Elvis Costello - 1979-04-12 Bethlehem (SBD)

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Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Grace Hall, Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
12 April 1979


01. I Stand Accused [fades in]
02. Goon Squad
03. Two Little Hitlers
04. B Movie
05. Oliver's Army
06. Girls Talk
07. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
08. Green Shirt
09. Opportunity
10. Tiny Steps
11. The Beat
12. Roadette Song
13. High Fidelity - slow version
14. Accidents Will Happen
15. Lipstick Vogue [middle-cut]
16. Watching The Detectives
17. Big Boys
18. Radio, Radio
Encore:
19. Pump It Up
20. You Belong To Me

Duration : 1:08:34

Source: soundboard
30th Anniversary Edition
(fresh transfer from 3rd gen. cassette)

Lineage: SOUNDBOARD > MASTER cassette > cassette (Bun E. Carlos' copy) > cassette (my friend) > cassette (rockcat) > Juli@ soundcard > Sound Forge v9.0e > CDwav v1.93.3 > FLAC (level 5)

Transfer: Sony TC-K850ES Cassette Deck (azimuth-optimized, Dolby B) > Juli@ soundcard > Sound Forge v9.0e > CDwav v1.93.3 > FLAC (level 5)


Rockcat notes:
As the story goes, Bun E. Carlos (drummer for Cheap Trick) is a big Elvis Costello fan and he asked Elvis for a copy of one of his shows. Bun dubbed a copy for my friend and my friend dubbed a copy for me. During the 80s, I transferred my cassette to DAT for another friend and that DAT was subsequently used for Great Dane's "I Stand Accused" bootleg release. GD omitted "Lipstick Vogue" presumably because much of the song is missing due to a tape flip near the beginning. Although other complete copies have circulated, I believe this is the 1st time that a complete version from this low generation source has been put into wide circulation. It was my intention to seed this on April 12th (on the exact 30th anniversary of this concert), but my work schedule made that an impossibility. Damn work! Still, better late than never. 
I experimented with varying degrees of noise reduction, but no matter how judicious, I could always hear some metallic sounding artifacts. Ultimately, I opted for no additional noise reduction (which I'm sure will make the purists happy). I had used some noise reduction on my original DAT transfer which found its way to Great Dane. This recording has always sounded excessively bright, but I guess it's just meant to be that way!  Seeded to DIME by rockcat on 2009-04-27

Additional notes: 
- "I Stand Accused" is missing about 20 seconds at the start, beginning just before the first lyric.
- tape flip at 0:15 of "Lipstick Vogue" - about 20 or 30 seconds is missing, also before the first lyric.
- "Radio, Radio" ends abruptly as the tape was evidently paused at the encore break.
- "High Fidelity" here is the slow version
- contains the last known performance of "Roadette Song"

Changes made to rockcat's original fileset:
- brief fades applied to end of "Radio, Radio", start of "Pump It Up" and end of "You Belong To Me".
- brief fades applied to the tape flip at 0:15 of "Lipstick Vogue"
- FLAC tags added