Elvis Costello - 1983-10-24 London

<<   1983-10-24 London

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, with the TKO Horns and Afrodiziak
Hammersmith Palais
London, England
24 October 1983


01. New Amsterdam - EC solo
02. The Great Unknown - EC solo
03. Pills And Soap - EC & Steve Nieve
04. Pidgin English
05. Waiting For The End Of The World
06. Shabby Doll
07. Kid About It
08. High Fidelity - with the TKO Horns
09. Watch Your Step - including True - with the TKO Horns
10. Alison - including Living A Little, Laughing A Little - with the TKO Horns
11. The Invisible Man - with the TKO Horns
12. The Greatest Thing - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
13. Possession - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
14. Let Them All Talk - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
15. From Head To Toe - with Afrodiziak
16. Charm School - with Afrodiziak
17. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
18. Shipbuilding
19. Big Sister's Clothes
20. Stand Down Margaret
21. Back Stabbers - King Horse - with the TKO Horns
22. Watching The Detectives - with the TKO Horns
23. The World And His Wife - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
24. Clubland - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
25. TKO (Boxing Day) - with the TKO Horns
26. Man Out Of Time - with the TKO Horns
27. Clowntime Is Over - with the TKO Horns
28. Everyday I Write The Book - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
29. Moods For Moderns (Riff Riff Riff instrumental) - with the TKO Horns
30. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak
31. Pump It Up - including Ain't That A Lot Of Love and Tears, Tears And More Tears - with the TKO Horns & Afrodiziak



With The TKO Horns on tracks 8-14 and 21-31.
With Afrodiziak on tracks 12-16, 23-24, 28 and 30-31.


Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums

The TKO Horns:
Dave Plews - trumpet
Paul Speare - tenor saxophone
Jeff Blythe - alto saxophone
Jim Paterson - trombone

Afrodiziak:
Caron Wheeler - backing vocals
Naomi Thompson - backing vocals


Recorder: Unknown
Lineage: Unknown

Comments by area51GM:


40 years on ...........................

this is getting a bit relentless isn't it?

Back "up North" for Elvis as they make their way "home" for the final London date on this tour back in the Palais so well known by Elvis from his Saturday afternoons watching his father Ross singing and playing with the Joe Loss Orchestra. To change proceedings again, Elvis starts things off with solo performances of "New Amsterdam" and "The Great Unknown" polishing up the latter in readiness for the next album and the showcasing in this instance shows the song is complete in all the essential elements. Steve then joins for "Pills And Soap" and then we again get a short Attractions set before the T.K.O. Horns appear. During the bridge of "Shabby Doll" you can't help but notice Steve syncopated piano figures which sound almost funky. The horns join before "High Fidelity" and Elvis sings a little line before "Watch Your Step" but I can't quite figure what it is! There is a glitch in the closing part of "Alison" in the "Living A Little" section and Afrodiziak join after "The Invisible Man" and sing their usual two songs without the horns before it returns to just the four Attractions. During "Big Sister's Clothes" Elvis' guitar seems a little flat and it makes a pretty discordant noise in places.

This is an audience tape received in trade late in 83 or early 84 and seems to have a residual hum that you can pick up in the quiet places despite some remastering - especially noticeable in (of all songs) "T.K.O.(Boxing Day)".

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