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Mike Langen's Collection

Elvis Costello   05/17/1995

Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
Source sbrd
Media cdr   2 discs
Notes Elvis Costello & the Attractions
- with guests Marc Ribot and James Burton
May 17, 1995
Shepherds Bush Empire
London, England

From the JEMS archives

Butterking's notes:
I have absolutely no idea where I got this except that I did have a WB connection in
the era so it might have come from him.

source: pre-fm
lineage: DAT clone of digital master at 48khz > capture to Peak > resampled to 44.1 > flac
> John234 / Audacity (track splitting and restore original running order) > TLH > FLAC 8 (SB align) > Foobar2000 (flac tags)

Thanks again to Butterking for providing the wav file. It contained the
radio broadcast portion (about 59 minutes), followed by a 20-second
Warner Bros outro, followed by the unbroadcast tracks (about 40 minutes).

I used Audacity to:
- split into tracks,
- restore the original running order, and
- repair a tenth-of-a-second dropout in "Girls Talk" at 0:16.
Editing lineage: Audacity (tracking) > TLH > FLAC 8 (align SB) > Foobar2000 (flac tags).

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Marc Ribot - guitar
James Burton - guitar

CD 1 (67:30)
------------
01. Girls Talk
02. - talk -
03. Complicated Shadows
04. God Give Me Strength
05. - band intro -
06. Strange
07. Remove This Doubt
08. - talk -
09. Hidden Charms
10. Everybody's Crying Mercy
11. - intro James Burton -
12. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
13. I Threw It All Away
14. I've Been Wrong Before
15. Running Out Of Fools
16. Leave My Kitten Alone
17. The Very Thought Of You
18. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
19. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
20. Bama Lama Bama Loo

CD 2 (30:22)
------------
Encores
21. Days
22. - encore break
23. Payday
24. Please Stay
25. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?
26. - encore break and talk
27. Alison
28. Pump It Up
29. Warner Bros. outro

Duration : 1:37:52

Notes-
- includes the only known performance of "Remove This Doubt".
- second known performance of "God Give Me Strength".
- somewhat rare performances of "Please Stay", "Payday", and "Days".
- Elvis solo on the first three songs ("Girls Talk", "Complicated Shadows","God Give Me Strength")
- there was a torrent in 2005 with the 13 broadcast tracks.
- no artwork yet

Covers -
Includes all 15 songs from "Kojak Variety":
- "Strange" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
- "Hidden Charms" (Willie Dixon)
- "Remove This Doubt" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland Jr)
- "I Threw It All Away" (Bob Dylan)
- "Leave My Kitten Alone" (Little Willie John, Titus Turner, Jay McDougal)
- "Everybody's Crying Mercy" (Mose Allison)
- "I've Been Wrong Before" (Randy Newman)
- "Bama Lama Bama Loo" (Richard Penniman)
- "Must You Throw Dirt in My Face?" (Bill Anderson)
- "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" (Drew Baker, Dani McCormick)
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble)
- "Payday" (Jesse Winchester)
- "Please Stay" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard)
- "Running Out of Fools" (Richard Ahlert, Kay Rogers)
- "Days" (Ray Davies)
Plus two from "Almost Blue":
- "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" (Merle Haggard)
- "Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?" (Hank Williams)

Links -
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_1995-05-17_London
earlier 13-song torrent -
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bot-dimeadozen-org/message/9925
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Owned by Mike Langen · Last Updated May 23, 2023