Elvis Costello - 1984-04-15 New York

[strangerinthehouse]

Just saw that somebody reposted this excellent recording from 1984 on DIME.

Not sure if anyone had posted about before but I'm listening to it now and cannot believe how great it sounds. If you've heard the Goodbye Cruel World Bonus Disc and were in awe of the raw solo performances featured there, this is just more of that. Excellent, heart-rending versions of "Men Called Uncle," "The Only Flame in Town," and so many others without any major audio issues.

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=379021

Elvis Costello
April 15, 1984
Avery Fisher Hall
New York, NY, U.S.

solo performance

source: very nice audience recording
taped by: TaperAdvocat
equipment: Sony ECM 150 Mic's > Sony Walkman D6 Cassette > TDK MA-R90 Tape

This show was posted on EZT in January 2005 by TaperAdvocat. It stayed on the tracker through March 2005 and 328 times snatched. Here it is again for anyone who missed it.

I did some minor retracking, split off one talk segment into a separate track, and smoothed over tape flips and encore breaks with brief fades.
Editing lineage: Audacity (retracking, fades) > TLH > FLAC 6 (align SB) > Foobar2000 (flac tags).

Disc 1 (54:31)
--------------
01. [3:00] Accidents Will Happen
02. [3:21] Stranger In The House
03. [3:24] Men Called Uncle
04. [4:44] The Only Flame In Town
05. [3:06] Mouth Almighty
06. [4:02] Kid About It
07. [0:39] talk
08. [3:10] Just A Memory
09. [2:58] Almost Blue
10. [3:05] Green Shirt
11. [3:36] Worthless Thing
12. [2:23] New Amsterdam
13. [2:49] Girls Talk
14. [2:11] What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
15. [2:31] Motel Matches
16. [3:24] Love Field
17. [3:22] Riot Act
18. [2:37] Everyday I Write The Book

Disc 2 (28:24)
--------------
Encore 1
19. [2:50] I Threw It All Away
20. [2:34] (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
21. [2:12] I'll Make It All Up To You
22. [3:56] Alison
Encore 2
23. [2:07] Talking In The Dark
24. [3:48] Home Truth
25. [3:39] Shipbuilding
Encore 3
26. [3:20] Inch By Inch
27. [3:55] Peace In Our Time

Duration : 82:55

[bronxapostle]

a stunningly beautiful analog recording. funnily enough, my brother also had to sneak in a MONSTER cassette recorder this night. he was rejected at first ticket taker and got it in (for me!) on his next attempt. the FIRST EVER of the brothers apostle recordings. sounds pretty similar to this one. is anything missing here? if it lacks nothing, i guess we're good. if something is amiss, i'll gladly share "our" version as well. ANALOG POWER!!!! p.s. it will always be titled MAN CALLED UNCLE to me!!!!!!!!!!!

[docinwestchester]

p.s. it will always be titled MAN CALLED UNCLE to me!!!!!!!!!!!

Me too. When was the title actually corrected/changed? I listened to GH so many times when it was new that it's totally ingrained in my brain as "Man Called Uncle".

[bronxapostle]

p.s. it will always be titled MAN CALLED UNCLE to me!!!!!!!!!!!

Me too. When was the title actually corrected/changed? I listened to GH so many times when it was new that it's totally ingrained in my brain as "Man Called Uncle".

EXACTLY! i have FOUR vinyl copies from 1980. each spun at least 80 times, MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you wake me up in the middle of the night, out of a coma or make me answer this question in two seconds..."WHAT IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE?" GET HAPPY!!