At the National Stadium, Dublin it was one of the few shows that were specifically meant to promote Almost Blue. Considering the huge , unexpected success of Good Year For The Roses it might have been expected that a bigger tour would have been put together. Elvis was as contrary as ever is not doing so , wanting to concentrate on the , perhaps, more satisfying project that would become Imperial Bedroom. Only a few shows took place, Los Angeles, New York,Nashville, Paris, London and Dublin.
Dublin was under feet of snow on Jan. 13 '82. The only review I could find , by Neil McCormick in Hot Press (a combination review of the London & Dublin shows) mentions that it was astonishing that anyone got to the show, with no public transport etc.
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The review is hugely adulatory of both shows. As Neil commented when I asked him about his account of the Macroom show, 'He ( Elvis) was the most important singer-songwriter alive for me in those days'. Neil has yet to respond to a query asking for any further memories.
The setlist and the one photo I can find from the show is here -
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... -13_Dublin
If Elvis 'n co. had time during their visit , these were the other attractions in Dublin that week -
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While in Dublin Elvis did a interview for Irish radio with BP Fallon , broadcast in Feb. '82, with this coverage in Hot Press
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I still have a cassette of it. Well , the dialogue - at some stage I did a rather crude edit out of the songs!
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The dialogue can be heard here -
http://www.mediafire.com/?i7p477456qbu44v
Nothing terribly startling is said, in that what is said was subsequently developed on extensively as Elvis became more open to media outlets. Back then it was rare stuff, words to be pondered and replayed and considered. The comments about Elvis' beginning to get into instrumental jazz are amusing considering how developed that interest became. Similarly the reference to the Girls Talk alternate version predate it's eventual release on the Rhino re-issue of Get Happy!! in 2003 by a vast twenty one years!
BP Fallon tells me today , via Facebook, of his memory of it -
Simply that it was a gas. It was the first time that Elvis had done a proper verbal on the radio. Music was EC tunes and choices like Lights Out by Jerry Byrne. This turned out to be the 1st BPFO - The BP Fallon Orchestra - which ran for 5 yrs on RTE. Later, Elvis would come into the BPFO and play songs live. Pic by Steve Nieve, undentable Attraction.
The songs featured can be assembled via youTube
Mystery Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTS09Wo1 ... CF37E7E166
Betty Everett - You're No Good (Original Stereo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Ci_JOH_vA
George Jones & Elvis Costello-Stranger In The House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e31LxoMGQ0
Elvis Costello I'm Your Toy Live Aberdeen 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U855GjJPsZM
Elvis Costello & The Attractions Girl´s Talk 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KseXBJDm_Xc
Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To do With Myself, 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYiowohwVuY&feature=fvst
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOqU90ZiHKc
Elvis Costello & Attractions - Radio Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y9qfDvu ... re=related
The Boiler - The Specials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=METbQ6mn ... re=related
Tony Colton & The Big Boss Band - I Stand Accused
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xqy3Kij0M
I Stand Accused - The Merseybeats
Elvis/I Stand Accused - not on youTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb7iH5ZdLlA
Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT_PdnGRukw
Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvtabNAb_wE
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -Watch Your Step[/b]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-175a-WZwY
The Hoover Factory, Elvis Costello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG6HtYQU ... 99BA074A3F
Elvis Costello, Two Little Hitlers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYIk_zOX ... 317C0461E9
Nick Lowe - 'Little Hitler' (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbzxKuA1 ... re=related
Lights Out Jerry Byrne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOW8lFaBK4U
Alison - Elvis Costello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfZ5m-oGmtQ
According to the Hot Press feature these songs didn't make the final version of the programme -
I'm Mad - Willie Mahon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvBB8ObRfZQ
The $64,000 Question - Bobby Tuggle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLMalks4jJE
The Same Rope - Etta James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEEKnloYjE
And that's all I have for now!