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Curtis Ensler's Collection

Elvis Costello   03/28/2003

Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Media CDR   2 discs
J-Card Comment Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Royce Hall UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
March 28, 2003

In 2002/2003 Elvis Costello was given the title "Artist in Residence" at UCLA. For whatever reason, he apparently ended up not doing a whole lot, but repaid the honor with two stand alone shows at Royce Hall on March 28 and 29, 2003 with the Imposters. Two great, interesting, and very unique shows. Both opened with Everybody's Cryin' Mercy - an apparent comment George Bush's nine day old Iraq War - and continued on an eclectic and subdued path. Lots of obscure tunes. Few hits.

Excellent sound. Excellent mix with clear vocals. A (mostly) respectful crowd. Taped from the 10th row center. In 2003, I made a few discs and sent them to only handful of people, but the show could have made it around a bit. This is a complete remastering from the original DAT, and in my opinion a major improvement. So it you have the old one, get this one and throw your old one away. I'll post the March 29th show in a few days.


Sonics>Sony D7 DAT>ProTools (for level adjustment, compression, eq, and song separation)>flac

Taped and mastered by JB. Please don't sell or convert to lossy format.


CD 1 (69:37)

01. Everybody's Crying Mercy
02. My Dark Life
03. In The Darkest Place
04. Clubland
05. So Like Candy
06. Spooky Girlfriend
07. Dust
08. I Wanna Be Loved
09. Love Field
10. High Fidelity
11. Man Out Of Time
12. Still Too Soon To Know - EC does the off-mic thing
13. Indoor Fireworks
14. All This Useless Beauty

CD 2 (63:42)

15. The Long Honeymoon
16. Toledo
17. Tart
18. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror / You Really Got A Hold On Me
19. Favourite Hour - EC on piano
20. That Day Is Done - EC on piano

Encore 1
21. Watching The Detectives
22. Almost Blue
23. God Give Me Strength

Encore 2
24. Shipbuilding
25. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
26. I Want To Vanish
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Curtis Ensler · Last Updated May 23, 2023