Elvis Costello Fan Forum

BA says thank God i got to hear it in a one hour soundcheck at the pier in nyc where i also got to see E play bass and Bruce the guitar. What a sight that must have been, BA. Did Bruce look sneeringly over at EC ? The only soundcheck I ever saw was EC solo in Bristol in November 1984 when he got out...

cwr writes Some have pointed out that it contains a handful of weaker tracks, and I'd concede that this is true. But I'd also argue that this is the first record where Costello took real RISKS and that, in a weird way, the album is greater than the sum of its parts. Some of the slighter tracks might...

All hail to doc and BA for enterprising new ways of looking at live material - respect guys !!

Amazing, Otis -I'm a bit older than you but remember writing a song ( in the gloriously downbeat key of B minor) which I though would suit Elvis in one of my holidays home from Uni. the first few lines where "Stand in the corner with your head in your hand, You won't do what you're told, You ne...

I got my SP&S vinyl album cover signed by all of The Sugarcanes and Elvis in Dublin - if only John had been at home he could have signed it as well !

I didn't try to register but just started downloading and though it's taken about 24 hours I'm on 94.2% so fingers crossed and a huge thanks to the doc !!

Will be playing this loud on my nights tonight !!

Hi BA,
Weller at the Apollo was great, sorry did I not email you to thank you when it came ? Apologies if I app eared so rude, I thought I'd replied the day it arrived.
Of course a cover of the Beatles Sum Kim would be the ultimate tribute !

Elvis should do a tribute to Elton and sing "Don't Let Kim Sung go down on me "

I have to say the sound on this is great - I doubt that this is an audience source but may be a tad fast - I'll check against a keyboard to verify !

I had imagined that if the promo 45s were for genuine promotional activity rather than a gimmick to get fans to shell out large amounts of money for them(like I did) then they seem to indicate to the unwary radio jock or whoever they had been sent to, that the first track is Love For Tender. Besides...

Back in the late 90s up to about 2002, I decided to reduce the large number of live cassettes I had to a more manageable quantity of minidiscs and re-recorded all the Elvis shows I had - then about 800 I guess and listened to the and compared setlists with the ECIS lists and Beyond Belief. A labour ...

Top Balcony is now bragging about the size of his ...........................collection

Oh yes it is !!
My 2 x45 rpm promo records of Get Happy state Record 1 Side 1 LFT to King Horse
Side 2 Possession to High Fidelity, Record 2 (XX Promo 1C !) Side 3 ICSUFFD to 5 Motel Matces and Side 4 Human Tpuch to Riot Act - I rest my case m'lud !

$9 just to have a look - seems a bit of a rip-off especially as you can't make copies.I suggest it may be more worthwhile for people to send scans of their tickets to the wiki where any fan can see them !

I always think the version played on the Costello/Nieve tour of 1999 was divine especially when it segued into "Fever"

Just received the audio of this broadcast which has 5 tracks only but does anyone have a complete audio recording please ?

Perfect summation WSS - it's anybody's at the moment. It's interesting to see that when Chelsea had bucketloads of money thrown at them they eventually got JM as manager and suddenly looked unstoppable. Wonder how long it will take the Eastlands crew to realise that Mancini s no Mourinho (can't spel...

WSS wrote Arsenal should just concede the three points to Chelsea and rest their players I can only say - hahahahahahahahaha - Walcott - hahahahahahaha (though I've waited a long,long time for this) Nonetheless, my natural pessimism means we'll go and throw away a lead at Wigan tomorrow. Like Otis, ...

The Towncryer wrote

Has to be Imperial Bedroom for the verbal gymnastics

If IB did have Verbal Gymnastics singing on it, I'd have burnt every copy I could lay my hands on !!

Wordnat And Dr.Luther say it all !
wordnat wrote:wow. this surprises me. i like this song, but i don't love it. i admire the craftsmanship (as always), but it kinda-sorta too cute by half, ain't it?



My thoughts, as well.
There are definitely superior tracks for me on NR

Jardine writes

i do love that high pitched whining whirrrrrrr of a fishing line well and heartily cast...

Hahahahahaha and once again many thanks to doc for putting on mediafire - which seems to be behaving itself for once !!

In An English Country Garden - Jimmie Rodgers !!

How I've enjoyed your posts Jardine - you've made me laugh out loud twice already, you're very welcome !

Of course, the state of Israel has never used violence to achieve it's ends has it Rachel ?
Why am I wasting my time responding to this, I ask myself>