Elvis and the Imposters Red Bank NJ July 26, 2011

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Which songs were new on the wheel?
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blureu wrote:Which songs were new on the wheel?
With the possible exception of Westhampton (where I haven't found enough photos to identify everything on the wheel), there haven't been any new additions to the wheel since July 1 in St. Louis (the one-night-only appearance of the "Aim vs. Model" jackpot).

Last night's wheel: http://static.ow.ly/photos/original/eTuc.jpg
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i had a feeling i saw LIPSTICK VOGUE as an opener once before...after checking the archives: 12/31/1981.
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Also started Sunrise, FL on August 3rd 1984 - surely you've got this recording,BA ??!! :lol:
Glad to know our most reliable archivists are continuing making excellent recordings of the tour - Big Sister's Clothes, what a treat - thanks once again in advance.
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you know...for some reason, i think i DO have that one. is it memorable for something extraordinary that night in SUNRISE?
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Love this 1989 note by Elvis -

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... irls_Girls

“Big Sister’s Clothes”: features some borrowed tympani and the world’s first backwards accordian. The mood of this one man show owes much to being recorded on the eve of total collapse at the end of making “Trust”
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Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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this show is impressing me more as i transfer at the computer! sounds BETTER on my tape than in that weird hall last night: a strange echo bouncing off the back wall where we were sitting. i don't know if anybody will have a better sounding one than this! trust me everyone; it will be a beauty of a boot! soon come!
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Can't wait for the boot BA!
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Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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http://www.app.com/article/20110728/NJE ... s-Costello

The reinvention of Elvis Costello
Count Basie Theatre show was full of fun and games

Jul. 28, 2011

Written by Kelly-Jane Cotter


Back in the mid-1980s, Elvis Costello teased his fans by asking them to spin a giant wheel that would determine the set list for a show.

The gimmick didn’t sit well, at least at one show at Rutgers University, where audience members grew restless and Costello was sarcastic toward his young fans.

Yet Costello returned to the “Spectacular Spinning Songbook’’ shtick for “The Revolver Tour,’’ which came Tuesday night to Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank.

Would history repeat itself, with a draggy pace, an alienated audience and a snide performer? It didn’t bode well.

Luckily, Costello re-invented the wheel.

Far more campy than it once was, and not at all condescending, the Spectacular Spinning Songbook has aged well. Audience members jumped at the chance to spin it, and they dutifully climbed into the accompanying go-go cage to dance to whatever song came up on the wheel. Two lovely dancers, who served as Costello’s game-show assistants, also gyrated in the cage and added energy and spunk to the show.

It also helped that Costello was in fine voice. He postponed his July 22 show at the Borgata in Atlantic City “due to illness,’’ but he seemed hale and hearty in Red Bank. Backed by The Imposters — Steve Nieve, keyboards; Pete Thomas, drums; and Davey Faragher, bass and backing vocals — Costello ripped through many of the classics in his catalog, including “Chelsea,’’ “This Year’s Girl,’’ “Veronica,’’ “Alison,’’ “I Want You,’’ “Everyday I Write the Book,’’ “Oliver’s Army,’’ “Waiting for the End of the World,’’ “Pump It Up,’’ “Big Sister’s Clothes,’’ “The Other Side of Summer’’ and Nick Lowe’s “(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding.’’

He handled many covers with aplomb, working into the mix some Elvis Presley, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles and The Who. Most illuminating were Costello’s versions of The Beatles’ “And Your Bird Can Sing’’ and “Girl,’’ which revealed his skill in bringing something new to such hallowed material.

Costello was cordial to the audience, sauntering up to the balcony so that even fans in the faraway seats could take a chance on the wheel. He even led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday’’ to one fan.

The concert moved along briskly, as Elvis Costello crammed music and humor into a spirited evening.

“The Revolver Tour’’ comes to the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair on Oct. 5 (a make-up from a postponed show) and Oct.6

The gimmick didn’t sit well, at least at one show at Rutgers University, where audience members grew restless and Costello was sarcastic toward his young fans.
This show? Must check it out ; soundfiles via this -

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... Piscataway
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SoulForHire wrote:Can't wait for the boot BA!
okay SOUL! in the capable surgeon's hands NOW! look for the upload of the "miracle" ANALOG recording SOON!
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thanks doc larry. it's SONY MAGIC!
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bronxapostle wrote:thanks doc larry. it's SONY MAGIC!
The vocals indeed are notably better in this analog version.
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everyone who's heard this....Davey's vocals are SO GREAT all night long especially BIRD CAN SING, am i right? another song that could NOT have been done this well by The Attractions!
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Yay!! The first DVD of the Revolver tour (or am I forgetting one?)
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SoulForHire wrote:Yay!! The first DVD of the Revolver tour (or am I forgetting one?)
The Wolf Trap DVD, currently without a seeder, but that's supposedly going to change as of tomorrow:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=366610
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Wow. I think that got banned before I saw it.
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SoulForHire wrote:Wow. I think that got banned before I saw it.
Yeah, the uploader isn't one for details when it comes to the technical specs. But it's been approved and according to an insider here, it will be seeded tomorrow when the uploader returns home. The YT clips look very good.
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Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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dig the TWO DIFFERENT artworks our great collaborator Mr. Blue has put together. thanks Colin!!

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... ooklet.jpg

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... ooklet.jpg
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That artwork rocks
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