Elvis Costello - 1978-04-01 Bracknell
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ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS Sports Centre Bracknell, England 1 April 1978 01. Waiting For The End Of The World 02. No Action 03. This Year's Girl 04. Moods For Moderns 05. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes 06. Two Little Hitlers 07. The Beat 08. Living In Paradise 09. Goon Squad 10. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea 11. Pump It Up 12. Lipstick Vogue 13. Watching The Detectives 14. You Belong To Me 15. Miracle Man 16. Mystery Dance Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass guitar Pete Thomas - drums 40 years on .......................... One of the later acquisitions, this remained hidden for many years and I only received my copy in a trade in the late 90s. It's not a great recording as there is a lot of boom in the sports hall and is only most noticeable for the debut of Goon Squad as the first ever live performance of this song. It has a different chorus and it's easy to see just why Elvis changed it after this performance. There's a slight jump in the middle of Watching The Detectives and a bit of an argument with the audience in Lipstick Vogue where Elvis seems to be asking if someone wants to go home !?! A bit strange. Also before the start of Miracle Man as the first encore, The Clash's Career Opportunities can be heard, presumably being played over the P.A. as if expecting Elvis not to come back and this occurs with a different track before the final encore of Mystery Dance. Again most likely only to appeal to completists, I recall being very excited about receiving this and feeling slightly let down - apart from the Goon Squad debut - I'll attach a sample of that for your perusal. Lineage : TDK SA C90 cassette>Sony TC WE475 cassette player > Sony CD Recorder W100>CD-R> EAC >Nero 8 for song separation and pitch adjustment>FLAC
