#Elvis Costello and the Attractions

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Smash Hits (January 8-21, 1981)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

[lisamarie-vee]

[meetmeinthesandbox]

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Two

Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Defeated opponents: Spın̈al Tap

Formed in: 1977

Genres: Punk, new wave

Lineup: Elvis Costello – vocals, guitar, organ

Steve Nieve – piano, organ

Bruce Thomas – bass, harmonica

Pete Thomas – drums

Albums from the 80s:

Get Happy!! (1980)

Taking Liberties (1980)

Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers (1980)

Trust (1981)

Almost Blue (1981)

Imperial Bedroom (1982)

Punch the Clock (1983)

Goodbye Cruel World (1984)

The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1985)

Blood & Chocolate (1986)

Out of Our Idiot (1987)

Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls (1989)

Propaganda: 

Whitesnake

Defeated opponents: GWAR

Formed in: 1978

Genres: hard rock, blues rock, glam metal 

Lineup: David Coverdale- vocals

John Sykes- guitar

Neil Murray- bass

Aynsley Dunbar- drums, percussion

Don Airey- keyboards

Albums from the 80s: 

Ready an’ Willing (1980)

Come an’ Get It (1981) 

Saints & Sinners (1982)

Slide It In (1984)

Whitesname (1987)

Slip of the Tongue (1989)

Propaganda: 

[esoteric-aesthetic-lyrics]

Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

[scary-ivy]

I found my radio station's collection of old Elvis Costello and the Attractions records and I'm going to share pictures of them because there's so many cool details

First up, Goodbye Cruel World

The radio station uses these stickers to highlight recommend songs, but the DJs love to put in funny little comments as well. Usually these stickers are written on right when the album came out, so they provide a snapshot into what contemporary listeners though of the records. Apparently the DJs of the time liked Goodbye Cruel World, but what does (Don't Ya Wish He Really Meant It?) mean?

Having only seen this album cover at really low resolutions on streaming, I was surprised to discover who those indistinct figures were

Really cool art on the back of Goodbye Cruel World, once again we never get to see this stuff with streaming :/ love the blatant political message of "nuclear ban now"

Lots of weird little in-jokes in the credits to this one. Maurice Worm is one of Steve Nieve's aliases.

Really interesting radio promo copy of Spike featuring an hour-long interview, I have to check if it's been uploaded online before. It also promises "This Town (The Bastard Mix)", which might be the censored version of This Town where "bastard" was replaced with "sweetheart" that I was looking for online but couldn't find. Or maybe it's the other way around?

Recommend songs off Punch the Clock. I'm surprised because none of these are what I would consider the "big hits" of the album.

The back of Punch the Clock. I'm noticing the other Attractions often wind up on the back of these records.

Probably my favorite detail out of everything is the title of "The Invisible Man" being written to look like it's becoming invisible (It's not just faded like Boxing Day above it).

Very green Veronica single. I believe it's just the same version of Veronica on both sides. These weird radio promo vinyls are the ones I'm most excited about because they so rarely see the light of day after their release...I just realized since Paul McCartney was involved with this one I can play it on the Beatles show!

Get Happy!! without the iconic worn-out ring on the cover? I guess the vinyl can just get worn out on it's own...I believe the 7/25/83 might be the date the vinyl was acquired, or perhaps the date it was supposed to be deemed "old" and thrown out (can you imagine?)

The back features this nice art of the Attractions

The song order of side one and side two is reversed from how the album is presented in streaming. Is this an error, or have I been listening to it in the wrong order this whole time??? Also the song is apparently supposed to be called "5ive Gears in Reverse".

Really cute letter from Nick Lowe promising that the audio quality has not been compromised for the length of the album. It's so fascinating to learn about these types of technical limitations that no longer exist. Like if it released today it would just go to streaming and then probably get a double vinyl release to wring more money out of collectors.

The American "paint-splatter" Armed Forces album cover features the Elephant cover on the back. I already knew this but it was still cool to see.

This Years Model! This record features one of the alternate cover photos (probably my favorite one), and it is a genuine demo record complete with a label from Columbia.

They put the runtimes and little recommendation check boxes for the sake of the DJs, but it looks like every song got checked and stared multiple times (except for Little Triggers :/)

Glowing reviews...it's so exciting to imagine being a young DJ in 1978 hearing This Years Model for the first time and correctly calling it a masterpiece.

"Martial more consistent throughout than My Aim Is True" lol.

I can't really read the cursive, but I it's interesting how they called Pump It Up a mixture of old styles (immediately picking up on the Dylan ripoff), and I wonder what the scribbled over parts say?

The back cover, which I'm seeing now for the first time. Love that 70s bedroom.

The Only Flame In Town single has this really striking artwork of a illustrated woman in a real scene. It's dated 12/4/84.

Pump It Up version? I'll have to listen to it. Also glad someone else loves this version of Baby It's You.

Nothing interesting here I just think it's funny they decided The Only Flame In Town deserves to be on a greatest hits compilation.

A collection of Almost Blue era songs, including a note from Elvis.

That's all I was able to photograph this week, but there's still about 5 Elvis Costello /the Attractions records I haven't looked at yet, I will update this next week!

[speakspeak]

Elvis 82

[k-zit-the-oooze]

Elvis Costello

[page-28]

Outside the Durham arms

[elictriclightorchestra]

elvis costello, december 1977

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Smash Hits (April 17-30, 1980)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - High Fidelity (lyrics)

[lisamarie-vee]

[nervoussystemmusicreverence]

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Shipbuilding

Music Video

Artist

Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Composer

Clive Langer

Lyricist

Elvis Costello

Produced

Clive Langer Alan Winstanley

Credit

Elvis Costello – vocals, Epiphone, Gretsch and Fender guitars, Synclavier and Casiotone Steve Nieve – Bösendorfer piano, Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Vox organ, Hammond organ, Synclavier Bruce Thomas – electric Wal bass guitar Pete Thomas – Gretsch drums, Sabian cymbals Chet Baker – trumpet solo

Released

August 5 1983

Streaming

[jamieroxxartist]

Good Morning Social Media! Today’s featured #Spotify #Playlist is: #ElvisCostello; Mei Ling and I feature a new playlist daily. It’s what I have on here in the studio while I Paint and work. You can Listen as well, for FREE, both here at the Link and on the Pop Culture BLOG at my website: www.JamieRoxx.us enjoy :)

🎧 #SpotifyPlaylist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1uOBIf

🎂 Happy Birthday. Today, Aug 14, 1948 – #BruceThomas, English bass player (#ElvisCostelloandtheTheAttractions) and author was born.

Rock #NewWave

🎨 Featured Painting here: A Custom #Commission #Painting I painted a couple of years ago:

‘#XRay #Specs’

PopArt! #Retro #Nostalgia

2018, acrylic and oil blend on canvas, 20"x16" by @ArtistJamieRoxx #JamieRoxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) This Sold Painting is Not Available.

Blog #Art #LifeattheBeach #ArtistsLife #BestFriends #SharPei #Painter #NeoNoir

[myimaginaryradio]

Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello and The Attractions - 1979