BBC Profile: Elvis Costello (1992 radio documentary)

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MP3 version
Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1lb5m ... Part_1.mp3
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/download/rv2xb ... Part_2.mp3
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/download/rtg3a ... Part_3.mp3
Part 4: http://www.mediafire.com/download/i41af ... Part_4.mp3

FLAC version
Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/ye9qj12 ... ile_Part_1
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/bf89was ... ile_Part_2
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/bp7af0b ... ile_Part_3
Part 4: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/nbdqpt3 ... ile_Part_4

"BBC Profile: Elvis Costello - A Four Part Biography" is a four-hour radio documentary from 1992 which tells EC's story up to that point through interviews with EC, Pete Thomas, Bruce Thomas, Nick Lowe, Jake Riviera, Clive Langer, T Bone Burnett, and Paul McCartney. The series is presented by Nicky Campbell and co-written by Pete Frame and Kevin Howlett.

You can get some idea of the topics covered by the list of songs (all excerpts) included.

Part 1:
Radio, Radio - EC&A
Please Please Me - The Beatles
The Hippy Hippy Shake - Joe Loss & His Orchestra
Wishin' And Hopin' - The Merseybeats
Exiles Road - Flip City
Mystery Dance (Honky Tonk demo) - EC
Radio Sweetheart - EC
Less Than Zero - EC
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - EC
I'm Not Angry - EC
Alison - EC
Watching The Detectives - EC
This Year's Girl - EC&A
Pump It Up - EC&A
Lipstick Vogue - EC&A
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - EC&A
Radio, Radio - EC&A

Part 2:
Accidents Will Happen - EC&A
Senior Service - EC&A
Green Shirt - EC&A
Party Girl - EC&A
Oliver's Army - EC&A
Goon Squad - EC&A
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - EC&A
New Amsterdam - EC
High Fidelity - EC&A
Temptation - EC&A
New Lace Sleeves - EC&A
How Much I Lied - EC&A
Good Year For The Roses - EC&A
Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)? - EC&A

Part 3:
You Little Fool - EC&A
Beyond Belief - EC&A
Man Out Of Time - EC&A
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Shipbuilding - EC&A
Pills And Soap - The Imposter
Everyday I Write The Book - EC&A
The Only Flame In Town - EC&A
Home Truth - EC&A
I Wanna Be Loved - EC&A
The People's Limousine - The Coward Brothers
The Big Light - The Costello Show
Suit Of Lights - The Costello Show
Brilliant Mistake - The Costello Show
Indoor Fireworks - The Costello Show

Part 4:
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Costello Show
Uncomplicated - EC&A
Tokyo Storm Warning - EC&A
I Want You - EC&A
The Comedians - Roy Orbison
My Brave Face - Paul McCartney
Veronica - EC
Pads, Paws And Claws - EC
God's Comic - EC
Tramp The Dirt Down - EC
The Other Side Of Summer - EC
All Grown Up - EC
So Like Candy - EC
G.B.H. Closing Titles - EC & Richard Harvey
Days - EC

[Azmuda]

Huge thanks!

[cwr]

Holy moly this is GREAT! I used to have this on cassette tapes and it is an excellent audio documentary, a great companion to the new Mystery Dance documentary, in that it covers a lot of different territory, including talking to Bruce and Pete, if I recall correctly. And this would have been post-Big Wheel, post-"How To Be Dumb" and pre-Brutal Youth reunion, so you get things from a kind of raw perspective.

I can't recommend this highly enough to everybody. It's a fantastic listen. (I haven't heard this since the late 90s, so I'm basing this recommendation entirely on my memory of it!)

Thank you for posting this!

SEMI-RELATED: Hey, does anybody have the interview portions of the IbMePdErRoIoAmL interview LP? Or the various "Words & Music" promo releases that have accompanied various albums over the years (Almost Blue, Spike, Brutal Youth, etc... He's done them for a lot of albums...)

[migdd]

Thanks for sharing this! Just got through the first hour-long segment and found it really enjoyable. Looking forward to downloading the rest!

[krm]

thanks for sharing!

[History Repeats]

Thank you very much....wil keep me good company on my ride from Boston to Maine, tomorrow