Elvis Costello - 1980-04-24 Munich

Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Schwabinger Bräu
Munich, West Germany
24 April 1980


01. I Stand Accused
02. The Beat
03. 5ive Gears In Reverse
04. Possession
05. Help Me
06. Temptation
07. One More Heartache
08. He'll Have To Go
09. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
10. Lip Service
11. Little Sister
12. High Fidelity
13. Oliver's Army
14. Lipstick Vogue
15. Waiting For The End Of The World
16. Don't Look Back
17. Girls Talk
18. Watching The Detectives
19. You Belong To Me
20. Mystery Dance


Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, organ
Bruce Thomas - bass guitar
Pete Thomas - drums
Martin Belmont - lead guitar


Recorder: Unknown
Lineage: Unknown

Comments by area51GM:

40 years on .........................................
Not a lot more to say about this series of gigs (I'm running out of unique things to say). Suffice to say, energy levels don't appear to have disappeared or dissipated in this show and the fast songs are again at pretty much breakneck pace with Elvis effortlessly keeping up with his singing. The first three songs appear to have been played as a three piece with just Pete and Bruce accompanying Elvis as Martin is introduced before "Possession" where Elvis again moves to the organ. On this recording, I think it is possible to pick out some organ in the musical interlude in the middle of "Watching The Detectives" and I've included a sample to try and pick this out. If there are any folk who clearly remember that far back and can say for sure, it would certainly be a unique piece of information!
I think the tape flip occurred just before the start of "Little Sister" and the song is almost entirely missed with just the intro captured. The gig ends with a spirited "Mystery Dance" and "Pump It Up" is conspicuous by its absence but otherwise a pretty standard setlist and recording for this particular tour. This audience recording again came to me in the mid eighties in a trade and needed a lot of pitch adjustment to get it sorted.
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