Elvis Costello - 1980-02-06 Liverpool

<<   1980-02-06 Liverpool

Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Mountford Hall, University of Liverpool
Liverpool, England
6 February 1980


01. I Stand Accused
02. Possession
03. King Horse
04. Girls Talk
05. 5ive Gears In Reverse
06. The Imposter
07. He'll Have To Go
08. Human Touch
09. High Fidelity
10. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
Encore
11. You Belong To Me
12. Oliver's Army

Duration : 36:15

Billed as the "Horace Barlow Experience", opening for Rockpile and Fabulous Thunderbirds.  Thanks to superreverb for torrenting the Rockpile set yesterday, and thanks to dclubok for naming the venue.

source: soundboard
lineage: SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > WAV > FLAC
2009 editing lineage: Audacity (minor retracking) > TLH > FLAC (align SB) > Foobar2000 (flac tags).

Thanks to davidortiz who first torrented this in January 6, 2006. It stayed on the tracker through August 2006 and snatched 326 times. I did some minor retracking, added brief fades at the encore break, and snipped 20 seconds of silence from the end of the last track.


Excerpt from George Gimarc's "Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982"  
"February 6, 1980 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions are masquerading under a different name to play a surprise concert in Liverpool. They're working out new material and didn't want the pressure of an audience of reviewers. They were slotted in as the third act at the bottom of a bill featuring Rockpile (with Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe) and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Nobody really expected much from the "Horace Barlow Band" until they took the stage and the crowd caught on. Elvis played it straight onstage, even down to introducing the band under the fake name. At one point in the show he managed a not-too-subtle dig when introducing a new song called "The Impostor" and dedicating it to his "...great friends, The Jags."  Elvis would repeat the surprise performance the next night in Bradford."

Notes - 
- first known performance of "King Horse".
- rare performance of "Human Touch" (one of 10 known).
- somewhat rare performance of "5ive Gears In Reverse" (one of 15 known).
- artwork included in torrent.

Covers - 
- "I Stand Accused" Written by Tony Colton & Ray Smith
- "He'll Have To Go" Written by	Joe & Audrey Allison
- "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" Written by Homer Banks & Alan Jones