Live At The El Mocambo - Elvis Costello
B/W photo from Record Collector magazine
Release dateMedia Catalogue number (comments)
1978-03-06 LP Canadian Columbia CDN-10C (Canadian promo)
Tracks:
    Side 1:
  1. Mystery Dance (live; El Mocambo) [2:04]
  2. Waiting For The End Of The World (live; El Mocambo) [3:46]
  3. Welcome To The Working Week (live; El Mocambo) [1:15]
  4. Less Than Zero (live; El Mocambo) [3:55]
  5. The Beat (live; El Mocambo) [3:24]
  6. Lip Service (live; El Mocambo) [2:22]
  7. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (live; El Mocambo) [3:43]
  8. Little Triggers (live; El Mocambo) [2:41]
    Side 2:
  1. Radio Radio (live; El Mocambo) [2:29]
  2. Lipstick Vogue (live; El Mocambo) [4:39]
  3. Watching The Detectives (live; El Mocambo) [5:38]
  4. Miracle Man (live; El Mocambo) [3:59]
  5. You Belong To Me (live; El Mocambo) [2:26]
  6. Pump It Up (live; El Mocambo) [4:00]
Personnel:
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:
Elvis Costello - guitar, vocals
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums
Bruce Thomas - bass
Notes:
  • This is a recording of a stereo CHUM-FM live broadcast on 6-Mar-78 in Toronto. (Recorded by Comfort Sound).
  • The times listed above are the approximate times of the music excluding crowd noise and intros.
  • This version of "Less Than Zero" has different lyrics to the studio version, and is commonly known as the 'Dallas Version'.
  • Only 300 (possibly 500) copies pressed. This album was heavily bootlegged and here's what the fanzine Beyond Belief has to say about the differences between an original and a counterfeit copy:

    Starting with the album cover, an original will have a thick cardboard jacket with a grey (not white) inside. The spine of the jacket will be squared off (not tapered or rounded) with the title information printed squarely on the spine. Also the front cover black & white photos will be sharply reproduced (not blured or smudged). The disc itself is of thick vinyl with bands between songs. The label on the disc will be clearly centred on the disc with sharp printing of the song titles. Finally the hand written (not machine) engraving in the dead wax will be as follows:
    CDN-10-A-1A-2HDKZ (side 1)
    CDN-10-B-1A-2HDKZ (side 2)
    (Also, the reviews of the show on the back cover are harder to read on the bootleg version).

  • The support act that evening was Nick Lowe. CBS Records Canada released a very limited 33 1/3 rpm 7" promo called Nick Lowe Live At The El Mocambo (7CDN-1) with the following tracks: "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass" b/w "Shake & Pop/Heart Of The City".