Elvis Costello & the Attractions, with the Imperial Horns
December 21, 1982
Royal Court Theatre
Liverpool, England

source: very nice audience recording
taper and equipment: unknown
lineage: unknown -- flac files received from John E

Thanks to the taper, and to John E for providing the flac files. I did a little retracking, separated "Pidgin English"/"Hand In Hand", "Watching The Detectives"/"Help Me", and "Danger Zone"/"Peace, Love And Understanding" into separate tracks, and smoothed over tape flips and encore breaks with brief fades.
Editing lineage: Audacity (retracking, fades) > TLH > FLAC 6 (align SB) > Foobar2000 (flac tags).

The Attractions -
- Pete Thomas - drums
- Bruce Thomas - bass
- Steve Nieve - keyboards

The Imperial Horns (tracks 29-38) -
- Dave Plews - flugelhorn, trumpet
- Brian Brummitt - alto saxophone
- Paul Speare - tenor saxophone
- Jim Paterson - trombone

Disc 1 (67:47)
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01. New Amsterdam
02. The World And His Wife
03. Pidgin English
04. Hand In Hand
05. Green Shirt
06. Shabby Doll
07. Back Stabbers / King Horse
08. ...And In Every Home
09. Watching The Detectives
10. Help Me
11. Watching The Detectives (continued)
12. Kid About It
13. Temptation
14. Mouth Almighty
15. From Head To Toe
16. Everyday I Write The Book
17. You Belong To Me
18. New Lace Sleeves
19. Good Year For The Roses
20. Alison
21. Beyond Belief
22. Clubland
23. Imperial Bedroom

Disc 2 (44:30)
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Encore 1
24. Danger Zone
25. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
26. Shipbuilding
27. Oliver's Army
28. Big Sister's Clothes
Encore 2
29. introduction of The Imperial Horns
30. Possession
31. Secondary Modern
32. High Fidelity
33. Town Cryer
34. Watch Your Step
35. Man Out Of Time
36. Clowntime Is Over
37. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
Encore 3
38. Pump It Up

Duration : 1:52:18

Notes -
- first of three performances with The Imperial Horns.
- first known performances of "The World And His Wife" and "Mouth Almighty".
- tape flip after "Temptation"; fade-in on EC's intro to "Mouth Almighty".
- EC solo on the first two tracks.
- "Alison" includes a few lines from "Living A Little, Laughing A Little".
- no artwork included in torrent

Covers -
- "Help Me" - Sonny Boy Williamson
- "Danger Zone" - Percy Mayfield
- "Back Stabbers" - Leon Huff / Gene McFadden / John Whitehead > The O'Jays
- "Good Year For The Roses" - Jerry Chesnut > George Jones
- "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" - Homer Banks / Alan Jones > Sam & Dave
- "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?" - Nick Lowe

Link -
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_1982-12-21_Liverpool

Torrent history -
- first upload on Dime by john234 on December 21, 2008.

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