Elvis Costello Fan Forum

verbal gymnastics wrote:I saw the title of this and thought it was our own Spooky Girlfriend in a filmed lapdancing performance. Oh sorry - it said a RARE performance.

Yikes!

Exceedingly decent of you, TPPD.

I nabbed each off of Dime, and I must say that they are both gems.
At this juncture of the tour, your 2 shows are essential.

Thanks for the work, and generous behavior.

CBS released 500 "official copies" of the El Mo recording - I know, 'cause I got one. Right -- but just the Costello stuff. The Nick Lowe encores weren't included. And the "promo EP" of the Lowe material that later surfaced was never a real promo release -- just a clever angle f...

Nope. Never.

It only exists through the original live broadcast of the show.
(I don't believe that the Promo EP is official -- I think it's a boot, although I may be wrong...)

Any decent Elvis Costello fan read at least one book...and any decent book should explain the story. Read thy books and then you will understand. Oh yes! The books! The future chapters will detail how Elvis scored some crystal meth to celebrate the birth of the baby-to-be. Bruce T. will write a boo...

Man -- this one sounds GOOD.

(The upgrade version, that is...)

This one sounds pretty good.

Apparently recorded by plugging into one of the remote listening devices for the hearing impaired.

Weird balance -- vocals dominant -- but quite listenable.
Too bad about the truncated Festival setlist...

De nada. Manny hit the long ball tonight, not Papi for a change. Good to see 'em mixing it up a bit. My daughter needs more production from Loretta for her fantasy team -- bring that in for her, will ya? Oh. And "Clown Strike", por favor... (Watched the webcast. Thought the 1st half was t...

Turquoise Pajamas Pt Deux wrote:Lagrimas, Lagrimas y Mas Lagrimas esta aqui.

Bueno.
Muchas Gracias, Papi Grande...

I'm at Oakland tomorrow,
and taking my Girls to Saratoga Wednesday.

(My 10 year old daughter's 1st Costello show. She's not nuts about Elvis, but she likes Toussaint & the Horns....)

This show contains a rare, and quite nice, full-band version of "Heathen Town". Also contains nice solo encore of the then unreleased "Great Unknown" -- a song that I have always loved, and feel has really never received its due. (I'm sure it's partly guilt by association due to ...

This is a first time torrent from a guy with an amazing collection. It's been a learning experience for him and he should be encouraged. He's got some real goodies in the pipeline so we have a lot to look forward to. Now I'm intrigued! I laid off of this one as it was so rough, and I was quite plea...

It's straight off of a "Commercial Bootleg" of the name "Riot Act".
Sorry for the confusion.

It is as broadcast, as far as I remember. (BBC, I'd assume...)
The bonus tracks were added on the original boot.
(The Dime version is as complete as I've run across...)

Otis Westinghouse wrote: I fancy the Riot Act one. Anyone recommend that?

That's a great show, though severely edited.
Excellent sound -- great performance...

Just got home from the show. Really nice -- although the pacing is awfully slow. (It was interesting that Costello spent at least the majority of the Il Sogno performance observing from the Loge section just above the left of the stage. I didn't notice him until about 1/3 of the way through -- but h...

The only Honky Tonk Demo material I've heard is what Rhino has re-issued on their bonus discs. That's all there is -- 6 songs. There was a Virgin Demo that circulated many years back that was similar, in that it was acoustic demos. The sound was nowhere near the quality of the Honky Tonk boots that...

I also still love Stewart Copeland. He's right up there with Pete. With all due respect -- uh uh. No way. Pete's the best, hands down -- considering his verstility, impeccable taste, subtlety when appropriate, and full maniacal application when needed. Copeland's good, or was. (Where is he?) Thomas...

The "tone"/"climate" of the Flip City stuff, I think, is dictated largely by the fact that this was a "Band Situation" -- largely influenced by Brinsley Schwarz and the other "Pub Rockers" of the time. Sure, McManus was the driving force, certainly, but that s...

You talking about ConcertMaps? In the past, my experience is that they ship very, very late. In fact the last Imposters show that I got through them for Oakland, CA was pick-up at WillCall ONLY. I'd imagine that the point of this is to impede scalpers... (They suck, by the way. I've had nothing but ...

I haven't really compared the sound quality, but I must say that I was rather surprised by the exclusion of so many tracks on the re-issue. I fully expected the Rhino release to make King of Americana largely redundant. Can't say that I'm sorry it didn't happen that way. Unless my bootleg degrades -...

"Little Atoms" has Steve Nieve doing "particles", I believe...

... maybe if they picked 5 classic gigs from all phases, e.g. '78, '83, '86, '91, '99 + SN, '05, and made a nice box set, that woulld be a good approach. A man after my own heart... I have advocated, for the better part of 2 decades now, something similar to what you've suggested. At this point, it...

Actually, I now recall that the GBH soundtrack had a few snippets of melodies on it that found their way into The Juliet Letters.

Perhaps that was one of them. I'll have to give it a listen one of these days...

I just got around to listening to this. The piano intro for CCIU #4 is the melody from the early part of "The Letter Home", (the "why must I always apologize" part...). I don't recall ever hearing of this -- and he wasn't doing it on the US part of the tour, certainly. (I've got ...

invisible Pole wrote:You've made my day with this thread.
Thank you !

My work here is done...