Bootleg: Riot Act '83
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Riot Act '83 | |
Unofficial recording of Elvis Costello & The Attractions | |
Released | 1992 |
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Recorded | October 17, 1983, London, England June 1, 1981, London, England September 7, 1983, Austin, Texas |
Label | Red Line |
Length | 64:49 |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions with The TKO Horns and Afrodiziak, Monday, October 17, 1983, Hammersmith Palais, London, England. Possibly sourced from BBC transcription disc #322 with the tracks rearranged.
Includes bonus tracks from June 1, 1981, London, England, and September 7, 1983, Austin, Texas.
Tracks
Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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1. | Let Them All Talk | Elvis Costello | 3:29 |
2. | Possession | Elvis Costello | 2:30 |
3. | Watch Your Step | Elvis Costello | 3:32 |
4. | The Greatest Thing | Elvis Costello | 3:17 |
5. | Man Out Of Time | Elvis Costello | 4:25 |
6. | Shabby Doll | Elvis Costello | 4:41 |
7. | From Head To Toe | Smokey Robinson | 2:40 |
8. | Charm School | Elvis Costello | 3:29 |
9. | Oliver's Army | Elvis Costello | 3:07 |
10. | Shipbuilding | Elvis Costello, Clive Langer | 4:34 |
11. | The World And His Wife | Elvis Costello | 3:01 |
12. | Alison (with Living A Little, Laughing A Little) | Elvis Costello / Thom Bell, Linda Creed | 3:46 |
13. | Clowntime Is Over | Elvis Costello | 5:55 |
14. | Everyday I Write The Book | Elvis Costello | 4:02 |
15. | TKO (Boxing Day) | Elvis Costello | 3:27 |
Bonus tracks | |||||||||
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Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
16. | Psycho (June 1, 1981, London) | Leon Payne | 4:06 | ||||||
17. | Back Stabbers / King Horse (September 7, 1983, Austin) | Huff, McFadden & Whitehead / Costello | 4:46 |
Release info
- Date:
- Media: CD
- Catalogue number (comments): Red Line PSCD 1187
Quality
- '+' - Joachim Weisbrod
- Killer. - Michele E Harvey
- Excellent quality (either SB or FM). Highly recommended. - Harry Mooney
- I find the Rockpalast show, recorded 2 days earlier and available on the boot Red Shoed Imposter, is musically more interesting. - Olivier Ridolphi