Live: A Case For Song

A Case For Song DVD, 2007

A Case For Song DVD, 2010

Video Cassette, Laserdisc and DVD release of a BBC TV studio concert featuring Elvis Costello, The Attractions, The Brodsky Quartet and the White City Septet.

VHS/Laserdisc tracks EC & The Attractions: 01. Accidents Will Happen 02. Little Atoms 03. Pump It Up 04. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? 05. Riot Act EC & Steve Nieve: 06. Veronica EC solo: 07. Indoor Fireworks EC & The Brodsky Quartet: 08. Pills And Soap 09. The Birds Will Still Be Singing 10. God Only Knows EC, The Brodsky Quartet & The White City Septet: 11. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue EC, The Attractions, The Brodsky Quartet & The White City Septet: 12. All This Useless Beauty EC & The Attractions: 13. You Bowed Down 14. Complicated Shadows 15. Watching The Detectives EC & Steve Nieve: 16. I Want To Vanish

DVD tracks EC & The Attractions: 01. Little Atoms 02. Pump It Up 03. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? 04. You Bowed Down EC & Steve Nieve: 05. Temptation 06. Veronica EC solo: 07. Indoor Fireworks EC & The Brodsky Quartet: 08. Pills And Soap 09. I Almost Had A Weakness 10. The Birds Will Still Be Singing 11. God Only Knows EC, The Brodsky Quartet & The White City Septet: 12. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue 13. Almost Blue EC, The Attractions, The Brodsky Quartet & The White City Septet: 14. All This Useless Beauty EC, The Attractions, The Brodsky Quartet, The White City Septet & Clive Langer: 15. Shipbuilding EC & The Attractions: 16. Riot Act 17. Man Out Of Time 18. Complicated Shadows 19. It's Time EC & Steve Nieve: 20. I Want To Vanish

Release information

Release date	Media	Catalog number	Comments
1996-00-__	VHS video PAL format	Warner Music Vision ‎– 7599 38456-3	UK
1997-__-__	Laser Videodisc 12"	Warner Reprise Home Video ‎– ID4196WO	US
2007-00-__	DVD NTSC format	Rhino Records (2) ‎– R2 971482	US & Canada
2007-00-__	DVD	Warner Music Vision ‎– 0349 71482-2	Europe
2010-00-__	DVD	Inner Groove	Europe

Notes

• All songs were recorded 1996-06-18 for Later With Jools Holland.
• The 2007 DVD release includes six previously unreleased songs (Temptation, I Almost Had A Weakness, Almost Blue, Shipbuilding, Man Out Of Time, and It's Time) but also omits two songs (Accidents Will Happen and Watching The Detectives) which were on the original VHS and laserdisc release.
• The 2010 DVD release is a repackaging of the 2007 release.
• The concert was re-broadcast by the BBC on 8 & 9 November 2013 to coincide with the first broadcast of Mark Kidel's "Mystery Dance" documentary.

Internal links

• Videography

External links

• Rhino
• Amazon  •  Amazon.uk