Sessionography 2000-2009

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1997-1998

OCT 1997
Clinton Recorders, New York

My Mood Swings The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


APR 8 ,1998
Hammersmith Ballroom, New York

God Give Me Strength (Live) One Amazing Night (Burt Bacharach)


JUN - JUL 1998
Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood

In The Darkest Place Painted From Memory
Toledo Painted From Memory
I Still Have That Other Girl Painted From Memory
This House Is Empty Now Painted From Memory
Tears At The Birthday Party Painted From Memory
Such Unlikely Lovers Painted From Memory
My Thief Painted From Memory
The Long Division Painted From Memory
Painted From Memory Painted From Memory
The Sweetest Punch Painted From Memory
What's Her Name Today? Painted From Memory


1998
Avatar Studios, New York

Toledo The Sweetest Punch
I Still Have That Other Girl with Cassandra Wilson The Sweetest Punch


1998
unknown studio, London

Sleepless Nights Kojak Variety (Deluxe Edition)


1998
unknown studio

I'll Never Fall In Love Again Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music From The Motion Picture


OCT 18, 1998
Sony Music Studios, New York

Painted From Memory (Live) The Best Of Sessions At West 54th


NOV 23, 1998
NBC Studios (Studio 6A), New York

This House Is Empty Now (Live) Painted From Memory (Tour Edition)


1999

EARLY 1999
Abbey Road Studios, London

She Notting Hill: Music From The Motion Picture, She CD single, and The Very Best Of Elvis Costello


JAN 27, 1999
Capitol Theatre, Sydney

Tears At The Birthday Party (Live) Toledo CD single #1


FEB 10, 1999
Shibuya Hall, Tokyo

What's Her Name Today? (Live) Painted From Memory (Tour Edition)
I Still Have That Other Girl (Live) Painted From Memory (Tour Edition)


FEB 13, 1999
Concert Hall, Perth

Such Unlikely Lovers (Live) Toledo CD single #2


FEB 16, 1999
Atheneum, Melbourne

In The Darkest Place (Live) Painted From Memory (Tour Edition)
Painted From Memory (Live) Painted From Memory (Tour Edition)


FEB 19, 1999
Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney

Baby Plays Around (Live) Toledo CD single #2
Inch By Inch / Fever (Live) Toledo CD single #1


JUL 25, 1999
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York

Alison (Live) Woodstock 99 - Volume Two


CIRCA 1999
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin

Fire Suite 1 with Roy Nathanson The Juliet Letters (Deluxe Edition)
Fire Suite 3 with Roy Nathanson The Juliet Letters (Deluxe Edition)
Fire Suite Reprise with Roy Nathanson The Juliet Letters (Deluxe Edition)
EC added his vocals to backing tracks recorded without his involvement at Kampo Cultural Center, New York.


1999 or 2000
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin

Meet Me On The Corner with Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks Beatin' The Heat (Dan Hicks)
EC added his vocal to a backing track recording without his involvement.


LATE 1999 or EARLY 2000
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin

Soul For Hire When I Was Cruel
Oh Well When I Was Cruel (UK & Japan) and Cruel Smile


2000

FEB 20, 2000, OCT 9-21, 2000, and JAN 15-21, 2001
Atlantis Grammophon AB, Stockholm and/or
NOV 6, 2000
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin and/or
NOV 16, 2000
Westside Studios, London

Broken Bicycles / Junk For The Stars
Green Song For The Stars
Shamed Into Love For The Stars
For The Stars For The Stars
Only the songs from For The Stars which feature prominent vocal contributions from EC are listed above, but these are also the recording dates for No Wonder, Baby Plays Around, Go Leave, Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder), The Other Woman, Like An Angel Passing Through My Room, April After All, You Still Believe In Me, I Want To Vanish, This House Is Empty Now, Take It With Me, and the Japanese bonus track You Go To My Head. The songs featuring Fleshquartet (Rope, For No One, and Just A Curio) were recorded SEP 23-27, 2000 at Fleshland, Stockholm, although they may have received additional work at the sessions listed above.


JUN 30, 2000
Royal Albert Hall, London

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Live) Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David


EARLY NOV 2000
unknown location (possibly Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)

You Stole My Bell The Family Man: Music From The Motion Picture


2001

CIRCA 2001
unknown location

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) (Demo) unreleased


2001
unknown location, Dublin

Egypt Labour Of Love: The Music Of Nick Lowe


SUMMER 2001
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin

45 When I Was Cruel
Spooky Girlfriend When I Was Cruel
Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) When I Was Cruel
When I Was Cruel No. 2 When I Was Cruel
15 Petals When I Was Cruel
Tart When I Was Cruel
Dust 2... When I Was Cruel
Dissolve When I Was Cruel
Alibi When I Was Cruel
...Dust When I Was Cruel
Daddy Can I Turn This? When I Was Cruel
My Little Blue Window When I Was Cruel
Episode Of Blonde When I Was Cruel
Radio Silence When I Was Cruel
When I Was Cruel (No. 1) Cruel Smile
The vibraphone on When I Was Cruel No. 2 and horns on Spooky Girlfriend, 15 Petals, ...Dust, and Episode Of Blonde were added SEP 24, 2001 at Avatar Studios, New York.


LATE SEP 2001
Avatar Studios, New York

Smile (Japanese A-side) Cruel Smile
This was reportedly recorded at some point between SEP 20 and SEP 25 but not at the SEP 24 overdub session.


NOV 3, 2001
Avatar Studios, New York

Invisible Lady with The Charles Mingus Orchestra Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of Love (Mingus Big Band / The Charles Mingus Orchestra)


LATE 2001 or EARLY 2002
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin

Smile (Japanese B-side) Cruel Smile
EC added his vocal to a backing track recorded without his involvement at Studio Delphine, Paris.


2002

FEB 2002 (between FEB 25 and FEB 28)
Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood

The Judgement (Guide Vocal) unreleased
When Solomon Burke recorded this song, EC attended the session and recorded a guide vocal for Burke to follow.


MAY 15, 2002
Easy Street Records, Seattle

Spooky Girlfriend (Live) On The Mountain 8


MAY 22, 2002
KFOG Radio, San Francisco

Spooky Girlfriend (Live) Cruel Smile


JUN 3, 2002
KBCO Radio, Boulder, Colorado

Spooky Girlfriend (Acoustic) KBCO Studio C Volume 14
Tart (Acoustic) Cruel Smile (Japan)


JUN 5, 2002
Echo Bay Studios, New Hope, Minnesota

45 (Acoustic) Cities 97 Sampler Volume 14


JUN 28, 2002
Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo

Soul For Hire (Live) Cruel Smile
Uncomplicated (Live) Cruel Smile


JUL 5, 2002
International Forum A, Tokyo

Watching The Detectives / My Funny Valentine (Live) Cruel Smile


JUL 13, 2002
Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Almost Blue (Live) Cruel Smile
15 Petals (Live) Cruel Smile


JUL 17, 2002
Concert Hall, Melbourne

Dust (Live) Cruel Smile


NOV 2002
Snake Ranch Studio, London

My Mood Swings Moodswings (The Brodsky Quartet)
Real Emotional Girl Moodswings (The Brodsky Quartet)


2003

FEB 2003
The Steakhouse Studio, North Hollywood

Crying Time with Wanda Jackson Heart Trouble (Wanda Jackson)


MAR 2003
unknown location, Los Angeles

Everybody's Crying Mercy Peace Songs


APR 7, 2003 - MAY 2003
Nola Studios, New York and/or
Avatar Studios, New York

You Left Me In The Dark North
Someone Took The Words Away North
When Did I Stop Dreaming? North
You Turned To Me North
Fallen North
When It Sings North
Still North
Let Me Tell You About Her North
Can You Be True? North
When Green Eyes Turn Blue North
I'm In The Mood Again North
Impatience North (UK & Japan)
Too Blue North (Japan)
North internet download
The Brodsky Quartet's contribution to Still was recorded at AIR Studios, London.


APR 9, 2003
Beacon Theatre, New York

Crazy (Live) with Diana Krall and Willie Nelson Live And Kickin' (Willie Nelson)


2003
Avatar Studios, New York

Let's Misbehave De-Lovely: Music From The Motion Picture


NOV 2, 2003
Oslo Konserthus, Oslo, Norway

Matter Of Time with Los Lobos The Ride (Los Lobos
The recording date refers only to EC's vocal, which he recorded at a soundcheck while on tour.


2004

APR 2004 (beginning APR 5)
Sweet Tea Studios, Oxford. Mississippi

Button My Lip The Delivery Man
Country Darkness The Delivery Man
There's A Story In Your Voice The Delivery Man
Either Side Of The Same Town The Delivery Man
Bedlam The Delivery Man
The Delivery Man The Delivery Man
Nothing Clings Like Ivy The Delivery Man
The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love The Delivery Man
Heart Shaped Bruise The Delivery Man
She's Pulling Out The Pin The Delivery Man
Needle Time The Delivery Man
The Judgement The Delivery Man
Lucinda Williams' vocal on There's A Story In Your Voice and John McFee's guitar on Country Darkness and Heart Shaped Bruise were added at Village Recorders, Los Angeles. Emmylou Harris' vocals on Nothing Clings Like Ivy and Heart Shaped Bruise were added at Ocean Way Studios, Nashville. Some songs likely received additional work when EC returned to Sweet Tea Studios in EARLY JUN.


APR 15, 2004
Delta Recording, Clarksdale, Mississippi

Monkey To Man The Delivery Man
The Monkey The Clarksdale Sessions and The Delivery Man (Japan)
Country Darkness The Clarksdale Sessions
Needle Time The Clarksdale Sessions
The Scarlet Tide The Clarksdale Sessions
In Another Room The Clarksdale Sessions
The Delivery Man The Clarksdale Sessions
Dark End Of The Street The Clarksdale Sessions
Only the basic track for Monkey To Man was recorded in Clarksdale. It was probably completed in Oxford.


APR 17, 2004
Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis

Love That Burns (Live) Monkey To Man CD single


2004 (probably between APR and JUN)
Ocean Way Studios, Nashville

The Scarlet Tide The Delivery Man
Emmylou Harris' vocals for Nothing Clings Like Ivy and Heart Shaped Bruise were also recorded at this session.


JUL 9, 2004
Netherlands Congress Centre, The Hague, Netherlands

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Clubland (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Still (Live) iTunes download (UK & Japan)
Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
...Dust (Live) My Flame Burns Blue (Japan) and iTunes download (US)
My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Hora Decubitus (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
God Give Me Strength (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Favourite Hour (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
That's How You Got Killed Before (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Can You Be True? (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Almost Ideal Eyes (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Speak Darkly, My Angel (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Watching The Detectives (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Episode Of Blonde (Live) My Flame Burns Blue
Almost Blue (Live) My Flame Burns Blue


2004 (probably SUMMER)
unknown location

My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) not yet released
EC recorded this song with Joe Lovano and Bill Charlap for a forthcoming documentary about cmposer Billy Strayhorn..


2004
unknown location

Everything I Own with Chrissie Hynde not yet released
This song is expected to appear in the film Happy Feet in late 2006.


SEP 23, 2004
Avatar Studios, New York

The Delivery Man (Live for iTunes) Futurama Sessions
The Monkey (Live for iTunes) Futurama Sessions
Needle Time (Live for iTunes) Futurama Sessions
Monkey To Man (Live for iTunes) Futurama Sessions
Button My Lip (Live for iTunes) Futurama Sessions


2005

2005
[?]

Who Are These People? with Burt Bacharach At This Time (Burt Bacharach)


2005 (probably SUMMER)
unknown location

Beautiful unreleased
A portion of this was used in an episode of the TV series House.


NOV - DEC 2005
Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood and/or
Piety Street Recording, New Orleans

On Your Way Down The River In Reverse
Nearer To You The River In Reverse
Tears, Tears And More Tears The River In Reverse
The Sharpest Thorn The River In Reverse
Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further? The River In Reverse
The River In Reverse The River In Reverse
Freedom For The Stallion The River In Reverse
Broken Promise Land The River In Reverse
Ascension Day The River In Reverse
International Echo The River In Reverse
All These Things The River In Reverse
Wonder Woman The River In Reverse
Six-Fingered Man The River In Reverse
The Greatest Love The River In Reverse (Japan)
With You In Mind not yet released
What Do You Want The Girl To Do? possibly scheduled for The River In Reverse DVD
Where Is The Love unreleased


LATE 2005 or EARLY 2006
unknown studio

Are You Having Any Fun? with Tony Bennett not yet released