ELVIS COSTELLO - Spectacular Spinning Songbook: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 5 2012

This is my recording of the final night of Elvis Costello's European tour featuring the Spectacular Spinning Songbook. A great show featuring a few pleasant surprises with rarely performed songs such as "Stella Hurt", "My Three Sons", "Suit Of Lights" and "Watch Your Step". There's also a great medley of songs from the Get Happy!! album. Unfortunately, because of the incredible length of the show my recorder's SD-card ran out before the end of the evening. What's missing is the remainder of "Pump It Up", "(What's So Funny Bout) Peace Love & Understanding" and "I Want You". Since there's no other source available yet I'll share this anyway. Artwork can be found in the torrent, an mp3 sample can be found below. Enjoy!

Date: June 5 2012
Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Source: Audience
Sound quality (1-10): 8

Lineage: Edirol R09 (internal mics)->WAV (16 bit/44.1 kHz)->Har-Bal 2.3 (re-EQing with official "Clubland" as a reference)-> Adobe Audition 1.5 (adjusting volume levels, limiting of applause, EQ fine tuning, fades)->CD WAVE Editor (trackmarks)->Master

The Band:
Elvis Costello: Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele
Steve Nieve: Keyboards, Theremin
Davey Faragher: Bass guitar, backing vocals
Pete Thomas: Drums

Disc 1 (47:43)
1.Show Intro (1:12)
2.I Hope You're Happy Now (2:59)
3.Heart Of The City (2:28)
4.Mystery Dance (2:26)
5.Uncomplicated (4:26)
6.Radio Radio (2:49)
7.- Spin #1 - (4:16)
8.Shipbuilding (4:19)
9.Everyday I Write The Book (5:03)
10.- Spin #2 - (2:51)
11.Stella Hurt (6:25)
12.- Spin #3 - (2:10)
14.Condemned Man (6:15)

Disc 2 (51:55)
1.- Spin #4 - (4:44)
2.Clubland (6:41)
3.My Three Sons (4:18)
4.Less Than Zero (3:11)
5.Watching The Detectives (12:41)
6.- The Hammer Of Songs - (3:38)
7.Brilliant Mistake (8:40)
8.Cry Cry Cry (3:03)
9.Alison (4:55)

Disc 3 (65:03)
1.- Intermission - (2:05)
2.A Slow Drag With Josephine (4:06)
3.Jimmie Standing In The Rain (7:44)
4.Who's the Meanest Gal in Town Josephine (6:24)
5.Suit Of Lights (4:11)
6.(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (4:43)
7.Oliver's Army (4:05)
8.- Spin #5 - (3:07)
9.I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (3:07)
10.High Fidelity (2:39)
11.5ive Gears In Reverse (2:29)
12.King Horse (3:09)
13.Possession (2:50)
14.Secondary Modern (2:17)
15.Watch Your Step (6:33)
16.Lipstick Vogue (3:32)
17.Pump It Up (1:56)

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