Albert Hall Albert Hall, UK, 6-Jul-94.
And The Truth [96] EC+A at the Rosemont Theatre, 17-Aug-96. Muddy sound. Looks like it was shot from the balcony - hand-held and jerky. Man Out Of Time Green Shirt The Beat Brilliant Mistake Clown Strike All This Useless Beauty Uncomplicated Distorted Angel Little Atoms/Far From The Prize Chelsea Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? Pump It Up Party Girl Beyond Belief Love Field Accidents Will Happen Veronica Complicated Shadows Kid About It Alison Other End Of The Telescope Rocking Horse Road 13 Steps Lead Down Watching The Detectives (cut)
Beacon Theatre [96] This is an audience home video from the first night, 2-Aug-95. Quality: Sound is OK, but the visuals were probably shot from the mezzanine without a tripod - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com}
Beacon Theatre Beacon Theatre, NY, 3-Aug-95.
Club Paradise (96 mins) [1998-09-14; VHS; 16372 (US, NTSC)] features the song Seven Day Weekend
Comp II [93]
C.W. Post College [~135 min] Solo acoustic tour, 11-Apr-89. Quality: Shot from the balcony on a tripod. Steady camera but fuzzy picture and bad, orange coloured lighting. Good sound. Includes the 'big satin heart' request bit with the 13 1/2 deadly sins - Alison Munin {alison.munin@westgroup.com Accidents Will Happen Radio Sweetheart/Jackie Wilson Said Blue Chair Temptation Mystery Dance Let Him Dangle Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Brilliant Mistake Watching The Detectives This Town Suit Of Lights Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood The Big Light His Latest Flame (/w Nick Lowe) God's Comic Peace, Love & Understanding Veronica (/w Nick Lowe) Baby Plays Around Alison New Amsterdam/You've Got To Hide Pump It Up You're Love Away/The Other End Red Shoes Of The Telescope Everyday I Write The Book Pads, Paws & Claws I Want You Leave My Kitten Alone Tramp The Dirt Down
Egos & Icons Canadian TV 1994.
Elvis Moderne [87; Faux Music Video] Filmed in Hamburg, Germany, '87. Reviewed in 'Creem' (Feb/87): "Features Bruce Springsteen, EC, Lou Reed & Shane McGowan on stage together singing 'nothing' but the best of Elvis Presley! Although Reed's stirring rendition of "I Believe In The Man In The Sky" is certainly the artistic highlight of the show (and I must note that Springsteen, Costello & MacGowen make a fabulous New Jordanairres), it is Costello who electrifies the crowd with his extended reading of "Viva Las Vegas". No cynical Elvis this! If you can find a copy of this rarity, scoop it up - but don't be surprised if the asking price is $150 or more."
Elvis Live At The Beacon Theatre, New York, 12-Aug-96 [96; Living After Midnight Videos; 2 hours] This contains the first 23 songs of the show in order, but the last 3 of evening are missing. The start of "Why Can't A Man Stand Alone" and "Clubland" are missing. This is worth having just for the "It's Time"/ "All This Useless Beauty"/"Green Shirt"/"Distorted Angel"/"Chelsea" segment. Quality: It takes a few minutes before the camera is focused correctly, but then most of the rest of the show is very clear. Very good audio for a video, but the audio/visual synchonisation is a problem at times. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? It's Time (incomplete) All This USeless Beauty Waiting For The End Of The World Green Shirt You Belong To Me You Bowed Down Clown Strike Distorted Angel/Chelsea Little Atoms/Far From The Prize Pump It Up The Other End Of The Telescope Clubland (incomplete) Love Field (EC+SN) Accidents Will Happen Poor Fractired Atlas (EC+SN) Complicated Shadows Veronica (EC+SN) Shallow Grave Party Girl (EC+SN) Watching The Detectives
(The) Elvis TV Collection [VHS; No label or cat.#, 3 hours] Vintage video compilation of TV clips, performances, interviews, etc. This claims to be a promo but isn't. The quality is mostly reasonable mono, with some particularly poor parts (particularly "Alison"). EC is miming to a backing track on all but the live tracks, although in some cases these backing tracks are specially recorded and differ from released versions. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (BBC - Top Of The Pops (TOTP) 28-Feb-80) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (ITV - Kenny Everett Video Show, '80) Watching The Detectives (Erics, Liverpool, 2-Aug-77 - very short extract) (live) New Amsterdam + interview (BBC - Fun Factory 31-May-80) (EC solo) Alison (Granada TV - What's On, 21-Jul-77 - very poor quality) (EC solo live) Let Them All Talk \ Everyday I Write The Book \ (Channel 4 - Switch, 27-Jul-83?) (live) TKO (Boxing Day) / Charm School / The Imposter (Concerts For Kampuchea, 29-Dec-79) Oliver's Army (BBC - TOTP, 10-Feb-79?) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down \ (ITV - Whitelight, 13-Feb-80) King Horse / Sweet Dreams (BBC - TOTP, 24-Dec-81) Shipbuilding (Granada TV - Reports, 16-Aug-82) (EC + Steve live) Everyday I Write The Book (BBC - TOTP, 14-Jul-83) interview \ Shipbuilding \ Everyday I Write The Book > (Channel 4 - The Tube, 9-Mar-84) (live) Clubland / Clowntime Is Over / Gloomy Sunday (Fundamental Frolics, 1-Jun-81) (solo live) Shipbuilding (repeat!) (16-Aug-82) Nelson Mandela (Channel 4 - The Tube, 9-Mar-84) (live, The Specials AKA with EC replacing Stan Campbell on vocals) interview about Berlin by Muriel Gray (Channel 4 - The Tube, 9-Mar-84) Clubland (BBC - Swapshop?, Dec-80) From Head To Toe \ (BBC - Pebble Mill, 13-Sep-92) Beyond Belief / interview + clips from soundcheck + Let Them All Talk (rec: 6-Oct-83 in Glasgow, b.cast: 29-Oct-83, TVAM? - Data Run) interview with EC & Robert Wyatt + Shipbuilding promo video (Channel 4 - Loose Talk, 30-May-83) Shot With His Own Gun (Granada TV - What's In, 16-Mar-81) (EC + Steve live) Radio Radio (BBC - TOTP, 26-Oct-78?) Colour Of The Blues \ interview > (BBC - Russell Harty Show, 3-Nov-81) (live) Sweet Dreams / The Making Of Almost Blue (LWT - The South Bank Show, 8-Nov-81): I Wanna Be Loved (BBC - TOTP, 21-Jun-84)
Glastonbury Glastonbury Fest, 25-Jun-94.
Harvard Harvard U., Mass., 1-May-87
Japan 1991
Jones Beach 6-11-94 Jones Beach, NY, 11-Jun-94. Quality: Average sound and picture quality. Starts in beginning of first song and has complete show. Good performance, but with equipment problems - Jacobson, David {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com}
Juliet Letters At Town Hall, NY, 18-Apr-93 EC+Brodsky Quartet. Quality: Not great, shot from seats. Whoever shot it had to move around a lot, lots of backs of heads, etc. Sound is poor to fair - Jacobson, David {david.jacobson@hofbbs.com} Expert Rites Last Post Dead Letter The First To Leave I Almost Had A Weakness Damnation Cellar Why? The Birds Will Still Be Singing Who Do You Think You Are? King Of The Unknown Sea Taking My Life In Your Hands More Than Rain This Offer Is Unrepeatable Almost Blue Dear Sweet Filthy World God Only Knows The Letter Home They Didn't Believe Me Jacksons, Monk & Rowe I Almost Had A Weakness This Sad Burlesque Jacksons, Monk & Rowe Romeo's Seance Lost In Stars I Thought I'd Write To Juliet
Live At Madison Square Garden, NYC, 22-Jun-91 [Living After Midnight Production; 110 mins] Mighty Like A Rose Tour. Quality: Shot from the first level, side section. Hand held camera, very shaky with a lot of heads in the way. Not a great video and only fair sound. Many songs are cut. "That Day Is Done" is nice, incomplete." God's Comic" is great - Alison Munin {alison.munin@westgroup.com Red Shoes Veronica Harpies Bizarre Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4 Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your That Day Is Done (cut) Head Hidden Charms (end only) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Strange Suit Of Lights Everybody's Crying Mercy Other Side Of Summer Hurry Down Doomsday So Like Candy (cut) God's Comic I Want You (alternate version) How To Be Dumb Temptation Alison Playboy To A Man Pump It Up (cut) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
Live At The Pier, NYC, 30-Aug-82 [Paul K. Production; 105 mins] Imperial Bedroom Tour. Quality: Shot from the floor with a hand held camera, but suprisingly good. Clear, close picture, very few heads in the way and very good sound. Great video for a boot - Alison Munin {alison.munin@westgroup.com Accidents Will Happen Alison Green Shirt Beyond Belief Pidgin English Clubland Hand In Hand Imperial Bedroom Shabby Doll Red Shoes Watch Your Step All These Things The Backstabbers/King Horse Mystery Dance And In Every Home Almost Blue Watching The Detectives/Help Me Tears Before Bedtime Long Honeymoon Why Don't You Love Me Like You Secondary Modern Used To Do Kid About It Two Steps From The Blues Temptation Pump It Up From Head To Toe Danger Zone Don't Look Back Peace, Love & Understanding You Belong To Me Radio Radio New Lace Sleeves Shipbuilding
Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London 6th July 1994 [VHS; 116 mins] Quality: Shot from the balcony, mostly the view is of EC with Steve's & Pete's hands in the top corners. Very few shots of Bruce. Camera work is mostly steady, with occasional wild lapses. Sound is clean but lacking in bass. There are unfortunately no shots of Steve playing the RAH organ during "Favourite Hour". Pony Street Shipbuilding Clubland Man Out Of Time Beyond Belief Watching The Detectives Sulky Girl You Belong To Me London's Brilliant Parade 13 Steps Lead Down/Radio Radio Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Favourite Hour (start missing) Hand In Hand Lipstick Vogue (start missing) Honey Are You Straight Or Are Party Girl You Blind? No Action (start missing) Clown Strike Just About Glad Kinder Murder Alison Shabby Doll All The Rage Rocking Horse Road Peace, Love & Understanding Still Too Soon To Know Pump It Up
Live From JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, 21-Aug-82 [75 mins] This was a festival featuring Genesis and a few other bands. EC did a shortened Imperial Bedroom set. Quality: Shot from far back on the audience floor with a handheld camera. Sound is fair because it's outside - Alison Munin {alison.munin@westgroup.com Accidents Will Happen From Head To Toe Green Shirt You Belong To Me Pidgin English Alison Hand In Hand Beyond Belief Shabby Doll Clubland Watch Your Step Radio Radio Backstabbers/King Horse Shipbuilding And In Every Home Peace, Love & Understanding Watching The Detectives/Help Me Mystery Dance Kid About It Pump It Up Temptation
Live - Rockpalast This looks like a taping of a rebroadcast ("Rockpalast Classics") of the 15-Jul-78 show. Performance: 10/10. Sound: 7/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} Mystery Dance No Action Waiting For The End Of The World (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Lip Service Lipstick Vogue Two Little Hitlers Watching The Detectives The Beat Pump It Up Night Rally You Belong To Me This Year's Girl
Rockpalast TV Show [100 mins.] The only title on this video is 'Elvis Costello', but on the back it mentions the source as being the German live concert TV show 'Rockpalast' recorded 15/16-Oct-83 at the Grughalle, Essen. This is EC+A with the TKO Horns and Afrodiziak. The front of the mono version has a picture from _Might Like A Rose_, while the stereo version comes with different packaging. Quality: The quality isn't bad, but the performance lags at times - Bryan Gibson {ab186@ra.cs.ohiou.edu} Performance: 9/10. Sound: 6/10 - John Steffes {john.c.steffes@jci.com} short interview Big Sister's Clothes Let Them All Talk Stand Down Margret [The Beat] Possession Beyond Belief Watch The Detectives Clubland The Greatest Thing The World And His Wife Man Out Of Time Alison New Lace Sleeves Backstabbers/King Horse Mystery Dance Clowntime Is Over Shabby Doll Everyday I Write The Book Kid About It short instrumental (believed to be Peace, Love & Understanding titled 'Riff Riff Riff') Oliver's Army I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Shipbuilding Pump It Up
Saturday Night Live Rehearsals 1991.
This Is Tomorrow [No label or cat.#; E-180] Mainly recorded at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool on 9-Dec-86 using a hand held camera in the balcony. Quality: The picture goes black for a while as Mr. Xavier Valentine (Paddy Callaghan) stalks the balcony for volunteers to spin the wheel. The picture is wobbley in parts and suffers from too much concentration on EC in the wheel section. The audio quality reasonable during the music, but there is crowd chatter and the between-song banter is muffled - Phil Dennison {cbase86@vms.strath.ac.uk} The main show lasts 2h 36m and consists of: EC solo: Brilliant Mistake Deportee Tokyo Storm Warning New Amsterdam/You've Got To Green Shirt Hide Your Love Away Suit Of Lights Shipbuilding Little Palaces Radio Sweetheart American w/o Tears Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood --- EC+A (spinning songbook section): I Hope You're Happy Now Knowing Me Knowing You Mystery Dance Everyday I Write The Book Alison I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down His Latest Flame --- EC+A joined by Andrew Schofield: Ferry Cross The Mersey/Tiny Steps/ 20 Flight Rock (Schofield on lead Gloria/Ferry Cross The Mersey vocals) Radio Radio Money (EC/AS duet) Chelsea Pump It Up/Twist & Shout/Pump It Up Less Than Zero She's A Woman Peace Love & Understanding Oliver's Army Wild Thing Leave My Kitten Alone [John/Turner/ McDougall] --- As filler the tape contains: - Extracts from a foreign TV show (probably the Swizz show "Karussel", recorded 14-Nov-83, broadcast 15-Nov-83) featuring an interview and live clips of "Shipbuilding" & "Everyday I Write The Book" (probably from a Zurich show). - The EC extracts from the Chet Baker show at Ronnie Scotts (from commercial video) - EC with the Count Basie Orchestra singing "Li'l Darling" and "It "Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" (duet /w Tony Bennett) on 8-Aug-83.
Town Hall, NYC With the Brodsky Quartet, 1993.
UK Concert 7-Jul-96 [VHS; HP 15740-080914 (Japan); 70 mins.] Copy of the "BBC TV Later Presents Elvis Costello" UK TV transmission, with The Attractions & The Brodsky Quartet. Quality: Good quality recording of a great show audibly and visually - Dean Martucci {martucci@surf.com} Accidents Will Happen The Birds Will Still Be Singing Little Atoms Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue Pump It Up All This Useless Beauty Why Can't A Man Stand Alone You Bowed Down Riot Act Complicated Shadows Veronica Watching The Detectives Indoor Fireworks I Want To Vanish Pills And Soap
Unedited Unplugged 7-Jul-91 [50 mins] Professional unreleased footage of MTV session. Quality: Great picture and sound - Alison Munin {alison.munin@westgroup.com} Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Must You Throw Dirt In My Face Head (incomplete, string broke) Hidden Charms Deep dark Truthful Mirror Everybody's Cryin' Mercy So Like Candy/I Want You Hurry Down Doomsday The Other Side Of Summer (waltz Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4 version) Bama Lama Bama Loo