Elvis Costello and The Attractions
New York, NY
Beacon Theatre
August 2, 1995

In August 1995 EC and The Attractions played five stand alone shows at the Beacon Theater in New York City - sort of rehearsal gigs before the recording of All This Useless Beauty. Over the five nights all the songs from that album are played, plus a couple more that didn't make the cut or were released later. The arrangements of some songs are different than the versions that were released. All are great shows. August 2 is the first night and the quality is terrific. I will probably be uploading all five shows. Cool artwork by JohnE.


Sonic Studios Mic>Sony D8 DAT>ProTools (for eq, level adjustment, compression, and song separation)>flac.

Taped by Lorenzo. Mastered by JB. Artwork by JohnE. Don't sell or convert to lossy format. Please, no mentions in the comments ID'ing those responsible for these recording/uploads.

CD 1

01. Temptation - Elvis & Steve
02. Little Atoms
03. All This Useless Beauty
04. Clown Strike
05. Opportunity
06. Watching The Detectives
07. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
08. Shallow Grave
09. God Give Me Strength
10. Starting To Come To Me
11. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
12. Complicated Shadows

CD 2

01. Accidents Will Happen
02. Poor Fractured Atlas
03. You Bowed Down
04. Alison
05. Distorted Angel
06. Beyond Belief
07. Man Out Of Time
08. Veronica
09. 13 Steps Lead Down

Encore 1
10. It's Time

Encore 2
11. Pump It Up



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