Costello productions, radio show , 2019

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The Specials trombonist Rico Rodriguez dies aged 80

Elvis tweets:
My condolences to his family and my friends in The Specials at the loss of the great Rico. What a moment it was to hear him play on "Rudy"
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This Tweeter has a picture sleeve for this which I haven't seen before.

https://twitter.com/mixton51


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http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... n_(single)


My 7" vinyl copy of this credits Elvis Costello with producing the two songs on either side of it . In 2013 I sent a query about that to Mental As Anything's site & got this reply -

Hello John
Thanks for your interest. Elvis didn't produce "Yoga Dog Sunset". That was from another Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown session. It was a great experience recording with Elvis. He seemed permanently connected to his Walkman listening to American roots music. With our track he said we should be looking for the accident and if there wasn't one we should manufacture it. He got us to overlap the parts toward the end of the song creating a new dissonance. A wonderful day was had by all. Later Elvis invited me to the Blood and Chocolate sessions at Olympic Studios with Nick Lowe producing. They were going for complete takes with all parts recorded simultaneously, something most daring in the 80s.There Pete Thomas introduced me to Carling's ESB, another memorable experience!
Mentally Yours
Greedy Smith

The mix on that 7" single is different to the one that turned up on a album in the U.K. about a year later. That later mix was much smoother and lacks the punchier sound of Elvis's original mix. I get the impression that it's that later version that has featured on compilations ever since but I haven't heard all of them so I can't say for definite.
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PRODUCED BY ELVIS COSTELLO

Posted by Margot on March 18, 2019

Elvis Costello is a music everyman – in that he does everything related to music. In addition to being one of the most influential songwriters in generations, he also writes books, is an actor, and a composer. He is a producer, too.

This week’s Music 101 looks into his producing work.

As Elvis Costello started releasing his own songs on Stiff Records, he also started producing albums. Albums from The Specials, Squeeze and many more bands through the ’80s. This week, we’ll highlight some of the albums produced by Elvis Costello.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07hjz6h

The Bluebells - Sisters

Classic Scottish Albums

Davie Scott hears the stories behind Sisters by The Bluebells including the tracks Young At Heart, Cath and I'm Falling. With Bobby Bluebell, Ken McCluskey and Colin McCready.

Release date: 06 August 2019
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johnfoyle wrote:This Tweeter has a picture sleeve for this which I haven't seen before.

https://twitter.com/mixton51


Image

Image


http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... n_(single)


My 7" vinyl copy of this credits Elvis Costello with producing the two songs on either side of it . In 2013 I sent a query about that to Mental As Anything's site & got this reply -

Hello John
Thanks for your interest. Elvis didn't produce "Yoga Dog Sunset". That was from another Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown session. It was a great experience recording with Elvis. He seemed permanently connected to his Walkman listening to American roots music. With our track he said we should be looking for the accident and if there wasn't one we should manufacture it. He got us to overlap the parts toward the end of the song creating a new dissonance. A wonderful day was had by all. Later Elvis invited me to the Blood and Chocolate sessions at Olympic Studios with Nick Lowe producing. They were going for complete takes with all parts recorded simultaneously, something most daring in the 80s.There Pete Thomas introduced me to Carling's ESB, another memorable experience!
Mentally Yours
Greedy Smith

The mix on that 7" single is different to the one that turned up on a album in the U.K. about a year later. That later mix was much smoother and lacks the punchier sound of Elvis's original mix. I get the impression that it's that later version that has featured on compilations ever since but I haven't heard all of them so I can't say for definite.
So the 7" mix isn't available on any CD?
Who on earth is tapping at the window?
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So the 7" mix isn't available on any CD?
I don't know. The song has appeared on lots of compilations and I daresay there's a chance it has been used on one of them. I remember thinking a youtube clip had a soundtrack that sounded very like it , particularly the bit where 'He got us to overlap the parts toward the end of the song creating a new dissonance'. As I commented that isn't as obvious in the mix that featured on the album that appeared in the U.K./Europe a year later.
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