No.4 (without mic) Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said [EC/Van Morrison] God's Comic _ELVIS COSTELLO WITH STEVE NIEVE_ (JAPAN TOUR 1999) [9904; 2xCDR; NO SMOKERS MFC 2-99210] Complete Costello & Nieve show, Shibuya-Kokaido, Tokyo, 10-Feb-99. Quality: Audience DAT recording, but not as good as _HALLFULL OF SONGS_ and suffers from some annoying coughing. DISC 1: DISC 2: Opening Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Shot With His Own Gun/ Said [EC/Van Morrison] 24 Hours From Tulsa God's Comic Accidents Will Happen All This Useless Beauty Talking In The Dark Veronica [EC/McCartney] Poor Fractured Atlas Alison Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/ Inch By Inch Bacharach] Shallow Grave (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Pump It Up/Subterranean Homesick Red Shoes Blues/Too Much Monkey Business Blue Chair Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] Baby Plays Around The Birds Will Still Be Passionate Fight [EC/Nieve] Singing What's Her Name Today [EC/ I Still Have That Other Bacharach] Girl [EC/Bacharach] This House Is Empty Now [EC/ God Give Me Strength [EC/ Bacharach] Bacharach] Pads, Paws & Claws [EC/McCartney] Couldn't Call It Unexpected Stranger In The House No.4 (without mic) |_ELVIS COSTELLO'S COMPLIMENTS AND CUTTING REMARKS_ | [99; 2xCDR] | Collection of B-sides, singles, soundtracks and odds & ends. | DISC 1: DISC 2: | Basement Kiss Party Party | Puppet Girl Life Shinks | We Despise You Sticks and Stones [Titus Turner] | London's Brilliant Many Rivers To Cross [Jimmy Cliff] | Psycho [Leon Payne] Ugly Things [Nick Lowe] | What Do I Do Now [Wener] Point Of No Return [Goffin & King] | Brilliant Disguise [Bruce The Room Nobody Lives In [John Sebastian] | Springsteen] You're No Good [Clint Ballard Jr.] | But Not For Me [G.& I.Gershwin] Sally Sue Brown [Alexander] | My Mood Swings [EC/O'Riordan] Stranger In The House | A Drunken Man's Praise Of I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself | Sobriety [W.B.Yeats/Macmanus] [Bacharach/David] | Almost Ideal Eyes They Can't Take That Away From Me | I Throw My Toys Around [G.& I.Gershwin] (/w Tony Bennett) | [EC/O'Riordan] (/w No Doubt) That Day Is Done [Macmanus/McCartney] | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (/w The Fairfield Four) | [Benjamin/Marcus /Caldwell] Ship Of Fools [J.J.Garcia/R.C.Hunter] | (From a WNEW-FM Morning Show live Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue/Put Away | broadcast from the Heartbreak, Forbidden Playthings (w/ Steve Nieve and | NYC, 11-Feb-86) The Swedish Radio Symphony) | The Bridge I Burned May 17th | Windows Of The World [Bacharach My Resistance Is Low [Carmichael/Adamson] | /David] (live /w Chrissie Hynde, I'll Never Fall In Love Again | "AIMS Gala", ITV-TV 2-Feb-89) You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | Anyone who's Had a Heart Do You Know What I'm Saying | [Bacharach/David] | My Little Red Book [Bacharach | /David] | Accidents will Happen (live /w Burt | Bacharach) | Full Force Gale [Van Morrison] | (/w The Voice Squad) | Idiophone | She _ELVIS GOES TO PARIS...AND THE ATTRACTIONS DON'T_ (49:31) [91; CD/LP; Archivio ARC 007 (Italy) /Troubador egtp 1184] Acoustic solo performance from Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 26-Nov-84. Quality: '+' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} OK for an audience tape - {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com} Not a great recording - {seanbe@microsoft.com} Not bad for a bootleg. The audience is sometimes rather loud (3 out of 5) - Peter Kube {p.kube@rz.uni-sb.de} This is one of my favourite boots - Olivier Ridolphi Performance: 10/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} A very good quality audience recording - Phil Dennison {p.r.dennison@strath.ac.uk} Almost Blue (2:33) Everyday I Write The Book (2:35) Pills And Soap (4:17) Image Of Me (2:40) Luxemburg (2:53) Suffering Face (3:21) Hope You're Happy Now (2:19) Baby's In Black (/w T.Bone Burnett) Love Field (4:39) (2:31) The End Of The Rainbow (3:52) If You're Going To San Francisco Alison/You Win Again [EC/ (/w T.Bone Burnett) (2:27) Hank Williams] (4:40) Smiling Shore (listed as "Soul Having It All (listed as "If You Survivor") (3:04) Can't Give Me What I Want") (3:43) Riot Act (3:55) _ELVIS GOES TO WASHINGTON & DAVE EDMUNDS & ROCKPILE DON'T_ (~61:30/83:30) [CD/2xLP; ?/Pacifist PCFST 7879] Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, 28-Feb-78, stereo FM broadcast. This concert can also be found on _Elvis & Friends - Visit Washington_ & _In The District Of Columbia_. Quality: One of the best 'early' EC boots. Pretty good sound and performance - Andrew Rosenau {ar@nwu.edu} Sound quality is very good and the music is fantastic - Melinda Hale {melinda@delphi.com} Performance: 10/10. Sound: 10/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Pump It Up (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Waiting For The End Of The World Hand In Hand No Action Little Triggers Less Than Zero ("Dallas version") Radio Radio The Beat You Belong To Me (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Lipstick Vogue Shoes SIDE 3: SIDE 4: (Dave Edmunds & Rockpile, NYC Watching The Detectives '78. These tracks are only on the LP Mystery Dance version.) Miracle Man Down Down Down Blame It On Cain I Knew The Bride Chemistry Class (mislabeled as Deborah "The Final Solution") Breaking Glass (/w Nick Lowe) Let It Rock (/w Keith Richards) Heart Of The City _ENCHANTED FROM MEMORIES_ [99; 2xCD; Faith Records FCD3] Soundboard recordings of Fuji Rock Festival, Tokyo, 1-Aug-98 + Osaka, 21-Nov-87 + Tokyo, Jun-84. _EVERYDAY I PLAY THE BOOT_ [2xLP(+7"); Off-Beat (COS-1/2/3/4 inscribed on discs)] Almost the complete set from Pier 84, NYC, 10-Aug-83. This was originally released with the first 2 songs badly mismastered. The rest of both discs was fine, pretty standard bootleg quality. Shortly afterwards the bootlegger released a 7" with corrected versions of the tracks. It was supposed to be given away free to people who had already bought the album. (Honour among thieves!) The single came in a plain white sleeve with record labels that were different to the album labels, but in the same style: a comic-book-like picture of a man in a fedora reading a newspaper, orange on one side and white on the other (no type). Quality: ECIS reports that copy quality of this audience recording varies from very good mono to poor. The fine playing from EC+A & the TKO Horns makes up for the shartfall in quality. The version of "Tears Before Bedtime" with the Horns is probably quite unusual. This has such bad sound quality that I didn't even bother to tape it! - Melinda Hale {xmelinda@iglou.com} (Maybe Melinda had a mismastered copy!) SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Let Them All Talk Kid About It Possession Mystery Dance Watching The Detectives Shabby Doll Secondary Modern Pidgin English The Greatest Thing Hand In Hand Man Out Of Time New Lace Sleeves SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Big Sister's Clothes Clowntime Is Over You Belong To Me Tears Before Bedtime Clubland High Fidelity Everyday I Write The Book T.K.O. (Boxing Day) Watch Your Step I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Backstabbers/King Horse Pump It Up _EVERY DAY I WRITE A BOOK_ (50:15) [CD; Living Legend Records LLRCD 120 (Italy)] Cover states that this was recorded at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA, but it is really from The Spectrum, Philadelphia, 11-Aug-84 (same as King Biscuit Hour). Track list is the same as _Elvis Costello Live "Unlicensed"_ and _Writing My Story_. Quality: Excellent quality (9/10) - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Performance: 7/10. Sound: 8/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Let Them All Talk (2:55) Everyday I Write The Book (4:26) Greatest Thing (3:08) The Only Flame In Town (3:40) Girls Talk (3:41) Getting Mighty Crowded (3:32) Lipstick Vogue (4:42) Alison (4:10) ("Torn Between Two Watching The Detectives (6:04) Lovers" arrangement) Clubland (5:46) Pump It Up (8:09) _EXIT_ [2xLP; Toasted Records 2S 919] Disc 1 is the Canadian promo LP _El Mocambo Club_, disc 2 is of the same 1977 gig that's on the _Armed & Dangerous_ boot (Riviera Theatre, Chicago, 3-Dec-77). Manufactured by Finestkind Records & Tapes LTD, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. There is no name on the album but the cover consists of a girl wearing boxer's shorts and robe, slightly open, as she leans against the ropes. She is under an exit sign, so possibly the album is called _Exit_. The girl on the back cover is VERY bizarre! The photos on this professionally packaged album are by Helmut Newton. Quality: Good quality stereo FM broadcasts or PA recordings. The 1978 Show (El Mocambo Club) - SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Mystery Dance Little Triggers Waiting for the End of the World Radio Radio Welcome to the Working Week Lipstick Vogue Less Than Zero Watching the Detectives The Beat (not listed) Heart of the City (/w Nick Lowe) Lip Service Miracle Man (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (not listed) The 1977 Show (Chicago) - SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Welcome to the Working Week Lipstick Vogue (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Watching the Detectives Shoes Pump It Up Waiting for the End of the World Miracle Man No Action Mystery Dance The Beat No Dancing (San Francisco, Less than Zero 15-Nov-77, 2nd. show) Radio Radio You Belong To Me The 1978 show seems to be missing two songs: "Pump It Up" and "You Belong To Me". _EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED_ [99; 2xCDR; Doberman 199/200] Audience DAT recording of the complete Costello/Nieve show from the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 14-Apr-99. The packaging includes photos from the show. Also included are 3 bonus tracks from the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 16-Apr-99. _FEILE FESTIVAL_ - EC+R5 [CAS] Recorded at a 3-day music festival in Thurles, Ireland, on 3-Aug-91. Quality: Good, 8/10 - Harry Mooney {eeihmy@eeiatus01.ericsson.se} Tokyo Storm Warning Good Year For The Roses/A Woman Accidents Will Happen Left Lonely [Chesnut/Penn-Oldham] (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Shoes [Benjamin/Marcus/Caldwell] Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Veronica [EC/McCartney] Other Side Of Summer Oliver's Army Watching The Detectives Peace, Love & Understanding [Lowe] Let Him Dangle Tramp The Dirt Down (extra lyrics) Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] God's Comic Hurry Down Doomsday Pump It Up _FILE UNDER REVENGE AND GUILT_ [2xLP; King Foot al-1843/6] The cover says this is a concert from 'Forest Hills, NY, 1984' (18-Aug), but 'Going Through The Motions' says it is in fact Philadelphia, 11-Aug-84. EC+A + Gary Barnacle (sax) just treading water except for a great version of "So You Want To Be A Rock'N'Roll Star". SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Worthless Thing Lipstick Vogue/Watching The Rock'N'Roll Star Detectives I Wanna Be Loved King Horse Sour Milk Cow Blues SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Inch By Inch/The Deportees Getting Mighty Crowded Club Alison Everyday I Write The Book Home Truth The Only Flame In Town (missing Pump It Up (incl. "Ain't That A beginning) Lot Of Love") _FILLING THE BLANKS_ [CAS] The Jo Marshall demos are sung by Jo Marshall, backed by EC on guitar, Pete Thomas on drums and Nick Lowe on bass. Wendy James demos from 4-Nov-94 Basement Kiss (Roy Orbison demo) The Comedians (Roy Orbison demo) All You Need Is Love [Lennon/McCartney] (LiveAid) The Jo Marshall Demos - 1978: Mighty Man, Big Brown, True Love, Talk To Me _FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL_ [information needed!] Find Yourself Another Fool Blame It On Cain Brand New Hairdo Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Blue Chair [Benjamin/Marcus/Caldwell] Shoes Without Heels Big Sister American With Out Tears Stamping Ground Town Cryer I Don't Know What To Do With Myself Imperial Bedroom Really Mystified Seven Day Weekend Radio Radio Hoover Factory Stranger In The House You Belong To Me Withered And Died Radio Radio Living A Little, Laughing A Little Mystery Dance Green Shirt (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red From Head To Toe Shoes World Of Broken Hearts Lip Service Psycho Wave A White Flag Angel Step Out Of Heaven Poisin Moon Neat Neat Neat Jump Up _(THE) FLIP CITY DEMOS_ (50:28) [CD; Hand Made HAM 011] Similar to _Aim To Please_ & _Our Aim Is True_. Quality: 8.5/10 - Olivier Ridolphi Performance: 10/10. Sound: 8/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Third Rate Romance (v1) [Russell Smith] (3:35) Living In Paradise (3:53) Radio Soul (v1) (4:22) - early version of "Radio Radio" Radio Soul (v2) (4:20) Pay It Back (3:33) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v1) (3:48) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v2) (4:16) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v3) (3:34) Third Rate Romance (v2) [Russell Smith] (3:33) Knocking On Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan] (4:27) I'm Packing Up (v1) [Chris Kenner] (3:19) I'm Packing Up (v2) [Chris Kenner] (2:47) Please Mister Don't Stop The Band (5:07) _FORBIDDEN PLAYTHINGS_ (56:21/38:44) [99; 2xCD; Doberman 187/188] Two shows from the Berwald Hall, Sweden taken from radio broadcasts. The first from 5-Jan-99 featuring Steve Nieve & The Swedish Symphony Orchestra, and the second from 6-Jan-96 featuring Sofie Von Otter & The Swedish Symphony Orchestra. Quality: Very good - John Martin {jmartin@easynet.co.uk} DISC 1: (5-Jan-99 - late show) Introduction (1:18) Accident Will Happen (4:38) Painted From Memory [EC/Bacharach] (5:17) All This Useless Beauty (6:12) Upon A Veil of Midnight Blue (5:59) Put Away Forbiden Playthings (4:43) I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] (3:50) What's her Name Today? [EC/Bacharach] (5:31) Almost Blue (5:36) This House Is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] (7:09) The Birds Will Still Be Singing (6:08) DISC 2: (6-Jan-96) Introduction (2:05) Upon A Veil of Midnight Blue (5:16) The Birds Will Still Be Singing (6:23) Autumn Leaves [Kosma/Mercer/Prevert] (6:00) Baby It's Cold Outside [Loesser] (3:31) Without A Song [Eliscu/Rose] (2:57) Lost in The Stars [Kurt Weill] (4:33) My Ship [Kurt Weill] (3:25) Every Time We Say Goodbye [Cole Porter] (4:34) _F*** THE PLAY LIST! BRIXTON II_ - Bob Dylan [CD; Sterling Sounds SSCD-BD01/02] This is a Dylan bootleg of his London gig at the Brixton Academy on 30-Mar-95. EC appears on 1 track: I Shall Be Released [Dylan] (6:22) (Dylan + EC) _(THE) GANGSTER IS BACK_ (76:03) [9204; CD; Lobster Records LOB 038 (Italy)] University of Texas, Austin 7-Sep-1983. Quality: '+' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} The sound is terrifically good. The performance is a little less 'vicious' than some of his other tours, which is in keeping with the production sound he was getting in the studio at the time - Albert Steg {asteg@k12.ucs.umass.edu} Let Them All Talk (3:51) Clubland (3:51) Possession (2:34) The World And His Wife (2:39) Watching The Detectives (4:19) Watch Your Step (3:22) Secondary Modern (3:14) Backstabbers/King Horse (4:56) The Greatest Thing (2:54) T.K.O. (3:56) Kid About It (3:37) Everyday I Write The Book (4:17) Mystery Dance (2:14) Alison (4:15) Shabby Doll (5:14) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Temptation (2:58) (3:42) New Lace Sleeves (5:17) Pump It Up (5:50) Peace, Love & Understanding (3:20) _GIGI_ [95; 7"; 45 MOHO 4052 (Polish 1-sided flexi issued in 3 colours)] Gigi (live; Meltdown) [Alan J.Lerner/Frederic Loewe] - EC+Bill Frisell _GOING STATESIDE_ [95; CD; Hawk HAWK063 (Italy)] From a concert at the Universal Amphitheatre, LA, 13-May-94. Great packaging, plus some nice colour photos and a picture disk. The CD contains the entire show less "Sulky Girl", "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" and the encores. Quality: Pretty good audience tape - Mike Bodayle {MBodayle@aol.com} No Action (2:46) Shabby Doll (4:42) High Fidelity (2:32) Rocking Horse Road (6:04) The Beat (3:25) Still Too Soon To Know (2:42) Pony Street (3:07) Everyday I Write The Book (2:42) Beyond Belief (4:48) Watching The Detectives (4:35) London's Brilliant Parade (5:16) You Belong To Me (2:26) You Tripped At Every Step (5:17) Just About Glad (3:03) 20% Amnesia (3:18) Mystery Dance (2:08) Clown Strike (4:51) 13 Steps Lead Down/Radio Radio Kinder Murder (3:22) (6:00) _GOOD YEAR FOR THE COVERS VOLUME 1_ (69:40) [98; CD; TNT 10] As the title suggests this is a compilation from various live sources of Elvis performing covers. The sound quality if very nice, especially considering the range of sources. Rumour has it that only 10-15 copies were made. New York City, 15-Apr-84: Your Girlfriend (2:13) I Threw It All Away [Dylan] (2:57) I'll Make It All Up To You [Charlie Rich](2:16) New York City, 18-Oct-78 (with Richard Hell): You Gotta Lose (4:01) Shattered [Jagger/Richards] (4:01) London, 15-Apr-80: One More Heartache [Marvin Gaye] (3:00) Little Sister [Pomus/Shuman] (3:04) Don't Look Back [Robinson/White] (4:18) Philadelphia, 11-Aug-84: So You Wanna Be (A Rock & Roll Star) [Hillman/McGuinn] (2:10) Austin, 7-Sep-83: The Bells [Laura Nyro] (4:28) Stand Down Margret [The Beat (aka English Beat)] (1:34) Philadelphia, 19-Oct-86: Knowing Me Knowing You [S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus] (3:57) Milano, 16-Nov-86: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [Lennon/McCartney] (2:32) Pretty In Pink [John Ashton] (2:20) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner](4:10) Please Stay [Bacharach & David] (3:25) Unknown TV source: You Win Again [Hank Williams] (3:08) Montreux, 11-Jul-89 (with Squeeze): Let The Good Times Roll (4:13) Pretty Flamingo [Barkan] (4:30) Slow Down [Larry Williams] (2:45) Rutgers, 23-Apr-87 (with Nick Lowe): Peace Love & Understanding [Lowe] (4:32) _(THE) GREAT LOST ALBUM_ (54:13) [CD; Caucasian Records CD 002] From liner notes: This album was recorded in early 1991 and was scheduled as the follow up to _Mighty Like A Rose_. All tracks are cover versions. The album was eventually officially released as _Kojak Variety_. Quality: 7/10. All tracks are fully produced studio recordings, but at times the sound is a little muddy and the tape hiss is high. Despite this I'd recommend it. (The _Barbados Mega Mixes_ CD is supposed to sound better) - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Strange [Walter Hawkins] (2:35) Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] (3:31) Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/Holland] (3:50) I Threw It All Away [Bob Dylan] (3:21) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:11) Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Allison] (4:06) I've Been Wrong Before [Randy Newman] (2:56) Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Penniman] (2:45) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face [Bill Anderson] (3:45) Pouring Water On A Drowning Man [D.Baker/D.McCormick] (3:31) The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] (3:39) I Feel Like Dancing The Night Away [J.Winchester] (2:58) (aka "Payday") This Time, Be Different [Bacharach & David] (4:49) (aka "Please Stay") Running Out Of Fools [K.Rogers/R.Ahlert] (3:02) Days [Ray Davies] (4:49) (this is the same track that was officially released on the _Until The End Of The World_ soundtrack CD) _GREATEST HITS LIVE_ (70:26) [94; CD; Chartbusters CHER-004-A] This seems to be portions of other boots stitched together into one show. Possible sources could be El Mocambo, Stiffs Live, Westwood One shows, etc. There is no liner notes or documentation. Quality: Overall the sound quality is good to excellent, but some tracks sound pretty awful. There's a lot of high end and hiss, as if radio broadcasts were the main source. Nice to have for the live "Tiny Steps" - Bruce White {brucew8940@aol.com} Welcome To The Working Week (1:17) Accidents Will Happen (2:45) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Oliver's Army (3:02) Shoes (2:34) Peace, Love And Understanding (3:29) No Action (2:15) Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Less Than Zero (3:14) (3:04) Blame It On Cain (3:18) Pump It Up (version 2) (5:55) Watching The Detectives (5:17) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Pump It Up (2:45) Myself [Bacharach/David] (2:24) Mystery Dance (2:39) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Let Them All Talk (2:57) (4:39) Girl's Talk (3:39) Tiny Steps (4:38) Everyday I Write The Book (4:16) Radio Radio (2:38) Alison (3:44) _HALLFULL OF SONGS_ (aka "Heartfull Of Songs") [990223; 2xCD; no label #BB047/048] Complete Costello & Nieve show, Tokyo, 10-Feb-99. (on the back of the cover is says 1998!) Quality: The sound is very good and the performance is really 'heartfelt' (especially "Baby Plays Around" & "Passionate Fight". This is one of the best EC/SN boots and is on a par with _Aging Gracefully_ - Hiroshi Sassano. DISC 1: DISC 2: Shot With His Own Gun All This Useless Beauty Accidents Will Happen Veronica [EC/McCartney] Talking In The Dark Alison Poor Fractured Atlas Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Inch By Inch Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/ Shallow Grave Bacharach] Pump It Up (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] Red Shoes The Birds Will Still Be Blue Chair Singing Baby Plays Around I Still Have That Other Passionate Fight [EC/Nieve] Girl [EC/Bacharach] What's Her Name Today [EC/ God Give Me Strength [EC/ Bacharach] Bacharach] This House Is Empty Now [EC/ Couldn't Call It Unexpected Bacharach] No.4 (without mic) Pads, Paws & Claws [EC/McCartney] Stranger In The House Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said [EC/Van Morrison] God's Comic _HARD TO FIND VOL.5_ - Bob Dylan [CD] Taken from a London gig on 30-Mar-95. I Shall Be Released [Bob Dylan] _HARD UP HEROES 3_ [99; CD; Timeless TML-003] Live BBC radio recordings from 70's bands such as EC&A, Jam, Slade, Generation X, Mott The Hoople, Humble Pie, The Faces, Dodgers & more. Really Mystified (from 3rd. John Peel session) Beaten To The Punch (from 4th. John Peel session) _HATE YOU LIVE_ [LP; Smiling Dog? EC9000] According to 'Going Through The Motions' side 1 from Long Beach, CA, 13-Feb-79. Side 2 is a bunch of pirated B-sides and give-aways (before _Taking Liberties_ this was worth something. 'Neat Neat Neat' was the only one not to appear on _TL_). Quality: The live recording has the frequency response of a telephone. The pirated stuff sounds okay - Richard Saunders {rms@ca.dynix.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Goon Squad Wednesday Week Opportunity Talking In The Dark Oliver's Army Stranger In The House Busy Bodies Neat Neat Neat Two Little Hitlers Radio Sweetheart Goon Squad Night Rally Big Boys My Funny Valentine [Kahn] Party Girl _HEARTFULL OF SONGS_ See _HALLFULL OF SONGS_. _HEATWAVE 1980_ [2xLP; ECHWC82380] Recorded at Mosport Park/Raceway near Toronto, Canada. (See also _Canada Heatwave Festival 23-Aug-80_.) Record labels from other artists used and have no mention of Costello. Quality: Sounds like an audience recording but is quite passable if a bit dodgey in places. Pretty good gig, with a storming version of "Detectives" - Richard Spence {spencrg@stoyuk.mhs.compuserve.com} Fair to very good - Mark C. Bartlett {bartlett@tuns.ca} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: *Shot With His Own Gun (listed Green Shirt as "How Does It Feel") You'll Never Be A Man Accidents Will Happen (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea The Beat Secondary Modern Temptation Pump It Up What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding Mystery Dance SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Lover's Walk Alison Less Than Zero Clubland Big Tears Oliver's Army High Fidelity Watching The Detectives/You Belong Radio Radio To Me I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (It's possible that the track marked '*' isn't on all versions!) _HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE_ [99; 2xCDR] Linda McCartney tribute concert incl. Paul McCartney, EC, George Michael & others. _HER MAJESTIES PLEASURE_ [99; CD] 25 songs from the Sydney show, Her Majesty's Theatre, 19-Jan-99. _HIDDEN CHARMS_ (58:26) [95; CD; DU CD09 DDD-AMCOS] 17-May-95 'King Hoarse' show from London. On the package "Bama Lama Bama Loo" shows up again as the last track but it is not on the disc. Quality: Good quality copy of the FM broadcast - Mike Bodayle {mbodayle@legend.txdirect.net} Introduction (0:34) (not listed) Pouring Water On A Drowning Man Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/ [D.Baker/D.McCormick] (3:55) Holland] (4:47) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] (3:46) [Bill Anderson] (5:39) Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Allison] (5:57) Penniman](3:21) I've Been Wrong Before [Randy Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used Newman](3:38) To Do? [Hank Williams] (4:08) Running Out Of Fools [K.Rogers/ Alison w/ Tracks Of My Tears/Tears R.Ahlert](3:11) Of A Clown/Clowntime Is Over Leave My Kitten Alone [Little (5:47) Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:55) Pump It Up (5:05) The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] (4:42) _HIDDEN CHARMS_ (60:13) [95; CD; Grail GRAIL REC 52] 17-May-95 'King Hoarse' show from the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. This CD is basically the same as the one with the same name on the Amcos label except that a second version of "Bama Lama Bama Loo" (from 'Later With Jools Holland', 16-May-95) is included as the last track. Quality: Sound quality is quite good, with only "Everybody's Crying Mercy" being marred by brief fade-outs and buzzes. And, of course, EC's voice is a rather hoarse (except for the 2nd. version of "Bama Lama Bama Loo" where he sounds in fine shape) - T.J.Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/ Must You Throw Dirt In My Face Holland] (5:20) [Bill Anderson] (5:39) Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] (3:42) Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Penniman] (3:20) Allison] (6:01) Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used I've Been Wrong Before [Randy To Do? [Hank Williams] (3:11) (listed Newman] (3:37) as "Why Don't You Love Her") Running Out Of Fools [K.Rogers/ Alison w/ Tracks Of My Tears/Tears R.Ahlert] (3:12) Of A Clown/Clowntime Is Over Leave My Kitten Alone [Little (5:46) Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:56) Pump It Up (4:43) The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. (4:45) Penniman](3:09) Pouring Water On A Drowning Man [D.Baker/D.McCormick] (3:54) _HIDING UNDER COVERS_ [7"; Mr.Norman Brain Records Brain 1 (ps) (USA)] 4 live songs, all covers. 'Going Through The Motions' lists "The Price Of Love" as being from the Stone Pony, Ashbury Park, NJ, 16-Dec-77 (2nd. show), & "Slow Down" from the Chateau Neuf, Oslo, 19-Nov-80. It also lists "One Day I'll Fly Away" as being the Hammersmith Odean, London, 27-Mar-81, but it is thought to really be from the Playhouse, Edinburgh, 9-Mar-81. Quality: Not great - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} Pretty poor - Phil Dennison {cbas68@vms.strath.ac.uk} The Price Of Love [D.& P.Everly] I Got You [James Brown] Slow Down [Larry Williams] One Day I'll Fly Away [Sample/ Jennings] _HIS FIRST KORNYPHONE RECORD_ [LP; TAKRL 938]] Same as _Elvis Costello_ [Amazing Kornyfone Label TAKRL 928] _HIT THE ROAD, ELVIS_ (70:11/65:48) [99; 2xCD; Oliverecords 70/71] Radio broadcast of EC & The Rude 5 live at Omya, Japan, 9-Feb-91, plus bonus tracks (audience recordings) from the same tour. Quality: The Omya tracks sound excellent (and in stereo!), but the bonus tracks are a bit mixed - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} DISC 1: DISC 2: Intro (1:10) I Hope You're Happy Now Tokyo Storm Warning (4:55) - BAD TRACK!!! (0:20) So Like Candy/I Want You (8:05) I Hope You're Happy Now/Paperback The Very Thought Of You [Ray Writer [EC/Lennon/McCartney] (3:27) Noble] (5:34) (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love Watching The Detectives/Let Him & Understanding? [Lowe] (4:43) Dangle/Watching The Detectives Pump It Up (6:56) (9:03) Osaka (26-Aug-91): Couldn't Call It Unexpected After The Fall (6:35) (4:57) The Other Side Of Summer (3:57) Almost Blue (4:10) Playboy To A Man [EC/McCartney] That Day Is Done [EC/McCartney] (5:11) (5:04) Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] Penniman] (2:40) (5:06) God's Comic/I'm A Believer (7:40) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:05) Chicago (8-Jun-91): Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Alison (6:46) Allison] (6:48) Nagoya (27-Aug-91): Hurry Down Doomsday/Outro Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head [EC/Keltner] (6:25) (3:35) All Grown Up (4:50) Tokyo (1-Sep-91): Accidents Will Happen (3:55) You Bowed Down (4:54) Osaka (26-Aug-91): Temptation (5:09) _HONKY TONK DEMOS_ - Declan Patrick [7"; Compact, Act la 93610, ps] These demos take their name from a show on Radio London which aired them, 15-Aug-76). Quality: Excellent studio quality tapes (10/10) - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Lip Service Wave A White Flag Jump Up Blame It On Cain Mystery Dance Poison Moon _HOOVER FACTORY_ [7"] SIDE 1: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (from Top Of The Pops, 15-Mar-78) You Belong To Me (from Capital Radio, 27-Sep-77) SIDE 2: Living In Paradise (from 4 Acres Club, Utica, NY, 6-Dec-77) Hoover Factory (from Capital Radio, 27-Sep-77) _HOT CLUB PHILLY_ [99; CD; Gold Standard] Radio broadcast from WMMR-FM in Philadelphia of the 7-Dec-77 early show. _I DID TALK TO BOB DYLAN_ (74:44) [96; CD; Moontunes MOON 015 (Luxembourg)] Best of EC's 3 night solo acoustic support sets for Dylan's March '95 gigs at the Brixton Academy, London. Quality: The sound quality is good to very good (but not excellent). There's more high end than low, and it sounds like the source might be from a very good audience recording. The performance is intense and heartfelt. Starting To Come To Me (2:27) Clown Strike (4:00) The Other End Of The Telescope Let Him Dangle (2:57) [EC/Aimee Mann] (3:44) All The Useless Beauty (3:39) Complicated Shadows (2:49) Crimes Of Paris (4:34) Little Atoms (3:13) Indoor Fireworks (4:05) Poor Fractured Atlas (3:34) It's Time (4:30) Distorted Angel (2:31) (listed as Just About Glad (3:02) 'Discarded Angel') Riot Act (3:27) Poisoned Rose (4:40) Kinder Murder (3:21) Man Out Of Time (4:40) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:14) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (3:18) I Want To Vanish (3:28) Tramp The Dirt Down (4:29) _I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CHELSEA_ [7"; Super Record Company ep-101-b (pic.sleeve, red vinyl)]. I expect that all tracks are the same as those on the _50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong_ boot. Quality: Poor - Xavier Escutia Llambias SIDE 1: SIDE 2: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Living In Paradise (live) (live) Hoover Factory (start missing - You Belong To Me (live) electric solo version recorded for Capital Radio, 27-Sep-77) _I LEFT MY HONDA OUTSIDE_ [2xLP; Quiktype (Belgium)] Melbourne Concert Hall, 25-Jun-85. Quality: Very acceptable (4 out of 5), but badly pressed. During the acoustic numbers EC's voice is much louder than his guitar. Quiet audience - Kube, Peter {p.kube@rz.uni-sb.de} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: No Reason-acoustic Brilliant Mistake-acoustic Next Time Around-acoustic Worthless Thing-acoustic Suffering Face-acoustic Little Palaces-acoustic Indoor Fireworks-acoustic Inch By Inch-electric Substitute [Townsend]-acoustic Riot Act-electric Blue Chair-acoustic Alison (US-45-Mix) New Amsterdam-acoustic SIDE 3: SIDE 4: With T-Bone Burnett as the Pills and Soap-piano Coward Bros: Shipbuilding [EC/Langer]-piano Ragged and (We're) Right My Younger Son-electric Ring of Fire End of the Rainbow-electric People's Limosine I'm Having It All-piano Midnight Oil Baby, It's You [Bacharach/David/ Tom Dooley Williams] (/w Nick Lowe on vocal) Betrayal-electric(early, faster version of "Tramp The Dirt Down") Oliver's Army-electric _I NEVER TALKED TO JIM REEVES_ (76:35/67:12) [95; 2xCD; Flip 001/002 / Chance Records] Apollo Theatre, Oxford (27-Nov-94), plus bonus tracks from Shepherds Bush Empire, London (4,11,25-Nov-94). Quality: Performance - 9-10. Sound - very good (7-9) for Oxford show, wasn't sure at first whether this was a board or audience tape, crowd noise is at a minimum. Sound on bonus tracks varies from good to very good for an audience tape. Sound is much better than the Glastonbury boot. Nice to have the Wendy James and 4 new songs together in one place. Lots of great ad libs and the band sounds great - David Jacobson {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com} The sound is a bit dodgy at times but it is such an exciting, involved show full of passion, humour and venom - Eddie Gorodetsky {eddieg@cerf.net} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} DISC 1: DISC 2: Princess In Love - a spoken Good Year For The Roses [Jerry intro about Princess Di (1:50) Chesnut] (3:16) I Want You (6:27) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down No Action (2:01) (2:27) Accidents Will Happen (2:44) This Is Hell (4:59) Watching The Detectives (5:20) All The Rage (3:54) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (5:29) Pump It Up (4:19) So Like Candy (6:38) 4-Nov-94: London's Brilliant Parade (4:11) Girl's Talk (3:08) Pony St. (3:19) Human Hands (3:28) Honey, Are You Straight Or Are Basement Kiss (4:20) You Blind? (2:32) Puppet Girl (2:22) Clown Strike/Break On Through Alison/You Win Again/He'll Have To [Morrison] (8:47) Go [EC/H.Williams/J.Reeves] (5:28) Kinder Murder (3:08) 11-Nov-94: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Complicated Shadows (2:40) (3:46) You'll Never Be A Man (3:21) Rocking Horse Road (6:03) Dirty Rotten Shame (3:40) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (4:29) Poor Fractured Atlas (4:16) Lipstick Vogue (3:33) Green Shirt (2:36) Beyond Belief (3:18) 25-Nov-94: You Belong To Me (2:58) I Want To Vanish (listed as "Indecent Haste") (3:18) The Other Side Of Summer (3:50) Man Out Of Time (5:48) _I STAND ACCUSED_ (65:53) [90; CD; Great Dane Records GDR CD 9024 (Italy)] Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 12-Apr-79. (The cover incorrectly says that the gig was at the Lehigh Community College). Quality: '0' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} The sound quality is far from perfect (a bit treble-heavy, which at least makes the keyboards stand out), I'd rate it better than 'not that great', and the performance and set list make the disc fairly worthwhile - Dan Trippel {trippel@u.washington.edu} The opening track is a bit tinny and distorted, after that it improves but stays 'raw'. A must have for the EC fan. This concert follows within a month of the 'Bramlett incident' on a tour that was cut short. The guitar parts on "Chelsea" are worth hearing, and in general his playing is jagged and vicious - Albert Steg {asteg@k12.oit.umass.edu} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} I Stand Accused (part) (2:31) Tiny Steps (3:51) Goon Squad (3:05) The Beat (3:55) Two Little Hitlers (3:19) Rhodette's Song (4:03) B Movie (2:43) High Fidelity (3:48) Oliver's Army (3:02) Accidents Will Happen (2:52) Girls Talk (1:41) Watching The Detectives (8:21) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Big Boys (3:10) (4:39) Radio Radio (3:23) Green Shirt (3:06) Pump It Up (2:57) Opportunity (2:38) You Belong To Me (2:47) _I STILL HAVE THAT NIGHT IN MY HEAD_ (59:18) [98; CDR; Oliver Records OR 09] Audience DAT recording of Costello & Steve Nieve at the Tenco Awards, San Remo, 24-Oct-98. The last 3 tracks are from St. Jose University, 16-Apr-87. Quality: Sound is clean, but could be better. I'd rate it 9/10. Performance is good but I find the '87 tracks more interesting - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Intro (1:17) Accidents Will Happen (3:10) Toledo [EC/Bacharach] (5:10) All This Useless Beauty (4:57) The Birds Will Still Be Singing (5:09) I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] (3:18) Almost Blue (3:50) God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach](5:29) Encores with Roger McGuinn: You Bowed Down/So You Want To Be A Rock'N'Roll Star [Costello/Hillman/McGuinn] (4:16) You Ain't Going Nowhere [Dylan] (3:28) Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Dylan] (4:06) St. Jose University, 16-Apr-87: Ship Of Fools [Hunter/Garcia] (5:56) Uncomplicated (4:07) Inch By Inch (5:05) _I'VE JUST COME FROM CALIFORNIA_ (72:32) [96; CD; Parrot Records PAR-105] Live at The Paramount, Seattle, 10-Feb-78 + The Lane County Civic Center, Eugene, 9-Feb-78. Quality: The sound is a bit bass-heavy and muddy, but a strong performance shines through - T.J.Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Seattle: Little Triggers (3:27) Mystery Dance (2:32) Radio Radio (2:36) Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me (2:14) (4:51) Lipstick Vogue (6:32) Night Rally (2:37) Watching The Detectives (6:49) No Action (2:24) Pump It Up (3:42) Less Than Zero (Dallas version) Eugene: (3:51) The Roadette Song (4:15) The Beat (3:44) Stranger In The House (3:20) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Miracle Man (3:40) (5:09) I'm Not Angry (6:15) This Year's Girl (4:33) _IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA_ (57:37) [91; CD; Oh Boy BOY 1-9124 (Luxembourg)] Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, 28-Feb-78. This concert can also be found on _Elvis & Friends - Visit Washington_ & _Elvis Goes To Washington & Dave Edmunds & Rockpile Don't_. Quality: '-' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} The sound isn't as good as I had hoped - for the most part it is very good to excellent, but there are spots where the sound fades in and out. I recommend _Elvis Goes To Washington.._ instead. - John Howells {howells@netcom.com} Pump It Up (2:45) Hand In Hand (3:12) Waiting For The End Of The World Little Triggers (3:12) (4:13) Radio, Radio (2:48) No Action (2:40) You Belong To Me (2:34) Less Than Zero (4:42) Lipstick Vogue (5:43) The Beat (3:58) Watching The Detectives (5:09) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Mystery Dance (5:23) Shoes (2:42) Miracle Man (4:24) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (4:12) _INDOOR FIREWORKS_ [CAS] Audience recording of Elvis' support set for Dylan in 1995. All tracks are taken from the Brixton Acedemy shows. It’s Starting To Come To Me Clown Strike The Other End Of The Telescope Let Him Dangle [EC/Aimee Mann] All This Useless Beauty Complicated Shadows The Crimes Of Paris Little Atoms Indoor Fireworks Poor Fractured Atlas It’s Time Distorted Angel Just About Glad The Poison Rose Riot Act Man Out Of Time Kinder Murder Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] Shallow Grave Tramp The Dirt Down I Want To Vanish _(AN) INTERVIEW WITH ELVIS 'C'_ [88; 7" (white or yellow); Talkback Records CHAT 2 (ps)] Recorded on the 'Elvis Sings Again Tour' in Jan-87. Sleeve says limited to 1000 copies. Good quality interview, possibly recorded in Newcastle on the Confederates tour. _IRELAND AND DUBLINERS_ [2xLP; plain white label (Italy)] Self Aid Concert, Dublin 17-May-86. Each of the four album sides are dedicated to EC+A, Van Morrison, Boomtown Rats and US respectively. These tracks can also be found on _One Of The Attractions_. Record 1 Side 1: Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] Complicated Many Rivers To Cross [Jimmy Cliff] I Hope You're Happy Now Pump It Up/Gloria [EC/Van Morrison] _ITALIAN NIGHTS_ [99; CDR] San Remo, Italy, Nov-98, with Roger McGuinn. _IT'S GONNA HAIL_ - Brian Setzer [990201; 2xCDR; No label] Disc 1 has the Brian Setzer & Friends Show (with EC & Ricky Skaggs), Ryman Ausitorium, Nashville, TN, 5-Feb-97. plus the Brian Setzer Orchestra show, San Diago, CA, 29-May-96. Disc 2 is the Brian Setzer Orchestra at the Hard Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV, 1997. (Exact date unknown). Quality: Sound is good, soundboard quality - Hiroshi Sassano. Elvis appears on two tracks on disc 1: Sittin' & Thinkin' [Charlie Rich] (listed as "Again") Honey Don't _JAPAN TOUR 1999 5th Feb_ See _ELVIS COSTELLO WITH STEVE NIEVE_ (JAPAN TOUR 1999) _JAPAN TOUR 1999 10th Feb_ See _ELVIS COSTELLO WITH STEVE NIEVE_ (JAPAN TOUR 1999) _JESUS, THIS IS ELVIS_ (58:37) [95; CD; Kiss The Stone, KTS 454 (Italy)] EC+A recorded in London, 17-May-95. EC's voice is in bad shape (like the MTV Unplugged session). A lot of the tracks have incorrect titles on the cover. This CD is similar to the _Hidden Charms_ bootleg. The bonus version of "Bama Lama Bama Loo" is from the 'Later With Jools Holland' show, 16-May-95). Quality: Sound - 7 out of 10 - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} Performance: 5/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/Holland] (3:58) Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] (3:46) Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Allison] (5:57) I've Been Wrong Before [Randy Newman] (3:38)) Running Out Of Fools [K.Rogers/R.Ahlert] (3:10) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:56) The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] (4:43) Pouring Water On A Drowning Man [D.Baker/D.McCormick] (3:54) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face [Bill Anderson] (5:39) Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Penniman] (3:21) Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do? [Hank Williams] (3:10) Alison w/ Tracks Of My Tears/Tears Of A Clown/Clowntime Is Over [EC/W.Robinson/Cosby-Robinson-Wonder/EC] (5:46) Pump It Up (4:33) Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Penniman] (3:21) (bonus track) _JOHN PEEL 1978_ [7"; KK10 (ps)] These tracks from the John Peel BBC radio show have also been released on _Nashville & More_. The label has incorrect track titles: Tuning In The Shine/Nobody's Seen His Face/I'm Still So Crazy For You/So Mystified. Quality: Pretty good, but not perfect - Phil Dennison {cbas68@vms.strath.ac.uk} Radio Radio I Just Don't Know What To Do With Stranger In The House Myself [Bacharach/David] Really Mystified _(THE) KORNYFONE RADIO HOUR_ [LP; Amazing Kornyfone Label TAKRL 901] The El Mocambo concert, Toronto, 6-Mar-78. The cover is a drawing of Elvis with a guitar, by Maggi. The record labels are from other artists and have no mention of Elvis Costello. Quality: 7.5 out of 10 - Kube, Peter {p.kube@rz.uni-sb.de} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Mystery Dance Little Triggers Waiting For The End Of The World Radio Radio Welcome To The Working Week Lipstick Vogue Less Than Zero ("Dallas" version) Watching The Detectives The Beat Heart Of The City (/w Nick Lowe) Lip Service Miracle Man (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea _(THE) KVINDE HADER KLUB FLEXI_ [8903; 7"; 105062-1-ABS (US, clear blue flexi)] This is a flexi disc that came with issue 6 of the NYC fanzine 'The Kvinde Hader Klub'. Issues of the fanzine are still available. The 2 EC tracks are taken from his 4/5 night stand a Broadway theatre, NYC, '86. Pretty In Pink (live) [Psychedelic Furs] Forgive Her Anything (live) + 2 other tracks by Billy Bragg & DBS. _LAGUNA BEACH_ [CD] London, Mar-95. _LAND OF HOPE & ANCHOR_ (74:11) [98; CD; Tendolar TDR-087] Hope & Anchor show, London, 14-May-80, that was recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Martin Belmont is standing in for an injured Steve Nieve. Quality: The quality of the live set is excellent (it's a soundboard). It sounds much better than the vinyl _Something New_ boot of the same show. I'd recommend it - Mike {lpstd@aol.com} Temptation (3:11) Bonus tracks: Help Me (2:59) Tomorrow Coast To Coast, 3-Feb-81: I Stand Accused (2:42) New Lace Sleeves (4:10) One Fine Heartache (listed Watch Your Step (3:16) as One More Heartache) (2:46) 3rd John Peel Session, Oct-78: Secondary Modern (2:20) Really Mystified (1:46) Little Sister (3:09) 4th John Peel Session, Mar-80: High Fidelity (2:35) Beaten To The Punch (mislabelled Lipstick Vogue (3:46) as being from the 3rd session) Waiting For The End Of The World (1:52) (3:06) Possession (2:13) Walk And Don't Look Back (4:20) B-Movie (2:48) Girls Talk (2:00) High Fidelity (2:26) Watching The Detectives (6:15) 4 Ackers Club, Utica, NY, 6-Dec-77: You Belong To Me (3:02) The Roadette Song (4:59) Oliver's Army (3:15) Pump It Up (4:57) _(THE) LAST FOXTROT_ [LP/CAS; Rubber Robot RR002] Winterland, San Francisco, 7-Jun-78 - FM stereo broadcast. Album starts with EC saying "Welcome to the last foxtrot". Boot also has some Nick Lowe /Rockpile tracks. (Were they the support act?) Quality: Very good - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} Basically a good recording, but my LP has surface noise throughout. Nice version of "I'm Not Angry" - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} Mystery Dance This Years Girl Lip Service (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Pump It Up Shoes Radio Radio Elvis: "Welcome to the last Lipstick Vogue foxtrot!" (hence the title) Watching The Detectives Goon Squad Party Girl Less Than Zero("Dallas version") You Belong To Me (on cassette only) Blame It On Cain I'm Not Angry The Beat There seems to be more than one version of this boot. Another has the following track list - SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Goon Squad Party Girl Less Than Zero(Dallas version) I'm Not Angry (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Rockpile: Pump It Up So It Goes Radio Radio Fool Too Long Lipstick Vogue I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass Watching The Detectives They Called It Rock (not listed) Heart Of The City _LAST YEAR'S MODEL_ [7"; Time Warp Records WARP 1, no ps] This posibly Canadian release contains 4 tracks from the El Mocambo show. Side 1: Side 2: Mystery Dance Welcome To The Working Week Waiting For The End Of The World Radio Radio _LATER_ (70:06) [96; CD; Star 016] A MONO copy of "BBC TV Later Presents Elvis Costello" live show with The Attractions, an orchestra (?) and The Brodsky Quartet (7-Jul-96). This show was officially released on the 'A Case For Song' video. Quality: Sound is decent, though the bass is muddy on the Attractions tracks. Highlights are the Brodsky's version of "Pills & Soap", "Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue" performed with a chamber jazz septet, and the accordion version of "Pump It Up" - T.J.Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Has a little hiss, but overall the sound is very good - William 'Chip' Rollinson {chip@gti.net} Accidents Will Happen (3:38) The Birds Will Still Be Singing Little Atoms (5:26) (5:23) Pump It Up (4:04) Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue Why Can't A Man Stand Alone (3:45) (listed as "A Midnight Blues") Riot Act (listed as "Brutal (5:57) Youth") (4:11) All This Useless Beauty (4:51) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:45) You Bowed Down (4:33) Indoor Fireworks (listed as "When Complicated Shadows (4:20) A Small Kid Has Seen Your Eyes") Watching The Detectives (5:03) (5:01) I Want To Vanish (4:16) Pills And Soap (listed as "As A (Includes ~60 seconds of silence) Range For Those") (4:50) _LATER SPECIAL WITH ELVIS COSTELLO_ (69:54) [96; CD; ECLSCD96] BBC radio stereo broadcast, 12-Jul-96. Recorded at the BBC Television Centre, 18-Jun-96. This is the better of the 3 boots of this show (_LATER_, _MAIN ATTRACTION_ & this one). This show was officially released on the 'A Case For Song' video. Quality: Eclectic performance, good quality (must be soundboard). Much better than _Later_. Some good stereo effects ("Little Atoms"). The orchestra is under mixed. Nice cover. "Veronica" is just wonderful - Francois Drouin {francois.drouin@dassault-aviation.fr} Intro by Jools Holland (0:59) EC+Brodsky Quartet: EC+A: Pills And Soap (4:49) Accidents Will Happen (3:23) The Birds Will Still Be Singing Little Atoms (5:28) (5:23) Pump It Up (4:02) EC+Brodsky Quartet+Orchestra: Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (5:49) (3:44) EC+A+Brodsky Quartet+Orchestra: Riot Act (4:18) All This Useless Beauty (4:59) EC+Steve Nieve: EC+A: Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:37) You Bowed Down (4:33) EC solo: Complicated Shadows (4:19) Indoor Fireworks (5:03) Watching The Detectives (5:03) EC+Steve Nieve: I Want To Vanish (3:20) _LEGENDS AND HISTORY COLLIDE_ (72:38/71:45) [97; 2xCDR; Rocking Horse RH-003/004] Complete show from Detroit, 16-Aug-96, plus 5 tracks from the Guild Hall, East Hampton, Long Island, NY, 26-May-96. Limited to 50 handmade copies. Quality: Very good audience recording, almost soundboard quality. There are a few glitches, such as a 2 second gap during "Rocking Horse Road", and that the louder tracks tend to distort. EC's voice is in magnificent form and it's a good passionate performance. Not too much audience noise. Performance: 8.5 (out of 10). Sound: 8.5 - recommended - Marc Bernardin {zed@pangea.ca} DISC 1: DISC 2: Sulky Girl (5:25) Pump It Up/Slow Down [EC/ You Belong To Me (2:18) Larry Williams] (4:43/2:39) Little Atoms (7:32) Miracle Man (3:18) Why Can'y A Man Stand Alone? Riot Act (3:56) (4:20) Beyond Belief (3:39) Party Girl (4:51) No Action (1:52) Love Field (5:08) Complicated Shadows (6:11) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (3:47) I Want You (11:48) Poor Fractured Atlas (5:26) Alison/Tracks Of My Tears/Tears It's Time (5:40) Of A Clown/Clowntime Is Over Green Shirt (5:14) (2:53/3:2270:48) You Bowed Down (4:54) Rocking Horse Road (5:32) Hand In Hand (2:34) Gotta Gotta Gotta (2:19) All This Useless Beauty (5:44) East Hampton, NY, 26-May-96: Distorted Angel/Chelsea/Who's The Long Honeymoon (4:47) That Lady (5:27/3:18/0:58) Stranger In The House (3:51) Sweet Dreams (3:11) Man Called Uncle (2:28) I'm Your Toy (4:25) _...LIKE BUDDY HOLLY ON ACID!_ [LP; Varoom Vinyl 002] Winterland, San Francisco, 7-Jun-78 - FM stereo broadcast. Boot also has some Nick Lowe/Rockpile tracks. SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Goon Squad Party Girl Less Than Zero(Dallas version) I'm Not Angry (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Rockpile: Pump It Up So It Goes Radio Radio Fool Too Long Lipstick Vogue I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass Watching The Detectives They Called It Rock (not listed) Heart Of The City _LITTLE HANDS OF CONCRETE_ [97; 2xCDR; Doberman 104/105] Good quality audience recording of an EC solo show at The Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford, England, 29-Feb-87, and Royalty Theatre, London, 28-Nov-86. DISC 1: DISC 2: Watermans Arts Centre: Intro (0:25) Intro ("Return To Big Nothing" Shamed Into Love (3:27) playing over the speakers) I Want You (6:32) (2:03) Uncomplicated (3:01) Sally Sue Brown [A.Alexander] Sleep Of The Just (3:56) (1:45) True Love Ways [Petty/Holly] Red Shoes (3:14) (2:19) Green Shirt (3:32) Good Year For The Roses [Jerry Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Chesnut] (3:27) Willie John/Titus Turner] (2:47) Twist & Shout [Russel/Medley] The Poisoned Rose (4:21) (3:00) Inch By Inch (3:24) Royalty Theatre: The Only Flame In Town (5:30) Suit Of Lights (3:32) Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down/ Tokyo Storm Warning (7:07) Close Up The Honky Tonks [Merle Brilliant Mistake (2:56) Haggard/Simpson] (6:29) Heathen Town (2:36) Little Palaces (3:04) American Without Tears (7:53) New Amsterdam/Hide Your Love Away King Of Confidence (2:44) [EC/Lennon-McCartney] (3:42) The Deportees Club (3:07) Any King's Shilling (2:30) Having It All (3:10) Radio Sweetheart (2:30) Pretty In Pink [Psychedelic Furs] Jackie Wilson Said [Van Morrison] (2:06) (2:12) You Little Fool (2:38) Alison/You Win Again [EC/Hank Out Little Angel (3:41) Williams] (3:30) Crimes Of Paris/Wild Mountain Thyme Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of (5:21) Human Kindness (3:37) Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [Benjamin/Marcus/Caldwell] (2:59) Oliver's Army (3:24) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (3:07) Peace, Love & Understanding [Nick Lowe] (3:30) _LITTLE SISTER_ [7" (one sided)] Contains "Little Sister" from Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80. Taken from a KBFH broadcast. _LIVE AID_ [2xLP; SG6 (European)] London, 13-Jul-85. Record 3, Side 2, Track 5: All You Need Is Love [Lennon/McCartney] _LIVE AT GLASTONBURY_ (54:47/61:48) [2xCD; Festival Music CD004/5] Audience DAT source of COMPLETE show from Glastonbury Festival, England, June 1994. Quality: Sound - 7-8 (hollow/tinny DAT sound, but everything is right there) Performance - 8. - Davis Jacobson {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com} Big waste of money - the sound qulaity is lousy, especially the distant vocals - {nevets13@aol.com} Highly recommended. Production quality is tops, and EC & Co. sound like they were enjoying themselves - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} My favoutite CD from the 'Brutal Youth' tour - Olivier Ridolphi DISC 1: DISC 2: No Action (1:53) Man Out Of Time (4:43) The Beat (3:08) Watching The Detectives (4:32) Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me (2:32) (2:51) 13 Steps Lead Down/Radio Radio Beyond Belief (3:32) (5:35) Sulky Girl (5:54) Lipstick Vogue/(I Don't Want To Go London's Brilliant Parade (5:19) To) Chelsea/Lipstick Vogue (4:31) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:39) Alison (2:57) Oliver's Army (3:09) Tracks Of My Tears/Tears Of A Less Than Zero (3:05) Clown/Clowntime Is Over [Robinson Clown Strike (6:35) /Cosby-Robinson-Wonder/EC] (2:25) Kinder Murder (3:47) Accidents Will Happen (3:02) Clubland (5:33) All The Rage (4:41) Rocking Horse Road (5:14) Peace, Love & Understanding (3:16) Pump It Up (3:00) -band introduction- (1:05) *Sulky Girl (5:30) *Rocking Horse Road (4:34) *All The Rage (3:35) *13 Steps Lead Down/Radio Radio (5:42) * - Almost studio quality tracks from another show, possibly the April-94 BBC session. _LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO_ [information needed!] Heavily counterfitted Canadian promo LP also was an FM broadcast on CHUM-FM in Toronto, 6-Mar-78. Quality: Performance: 9/10. Sound: 10/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Mystery Dance Little Triggers Waiting For The End Of The World Radio Radio Welcome To The Working Week Lipstick Vogue Less Than Zero ("Dallas" version) Watching The Detectives The Beat Miracle Man Lip Service You Belong To Me (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Pump It Up _LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO_ (~15 min) [7"; ICM The Collector Series, LCSA 811] Contains a selection of tracks from the album of the same name. SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Mystery Dance (2:15) Radio Radio (2:37) Less Than Zero ("Dallas" Pump It Up (3:55) version) (5:03) Welcome To The Working Week (1:15) _LIVE AT THE PALOMINO_ [2xLP; Centrifugal 12 cent-03] The Palomino Club, North Hollywood, LA, 16-Feb-79 - Audience tape. SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Big Boys Two Little Hitlers Hand In Hand The Beat Opportunity Green Shirt Accidents Will Happen I Stand Accused [Colton-Smith] Goon Squad Radio Radio SIDE 3: SIDE 4: Stranger In The House He'll Have To Go [J.Reeves] The Psycho Song [Leon Payne] Girls Talk If I Could Put Them All Together Alison (I'd Have You) [?] (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Motel Matches Mystery Dance _LIVE AT THE REGENT_ (not actual title!) (37 min) [CAS/CD?] Regent Centre, Sydney, Australia, 3-Dec-78. From EC+A's Armed Forces Tour. Quality: Excellent sound, great performance - Jeff Lawrence {jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca} Hand In Hand Alison Peace, Love & Understanding (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Oliver's Army Lipstick Vogue Watching The Detectives (great Pump It Up 'dub' version) _LIVE AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, 29-OCT-98_ (53:51) [11/98; CDR; Lazy Cat (UK)] This is a FM radio broadcast of the Costello/Bacharach concert at The Royal Festival Hall, London, 29-Oct-98. What The World Needs Now (Intro only) [Bacharach/David] Accidents Will Happen Reprise (this is the actually the end of Accidents) Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/Bacharach] Tears At The Birthday Party [EC/Bacharach] Painted From Memory [EC/Bacharach] What's Her Name Today [EC/Bacharach] Alison In The Darkest Place [EC/Bacharach] My Thief [EC/Bacharach] I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] Anyone Who Had A Heart [Bacharach/David] God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] _LIVE ATTRACTION_ (46:18) [CD; Continental Sounds CS.CD5-501 (Italy)] Mido Hall, Osaka, Japan, 23-Nov-78 Mistery Dance (sic) (2:38) Lip Service (2:34) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Radio Radio (2:38) Shoes (2:37) This Years Girl (3:22) Waiting For The End Of The World (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (5:12) (5:06) No Action (2:06) Lipstick Vogue (5:31) Hand In Hand (2:35) Watching The Detectives (6:03) The Beat (3:45) You Belong To Me (2:08) _LIVE IN EDINBURGH AT THE PLAYHOUSE_ (76:04) [93; CD; Yellow Cat Records YC 015 (Italy)] This CD is a reasonable soundboard recording of a Van Morrison concert and contains 2 bonus tracks from a Dylan gig at The Point Depot, Dublin, 6-Feb-93. The second of these tracks (track 14) includes EC on vocals along with with Dylan, Bono, Chrissie Hynde, Kris Kristofferson, and Steve Winwood. It's All Over Now Baby Blue [Dylan] (10:08) _LIVE IN LONDON JULY 1, 1995_ [95; CD; Kiss The Stone KTS 454 (Italy)] EC+A recorded in London, 17-May-95. EC's voice is in bad shape (like the MTV Unplugged session). A lot of the tracks have incorrect titles on the cover. This CD is supposedly a re-mastered version of _Jesus, This Is Elvis_. Remove This Doubt [Holland/Dozier/Holland] Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose Allison] I've Been Wrong Before [Randy Newman] Running Out Of Fools [K.Rogers/R.Ahlert] Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] The Very Thought Of You [Ray Noble] Pouring Water On A Drowning Man [D.Baker/D.McCormick] Must You Throw Dirt In My Face [Bill Anderson] Bama Lama Bama Loo [Richard W. Penniman] Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do? [Hank Williams] Alison w/ Tracks Of My Tears/Tears Of A Clown/Clowntime Is Over [EC/W.Robinson/Cosby-Robinson-Wonder/EC] Pump It Up _LIVE IN USA_ (45:29) [CD; IMT 900.141] The Spectrum, Philadelphia, 11-Aug-84. I don't know what the quality is like, but it omits "Lipstick Vogue" and "Clubland" which can be found on _Everyday I Write A Book_. Let Them All Talk (3:30) The Only Flame In Town (4:13) Greatest Thing (3:03) Getting Mighty Crowded (4:19) Girls Talk (4:01) Alison (3:42) ("Torn Between Two Watching The Detectives (6:02) Lovers" arrangement) Everyday I Write The Book (5:33) Pump It Up (8:01) _LIVE UNDER THE MOUNTAIN 8.1.98_ [98; CDR; Cheap Thrills] Audience recording of EC & Steve Nieve's entire performance at Fuji Rock Festival, Tokyo, 1-Aug-98. Quality: A- Accidents Will Happen Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Alison Shoes (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Talking In The Dark Veronica Everyday I Write The Book (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love Blue Chair And Understanding [Lowe] Less Than Zero Pump It Up (encore) _LIVE VOL.1_ (53:22) [93; CD; Joker Productions JOK-023-A (Australia)] This CD is also referred to as _Live Vol.1 "Unauthorised"_. This is the Agora Theatre, Cleveland, 5-Dec-77 concert, and is the same as _Angry Young Sod_ & _No Dancing_. Quality: A+ (A++ is highest). Excellent soundboard recording. The band are burning and the crowd is also rocking - Jeff Lawrence {jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca} Welcome To The Working Week (1:14) Big Tears (3:09) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Blame In On Cain (3:08) Shoes (2:26) Little Triggers (2:39) Hand In Hand (2:12) Radio Radio (2:39) Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me (2:32) (4:00) Pump It Up (2:40) No Action (2:03) Lipstick Vogue (4:16) Less Than Zero (2:56) Watching The Detectives (5:35) The Beat (3:22) Miracle Man (3:31) No Dancing (2:34) Mystery Dance (2:17) _LONDON ACCIDENTS_ [CAS] Audience recording of EC+A at the Roundhouse in Apr-78. Nick Lowe is filling in for an injured Bruce Thomas. Stranger In The House The Beat Oliver’s Army (The Angels Wanna Wear My ) Accidents Will Happen Red Shoes Waiting For The End Of The World Alison No Action Miracle Man This Year’s Girl (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea Lip Service Mystery Dance Less Than Zero Watching The Detectives Big Tears You Belong To Me Hand In Hand Pump It Up _LONGER AND LOUDER_ [99; CDR] Contains 14 extended/dance mixes and alternate versions from the PTC/ GCW era. Limited edition of 100 copies. Quality: Pretty good, considering. There is the occasional click, and one or two tracks have the fade-out cut off, but otherwise it's very listenable. Green Shirt (extended mix) Pump It Up (dance mix) Town Crier (alternate version) Everyday I Write The Book (4'52" extended version) Everyday I Write The Book (Jellybean club mix) Everyday I Write The Book (instrumental) Let them all talk (5'59" extended remix) I Wanna Be Loved (radio version) I Wanna Be Loved (version discotheque) I Wanna Be Loved (extended smooth'n'runny version) The Only Flame In Town (version discotheque) Return To Big Nothing A Town Called Big Nothing (the long march) Pills And Soap (extended version) _(THE) LOOK OF LOVE_ [98; CD; Tendolar TDR-109] Audience recording of the Radio City show, NY, 13-Oct-98. Quality: Sound - A Very good audience recording save for some unfortunate coughing - Craig Danuloff {craig@luckygoon.com} Intro - What The World Needs Now [Bacharach/David] Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/Bacharach] This House Is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] Tears At The Birthday Party [EC/Bacharach] I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself [Bacharach/David] Accidents Will Happen/24 Hours From Tulsa [EC/Bacharach/David] Veronica [EC/McCartney] Just A Memory Almost Blue Alison In The Darkest Place [EC/Bacharach] I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] The Sweetest Punch [EC/Bacharach] My Little Red Book Anyone Who Had A Heart [Bacharach/David] God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] _LOS ANGELES 1995_ [information needed!] This may not be the correct title. _LUCKY SPIKE_ [LP] King Biscuit Hour broadcast recorded at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 11-Aug-84. The track list is identical to _Every Day I Write The Book_. _MADE IN JAPAN_ (72:15) [98; CDR; Rocking Horse RH-005] Kudan Kaikan, Tokyo, 20-Jul-89. Solo performance. I Hope You're Happy Now (3:25) Pads, Paws And Claws (2:34) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (3:33) Accidents Will Happen (2:58) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (5:26) Alison (3:26) Almost Blue (4:12) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (4:20) Pills And Soap (4:19) That Day Is Done EC/McCartney] This Town (4:47) (5:31) God's Comic (8:16) Everyday I Write The Book/My (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Brave Face [EC/EC+McCartney) Shoes (3:07) (5:35) So Like Candy (4:04) Tramp The Dirt Down (6:40) _MAGNIFICENT COSTELLO_ [CD] _MAIN ATTRACTION_ (66:22) [96; CD; Kiss The Stone KTS-598] MONO soundboard recording of the Later Show in London, 7-Jul-96. This show was officially released on the 'A Case For Song' video. Quality: Sound is OK and slightly better than _Later_, but there's too much use of noise compression again - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} Accidents Will Happen (3:46) The Birds Will Still Be Singing Little Atoms (5:26) (listed as "Banish") (4:52) Pump It Up (3:33) Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue Why Can't A Man Stand Alone (3:44) (listed as "Tongue Is Tied") (5:23) Riot Act (listed as "Wide Eyed") All This Useless Beauty (4:36) (4:10) You Bowed Down (4:32) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:08) Complicated Shadows (4:20) Indoor Fireworks (4:43) Watching The Detectives (5:03) Pills And Soap (4:43) I Want To Vanish (3:21) _(A) MAN OUT OF TIME: A RARE ACOUSTIC SHOW_ (46:05) [85; LP; Red Shoes ES-105] Recording of a concert in Teatro Olympico, Rome, Italy on 20-Nov-84. Quality: Very good audience tape. What this LP lacks in sound quality it makes up for in spirit & feeling. The versions of "Love Field", "Man Out Of Time" & "Worthless Thing" are especially good. Highly recommended - Mark Bartlett {bartlett@tuns.ca} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Girl's Talk (2:48) Almost Blue (2:29) The Invisible Man (2:52) Worthless Thing (4:04) Man Out Of Time (3:59) Little Triggers (2:56) The Only Flame In Town (5:09) Love Field (3:15) Hi-Fidelity (3:05) Everyday I Write The Book (2:33) Accidents Will Happen (3:25) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (2:33) Alison (3:54) Baby's In Black (featuring T.Bone Burnette) (2:15) _MATCHPOINT_ (See _ELVIS, ANYONE?_) _(THE) McCARTNEY-MACMANUS COLLABORATION_ - Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello [98; CD; Vigotone 174] Paul & Elvis demos: The Lovers That Never Were [EC/McCartney] Twenty-Five [EC/McCartney] Tommy's Coming Home [EC/McCartney] So Like Candy [EC/McCartney] You Want Her Too [EC/McCartney] Play Boy To A Man [EC/McCartney] Don't Be Careless Love [EC/McCartney] My Brave Face [EC/McCartney] St. James Palace live, 23-Mar-95: One After 909 [Lennon/McCartney] Mistress And Maid [EC/McCartney] Costello live, Burbank, CA, 26-Apr-89: Pads, Paws And Claws [EC/McCartney] You Want Her Too [EC/McCartney] Costello live, Troubadour, LA, CA, 14-May-96: Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] Paul And Elvis, studio session for "Flowers In The Dirt": My Brave Face [EC/McCartney] Paul live in the studio: That Day Is Done [EC/McCartney] Costello b-sides: Back On My Feet [EC/McCartney] Step Inside Love [Lennon/McCartney] You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [Lennon/McCartney] _MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE REHEARSALS_ [CAS] Before starting the MLR tour EC & the Rude 5 rented the Arligton Theatre in Santa Barbarae for a week to reherse. The story goes that EC recorded the last night of rehersals, but left the tape behind when checking out of The Biltmore Hotel. This is a soundboard recording. Hidden Shame Veronica [EC/McCartney] * (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.5 Shoes The Other Side Of Summer Invasion Hit Parade Strange [Walter Hawkins] Watch Your Step How To Be Dumb Georgie And Her Rival Alison Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head Sweet Pear Suit Of Lights Bama Lama Bama Loo [R. Penniman] So Like Candy Playboy To A Man Accidents Will Happen Everybody's Crying Mercy [Mose You Bowed Down Allison] Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] Hurry Down Doomsday * All Grown Up * * - These tracks are incomplete due to tape editing. _MONIQUE D'OZO_ [LP] The correct title of this boot is _ELVIS COSTELLO_ (Amazing Kornyfone Label TAKRL 928) _MUSIC FOR GROWN UPS_ [2xCD; Doberman 167/168] Audience recording of the show at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 29-Oct-98. Quality: Quite good for an audience recording although ECs banter between songs in very quiet. One or two minor glitches/jumps, and disc 2 has several songs recorded as a single track. DISC 1: Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/Bacharach] This House Is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] Tears At The Birthday Party [EC/Bacharach] I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself [Bacharach] Burt Bacharach medley #1: The Look Of Love/Arthurs Theme (Best That You Can Do)/What's New Pusseycat?/April Fools/Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head/(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance/ Making Love/Alfie/A House Is Not A Home Burt Bacharach medley #2: Walk On By/Reach Out For Me/This Guy's In Love With You/I Say A Little Prayer/Trains And Boats And Planes/Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa/Wishin' and Hopin'/ (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me Make It Easy On Yourself [Bacharach] Painted From Memory [EC/Bacharach] What's Her Name Today [EC/Bacharach] DISC 2: Introduction Accidents Will Happen Veronica [EC/McCartney] Still Too Soon To Know Just A Memory Almost Blue Alison In The Darkest Place [EC/Bacharach] The Long Division [EC/Bacharach] My Thief [EC/Bacharach] I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] The Sweetest Punch [EC/Bacharach] My Little Red Book Anyone Who Had A Heart [Bacharach] Band Introductions God Give Me Srength [EC/Bacharach] I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] (recorded for TFI Friday TV Show (UK), 30-Oct-98) _MY FUNNY VALENTINE_ [7"] Copy of the US promo 7" [Columbia AE7-1172]. _MYSTERY BOY_ by Otis Westinghouse & The Lifts [7" (one-sided); Punktured PU 6001; wrap around photo as cover] Big Sister (2:17) This track was released on this boot before its official release as the b-side to "You Little Fool". _NASHVILLE AND MORE_ (68:06) [CD; Caucasian Records CD 001] Mostly studio demos for _Almost Blue_. The 3rd. John Peel session was recorded on 23-Oct-78 and broadcast on 30-Oct-78. Quality: 8/10 - some tape hiss and the occasional dropout, but doesn't distract from the excellent performances - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Acceptable, lacks clarity (especially the bass), but worth getting for the contents - Kube, Peter {p.kube@rz.uni-sb.de} Cry Cry Cry (alt. vers.) [J.Cash] (2:38) Honky Tonk Girl [L.Lynn] (2:20) Walking (Angel On My Mind) [?] (2:09) He's Got You [Hank Cochran] (3:47) I'll Take Good Care Of You [?] (3:03) Blues Keep On Calling To Me/Cry Cry Cry [J.Martin/J.Cash] (3:40) How Much I Lied (alt. vers.) [Parsons/Rifkin] (2:14) Tears Before Bedtime (country vers.) (2:14) Psycho (alt. vers.) [Leon Payne] (3:20) My Shoes Keep Walking [Ross/Wills] (1:56) How Much I Lied (alt. vers.) [Parsons/Rifkin] (2:16) Wondering (alt. vers.) [J.Werner] (2:17) Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie [Wayne Kemp/Red Lane] (2:35) His Latest Flame (live /w N.Lowe) [?] (2:38) Pads, Paws And Claws [MacManus/McCartney] (2:38) Leave My Kitten Alone (live David Letterman, 3-Mar-89) [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] Baby's In Black (live /w T-Bone Burnett) [Lennon/McCartney] (2:14) Knocking On Heaven's Door (Flip City demo) [B.Dylan] (4:23) Third Rate Romance (Flip City demo) [Russell Smith] (3:28) Radio Radio (3rd. John Peel session) (2:35) Stranger In The House (3rd. John Peel session) (4:12) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (3rd. John Peel session) [Bacharach/David] (2:21) Really Mystified (3rd. John Peel session) [Crane/Gustafson] (1:42) Living Just A Little, Laughing Just A Little (/w J.Hiatt - official version) [Bell/Creed] (3:51) _NAUGHTY BOYS_ - Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello (61:10) [CD; Alfa HP 302] The first 10 tracks the same as on _A Royal Performance_. The 10 additional tracks are from multiple sources, so the sound quality varies. There is also a 'Gold CD Version' of this boot that is identical to the normal version except that the CD is gold and a sticker on the front of the case saying "Limited Edition Golden CD". Royal Collage Of Music, London, 23-Mar-95 Paul McCartney introducing EC (0:58) The Birds Will Be Singing - EC+Brodsky Quartet (4:46) EC introducing Paul McCartney (0:22) One After 909 [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney+EC (3:00) Mistress & Maid [EC/McCartney] - Paul McCartney+EC (2:59) For No One [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Michael Thomson (2:41) Eleanor Rigby [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Thomson (5:21) Yesterday [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Thomson (2:56) Speech by Prince Charles (2:42) Lady Madonna [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet (2:36) McCartney's Channel 4 TV session for 'The Last Resort', Nov-87: (Both Steve Nieve & Pete Thomas are in backing band) I Saw Her Standing There [Lennon/McCartney] (3:02) Lawdy Miss Clawdy (2:43) McCartney's performance on 'The Tube', 11-Dec-86: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (1:06) McCartney's '90 BBC session: Long & Winding Road [Lennon/McCartney] (3:57) Let It Be [Lennon/McCartney] (3:55) All My Trials (3:06) EC on Letterman '89: Pads, Paws & Claws/Leave My Kitten Alone [EC-McCartney/[Little Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:58) EC at Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA, 29-Apr-89: Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said [EC/Van Morrison] (5:56) Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do? [Hank Williams] (2:06) EC studio demo: Veronica [EC/McCartney] (2:57) _NEVER FORGET IT_ [990301; CDR; Green Mint GM052] EC with Burt Bacharach live at The Festival Hall, London, 29-Oct-98. Quality: Sound is good, maybe a soundboard recording - Hiroshi Sassano. What The World Needs Now [Bacharach/David] Accidents Will Happen Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/Bacharach] Tears At The Birthday Party [EC/Bacharach] Painted From Memory [EC/Bacharach] What's Her Name Today [EC/Bacharach] Alison In The Darkest Place [EC/Bacharach] My Thief [EC/Bacharach] I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] Anyone Who Had A Heart [Bacharach/David] God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] _(A) NEW YEAR FOR THE ROSES_ (~40 mins) [LP; Note Records LPEC-Roses-1] Live at The Palladium, NYC, 31-Dec-81. According to the cover: "This album features the seldom performed songs from EC's classic country album _Almost Blue_ that was almost universally overlooked by both fans and critics alike. For this performance, the group is joined by Mr. John McFee (Clover) on pedal steel guitar. Enjoy it now, you may never hear these tunes again." The title on the label is 'Lucky Stevens Sings'! Quality: The cover claims that this is a soundboard recording, but it certainly doesn't sound much like one. Overall, I'd give the sound quality (on the live tracks) 5/10, and the performance 7/10. It's got novelty value because it draws almost exclusively from _Almost Blue_ songs - Timothy E. Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} The sound quality is pretty good. Interesting arrangements as they differ from the album versions, particularly "Success" - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Sittin' And Thinkin' Sweet Dreams Success Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Good Year For The Roses [Jerry I'm Your Toy Chesnut] (EC starts singing Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used "Psycho" by mistake) To Do? [Hank Williams] Psycho Honey Hush Brown To Blue Almost Blue How Much I Lied Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven * Stranger In The House (/w George Jones) * (* = According to album: "2 bonus tracks from a Nashville session") _NO DANCING_ (52:33) [CD; Joker Productions JOK-023-A] A reissue of _Angry Young Sod_/_Live Vol.1_ coming from an FM broadcast from the Agora Theatre, Cleveland, 5-Dec-77. Quality: A blisteringly good showing from the Attractions, and crystal clear sound. I can't recommend this enough. The only shortcoming that I noticed was the muffled background vocals on "Red Shoes". Sound: 8/10. Performance 9/10. All round better than the 'El Morcambo' show and the BEST boot covering the early _MAIT_/_TYM_ songs - Timothy E. Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Welcome To The Working Week Blame It On Cain (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Little Triggers Shoes Radio Radio Hand In Hand You Belong To Me Waiting For The End Of The World Pump It Up No Action Lipstick Vogue Less Than Zero Watching The Detectives The Beat Miracle Man No Dancing Mystery Dance Big Tears |_NoMoreAttractions_ | [99; 2xCDR] | Nagoya 15-Sep-96. | Quality: Fairly good audience recording 7/10. Performance 9/10. | - Jamie Armstrong (jarmstrong@adelphia.net) | CD 1: CD 2: | Accidents Will Happen Just About Glad | Uncomplicated Beyond Belief | Waiting For The End Of The World Less Than Zero | You Belong To Me No Action | Lipstick Vogue I'm Not Angry | Little Atoms Complicated Shadows | Shot With His Own Gun Distorted Angel | Favourite Hour Alison/Living A Little, Laughing | Poor Fractured Atlas A Little/Clowntime Is Over | Veronica [EC/McCartney] Riot Act (/w Instant Karma intro) | Oliver's Army Daddy Can I Turn This? | New Lace Sleeves All This Useless Beauty | Human Hands The Beat | 13 Steps Lead Down Man Out Of Time | Watching The Detectives Mystery Dance | Pump It Up (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes | This Year's Girl | (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love | & Understanding [Lowe] |_NOW RECEIVE YOUR REWARD_ | [2xCDR; Hanging Dog 023] | This contains 2 concerts, both from Eugene, OR. The first is the | complete Elvis & Steve show from 27-May-99, while the second is a | KZEL radio broadcast with the Attractions from 9-Feb-78. $ songs are | missing from the second show. | Quality: Good boot quality on '99 show, even better FM on the '78 | show - Charles Hazen (hazenworld@aol.com) | Hult Center, Eugene, 27-May-99: Lane Civic Center, Eugene, 9-Feb-78: | Temptation (not listed) Mystery Dance | Accidents Will Happen This Year's Girl | 24 Hours From Tulsa Waiting For The End Of The World | Talking In The Dark No Action | Poor Fractured Atlas Less Than Zero | Chelsea The Beat | Party Girl Chelsea | Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Radio Radio | Everyday I Write The Book You Belong To Me | Little Palaces Lipstick Vogue | Painted From Memory Watching The Detectives | Pads, Paws & Claws [EC/MacCartney] Pump It Up | Indoor Fireworks MIA: | Radio Sweetheart Friction ???? | Waiting For The End Of The World Stranger In The House | God's Comic Miracle Man | Inch By Inch I'm Not Angry | Beyond Belief | Shallow Grave | Watching The Detectives | Alison | I Want You | I Still Have That Other Girl | [EC/Bacharach] | The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes | Pump It Up _NOW SEE THEM LIVE!_ [12"] Copy of the US 12" promo of the same name [Columbia/Capitol AS443] SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Radio Radio - EC+A Soul Twist [DeVille] - Mink DeVille Cruel To Be Kind [Lowe/Gomm] - Nick Lowe _(THE) N.Y. PRESS CONFERENCE - 31-Mar-79_ [CAS] The infamous press conference in which EC attempts to explain his comments about Ray Charles at a bar in Columbus, Ohio. Also some songs from a German or Dutch TV show, plus show interview with the host. Quality: Decent recording - Jim Battey {jgordonb@aol.com} Press conference Watching The Detectives Mystery Dance Short interview _ODDS AND ENDS_ [CD] Contains officially released tracks that were not included on the Ryko reissues. It includes a number of live tracks from the UK singles. Does this CD really exist, no one I know has ever seen a copy? _OFF BEAT_ [LP] 1984 concert recording. Only fair sound, but has a nice "Pidgin English/ Hand In Hand" medley. This is probably the same as _Everyday I Play The Boot_. _ONE ELVIS FAN CAN'T BE WRONG_ (62:28) [97; CD; TNT 03] Four Ackers Club, Utica NY, 6-Dec-77. Pump It Up (2:38) Little Triggers (2:47) Red Shoes (2:34) Radio Radio (2:42) Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me (2:23) (4:04) Miracle Man (3:21) No Action (2:03) Watching The Detectives (4:35) No Dancing (2:27) Lipstick Vogue (5:09) The Beat (3:43) Mystery Dance (4:00) Less Than Zero (2:57) Lip Service (2:20) Roadette Song (5:00) I'm Not Angry (6:02) Living In Paradise (3:40) _ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS_ [LP; Pornogram Limited Super Fighter LP-003 (UK)] Recorded at 2 venues, the Festival For Freedom in Namibia & South Africa, London, 28-Jun-86, and Self Aid, Dublin, 17-May-86. Limited edition of 300 copies. Side 1: Side 2: (London, 28-Jun-86): (Dublin, 17-May-86): Dark End Of The Street I Hope You're Happy Now So Tired Of Waiting For You Pump It Up/Gloria [EC/Van Morrison] Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [Benjamin/Marcus/Caldwell] (Dublin, 17-May-86): Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] Uncomplicated Many Rivers To Cross [Jimmy Cliff] _ONE SIZE FITS ALL_ [LP] This album contains "Radio Radio" taken from BBC, 30-Oct-78. _OOBU JOOBU PART 3_ - Paul McCartney (58:03) [95; CD; Yellow Cat YC 047] Paul McCartney's 'Oobu Joobu' Westwood One US radioshow from 29-May-95. Lovers That Never Were (partial demo & partial official release with Paul talking about working with EC) (3:08) This Sad Burlesque (excerpt) - EC + Brodsky Quartet (4:19) _OOBU JOOBU PART 17_ - Paul McCartney [2xCD; Yellow Cat YC 060/061] Paul McCartney's 'Oobu Joobu' Westwood One US radioshow (final show) from 14-Sep-95. All the following tracks are from the Royal College of Music benefit concert, London 23-Mar-95. God Only Knows (excerpt) [Brian Wilson/Tony Asher] - EC + Brodsky Quartet One After 909 (excerpt) [Lennon/McCartney] - EC + Paul McCartney [Lady Madonna (excerpt) [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney + Brodsky Quartet] _OUR AIM IS TRUE_ (~50 min) [CD/LP(clear/yellow/red/black/flurescent); Hand Made/Stiff S-3230] EC studio demos with Flip City, Nov-75. This boot looks convincingly like a legitimate Stiff promo LP. The LP cover is taken from an old Stiff black & white flyer, with the same checkerboard 'Elvis Is King' background as _MAIT_. It has a front-face portrait of EC which has the following text in the corner: "HELP US HYPE ELVIS Today is your lucky day. In your hands, an unashamed promotional scam courtesy of Stiff Records. We are trying to sell records and make Elvis a huge star. He is trying to pay off his mortgage. You have been recommended by .......... who was courteous enough to pay the postage. We were gracious enough to pay the album costs. El waived his royalties. So now we've done our bit - you do yours. Clamp your ears around this disc. If you like it spread the word. Play it. Pollute the metropolis. If you don't like it, remember that we know who you are and that we have your address. Our address is Stiff Records, 32 Alexander Street, London W2. All feedback not unwelcome." Also see _The Flip City Demos_ & _Aim To Please_. Quality: '0' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} SIDE 1: Third Rate Romance (v1) [Russell Smith] Living In Paradise Radio Soul (v1) - early version of "Radio Radio" Radio Soul (v2) Pay It Back Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v1) SIDE 2: Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v2) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v3) (not on LP version) Third Rate Romance (v2 - with no piano) [Russell Smith] (not listed on LP sleeve) Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan] I'm Packing Up [Chris Kenner] (v1) I'm Packing Up [Chris Kenner] (v2) (Please Mr.) Don't Stop The Band The following version of this bootleg also exists. It is on black or transarent cream vinyl) and has the following track list. (The cover credits the album to EC while the record label says The Rumour, and both omit the last track on each side). Quality: The very last track is of poor quality and sounds like it was copied from a 7" boot from the amount of surface noise. The other tracks are very good quality - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Third Rate Romance (v1) [Russell Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver Smith] (v3) Living In Paradise Third Rate Romance (v2) [Russell Radio Soul (v1) Smith] Radio Soul (v2) Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Dylan] Pay It Back I'm Packing Up [Chris Kenner] (v1) Imagination Is A Powerful I'm Packing Up [Chris Kenner] (v2) Deceiver (v1) (Please Mr.) Don't Stop The Band *Imagination Is A Powerful *I Just Don't Know What To Do With Deceiver (v2) Myself [Bacharach/David] (from 3rd. John Peel session, rec: 23-Oct-78, bcast: 30-Oct-78) Note: The tracks marked '*' are not listed on some LP sleeves. _PARIS MAN_ - Velvet Underground (Lou Reed) [96; 2xCD; Snake SNAKE 012/13] This set contains a bonus track taken from French TV, 12-May-96, which features EC. Quality: Pretty good sound Set The Twilight Reeling _PARTY GIRL_ [98; 2xCD; Rocking Horse RH-006/007] Elvis & The Attractions, Minneapolis MN, 18-Aug-96. DISC 1: DISC 2: Man Out Of Time All This Useless Beauty You Belong To Me Distorted Angel/(I Don't Want Clown Strike To Go To) Chelsea Uncomplicated Pump It Up/Slow Down [EC/ Why Can't a Man Stand Alone? Larry Williams] Little Atoms Just About Glad Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] Beyond Belief Party Girl Accidents Will Happen Love Field You Bowed Down Veronica [EC/McCartney] Watching The Detectives God's Comic Alison The Other End Of The Telescope Rocking Horse Road [EC/Aimee Mann] Complicated Shadows 13 Steps Lead Down Riot Act Green Shirt Daddy Can I Turn This? Brilliant Mistake _PHILADELPHIA_ [CD] All Over You Watching The Detectives The Greatest Thing Everyday I Write The Book Mystery Dance The Only Flame In Town Shabby Doll Getting Mighty Crowded Girls Talk Alison Rock & Roll Star Pump It Up (medley) _PIDGEON TOED_ [LP] Same as _Elvis Costello_ [Amazing Kornyfone Label TAKRL 928] _PLUGGELECTRIC_ (75:37) [95; CD; Swindle Records SWN 035 (Italy)] Quality: Sound quality is really good. It has a few small glitches, but it definately seems professional - Andy Hoffman {ab525@leo.nmc.edu} Performance: 9/10. Sound: 8/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} MTV Unplugged, EC+R5, June '91: Electric Set, EC+A, BBC Radio 1 In Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (5:41) Concert broadcast, Glasgow Barrowlands, So Like Candy/I Want You (6:36) 15-Nov-94: The Other Side Of Summer (4:34) I Want You (5:28) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face No Action (listed as "There's No [Bill Anderson] (6:19) Answer") (1:51) Hidden Charms [Willie Dixon] My Science Fiction Twin (4:43) (listed as "Hidden Chairs") (4:19) Watching The Detectives (4:51) Everybody's Cryin' Mercy [Mose Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror (4:57) Allison](7:07) Complicated Shadows (4:34) Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs London's Brilliant Parade (4:21) Are Taking Over) (4:47) Couldn't Call It Unexpected (5:27) Bama Lama Bama Loo [R. Penniman] (3:03) _PLUGGING THE GAPS_ (72:10) [95; CD; TONE-2CD001] (A copy of the original was also issued on Chance Records (a subsidary of Red Robin). The cover is the same as the Tone version, but there is no mention of a catalogue number anywhere). Collection of rarities and b-sides. About half the tracks are live. It seems that there are 2 pressings of this CD, the later one has the label printed on the front cover. I don't know if there is any difference in the quality of the 2, and I assume that the track listing is the same. Quality: Great sound throughout - _Live! Music Review_ (June) Sound isn't as good as some boots, but the material is good. Some of the live stuff sounds muffled - Kristin Archick {karchick@emerald.tufts.edu} Excellent material & sound, and one of the best boots I've heard (9/10). I've compared a number of these tracks with the original vinyl & CDs and the treble lacks a little 'brightness', like when recording with Dolby. Also, there is occasional tape drop-out (most noticable at the start of "Mischievous Ghost"). However, these are very minor defects - Paul Hosken {hosken@t-online.de} Performance: 7/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Alison (US version) (3:12) - US 7" Miracle Man (live; London 7-Aug-77) (3:57) - b-side of Alison (US vers.) 7" Neat Neat Neat [James] (live; Leicester 22-Oct-77) (3:05) - b-side of "Stranger In The House" 7" Blame It On Cain (live; London 7-Aug-77) (2:54) - b-side of "Detectives" 7" Mystery Dance (live; London 7-Aug-77) (2:04) - b-side of "Detectives" 7" Cry Cry Cry [J.Cash] (2:54) - b-side of "I'm Your Toy" 7" Wondering [J.Werner] (2:24) - b-side of "I'm Your Toy" 7" Blues Keep Calling [Janis Martin] (2:09) - b-side of "I'm Your Toy" 12" Honky Tonk Girl [Loretta Lynn] (2:28) - b-side of "I'm Your Toy" 12" Stranger In The House (/w George Jones) (3:39) - from George Jones' album _My Very Special Guests_ Don't Get Above Your Raising [L.Flatt/E.Scruggs] (live /w Ricky Scaggs) (7:30) - from Ricky Scaggs' _Live In London_ album Psycho [Leon Payne] (acoustic live; London 1-Jun-81) (4:18) - from _Fundamental Frolics_ LP The Imposter (live; London 29-Dec-79) (2:13) - from _Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea_ album Town Cryer (alternate fast version) (2:17) - b-side of "Man Out Of Time" 7" & 12" Tomorrow's Just Another Day [Smyth-Barson] (/w Madness) (2:55) - b-side of Madness 12" Party Party (/w the Royal Guard Horns) (3:17) - 7" & on _Party Party Soundtrack_ album) Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [Benjamin/Marcus/Caldwell] (live; Heartbreak, NYC, 11-Feb-86) (3:19) - from US 12" promo Many Rivers To Cross [Jimmy Cliff] (live) (2:43) - from _Live For Ireland_ album St. Stephen's Day Murders [Costello/Moloney] (/w The Chieftains) (3:26) - from The Chieftains' _The Bells Of Dublin_ album Mischievous Ghost (/w Mary Coughlin) (5:52) - from _Bringing It All Back Home_ double album Ship Of Fools [Hunter/Garcia] (5:32) - from _Deadicated_ _PLUGGING THE GAPS VOL.2_ (75:09) [96; CD; TONE-2CD003] Follow up to vol.1 containing even more rarities and b-sides (many live). Quality: Good sound, but not quite as good as _PTG Vol.1_. The treble sounds a bit harsh in places, and "Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness" seems to suffer from some kind of bad tape tracking causing a periodic loss of treble. Anyhow, I still recommend this boot highly - Paul Hosken {paul.hosken@dlr.de} Performance: 7/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Watching The Detectives (demo) (4:33) - NME cassette _Pogo A Go Go_ Pump It Up (dance mix) (3:32) - b-side of "The Only Flame In Town (ver. discotheque)" 12" Everyday I Write The Book (US remix) (5:11) - 'special club version' from the US 12" End Of The Rainbow [R.Thompson] (3:20) - from _It's A Live-In World_ album I Hope You're Happy Now (acoustic version) (3:09) - b-side of "I Want You" UK 7" My Resistance Is Low [H.Carmichael/H.Adamson] (2:01) - on "London's Brilliant Parade" UK 12" Congratulations [P.Simon] (2:50) - on "London's Brilliant Parade" UK 12" That's How You Got Killed Before [D.Bartholomew] (3:16) - from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's _The New Orleans Album_ Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness (4:14) - from Rob Wasserman's _Trios_ album You Want Her Too [EC/McCartney] (3:14) - from Paul McCartney's _Flowers In The Dirt_ album Full Force Gale [V.Morrison] (3:05) - from the Van Morrison tribute album _No Prima Donna_ Sally Sue Brown [A.Alexander] (2:19) - from the Arthur Alexander tribute album _Adios Amigo_ Adrian [Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart] (EC on harmony vocal) (4:39) - from The Eurythmics' _Be Yourself Tonight_ album Do You Know What I'm Saying? (5:04) - on "Clown Strike" US promo CD London's Brilliant (2:16) - on "London's Brilliant Parade" UK 12" She Moved Through The Fair [Trad.] (4:50) - on The Brodsky Quartet's _Lament_ album More Than Rain (live) [T.Waits] (3:52) - from _Live At New York Town Hall_ US promo CD God Only Knows (live) [B.Wilson/T.Asher] (4:48) - from _Live At New York Town Hall_ US promo CD They Didn't Believe Me (live) [J.Kern] (4:26) - from _Live At New York Town Hall_ US promo CD I Almost Had A Weakness (live) [Ec/M.Thomas] (4:28) - from _Live At New York Town Hall_ US promo CD _(THE) POGUES WITH SPECIAL GUEST ELVIS COSTELLO_ (~60 mins) [CAS; Sound Asylum/Alternative Sounds] Audience tape of a wild Pogues concert at the Clarendon Hotel Ballroom, Hammersmith, London, 17-Mar-85, where EC performs a solo acoustic set in the middle while The Pogues (without McGowen) take a break. Quality: Sound is acceptable, but a very noisy crowd who are feeling no pain. The Pogues' set is raucous too - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} The Image Of Me A Man Can Be A Drunk [Montgomery/Jones] The Big Light No Reason To Quit _POLITICAL ACTION_ (69:46) [97; CD; Doberman Records 115] Good quality audience recording of the complete EC+A set from the miners' strike benefit concert at the Logan Hall, London, 9-Mar-85 (EC's only gig with The Attractions in '85). -introduction- (0:23) High Fidelity (2:39) Betrayal (early version of "Tramp Sleep Of The Just (3:15) The Dirt Down") (2:26) Beyond Belief (3:12) No Action (1:53) Clubland (4:24) Waiting For The End Of The World Blue Chair (3:17) (2:32) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face? [Bill Watching The Detectives (4:28) Anderson] (3:00) You Belong To Me (2:25) No Reason To Quit (2:13) Less Than Zero (3:07) Big Sister's Clothes (2:12) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Stand Down Margret [The Beat (aka (3:25) The English Beat)] (1:24) Brilliant Mistake (3:21) Oliver's Army (2:46) Why Don't We Even Try Anymore? Pump It Up (3:20) (2:22) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (4:47) Alison (3:12) You Win Again [Hank Williams] (3:29) _PUMP_ (66:02) [90; CD; Lobster Records LOB 015 (Italy)] Live at the El Mocambo Club, Toronto, 6-Mar-78. Quality: '-' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} The last 4 tracks are poorer quality than the rest, and are possibly from a vinyl 7" of _Nick Lowe At The El Mocambo_ - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} Mystery Dance (2:18) Radio Radio (2:34) Waiting For The End Of The World Lipstick Vogue (4:47) (3:53) Watching The Detectives (*) (5:49) Working Week (1:33) Miracle Man(*)/You Belong To Me/ Less Than Zero (4:25) Pump It Up (4:09/2:32/5:38) The Beat (3:28) With Nick Lowe: Lip Service (2:27) Nutted By Reality (2:07) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Breaking Glass (4:00) (3:56) Shake & Pop (3:15) Little Triggers (4:27) Heart Of The City (4:43) * - Not listed on CD case. _PUMP IT UP_ [LP; tropo/takrl 321 (Kornyfone?)] Probably a stereo FM broadcast from a US gig in 1977. The front cover is a black & white close-up of Elvis, while the back has the track list plus a photo of EC & Darryl Hall taken from the video of "The Only Flame In Town". It seems that this bootleg was itself bootleged as some copies simply have a Xeroxed copy of the Darryl Hall photo pasted on a plain white cover. Quality: Ripping performance. My second favourite show of this period. Mixed well, performance 8, sound 9 - Jerry Haussler {bonehead@zephyrblau.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Welcome To The Working Week Big Tears (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Blame It On Cain Shoes Little Triggers Hand In Hand Radio Radio Waiting For The End OF The World You Belong To Me No Action Pump It Up Less Than Zero (not the "Dallas Lipstick Vogue version") Watching The Detectives The Beat Miracle Man No Dancing Mystery Dance _RADIO BLAST_ [7"; Crash Bang Boom BANG 4 (ps)] From 4th. John Peel radio session (rec: 25-Feb-80, bcast: 3-Mar-80). Quality: Excellent - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: B Movie High Fidelity Possession Beaten To The Punch _RADIO CITY_ (70+ mins) [98; CD] Audience recording of the Radio City show, NY, 13-Oct-98. This could be a copy of _The Look Of Love_ boot. What The World Needs Now [Bacharach/David] Toledo [EC/Bacharach] Such Unlikely Lovers [EC/Bacharach] This House Is Empty Now [EC/Bacharach] Tears At The Birthday Party [EC/Bacharach] I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself [Bacharach/David] Accidents Will Happen/24 Hours From Tulsa [EC/Bacharach/David] Veronica [EC/McCartney] Just A Memory Almost Blue Alison In The Darkest Place [EC/Bacharach] I Still Have That Other Girl [EC/Bacharach] The Sweetest Punch [EC/Bacharach] My Little Red Book Anyone Who Had A Heart [Bacharach/David] God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] _RADIO, RADIO_ (56:11) [CD; Retropop 159089] 1977-1983, UK radio sessions. The poor quality and lack of completeness make this anthology of radio recordings not as good as it could be. There are 2 missing sessions; Kid Jensen from '78, and _Almost Blue_ tracks from '81. Also "You Belong To Me" from the 2nd. Peel session, "Stranger In The House" from the 3rd. Peel session, and 2 Capital Radio tracks are missing. Quality: '-' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} Overrecorded and thin. Really badly edited - Kube, Peter {p.kube@rz.uni-sb.de} I'll put in a good word for this one. The sound could be better, but it's still acceptable and makes good listening. It's nice hearing Steve's keyboards on the _MAIT_ numbers, and this this take of "Pills & Soap" is rather unusual - Paul Hosken {hosken@c31.rb.op.dlr.de} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} 1st. John Peel session: 3rd. John Peel session: (rec: 25-Jul-77, bcast: 1-Aug-77) (rec: 23-Oct-78, bcast: 30-Oct-78) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Radio, Radio (2:42) Shoes (2:57) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Mystery Dance (1:51) Myself [Bacharach/David] (2:26) Blame It On Cain (3:07) Really Mystified (1:47) Less Than Zero (3:38) 4th. John Peel session: EC solo - Capital Radio session: (rec: 25-Feb-80, bcast: 3-Mar-80) (bcast: 27-Sep-77) Beaten To The Punch (1:53) You Belong To Me (1:58) Possesion (2:12) 2nd. John Peel session: B Movie (2:50) (rec: 13-Mar-78, bcast: 20-Mar-78) High Fidelity (2:27) Pump It Up (2:58) 3rd. Kid Jensen session: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (rec: 9-Jun-83, bcast: 21-Jun-83) (3:10) Danger Zone (2:35) The Beat (3:20) Big Sister's Clothes/Stand Down Margaret [The Beat (aka The English Beat)] (5:06) Pills And Soap (5:14) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (3:58) _RADIO RADIO...LIVE IN TORONTO AT THE "EL MOCAMBO CLUB"_ [LP; Ruthless Rhymes Ltd, EC2240] An incomplete copy of the 6-Mar-78 concert at the El Mocambo. Made in Germany. Quality: Slightly better than average. SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Mystery Dance Little Triggers (last minute or Waiting For The End Of The World so only) Welcome To The Working Week Radio Radio Less Than Zero ("Dallas" version) Lipstick Vogue The Beat Watching The Detectives Lip Service Pump It Up Heart of the City (w/ Nick Lowe) Miracle Man _RADIOACTIVITY_ (71:56) [CD; Gold Standard SAY-03 'A Long Way From Home'] The cover says that this soundboard or radio recording of EC+A is from the Old Waldorf Theatre, San Franciso, Nov-78, but this is incorrect as it contains songs (as they were broadcast on KSAN-FM) from the late and early shows from 15-Nov-77 at the same venue. Quality: The sound is extremely flat & muffled. For the most part, the guitar seems conspiciously absent, which contributes a certain hollowness to the songs. However, the set list is good and the band is in good form. Sound: 5, performance: 7. It's not in the same league as _Live At El Morcambo_ or _No Dancing_ - Timothy E. Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 8/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} 15-Nov-77 (early show): Watching The Detectives (3:56) Pump It Up (2:05) 15-Nov-77 (late show): Welcome To The Working Week Mystery Dance (2:21) (1:13) No Action (2:02) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red No Dancing (2:42) Shoes (2:30) I'm Not Angry (4:35) Blame It On Cain (3:03) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Waiting For The End Of The World (3:11) (4:31) Radio Radio (2:56) The Beat (3:42) Less Than Zero (3:21) Less Than Zero (3:01) Living In Paradise (3:27) Alison (3:12) Alison (4:15) Miracle Man (3:43) Miracle Man (3:37) You Belong To Me (2:52) Hand In Hand (2:20) Lipstick Vogue (4:19) _RED SHOED IMPOSTER_ [84; 2xLP; Sphynx Records B.V] Sides 1-3 of this Dutch bootleg were recorded at a Rockpalast show in the Grugahalle, Essen, Germany, 15-Oct-83. EC is backed by the TKO Horns and Afrodiziac. The cover says side 4 is from the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 10-Dec-80, but this is the same show that's on the _Shaken Not Stired_ & _Something New_ boots, where Steve Nieve is replaced by Martin Belmont, which means that its from The Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80. Quality: Pretty good sound, just slightly distant & boomy. Sounds fine after you get used to the ambiance of the room he's playing in. The Glasgow show was taken from a broadcast source and is outstanding - Bruce {bruceW8940@aol.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Let Them All Talk Mystery Dance Possession Shabby Doll Watching The Detectives Kid About It The Greatest Thing Big Sister's Clothes Man Out Of Time Stand Down Margaret [The Beat (aka New Lace Sleeves The English Beat)] Beyond Belief Clubland SIDE 3: SIDE 4: The World And His Wife Little Sister [Pomus/Shuman] Alison Watching The Detectives King Horse You Belong To Me Everyday I Write The Book Oliver's Army I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Walk And Don't Look Back Pump It Up Girls Talk _RED SHOED IMPOSTER_ (46:33) [87; CD; Dragonman SR.1051 (England)] Most of the tracks on this early (possibly the first) EC boot are from the Rockpalast show, Essen, Germany, 15-Oct-83. Elvis is backed by The Attractions, the TKO Horns & Afrodiziac. The last 3 tracks are from the "King Biscuit Flower Hour - DIR Broadcasting" LP (Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80) where Martin Belmont stands in for Steve Nieve. Quality: Very good sound - Paul {taxmaven95@aol.com} Rockpalast, Essen, 15-Oct-83: Everyday I Write The Book/?/I Can't Let Them All Talk (3:26) Stand Up For Falling Down/Pump It Up Possession (2:30) (3:56/0:57/3:03/5:22) Mystery Dance/Shabby Doll (2:32/ Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80: 5:10) Little Sister [Pomus/Shuman] (3:15) Kid About It (3:39) Oliver's Army (3:37) Backstabbers/King Horse (1:13/3:33) Watching The Detectives (4:16) _RED SHOES_ - EC & the Confederates (69:25) [CD; Off Beat Records XXCD1] From a Japanese TV broadcast, 21-Nov-87. Quality: A bit muddy throughout, and the sound gets really horrendous during parts of "I Want You". Most likely _Do The Rumba_ is of better quality - Andrew R.Neumeyer {aneumey@chaph.usc.edu} Intro: Stalin Malone (this is just the studio recording played as Elvis takes the stage) (1:24) (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (acoustic) (2:43) Sally Sue Brown/You're No Good (4:38) I'll Wear It Proudly (6:25) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:01) That's How You Got Killed Before (3:31) Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind? (2:58) Tangled Up In Blue/Brilliant Mistake (4:31) Last Boat Leaving (4:02) I Want You (6:46) (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (with Nick Lowe) (4:32) Your Mind Is On Vacation [Mose Allison] (8:44) Lovable (3:30) Bonus tracks (Mosport Park/Raceway, Toronto, Canada, 23-Aug-80): (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (3:34) Mystery Dance (2:20) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (2:05) Pump It Up (4:45) _REVELATIONS FROM THE VERY MIDDLE_ [LP] From the Hot Club, Philadelphia, 7-Dec-77. SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Welcome To The Working Week Blame It On Cain (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Little Triggers Shoes Radio Radio Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me No Action Roadette Song Less Than Zero Watching The Detectives The Beat _RIOT ACT '83_ (64:49) [CD; Red Line PSCD 1187] Hammersmith Palais, London, 17-Oct-83 (broadcast on BBC radio). This is possibly a copy of the BBC transcription disc (#322) with the tracks rearranged, Quality: '+' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} 'Killer' - Michele E Harvey {mharve1@mason1.gmu.edu} Excellent quality (either SB or FM). Highly recommended - Harry Mooney {eeihmy@eeiatus01.ericsson.se} I find the Rockpalast show, recorded 2 days earlier and available on the boot _Red Shoed Imposter_, is musically more interesting - Olivier Ridolphi Let Them All Talk (3:29) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (4:34) Possession (2:30) The World And His Wife (3:01) Watch Your Step (3:32) Alison (3:46) The Greatest Thing (3:17) Clowntime Is Over (5:55) Man Out Of Time (4:25) Everyday I Write The Book (4:02) Shabby Doll (4:41) T.K.O. (Boxing Day) (3:27) From Head To Toe (2:40) Psycho (London, 1-Jun-81) (4:06) Charm School (3:29) Backstabbers/King Horse (Austin, Oliver's Army (3:07) 7-Sep-83) (4:46) _(THE) RISE AND RISE OF DECLAN MACMANUS_ (62:52) [96; CD; TONE-2 CD004] An unlikely combination of shows, juxtaposing a furious early rocker with the classical sound of the Brodsky's material. The early material is from the Rockpalast show, Koeln, 21-Jun-78, and not from Bremen, 15-Jun-78, as stated on the cover. Quality: The 78 gig is even better than the legit El Mocambo disc because of the remarkable sound quality. There's hardly any crowd noise and the show really rocks. The Royal College material is the same as on _A Royal Performance_, but this also includes "I Almost Had A Weakness". A great boot - Harson Flenco {harson@ix.netcom.com} Rockpalast, Koeln, 21-Jun-78: Mystery Dance (2:19) No Action (2:01) Waiting For The End Of The World (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (3:58) (4:06) Lip Service (2:39) Lipstick Vogue (4:51) Two Little Hitlers (3:09) Watching The Detectives (6:08) The Beat (3:27) Pump It Up (3:01) Night Rally (3:20) You Belong To Me (3:03) This Year's Girl (3:20) Royal Collage Of Music, London, 23-Mar-95 Paul McCartney introducing EC (0:49) I Almost Had A Weekness - EC+Brodsky Quartet (5:23) The Birds Will Be Singing - EC+Brodsky Quartet (4:50) EC introducing Paul McCartney (0:34) One After 909 [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney+EC (2:48) Mistress & Maid [EC/McCartney] - Paul McCartney+EC (2:58) _ROMANTIC FACTS OF MUSKETEERS_ - Bob Dylan This Dylan bootleg is reported to include EC, so I expect that it's similar to _Brixton Blues_ and contains "I Shall Be Released" and "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" from a Mar-95 show: _(A) ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE_ - Paul McCartney, EC & Friends [CD; C3-203] This is a reissue of _A Royal Performance_, but with a different cover. _(THE) ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL_ [99; CD; Thunderball] EC with Burt Bacharach, London, 29-Oct-98. _(A) ROYAL PERFORMANCE_ - Paul McCartney, EC & Friends (66:21) [95; CD; Strawberry Records STR 005 (Yellow Dog)] The EC/McCartney/Brodsky set entitled "An Evening With Paul McCartney & Friends", 23-Mar-95 at St. James's Palace, London. A benefit in aid of the Royal College of Music. Quality: Great soundboard recording, 10/10 - David Jacobson {david.jacobson@hofbbs.hoflink.com} All in all a very nice recording. Sounds more like a soundboard or professional taping rather than an FM broadcast. However, if you're not a McCartney fan then you may be a little dissappointed - Robert Zarzecki {robertz919@aol.com} Introduction by Paul McCartney (1:57) A Leaf [McCartney] - Anya Alexev (10:36) Paul Introducing Willard White (0:45) The Drinking Song, from Movement VI: Work [McCartney] - Willard White, Michael Pollock (1:52) Long Time Ago [A. Copland] - White, Pollock (2:47) The Dodger [A. Copland] - White, Pollock (2:11) Willard Introducing Sally Burgess (0:38) Tres Conejos, from Movement II: School [McCartney] - White, Pollock, Sally Burgess and Maria Castronari (3:01) Do You Know Who You Are?, from Movement VII: Crisis [McCartney] - Burgess, Castronari & Neil Thornton (4:17) Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Hammerstein/Kern] - Burgess, Castronari, Thornton (3:48) Harold In Islington [Michael Thomas] - Brodsky Quartet (5:34) Paul Introducing EC (1:01) The Birds Will Be Singing - EC, Brodsky Quartet (4:51) EC Introducing Paul McCartney (0:35) One After 909 [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, EC (2:49) Mistress & Maid [EC/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, EC (3:01) For No One [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Michael Thomson (2:47) Eleanor Rigby [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Thomson (5:27) Yesterday [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Thomson (2:56) Speech by Prince Charles (2:48) Lady Madonna [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet (2:38) _ROYAL PERFORMANCES - Paul McCartney (77:04) [97; CD; Walrus 013] The other half of the Royal College Of Music benefit concert, 23-Mar-95. EC only appears on 2 tracks. EC Introducing Paul McCartney (0:35) One After 909 [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, EC (2:49) Mistress & Maid [EC/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, EC (3:01) For No One [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Michael Thomson (2:46) Eleanor Rigby [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Thomson (5:27) Yesterday [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet, Thomson (2:58) Speech by Prince Charles (2:39) Lady Madonna [Lennon/McCartney] - Paul McCartney, Brodsky Quartet (2:48) Paul McCartney & Wings(?): I Saw Her Standing There [Lennon/McCartney](3:07) Long Tall Sally (2:26) Get Back [Lennon/McCartney] (3:43) Seaside Woman (4:39) Wild Life (5:50) Little Woman Love/C Moon (4:21) Maybe I'm Amazed (4:31) My Love (4:45) Live And Let Die (4:04) Go Now (4:08) Paul McCartney & Wings from Knebworth, 1990: Coming Up (5:16) Hey Jude (7:03) _SAN VALENTINO_ (71:08/60:31) [99; 2xCD; Oliverecords] Elvis & Steve Nieve, Venice, Italy, 14-Feb-98. This is basically the same as _Valentines in Venice_ but without the Burt Bacharach tribute tracks. I don't know if it's from the same DAT source or not. | Quality: Sound - 7-8/10, Performance - 8/10 - Jamie Armstrong | (jarmstrong@adelphia.net) DISC 1: DISC 2: Shot With His Own Gun Veronica [EC/McCartney] Temptation Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Talking In The Dark Almost Blue Poor Fractured Atlas My Funny Valentine [Rogers & Hart] Still Too Soon To Know God's Comic Long Honeymoon The Birds Will Still Be Singing The Unfailing Welcome To The Voice Kid About It The Other End Of The Telescope All This Useless Beauty [EC/Aimee Mann] Accidents Will Happen You Little Fool Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] Alison Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] Clown Strike Watching The Detectives Invisible Man Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 So Like Candy God Give Me Strength [EC/ Bacharach] Mistress Mine [Harle/Shakespeare] Sulky Girl _SATURATED_ [LP; Excitable Recordworks X 4518.1] Although the cover says California, this is a boot of the El Mocambo show, 6-Mar-78. "Heart Of The City" is one of the 4 songs performed as encores with Nick Lowe, and is clumsily inserted after the opening chord to "Miracle Man". Quality: Very good quality - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Mystery Dance Little Triggers Waiting For The End Of The World Radio Radio Welcome To The Working Week Lipstick Vogue Less Than Zero (Dallas version) Watching The Detectives The Beat (not listed on sleeve) Heart Of The City (/w Nick Lowe) Lip Service Miracle Man (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (not listed on sleeve) _SECONDARY MODERN_ (55:18) [92; CD; Turtle Records TR 16 (Australia)] Sydney, Australia, 2-Jun-82. CD case unfolds to 8 coloured photographs. (NB: I believe that Turtle Records no longer exist). Quality: 'Reasonably good. The material from _This Year's Model_ is given very cool live treatment, and is played at an incredibly fast speed' - {boojum1660@aol.com} I wouldn't say that the songs are performed 'incredibly fast'. To me the tempo seems quite normal. However, I do agree that the treatment of the songs is nice - it's just a shame that the recording quality doesn't do them justice. The bass is a little too boomy, the top end is a bit harsh, and the mid-range is lacking. But, despite this, all instruments and EC's vocals can be clearly heard. For me the worst problem with the sound is a sort of interference (like on a weak radio sender) that comes and goes, and seems to get steadily worse as the set goes on. Unfortunately it's the better performances like 'Alison', 'Clowntime Is Over' & 'Good Year For The Roses' that suffer the most from this noise. I'd give this CD a rating of 5/10 for the sound, and 8/10 for the performance. And I still think it's worth having (and the fold-out digi-pak-type packaging is appealing) - Paul Hosken {paul.hosken@dlr.de} Performance: 8/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Secondary Modern (2:15) Alison (2:46) Pigeon English (sic) (3:16) From Head To Toe (2:56) Hand In Hand (2:12) Temptation (2:38) The Beat (2:58) You Belong To Me (2:16) Kid About It (3:11) Clubland (3:53) Watching The Detectives (4:22) Clowntime Is Over (slow) (4:22) The Long Honeymoon (3:59) Tears Before Bedtime (3:00) Waiting For The End Of The World Good Year For The Roses [Jerry (2:43) Chesnut] (3:04) Almost Blue (2:56) Mystery Dance (2:29) _SHAKEN NOT STIRED_ [LP; Unfit Artists UAS 5551 (back cover says UAL 1455)] Note that this undoctored version of "Psycho" has different vocals to the offically released versions, which had rerecorded vocals. The vocal styling here is different and the last line is incorrect. Quality: All tracks on side 1 are very good quality, and side 2 is a good audience recording - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Swedish TV broadcast, "Nojesliv", Palamino Club, LA, 16-Feb-79 (EC+A 30-Sep-77: +John McFee (pedal steel)): Watching The Detectives (solo) Stranger In The House interview Psycho [Leon Payne] Mystery Dance Put Them All Together [G.Jones] Hope And Anchor, 14-May-80 (Martin Motel Matches Belmont sits in for Steve Nieve): He'll Have To Go [J.Reeves] Little Sister [Pomus/Shuman] Girls Talk Don't Look Back _SKIPPING REELS OF TIME_ - Bob Dylan [2xCD] Dylan at Brixton Academy 30-Mar-95. Contains just 1 track with EC. I Shall Be Released [Dylan] _SO LIKE CANDY_ (57:02/50:34) [2xCD; Rag Doll Music RDM-942014A/B] Live at Northrup Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 27-May-94. A Japanese reissue (of ?). The song titles on the discs are way-over-the- top-Japanish (e.g: Dark Mirros (Deep Dark Truthful Mirror), Murder Song (Kinder Murder). 500 copies made. Quality: I'm listening on a portable CD player with little speaker, but still it sounds very good, maybe a little washed out - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} Very average audience quality - Peter Gale {peter.rgale@pop3.hiway.co.uk} Performance: 9/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} DISC 1: DISC 2: No Action (2:03) Still Too Soon To Know (2:55) High Fidelity (2:26) So Like Candy (4:47) The Beat (3:09) Man Out Of Time (4:30) Beyond Belief (3:41) Watching The Detectives (4:35) Sulky Girl (6:00) You Belong To Me (2:33) London's Brilliant Parade (4:18) 13 Steps Lead Down (1:59) Deep dark Truthful Mirror (4:44) Radio Radio (4:42) You Tripped At Every Step (4:27) Lipstick Vogue (3:09) Pony St. (3:16) Party Girl (4:46) New Lace Sleeves (4:41) Alison (2:58) Clown Strike (5:23) Tracks Of My Tears (1:40) Kinder Murder (3:12) Accidents Will Happen (3:57) Shabby Doll (4:46) All The Rage (4:01) Rocking Horse Road (4:54) Pump It Up (4:00) _SOMETHING NEW_ [LP; no label EC Lie 003] From The Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80. Martin Belmont stands in for an injured Steve Nieve. Taken from an FM stereo broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour show. Although "You Lied To Me" is listed on the cover this track is not included. Quality: Good audience recording. Performance: 8/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Temptation Walk And Don't Look Back [Robinson- Help Me [Sonny Boy Williamson] White] I Stand Accused Girls Talk One Fine Heartache [Marvin Gaye] Watching The Detectives Secondary Modern You Belong To Me Little Sister Oliver's Army High Fidelity Pump It Up Lipstick Vogue Waiting For The End Of The World _STARING AT THE SUN_ (69:52) [98; CDR; Rocking Horse Records RH-010] The first 12 tracks are EC & Steve Nieve at Fuji Rock Festival, 01-Jul-98. The remainder are EC & The Attractions live at Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, 6-Jul-84. Quality: Overall the quality is very good for an audience recording, with the EC & SN portion of a slightly higher quality than the EC & The Attractions portion - Vernon Knight {vernon-knight@erols.com} Accidents Will Happen (3:53) Veronica (3:49) (Angels Want to Wear My) Red (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love Shoes (3:01) and Understanding [Lowe] (4:55) Talking In the Dark (2:58) Pump It (5:16) Everyday I Write the Book (2:49) Deportee (3:18) Blue Chair (4:00) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (6:16) Less Than Zero (4:11) Waiting For the End of the World Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:26) (2:56) Alison (3:20) Beyond Belief (3:36) (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea Clubland (5:20) (3:57) Inch By Inch (3:51) _STIFFED AGAIN_ (75:55) [95; CD; Conquer 0871-20 (Japan)] This contains the 1975 Flip City studio demos and is similar to _Aim To Please_ & _Our Aim Is True_ boots (note that the version of "Third Rate Romance" without the piano is missing). The CD also includes some tracks from BBC sessions. Quality: This CD has considerable tape hiss but is still quite listenable. The sound on the BBC sessions is only a little better - Kevin Clark {clark@gec013.enet.dec.com} Flip City demos: Third Rate Romance (v1) [Russell Smith] (3:30) Living In Paradise (3:44) Radio Soul (v1) (4:20) - early version of "Radio Radio" Radio Soul (v2) (4:15) Pay It Back (3:29) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v1) (4:12) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v2) (3:41) Imagination Is A Powerful Deceiver (v3) (3:52) Knocking On Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan] (4:25) I'm Packing Up (v1) [Chris Kenner] (3:12) I'm Packing Up (v2) [Chris Kenner] (2:51) Please Mister Don't Stop The Band (4:56) John Peel BBC sessions: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red \ Shoes (2:36) > 1st. session Blame It On Cain (3:03) / (rec: 25-Jul-77, bcast: 1-Aug-77) The Beat (3:14) \ 2nd. session You Belong To Me (2:13) / (rec: 13-Mar-78, bcast: 20-Mar-78) Radio Radio (2:31) \ I Just Don't Know What To Do With \ 3rd. session Myself [Bacharach/David] (2:17) / (rec: 23-Oct-78, bcast: 30-Oct-78) Stranger In The House (4:09) / Pump It Up (2:58) > 2nd. session (as above) Beaten To The Punch (1:51) \ High Fidelity (2:22) > 4th. session B Movie (2:04) / (rec: 25-Feb-80, bcast: 3-Mar-80) _STOCKHOLM HITMAN 1981_ [LP] (As for _Shaken Not Stired_) _STRANGER IN THE HOUSE_ [7"; Cowboy Discs c'boy nick 1 (ps)] Quality: The first 2 tracks are from the 3rd. John Peel session, but in poor quality with audible tape hiss. The last track is a reasonably good live recording. There is quite a lot of surface noise on my copy. The label credits the performer as 'Tex And The Attractions' - Phil Dennison {cbas68@vms.strath.ac.uk} SIDE 1: Stranger In The House (BBC, 30-Oct-78) SIDE 2: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself [Bacharach/David] (BBC, 30-Oct-78) Honky Tonkin'/Honky Tonk Blues [Hank Williams] (Music Hall, Tucson, 21-May-78) _STRANGERS IN AMSTERDAM_ [LP; Bottle Records BR2] Audience recording of EC + T-Bone Burnette at Carre, Amsterdam, 25-Nov-84. Cover says 'A Drunken Minstrels Production', limited edition of 350. Quality: Very high treble, like a Dolby recording played without the Dolby turned on - Mike Dennison {mike.dennison@airgun.wg.waii.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Ragged But Right I Threw It All Away Tennesse Blues Peace In Our Time Baby's In Black Your Suffering Face San Francisco Stranger In The House She Thinks I Still Care Girls Talk A Matter Of Time Green Shirt Inch By Inch Mouth Almighty I'll Make It All Up To You Luxembourg A Smiling Shore Image Of Me Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Little Triggers _SUPER_ [7"] Same as _Hoover Factory_. _SUPERLATIVE LIVE_ (74:18) [CD; Noriaa Records NRCD 46030] The first show is credited as being from Essen, Germany 2-Jul-78, but is in fact the Rockpalast show, Koeln, 21-Jun-78 which was broadcast on TV on 2-Jul-78 & 23-Dec-78. The second show is from The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 12-Jul-80. A much better quality recording of the Koeln show can be found on _The Rise & Rise Of Declan MacManus_ CD. Quality: Both recordings sound fine. Although the 2nd. show sounds a little better, the 1st. show is the stronger of the two. In the 2nd. show Bruce Thomas does some incredibly bad singing on "Oliver's Army" - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} The Rockpalast show is a very good performance & the sound quality is very similar to _The Rise & Rise Of Declan MacManus_, almost mono. The second show has very good sound and is again almost mono - Francois Drouin {francois.drouin@dassault-aviation.fr} Koeln: Watching The Detectives (6:10) Mystery Dance (2:23) Pump It Up (3:01) Waiting For The End Of The World You Belong To Me (2:58) (3:58) Montreux: Lip Service (2:40) Temptation (2:47) Two Little Hitlers (3:10) Walk & Don't Look Back (4:32) The Beat (3:26) Clubland (4:00) Night Rally (3:20) From A Whisper To A Scream (2:36) This Year's Girl (3:21) Lover's Walk (3:03) (not listed) No Action (2:00) Oliver's Army (3:12) (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (4:06) (3:27) Lipstick Vogue (4:50) Pump It Up (5:13) _SUPPORTIVE MEASURES_ (72:31) [95; CD; Caucasian Records CD003] EC's opening sets for Dylan's concerts at the Brixton Academy, London. Quality: Sounds like an audience DAT, a bit tinny and without a lot of bottom on the solo material. However, the vocals are crisp - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} Contains nice versions of "All This Useless Beauty", "Just About Glad", "Riot Act" & "I Want To Vanish" - Paul Hosken {paul.hosken@dlr.de} 30-Mar-95: 29-Mar-95: Started To Come To Me (2:35) Riot Act (3:38) (listed as 'Starting To Come Kinder Murder (3:24) (listed as Over') 'A Kind Of Murder') Clown Strike (4:08) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:10) Complicated Shadows (2:33) I Want To Vanish (3:34) (listed as Let Him Dangle (2:56) 'Give Me My Rest') All This Useless Beauty (3:42) 31-Mar-95: (listed as 'Useless Beauty') Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 (3:59) Crimes Of Paris (4:35) (Dylan + EC & Chrissie Hynde) Indoor Fireworks (4:09) 30-Mar-95: Little Atoms (2:47) I Shall Be Released (6:20) (Dylan + It's Time (4:33) (listed as EC) 'If You Go') 31-Mar-95: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:50) I Shall Be Released (4:37) (Dylan + Just About Glad (3:02) EC, Chrissie Hynde & Carol King) Tramp The Dirt Down (4:57) _SWEETWATER_ (73:57) [95; CD; Moonlight ML 9503 (Czech Republic)] EC & Gerry Garcia live at Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California, 29-Apr-89. The performance goes from a solo acoustic set to a wind-up full band at the end, with the band comprised at various times of Nick Lowe, Jerry Scheff, James Burton, Austin Delone, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Scott Matthews, Sammy Hagar & Pete Sears. Quality: Good to very good. A little wobbly on the high end, either a heavily duped soundboard or very good audience recording. My ears adjusted quickly to the sound quality. The show strikes me as particularly bland, especially as more band members join in. It turns more and more into the jam session it is (and I don't mean that in a good way!), and after a while EC isn't even running the mic as various unknown voices take over the vocals and stage patter. Good between song chat from EC, particularly during "God's Comic". "CC Rider" couldn't sound more lifeless. However, if you like the Grateful Dead kind of airy shuffle then this may appeal more to you than it did me. Bruce White {brucew8940@aol.com} I love this disc, EC is funny, chatty & charming. Has a feeling of trotting out old favourites & trying out new material in front of a friendly, but discerning crowd. The last 2 tracks are pointless jams, but the acoustic part is cool & loose-limbed (great version of "Radio Sweetheart") - Eddie Gorodetsky {eddieg@cerf.net} A little tape hiss during the 10 acoustic numbers. Maybe not essential, but get it for the solo tracks - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} Accidents Will Happen (2:58) Peace, Love & Understanding (/w Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:36) Nick Lowe) (3:54) Mystery Dance (3:14) Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line Poisoned Rose (5:47) [Waylon Jennings] (4:05) God's Comic (10:42) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Willie (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red John/Titus Turner] (3:30) Shoes (2:45) You Win Again [Hank Williams] (4:08) New Lace Sleeves (3:45) Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Pads, Paws & Claws (3:04) (2:49) Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used Said (I'm In Heaven When You To Do? [Hank Williams] (2:08) Smile) [Van Morrison] (5:47) CC Rider (3:53) \ (sung by Bob Weir) Lovelight (6:52)/ _TALES FROM THE UNDERGROUND VOL.4_ - Tom Waits [99; CD] This Tom Waits bootleg has the following Waits/EC duet from the Beverly Theater, 4 October 1986 (and in reasonably good quality): I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know _TEMPTED TO SPIT_ (66:36/53:44) [97; 2xCDR; Rocking Horse RH-001/002] Complete show from Osaka Festival Hall, Japan, 6-Sep-96. Limited to 50 handmade copies. Nice packaging. Quality: Sound is pretty good, like a very good audience recording. I'd recommend it for the great version of Veronica that starts with a slower arrangement. It's also the show where EC refers to the talk on the Internet about his 'quitting', telling everyone not to be sad and promising, "I'll be back" - Alison {alison.munin@westgroup.com} DISC 1: DISC 2: Lipstick Vogue (5:03) Distorted Angel/Chelsea/Who's That New Lace Sleeves (4:16) Lady (5:55/3:16/2:04) Clown Strike (6:38) Pump It Up/Slow Down [EC/ Why Can'y A Man Stand Alone? Larry Williams] (4:47/1:19) (3:37) Just About Glad (3:09) Little Atoms (6:31) Riot Act (6:41) 13 Steps Lead Down (4:49) Accidents Will Happen (4:15) Just A Memory (4:27) Complicated Shadows (5:32) Poor Fractured Atlas (4:31) Alison (3:24) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (5:04) Rocking Horse Road (6:37) My Funny Valentine [Kahn] (2:28) The Other End Of The Telescope Oliver's Army (3:30) [EC/Aimee Mann] (6:34) Brilliant Mistake (3:22) All This Useless Beauty (5:46) Watching The Detectives (6:22) _THIS IS TOMORROW_ (56:44/58:55) [92; 2xCD; Big Music BIG 012/13 (Italy)] Royalty Theatre, London, 23-Nov-86. This is the complete show and is a copy of the BBC transcription discs (#400 & #406). The show was reordered by the BBC to make two 60 minute discs. The true order was: Accidents - The Beat, Tokyo - Blue Chair, Jack Of All Parades - Clubland, I Want You - Leave My Kitten Alone, Olivers Army - Poor Napoleon. Quality: '+' - Joachim Weisbrod {weisbrod@fzi.de} Punchy, crisp music. Good drum sounds. Vocals sound like he's right behind you. Keyboards mixed too way up - Albert Steg {asteg@k12.ucs.umass.edu} Good show and sound - Aaron Yarlas {yarlas@psych.ucla.edu} Performance: 10/10. Sound: 10/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} DISC 1: DISC 2: Tokyo Storm Warning (6:15) Accidents Will Happen (2:54) Watching The Detectives (5:03) The Beat (3:31) Battered Old Bird (7:52) Jack Of All Parades (6:01) Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Uncomplicated (9:14) Blind (2:09) Lipstick Vogue (4:05) Temptation (2:32) Beyond Belief (3:14) New Lace Sleeves (4:59) Clubland (7:12) Blue Chair (3:29) Oliver's Army (3:02) I Want You (7:02) What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love I Hope You're Happy Now (3:36) & Understanding (3:28) Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Head (7:25) (3:04) Lovable (2:45) Pump It Up (6:08) Leave My Kitten Alone [Little Poor Napoleon (7:00) (includes John Willie John/Titus Turner] (3:35) Lennon's "Instant Karma") _THIS YEAR'S SUPERSTAR_ [LP; EC-LIE 003] EC+A at the Hope & Anchor, London, 14-May-80. _TOKYO STORM WARNING LIVE VOL.1_ (69:13) [97; CDR; Oliverecords 01 (Italy)] First part of the Tokyo, 13-Sep-96, show. Quality: Excellent DAT source - Stefano {sandro@ns.altrimedia.it} Temptation (3:47) Kid About It (4:56) Opportunity (4:18) Passionate Fight (3:38) Possession (2:27) Almost Blue (4:03) Clown Strike (5:52) God Give Me Strength Why Can't A Man Stand Alone (5:19) [EC/Bacharach] (5:21) You Bowed Down (4:31) Veronica [EC/McCartney] (4:23) Red Shoes (2:50) Distorted Angel (10:38) Hand In Hand (2:10) 13 Steps Lead Down (4:47) _TOKYO STORM WARNING LIVE VOL.2_ (69:30) [97; CDR; Oliverecords 02 (Italy)] Second part of the Tokyo, 13-Sep-96, show plus a few bonus tracks. Quality: Excellent DAT source - Stefano {sandro@ns.altrimedia.it} Green Shirt (4:19) All You Need Is Love (Live Aid, Watching The Detectives (7:22) 13-May-85) (3:41) I'm Not Angry (2:33) Set The Twilight Reeling (Lou Reed Pump It Up (6:37) +EC) (Taratata, French TV, Just About Glad (3:33) 12-May-96) (5:46) Riot Act (5:00) I Only Have Eyes For You (solo live Alison (4:36) Europe '86) (1:21) Rocking Horse Road (6:31) Green Shirt (solo live Europe '86) Little Atoms (7:37) (3:01) All This Useless Beauty (7:42) _TOKYO'S BRILLIANT PARADE_ (67:16/62:30) [98: 2xCDR; Pincher 001/002] Limited, numbered reissue of _Brilliant Parade_ (Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, 22-Sep-94). _TUBE INVASION_ (~30 min) [CAS] Quality: OK, but obviously taped off a TV. - Jim Battey {jgordonb@aol.com} George Jones Home Box Office Special, Country Club, Reseda, CA, 28-Apr-81, with John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve: Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down He's Got You [Hank Cochran] I Got A Woman Stranger In The House Tomorrow Show interview with Tom Snyder, NBC Studios, NY, 3-Feb-81: New Lace Sleves Interview Watch You Step _U2 DUETS_ Costello appears with Bono & Chrissie Hynde singing Dylan's "It's All Over Now". _UNDER THE INFLUENZA_ (48:19) [95; CD; Kiss The Stone KTS 386 (Italy)] BBC Radio 1 In Concert broadcast recorded at Glasgow Barrowlands, 15-Nov-94. Quality: Sound - 9-10. Performance - 9. - Davis Jacobson {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com} Definitely worth the money, despite being a bit short. Good sound quality & performance - {nevets13@aol.com} Performance: 10/10. Sound: 10/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} I Want You (5:28) Complicated Shadows (4:34) No Action (listed as "There's No London's Brilliant Parade (4:21) Answer") (1:51) Alison/Must You Throw Dirt In My My Science Fiction Twin (4:43) Face (not listed) [Bill Anderson] (5:01) Watching The Detectives (4:51) Pump It Up (3:52) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:58) *Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (4:19) *London's Brilliant Parade (4:21) * - Taken from a different show (possibly from the BBC 1 Danny Baker Show, 26-Nov-94). _UNKNOWN PLACES_ [LP] Same as _We're All Creeps_. _UNPLUGGED AND UNSHAVEN (A BEARD YEARS ANTHOLOGY)_ (73:23) [CD; Smoking Crocodile SMOKE 11] MTV Unplugged, Los Angeles, CA, 3-Jun-91. The first 2 tracks have been offically released. On the cover the title is incorrectly written as _Unplugged & Unshaved". Quality: Sound quality is surprisingly consistent despite coming from 3 different sources. It's not flawless, but it's very good throughout - Andrew Neumeyer {aneumey@scf.usc.edu} The MTV tracks suffer from transmission interference, but otherwise quite acceptable - Paul Hosken {paul.hosken@dlr.de} MTV Unplugged, EC+R5, 3-Jun-91: Tramp The Dirt Down (5:53) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (5:00) _MLAR_ rehearsals: Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Strange [Walter Hawkins] (2:49) Are Taking Over) (4:10) How To Be Dumb (5:18) So Like Candy/I Want You (6:10) Alison (4:16) The Other Side Of Summer (4:12) Hidden Shame (2:55) Bama Lama Bama Loo [R. Penniman] Watch Your Step (3:34) (3:16) Georgie And Her Rival (4:28) BBC Late Show (EC solo): Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head God's Comic (4:55) (3:58) Let Him Dangle (4:56) Suit Of Lights (4:22) Baby Plays Around (3:09) _VALENTINES IN VENICE_ [98; 2xCD; Rocking Horse RH-008/009] Elvis & Steve Nieve, Venice, Italy, 14-Feb-98. DISC 1: DISC 2: Shot With His Own Gun Veronica [EC/McCartney] Temptation Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Talking In The Dark Almost Blue Poor Fractured Atlas My Funny Valentine [Rogers & Hart] Still Too Soon To Know God's Comic Long Honeymoon The Birds Will Still Be Singing The Unfailing Welcome To The Voice Kid About It The Other End Of The Telescope All This Useless Beauty [EC/Aimee Mann] Accidents Will Happen You Little Fool Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] Alison Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] Clown Strike Watching The Detectives Invisible Man Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 So Like Candy Burt Bacharach tribute, 8-Apr-98: God Give Me Strength [EC/ This House Is Empty Now Bacharach] God Give Me Strength [EC/Bacharach] Mistress Mine [Harle/Shakespeare] Sulky Girl _VILLAGE MUSIC PARTY_ [information needed!] This includes a 4-song set from a small club, with Jerry (Garcia?) and James (Burton?) taking guitar solos. A woman sings a duet with EC on "Let The Good Times Roll". Small Club: From a different show: You Win Again [Hank Williams] Alison (acoustic duet) Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down ? Let The Good Times Roll(?) _VOLARE_ (64:08) [98; CD; No label] Taken from the 1998 EC/Nieve Italian Tour. Very good quality audience DAT recording. Torino, 9-Feb-98: Venezia, 14-Feb-98: God Give Me Strength You Little Fool (3:35) [EC/Bacharach] (4:38) Sulky Girl (5:21) Talking In The Dark (4:18) Cremona, 15-Feb-98: Genova, 5-Feb-98: Little Palaces (5:04) Kid About It (3:57) Miss Mary (4:44) Man Out Of Time (5:02) I'll Wear It Proudly (4:51) Modena, 11-Feb-98: Milano, 16-Feb-98: Just A Memory (4:01) Shallow Grave [EC/McCartney] (2:25) King Of Thieves (4:27) From A Whisper To A Scream (3:31) Mouth Almighty (4:51) Alison (3:21) _WE'RE ALL CREEPS_ [LP (clear); #3] Paramount, Seattle, 10-Feb-78. Quality: Pretty good - Andrew Smallman {smallman@cyberspace.com} SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Mystery Dance The Beat Waiting For The End Of The World (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Nite Rider This Year's Girl No Action Little Triggers Less Than Zero _WESTWOOD ONE RADIO NETWORK IN CONCERT_ [information needed!] Royalty Theatre, London, 23-Nov-86. The tracks marked '*' are most likely from a gig in Philadelphia in the summer of '84, or possibly from the Hammersmith Palais, London, summer '83. Tokyo Storm Warning The Beat Watching The Detectives Oliver's Army Alison * What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love Everyday I Write The Book * & Understanding [Lowe] Clubland I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Accidents Will happen Pump It Up _WHAT'S SO FUNNY BOUT NIGGERS LIMEYS,..._ [7" pic.sleeve; cos ?] SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Possession Let Them All Talk _WEIRD NIGHTMARE_ [95; 7"; 45 MOHO 4085 (Polish 1-sided flexi issued in 3 colours)] Weird Nightmare (live; Meltdown) [Charles Mingus] - EC+Bill Frisell |_WOODSTOCK 99_ | [99; CD] | EC's complete Woodstock set. _WRITING MY STORY_ [CD; Beech Marten BM 040] Spectrum Theatre, Philadelphia 11-Aug-84. Track list is the same as for _Every Day I Write A Book_ & _Elvis Costello Live "Unlicensed"_. _YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES WITH ELVIS COSTELLO_ [LP; Patriotic Wax, unnumbered, red & blue pattern in clear vinyl] This boot sounds very similar to _Big Opportunity_, which is also on Patriotic Wax. SIDE 1: SIDE 2: Moods For Moderns Big Boys Green Shirt Goon Squad Party Girl Oliver's Army Girlschool Peace, Love & Understanding [Lowe] Accidents Will Happen Radio Radio _YOUTHFUL ELVIS_ (65:50) [94; CD; Home Records HR 5975-2 (Italy)] Foro Italico, Rome concert, 19-Jul-94. See _Buddy Holly On Acid_. Quality: Sounds good, very good audience recording - Ron Perry {rperry@rain.org} Not up to the quality of _Buddy Holly On Acid_ or _I Never Talked To Jim Reeves_ - Paul Hosken {paul.hosken@dlr.de} No Action (1:53) Still Too Soon To Know (3:58) The Beat (3:01) You Tripped At Every Step (4:38) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (4:45) Shipbuilding [EC/Langer] (3:58) Everyday I Write The Book (2:37) Mystery Dance (2:05) Hand In Hand (2:14) Watching The Detectives (4:29) Clown Strike (5:52) You Belong To Me (2:16) Kinder Murder (3:09) 13 Steps Lead Down (5:35) Less Than Zero (2:58) Favourite Hour (4:15) Rocking Horse Road (5:45) Lipstick Vogue (listed as "I Don't Want To Go To (Chelsea)") (2:08) {End of Part 4}