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A&E Live By Request
    [2003-__-__; DVD; (Japan)]
  Recorded: 2003-09-25: NYC, John Jay College, A&E's Live By Request; private concert - live
  Quality: Good quality
  Tracks:
  1. I Hope You're Happy Now
  2. Radio Radio
  3. Everyday I Write The Book
  4. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
  5. Fallen
  6. Still
  7. 45
  8. Alison
  9. Pump It Up
  10. All This Useless Beauty
  11. Beyond Belief
  12. Accidents Will Happen
  13. Clubland
  14. North
  15. Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4
  16. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

   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]

Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea (Deluxe Edition)
    [2003-__-__; 2xDVD-R; Innergroove IGDV-006 (Japan)]
  Recorded: 1979-12-29: London, Hammersmith Odeon ("Concert For The People Of Kampuchea")
  Quality: Good quality
  Tracks: Disc 1
  • The Imposter (Japanese TV stereo version)

    Disc 2
  • The Imposter (American TV)

  •    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)


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    Fuji Rock Festival '03
    Catalog No.:  
    Recorded: 2003-07-27: Nigata, Japan, Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba Ski Resort
    Quality:  
      Tracks:
    1. Opening BGM (background music)
    2. I Hope You're Happy Now
    3. Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)
    4. Everyday I Write The Book
    5. Beyond Belief
    6. Radio Radio
    7. Everybody's Crying Mercy
    8. Clubland
    9. Clown Strike
    10. 45
    11. Less Than Zero
    12. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
    13. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?
    14. Either Side Of The Same Town
    15. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
    16. Uncomplicated
    17. Tart
    18. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror/You Really Got A Hold On Me


    19. Encore 1
    20. Watching The Detectives
    21. Pump It Up
    22. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

    Fuji Rock Festival 7.27.2003
      Catalog No.: [2003-__-__; DVD; rozy product rpdv-28 (Japan)]
    [2003-__-__; VHS; rozy product rpdv-28 (Japan)]
      Recorded: 2003-07-27: Nigata, Japan, Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba Ski Resort
      Quality: Good quality
      Tracks:
    1. I Hope You're Happy Now
    2. Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)
    3. Everyday I Write The Book
    4. Beyond Belief
    5. Radio Radio
    6. Everybody's Crying Mercy
    7. Clubland
    8. Clown Strike
    9. 45
    10. Less Than Zero
    11. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
    12. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?
    13. Either Side Of The Same Town
    14. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
    15. Uncomplicated
    16. Tart
    17. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror/You Really Got A Hold On Me


    18. Encore 1
    19. Watching The Detectives
    20. Pump It Up
    21. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

       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

    Koln, Germany, 6-15-78
        [2003-__-__; DVD; Kanji/Flying Dragon (Japan)]
      Recorded: 1978-06-15: "Rockpalast", WDR, Cologne, WDR Studio L
      Broadcast: 1978-06-21
      Tracks:
  • Mystery Dance
  • Waiting For The End Of The World
  • Lip Service
  • Two Little Hitlers
  • The Beat
  • Night Rally
  • This Year's Girl
  • No Action
  • (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
  • Lipstick Vogue
  • Watching The Detectives
  • Pump It Up
  • You Belong To Me

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       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

    Move With Puffs
        [2004-__-__; DVD-R; Overlord Vision OLV-DVD-003 (Japan)]
      Recorded: 2003-09-25: NYC, John Jay College, A&E's Live By Request; private concert - live
      Quality: Good quality
      Tracks:
    1. I Hope You're Happy Now
    2. Radio Radio
    3. Everyday I Write The Book
    4. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
    5. Fallen
    6. Still
    7. 45
    8. Alison
    9. Pump It Up
    10. All This Useless Beauty
    11. Beyond Belief
    12. Accidents Will Happen
    13. Clubland
    14. North
    15. Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4
    16. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

     

    Rockpalast 1978
        [2004-__-__; DVD; Cross Fire Digital Lab CFD-024 (Japan)]
      Recorded: 1978-06-15: WDR, Cologne, WDR Studio L, DVD
      Quality: Audio: Soundboard mono
      Tracks:
    1. opening
    2. Mystery Dance
    3. Waiting For The End Of The World
    4. Lip Service
    5. Two Little Hitlers
    6. The Beat
    7. Night Rally
    8. This Year's Girl
    9. No Action
    10. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
    11. Lipstick Vogue
    12. Watching The Detectives
    13. Pump It Up
    14. You Belong To Me

    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