Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Now on tube

https://youtu.be/7Ywa9OpX7UA

And now “a Memphis version” of Everyday I write the book

Joined half way through Magnificent Hurt and when it was finished Ken Bruce said it was recorded especially for the show. Will listen back later.

Les than Zero and Blame it on Cain from the July 1977 John Peel session were re-broadcast this week, in good quality stereo and at the correct speed (the bootleg versions are speeded up):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001077z

Less than Zero 43.40
Cain 2.52.08

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EC, Nick Lowe and Pete Thomas

I think EC mentioned the Count John McCormack version of Mighty like a rose

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Couple of other less positive things I picked up on:

- he ruled out releasing complete live shows, also saying he had no interest in Dicks Picks style releases
- he hinted that he knows his intonation/tuning is ‘off’ but dismissed it as an issue, citing Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday

I have booked for this. CD arrived on the Monday after the official release date.

Same date as the Q&A with Janice Long

On mine it’s a tear on the top right corner of the cd wallet (front).

My CD came today at last (whilst the vinyl is obviously absent) and I opened the card cover, pinched the sides to get out the pamphlet to have a read and the cardboard split - how cheap and nasty is that ! It means I'll have to go to the nearest HMV after lock down and shoplift an empty cover now, ...

Just some musings on the live cuts on the SDE (based on the versions that are streaming, I don’t have the vinyl!). Live at Hollywood High June 78 – all familiar stuff as these have been released before. The nine tracks (and one from the Washington Feb 78 show) are the same ones as issued on the Rhin...

The tracks from the Sydney 1978 show on the Armed Forces super deluxe edition are terrific, so.... would any kind soul out there have access to the bootleg of part if that show? PM welcome!

I did, hard to judge given the low quality of the YouTube clip. Nothing dramatic stands out.

On a couple of reviews that I read, the most noticeable effect was playing these on "lo-fi" players rather than at the high end of the spectrum. One reviewer said he noticed the difference most in his car rather than on his £22K CD player I always felt that this and SACD was a ploy for hi...

Back to topic: I just listened to the three tracks that are available on spotify, and ...wow! We get tracks by EC and the Attractions wherer they are on fire. This is exactly why I got stuck with EC in the first place. That moment I heard El Mocambo the first time and I was stuck for real. What we ...

I’m with MOOT, it’s not for me but others can spend their money how they choose. I’m sure the music will pop up on Spotify or some other streaming sites, and that will suffice for me. All a bit underwhelming though in terms of song choice, truncated concerts with some repeats (does the world really ...

“The full PinkPop set”... its 6 songs short!

Promising. I’d called the Australia and Netherlands shows a few pages back

The Dominion show, though, I seem to recall they didn’t get great reviews, Nick Kent or someone said the band was running on empty?

Apparently 2x10” vinyl with the PinkPop concert, according to Someone on Facebook who has the Mojo article

So, completely speculative of course as we don't know whether there's any "stuff" in the vaults that was previously not felt fit to release, or has only recently come to light, some thoughts about the non-live bonus aspects of the superdeluxe set. First thing to note is that EC has said ma...

6 discs disc 1 album disc 2 rhino bonus disc disc 3 live at the holywood bowl those we have disc 4: live disc 5: live probably concerts we have floating around already so disc 6 might be new? It suddenly sounds a whole lot less exciting ... :) It’s not yet clear whether it will be vinyl only or cd ...

sulky lad wrote:PM me and I'll send you a copy !!

PM sent I hope, sometimes they seem to get stuck in the Outbox