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Rarities Tape Project
Elvis Costello
  1. Tape # 1
  2. Tape # 2
  3. Tape # 3
  4. Tape # 4
  5. Tape # 5
  6. Tape # 6  
  1. EC RARITIES TAPE # 1 (90 min)
  2. Side A

       
    1. End Of The Rainbow - Anti Heroin Project LP
    2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Live 12" promo
    3. Don't Get Above Your Raising - Live w/ Ricky Skaggs
    4. Many Rivers To Cross-Live For Ireland LP
    5. Leave My Kitten Alone - same
    6. The Imposter - Concert For Kampuchea LP
    7. Gloomy Sunday - Fundamental Frolics LP
    8. Psycho - same
    9. Windows On The World - AIMS Video Disc
    10. Days - same
    11. The Very Thought Of You - w/ Chet Baker at Ronnie Scotts
    12. All You Need Is Love - Live Aid

    Side B
       
    1. You Don't Know What Love Is/Fool to Love - w/ Chet Baker at Ronnie Scotts
    2. Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness 12"
    3. Point Of No Return - B side (Baby Plays Around)
    4. Stranger In The House - George Jones & Friends LP
    5. 3rd Rate Romance - Flip City Demos
    6. Radio Soul - same
    7. That's How You Got Killed Before - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    8. She Moves Through The Fair - w/ Brodsky Quartet
    9. Mischievous Ghost - w/ Mary Couughlan from Bringing It All Back Home CD
    10. Shamed Into Love -w/ RubenBlades from Nothing But the Truth LP
    11. The Comedians - RoyOrbison demo
    12. Exiles Road - From BBC/EC Special

  3. EC RARITIES TAPE # 2 (90 min)
  4. Side A

       
    1. Veronica (demo) - So Like Candy single
    2. Back On My Feet - 12" B-side
    3. You're No Good - Veronica EP
    4. 13 Steps Lead Down
    5. Room Nobody Lives In - same
    6. Point Of No Return - French Baby Plays Around CD
    7. God's Comic - BBC Spike Special
    8. Let Him Dangle - as above
    9. Baby Plays Around - as above
    10. Tramp The Dirt Down - as above
    11. God's Comic - Live NPR Fresh Air
    12. The Ugly Things - US Promo CD

    Side B
       
    1. Hurry Down Doomsday - MTV Unplugged from UK So Like Candy EP
    2. Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4 - Live Mansfield MA from UK So Like Candy EP
    3. Puppet Girl - UK 13 Steps Lead Down EP
    4. Basement Kiss - same as above
    5. We Despise You - same as above
    6. Idiophone - UK Sulky Girl CD EP
    7. Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety - as above
    8. Step Inside Love - UK You Tripped At Every Step CD EP
    9. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - as above
    10. Sticks And Stones - as above
    11. Do You Know What I'm Saying - Clown Strike Promo CD
    12. My Resistance Is Low - London's Brilliant 12" EP
    13. Congratulations - as above
    14. Sally Sue Brown - from Adios Amigo, Arthur Alexander Tribute CD
    15. Lost In The Stars - Kurt Weill Tribute PBS Special
    16. Bonus: Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine - Beach Boys
    17. Portion:Living a Little, Loving a Little - w/ John Hiatt from Warming Up To The Ice Age CD

  5. EC RARITIES TAPE # 3 (100 min)
  6. Side A

       
    1. Full Force Gale - Van Morrison tribute
    2. May 17th - fromCD w/ Ferrington guitar book
    3. But Not For Me- George Gershwin tribute
    4. St. Stephen's Day Murders - Chieftains Xmas LP
    5. Weird Nightmare & W.N. Reprise - Charles Mingus tribute
    6. The Other End Fo The Telescope - 'Til Tuesday
    7. You Bowed Down - w/ Roger McGuinn
    8. Living A Little, LOoving A Little - w/ John Hiatt
    9. My Resistance Is Low - George Jones demo
    10. The Birds Will Still Be Singing - w/ Brodsky Quartet- 1995-03-25 Royal Performance
    11. One After 909 - w/ Paul McCartney, as above
    12. Mistress & Maid - as above
    13. Ship Of Fools - Deadicated, Grateful Dead tribute LP
    14. Complicated Shadows - BBC Glasgow concert

    Side B
       
    1. London's Brilliant - Wendy James demo
    2. Miranda Syndrome - w/ Ruben Blades
    3. Miracle Man - Live B-side of Alison 7"
    4. Neat Neat Neat - Free 7" w/ TYM
    5. Blame It On Cain - Live B-side of WTD 7"
    6. Mystery Dance - live from Plugging The Gaps bootleg
    7. Cry Cry Cry - same
    8. Wondering - same
    9. Blues Keep Calling -same
    10. Honky Tonk Girl - same
    11. Town Cryer - fast alternate version B-side
    12. Party Party - Plugging The Gaps
    13. More Than Rain - NYC Encores Live w/ Brodsky Quartet
    14. God Only Knows - same
    15. They Didn't Believe Me - same
    16. I Almost Had A Weakness -same

  7. EC RARITIES TAPE #4 (100min)
  8. Side A

       
    1. Secret Lemonade commercial('73) - EC singing backup his professional debut, from '95 interview w/ Ross MacManus
    2. Uncomplicated -alternate mix w/o anvil
    3. Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness - Rob Wasserman's Trios CD
    4. The Only Flame In Town - spec.4:35 US mix
    5. Pump It Up - '84 US Monster Mix
    6. This Town - Bastard Mix. Spike Promo LP
    7. Punishing Kiss - Annie Ross. Short Cuts soundtrk (live)
    8. The Only Flame In Town - Version Discotheque
    9. A Town Called Big Nothing (The Long March) - Big Nothing 12" B-side
    10. I Wanna Be Loved - Version Discotheque
    11. Pills & Soap - Extended Version
    12. Sugar Bridge - Bluebells (produced by EC)

    Side B
       
    1. Danger Zone - BBC session6/9/83. By P. Mayfield
    2. Big Sister's Clothes - Uni of Texas, Austin, 9/7/83
    3. Everyday I Write The Book - 5:04 extended version
    4. The Bells - Uni of Texas, Austin, 9/783
    5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Freedom Beat soundtrack '88
    6. Free Nelson Mandela - w/ The Specials, from The Tube Ch4.3/9/84
    7. Lil Darlin' - w/ CountBasie 8/8/83, Red Parrot NYC
    8. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - w/ Tony Bennett & Count Basie Orch, Swing It Again' TV
    9. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Tony Bennett, Unplugged MTV 95
    10. Let Them All Talk - Extended Version
    11. I Hope You're Happy Now (solo) - B-side of I Want You
    12. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - orig Stiffs Live LP
    13. Watch Me Catch Fire - Big Heat, production & backup vocal by EC '84

  9. EC RARITIES TAPE #5 (90 min)
  10. Side A

       
    1. Everyday I Write The Book - instrumental version
    2. I Wanna Be Loved - smoochy, runny version
    3. COMPLETE UNEDITED MTV UNPLUGGED SESSION 1989

    4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head (partial)
    5. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
    6. So Like Candy/I Want You
    7. The Other Side Of Summer
    8. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
    9. Hidden Charms
    10. Everybody's Crying Mercy

    Side B

              (MTV Unplugged continued)

    1. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)
    2. Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4
    3. Bama Lama Bama Loo (end of MTV Unplugged)
    4. Betrayal - Logan Hall, London 1985-03-09; early TTDD
    5. We Don't Even Try Anymore - same venue - co/wri. by John Doe
    6. Everybody's Crying Mercy
    7. No Reason To Quit - same venue
    8. The Image Of Me - Clarendon Ballroom London, 1985-03-17
    9. A Man Can Be A Drunk, But A Drunk Can't Be A Man - same venue
    10. I Got Loaded -w/ Los Lobos. Electric Ballroom, Camden, London 1985-05-14
    11. She Loves The Jerk - w/ John Hiatt; Duke of York Theatre,London 1985-03-31
    12. Jack Of All Parades - Confederates Demo 1985
    13. My Ever Changing Moods - w/ Style Council; Victoria, Apollo 1983-12-18
    14. Alison - Granada TV. 199-07-21; first TV appearance

  11. EC RARITIES TAPE #6

  12. 100 minutes, no Dolby on the masters

    Side A

       
    1. Pretty In Pink - live, acoustic, 1986 - from Kvinde Hader Klub flexidisc (probably a boot)
    2. Forgive Her Anything - as above
    3. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue - Meeting Of The Masters Concert, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1996-01-06, FM
    4. The Birds Will Still Be Singing - as above
    5. Autumn Leaves - with Ann Sofie von Otter, as above
    6. Baby It's Cold Outside - with Ann Sofie von Otter, as above
    7. Without A Song - with Ann Sofie von Otter, as above
    8. Lost In The Stars - as above
    9. My Ship - with Ann Sofie von Otter, as above
    10. Every Time We Say Goodbye - with Ann Sofie von Otter, as above
    11. Grave Dance - from "Jake's Progress" soundtrack CD (EC on guitar)

    Side B
       
    1. Two Steps From The Blues - w/ Attractions, Bridgeport, CT, 1982-08-28
    2. I Feel Good - as above
    3. Slipping & Sliding - as above
    4. Cha Dooky Do - as above
    5. All These Things - as above
    6. Watching The Detectives - outtake? from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans.... boot LP (maybe from Top Of The Pops)
    7. The Roadette Song - 4 Ackers Club, Marcey, NY, 199-12
    8. True Love Ways - solo acoustic, Dublin 1986
    9. Wild Thing - w/ Attractions, Dublin 1986
    10. Having It All - as above
    11. His Latest Flame/Little Sister - as above
    12. From A Jack To A King - Dublin '86 sung by audience member "Norm"
    13. Pop Life - w/ Attractions, Dublin 1986
    14. Ferry Cross The Mersey/Tiny Steps - as above
    15. Adrian - Eurythmics, vocals by EC
 
 
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