Elvis Costello Fan Forum

migdd wrote:It's on now. . .it's a farce.
No sign of Elvis yet.

If you would be so kind -- let me know what time EC & AT are on so that I don't have to record the whole stupid exercise.
(I'm on the WestCoast...)

Thanks.

verbal gymnastics wrote:Especially as Imperial Bedroom had the world's first backward accordion on it! That was a seminal moment in rock history surely!

"Big Sister's Clothes", actually...

Grab this one.
Despite what the taper says, it has perfectly acceptable sound.
And quite a good show, as well.

This is a real treat, in light of the horrific pressing that was the "April's Fool" vinyl boot.

Although I would never say that Faragher is "better" than Thomas -- Davey's vocal capabilities makes his presence invaluable...

"Arms Race" is great -- I've always liked it.
"On the Third Stroke" is good, too.

Haven't listened in 10 years or more.
Recall that some of it is pretty bad -- the songs are mostly OK, all of the playing is tremendous, and the singing is generally awful...

martinfoyle wrote:

mood swung wrote:too cute! who's who?

I'm not sure, to be honest, I think I'm on the left.

Aw, c'mon -- you gotta know.
(Whichever one of you is more dignified -- that's him on the left...)

verbal gymnastics wrote:I'm not sure if I can get excited about this purely because of the rank quality of the Live in Memphis DVD.

How so?

Man. Those are right off of the official tapes.

When did these surface? Anybody?
Have they been out in flac or shn?

(Dr. Luther's Assistant is great...)

While far from spectacular, this is one of those shows that is a must-have for me -- as it was in my backyard, so to speak.

This torrent supercedes all other issues of this show.
The quality won't get better than this, I'd imagine...

Complete setlist (below) from Montreal show. Once again, grevious errors are being made (if tentative DVD tracklist is correct...). Bedlam, Pump It Up, Detectives ? Absolutely unnecessary. Meanwhile, On your Way Down, Nearer to You, Shoo-Ra, Slippin' And Slidin', Get Out Of My Life Woman, The Greate...

martinfoyle wrote:An upgrade is available here
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=117571

This version is PAL format.

The song with the "walk the line" lyric is most likely the unreleased "Crooked Line," written with T Bone. But what's "Just Take It Or Leave It"? It was "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line". "Take It or Leave It" is the Rolling Stones song. (From UK &...

Mike Boom wrote:

Yikes.
This could be unfortunately representative of the actual end product...

Anybody know how to change the pitch/tempo on files using Nero? Open a music file in 'Nero Wave Editor', choose Tools > Time Correction > Beats per Minute, and Bob's your uncle. Can be a bit tricky getting it just right, but if you have one of the 'officially released' tracks on CD it could act as ...

Oh well... TORRENT BANNED FROM DIME! Contains officially released material. http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/bootlegs/ptg.html Miracle Man (live; London 7-Aug-77) (3:57) - b-side of Alison (US vers.) 7" Blame It On Cain (live; London 7-Aug-77) (2:54) - b-side of "Detectives" 7"...

Surprisingly good-sounding show -- a real gem. Only problem is -- as one of the posters pointed out -- it runs slow. It's not all that noticable on the vocals and instruments, but my 1st reaction was "jeez, what a relaxed and deliberate-sounding approach to the material for such an early show&q...

MOJO wrote:Yeah, whatever... Sorry... I didn't see the hacked page that was posted.

It's just nice being on this side of it for a change.

(Mind if I show this off to the wife...?)

MOJO wrote:What do you mean by "hijacked" and why have you decided these websites are of lesser value or importance than any other?

wtf ?

Little edgy, are we?

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://elviscostello.info/index.php

I feel violated.
(Plus I need a reference source soon...)

That poster is from the 1977 Agora show.

I had no idea (up until now) that Costello opened for someone.
It figures.
That's one of the most determined sounding Costello shows ever committed to tape.
Now I think I know why...

Man.
This thing creeps me out...

*
They've got his bones
And everything he owns
I've got his name...
*

and

*
Well I'm the lucky goon
Who composed this tune
From birds arranged on the high wire...
*

This one's not bad. The 1st 8 songs suffer from what seems to be tape damage -- manifesting itself in high frequency interference on the left channel -- basically sounds like hiss. (Not terrible, though...) After that, however, it settles into a good solid B / B+ Audience recording. Very listenable....

I fixed the Japan one.

Sorry...

Cheap Reward?! (May 2006 -- VH1 thing, I guess) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UIQh-3zog&search=%22elvis%20costello%22 International Echo -- Tribeca Film Fest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_q1ywzlw0o&search=%22elvis%20costello%22 Montreal 2006 American Tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?...