Elvis Costello - 1977 Round Up

<<   1977-08-02 Liverpool

ELVIS COSTELLO ROUND UP 1977
Various Sources, Live and Broadcast Sources


01. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
02. Shake And Pop - Nick Lowe's Ghosts

 Live from Eric's, Liverpool 2 August 1977
First broadcast on So It Goes, Granada TV with Antony Wilson enthusing. 
Later repeated on Sky Arts in the UK with Dr. John Cooper Clarke making 
his own inimitable voiceover contributons. 
Shake And Pop was by Nick Lowe's Ghosts, which is:
- Nick Lowe
- Elvis Costello - guitar
- Martin Belmont - guitar
- Larry Wallis - guitar
- Andrew Bodnar - bass
- Pete Thomas - drums

Watching The Detectives was officially released on NME Pogo A Go Go cassestte. 
Other tracks by Elvis and The Attractions included Lip Service and No Dancing, 
both broadcast by Sky but also released on The Right Spectacle official DVD


03.(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

 Recorded for Top Of The Pops, BBC TV on 31 August 1977 and broadcast the next day


04. Interview
05. Hoover Factory (Solo)
06. Interview
07. Watching The Detectives (Solo)

     Recorded for Good Afternoon, Thames TV 27 September 1977 with presenter 
Mavis Nicholson
Mavis proves herself to be one of the most endearing and well researched of 
Elvis' many interviewers and such was her skills that he returned in 1989 for 
a programme called "Mavis Catches Up With" when she reviewed his career and he 
did some promiotoion work for Spike.


08. Hoover Factory (Solo)

     From a Capitol Radio, Lon session also recorded on 27 September 1977
Two other tracks, You Belong To Me and Radio Radio were offically released on
the Rhino reissue of This year's Model An interview also took place but this is 
the first complete recording of Hoover factory that I've heard.


09. Watching The Detectives (Solo)
10. Interview
11. Mystery Dance 

      Taken from Nojesliv, Swedish TV from 30 September 1977
Elvis plays Detectuives solo and after a brief interview when 
he's asked if he's a Labour Boy, with regard to his politics, he 
is joined by Christian Paulin on bass and John  Donnelly on drums 
for a rousing Mystey Dance


12. Watching the Detectives

     Recorded for Top Of The Pops, BBC TV on 2 November 1977 and broadcast
on 10 November 1977


13. Welcome To The Working Week
14. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
15. Hand In Hand
16. Waiting For The End Of The World
17. No Action (part)

      Audience recording from the Nashville Rooms, London 22 December 1977
on the return of Elvis and The Attractions after their first U.S. tour