Elvis/Imposters, Glasgow, May 11 '12

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Who's going?
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me
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and me :D
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i am.and have a spare front stalls ticket.
anyone driving thru from edinburgh.a lift would be most appreciated!!!
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I will be amazed of Psycho isn't played :roll:
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Me. Taking my nephew for his 21st birthday present. He's more excited than me!

Anyone got any inkling of when EC is due on stage?
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Me too :D Really looking forward to it - row E which seems good enough!
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still got one row d middle stalls for tonight.
anyone?!!
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Only wish I could make orbit I'm at the other end of the country, still back to Brum tonight and then Manchester tomorrow and Liverpool with Verbal on Sunday - hoorah !!
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sulky lad wrote:...still back to Brum tonight and then Manchester tomorrow and Liverpool with Verbal on Sunday - hoorah !!
I assume the hoorah is because you're with me on Sunday...
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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2 minutes after arriving at Glasgow Central station yesterday afternoon I literally bump into Mr Peter Thomas ! Out for a stroll around the city. After a quick double take I had a brief chat with him but didn't wanna bother him for a photo as it was pisshing down! Looking forward to my first songbook show tonight
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that wouldn't bother him IMP! he LOVES taking pics....
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Brigid Kaelin tweets:
Just finished soundcheck w/ Elvis Costello in Glasgow. No biggie:) http://pic.twitter.com/Og2UeE6w
Kaelin played a few songs with Elvis and the Imposters in 2008:
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... Louisville
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And No Coffee Table wrote:Brigid Kaelin tweets:
Also:
A few others sitting in on tonight's Imposters' show... every rock star should be so open to jamming. I love it.
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Twitter's been nearly silent about the show since it started, but there's this...
This is the wackiest Costello concert I've been at in years. He's out here singing among the punters in the stalls... #chemistryclass
"Chemistry Class"? Really?
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a lady playing the SAW during gods comic,a hammer the bell bit and his wee brother and HIS band.
Biggest ovation was for Tramo the dirt down.
Sadly the wheel wasnt too great at picking tunes though and his voice sounded a bit tired.
good but not amazing as usual.
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Tramp the Dirt Down , stole the show for me, great evening.
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ANCT, no chemistry class played, it's Graham Spiers a sports journalist up here, who was tweeting.
Ronald & The Biblecode Sunday's was a nice touch and Brigid and her saw was fantastic entertainment.
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I meant Ronan , too many post match beers.
Everybody should take a friend to these shows, my two friends absolutely loved it.
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other wee snippets:a Chuck Berry song with a BIG guitar,wheels on fire,I want You,the joket was turned into olivers army,American Ransom picked on the wheel.
on the fairground hammer:songs from the future,Womans Excuse me and sneer(?).Mary from Edinburgh couldnt hit the thing hard enough but Katarina sure could.
oh and Katarina knocked over my pint but smelled delightful.

Not1 of my greatest ec shows but still a grand night out.
Tramp The Dirt Down("a song i didnt think i'd play again")preceeded by a heartfelt rant against Murdoch et al was the highlight.
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Gig review: Elvis Costello, Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
By David Pollock
Published on Saturday 12 May 2012 02:41

Even to one with a catalogue as extensive as Elvis Costello’s, the routine of heading out on the road yet again and working your way through the staples must seem an onerous task on occasion.

So for his Revolver tour, Costello has spiced things up by jettisoning the setlist and instead deploying what he calls a “showbiz model” – a large fairground-style rotating wheel decorated with the names of about 40 songs, with crowd members invited up to spin it and dance to their own random selections in the “go-go cage”.

It’s a set-up, at the very least, which required fluent versatility from Costello and his three-piece band, both in terms of the volume of his own songs and the number of covers learned. Under this arrangement, for example, a young couple chose Chuck Berry’s No Particilar Place to Go and Bob Dylan and the Band’s This Wheel’s on Fire, and heard them played as a medley featuring extended segments of Costello’s own Payday and The River in Reverse. Also necessary was an easy sense of interaction with his crowd, and Costello played the part of fairground ringmaster well, stepping into the cage to dance along with fans, strolling through the audience to holler the lean funk of Bedlam and introducing his brother Ronan MacManus’ band BibleCode Sundays for the tender folk of American Without Tears and Little Palaces.

The machine fortunately found itself rigged continually towards the end of the show, allowing Watching the Detectives and Oliver’s Army to make a necessary appearance, while the powerful politics of Tramp the Dirt Down and Shipbuilding were removed from the lottery. Their presence was not only necessary, but breathtakingly effective.

Rating: ****
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Had a great time last night - Tramp the Dirt Down was indeed the highlight and always going to get a great reception in Glasgow.

Looking forward to tomorrow evening and the Liverpool gig which he said will be 'quite different' from Glasgow. Variety is the spice of life!
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Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Glasgow, Scotland
May 11th, 2012

Overture - featuring the former Mother Superior of Our Lady of Perpetual Torment, Dixie De La Fontaine
I Hope You're Happy Now
Heart Of The City
Mystery Dance
Radio Radio
The Spectacular Spinning Songbook
Good Year For The Roses - Spin 1
"King's Ransom" Jackpot - Spin 2
The Stations Of The Cross
Poisoned Rose
Brilliant Mistake
No Particular Place To Go - Spin 3
Payday - IMPROMPTU
This Wheels On Fire/The River In Reverse/I'll Take Care Of You - Spin 4
Man Out Of Time - Spin 5
Chelsea - Spin 6
American Without Tears - Spin 7 - Ms. Valentine's Choice - duet with Ronan MacManus and Bible Code Sundays
Little Palaces - Set of Jig and Reels - with Bible Code Sundays - Paddy Franklin - fiddle, Andy Nolan - button accordion, Ronan MacManus - guitar and Carlton Hunt - floor tom
Tramp The Dirt Down - IMPROMPTU - with the Imposters
Shipbuilding - IMPROMPTU
Bedlam - IMPROMPTU
The Hammer Of Songs
I Want You
Interlude
A Slow Drag With Josephine - Napoleon Solo
Jimmie Standing In The Rain - Napoleon Solo
Who's The Meanest Girl In Town, Josephine - Napoleon "Ukulele" Solo
Finale
Indoor Fireworks - with the Imposters
Mr. Feathers/God's Comic - the Imposters with Brigid Kaelin on the musical saw
Watching The Detectives/Help Me
Oliver's Army - Spin 8
Pump It Up - the Imposters with Biblecode Sundays and Brigid Kaelin on piano accordion
Peace, Love And Understanding - duet with Ronan MacManus with Biblecode Sundays and Brigid Kaelin on piano accordi
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nicola76 wrote:Looking forward to tomorrow evening and the Liverpool gig which he said will be 'quite different' from Glasgow. Variety is the spice of life!
That's the beauty of seeing Elvis - he and the Imposters can really change their shows.

Great setlist.
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Very good bootleg on Dime:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=405129

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Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Glasgow - 11th May 2012
Clyde Auditorium
Glasgow
11th May 2012

Elvis Costello: Vocals, Guitars
Steve Nieve: Keyboars, theramin and more
Pete Thomas: Drums
Davey Faragher: Bass, backing vocals

CD One
01 Introduction
02 I Hope You're Happy Now
03 Heart Of The City
04 Mystery Dance
05 Radio Radio
06 SPIN #1
07 Good Year For The Roses
08 SPIN #2
09 Stations Of The Cross
10 Poisoned Rose
11 Brilliant Mistake
12 Spin #3
13 No Particular Place To Go
14 Payday
15 This Wheel's On Fire - The River In Reverse - I'll Take Care Of You

CD Two
16 SPIN #4
17 Man Out Of Time
18 I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea
19 SPIN #5
20 America Without Tears*
21 Little Palaces*
22 Instrumental*
23 Tramp The Dirt Down
24 Shipbulding
25 Bedlam
26 HAMMER #6
27 I Want You

CD Three
28 A Slow Drag With Josephine (Audio glitch at 2min 35secs)***
29 Jimmie Standing In THe Rain
30 Who's The Meanest Girl In Town Josephine
31 Indoor Fireworks
32 Mr Feathers**
33 God's Comic**
34 Watching The Detectives
35 Oliver's Army
36 Pump It Up*
37 What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding*

*Featuring Ronan McManus and the Bible Code Sundays
**Featuring Brigid Kaelin on the musical saw

*** Strange audio glitch on this track just before EC goes off mike and plays and sings without using the PA.

Recorded from stalls Row D Seat 20.

The guys next to me were brilliant. They knew I was recording so kept noise to a minimum!
Also the crowd in general were very respectful during the quieter songs so this recording does not suffer from any intrusive chatting.

Lineage: Zoom H2-->WAV-->Adobe Audition-->Audacity-->TLH-->FLAC

Once on my PC I put the raw file through Adobe Audition to balance the stereo channels.
I then tracked using Audacity before converting to FLAC using TLH.
I have not faded tracks between CDs so you can listen from PC to the whole show and it will flow seamlessly.
Also include some pics that I took at the gig. I hope somebody can use them to make up a CD cover.
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Here's one of the pictures:

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