Old Vinyl (Continued)

 

Elvis Costello And The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

One of my favourite EC tracks, at just over 2 minutes it's short and sweet.
The B Side is Elvis's version of his own song which was a hit for Dave Edmunds the year before.

01 I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
02 Girl's Talk

Elvis Costello And The Attractions - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

The second Elvis C track to hit the charts from 1978, taken from the excellent album "This Years Model" the B side was also on the album.

01 (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
02 You Belong To Me

I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea but some times you had to,
this was one of the more memorable occasions :)

Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives

Remember the first time I heard this very well, I was in hospital after suffering a ruptured appendix (I'd only had a pain for a day, and then the bloody thing tried to kill me), the first time they let me walk about I went down to the TV room and Elvis Costello was playing this live on some afternoon show.
So I sort of associate this song with a "glad to be alive" feeling, although the lyrics don't really fit :)

A - Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
B - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Blame It On Caine (Live In London)
C - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Mystery Dance (Live In London)

VA - Last Of The High Kings

Short but quality tracklist on this movie soundtrack.
Have to admit to never having seen the film, and before I picked this up I hadn't heard of it either.
The Michael Convertino tracks are film dialogue.

01 - Michael Convertino - Last Of The High Kings
02 - Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
03 - Buzzocks - Ever Fallen In Love
04 - Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
05 - Dr Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol
06 - Tom Robinson - 2 4 6 8 Motorway
07 - Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
08 - Michael Convertino - Thunder
09 - Ash - Oh Yeah
10 - Mink De Ville - Spanish Stroll
11 - Gallagher And Lyle - Heart On My Sleeve
12 - Michael Convertino - Can't Take Your Eyes Off This Place For 1 Minute
13 - Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight
14 - Ace - How Long

Various - Mod and Beyond

A nice varied compilation ranging from Sixties classics to Eighties Mod revival.

01 - Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle
02 - Dobie Gray - The In Crowd
03 - Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
04 - Roland Alphonso And The Skatalites - A Shot In The Dark
05 - Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
06 - Kinks - You Really Got Me
07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1
08 - Small Faces - Here Comes The Nice
09 - Creation - Making Time
10 - Jam - When You're Young
11 - Secret Affair - Time For Action
12 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
13 - Chords - Maybe Tomorrow
14 - Special AKA - Gangsters
15 - Selecter - On My Radio
16 - Department S - Is Vic There
17 - Scarlet Party - 101 Dalmations
18 - Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
19 - Cast - Finetime
20 - Gene - Haunted By You

Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen

This single was given away with the "Armed Forces" album and contains three live tracks recorded at the Hollywood high.
Never lucky enough to see him live in his prime, but I wish I had if this was the standard of live performance.
01 Accidents will happen
02 Alison
03 Watching the detectives