Elvis Costello - Goodbye Cruel World - Compilation 2013 mp3

Dated: 2013-01-27

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Goodbye Cruel World (Released: June 1984 - Recorded: February 1984)


GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - ORIGINAL ALBUM

01. The Only Flame In Town (with Daryl Hall)
02. Home Truth
03. Room With No Number
04. Inch By Inch
05. Worthless Thing
06. Love Field
07. I Wanna Be Loved (with Green Gartside)
08. The Comedians
09. Joe Porterhouse
10. Sour Milk-Cow Blues
11. The Great Unknown
12. The Deportees Club
13. Peace In Our Time


GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - BONUS TRACKS DISC 1

Late 1983
01. Mystery Voice (Demo)
02. Joe Porterhouse (Demo)
03. The Town Where Time Stood Still (Demo)
04. Blue Murder On Union Avenue (Demo)
05. Home Truth (Demo)
December 1983
06. I Wanna Be Loved (Demo)
07. The Great Unknown (Demo)
08. She Loves The Jerk (Demo)
09. Turning The Town Red (Demo)
10. Peace In Our Time (Demo)
Early 1984
11. Withered And Died
February 1984
12. Turning The Town Red
13. The Only Flame In Town (Alternate Version)
Post album releases
14. I Wanna Be Loved (with Green Gartside) (Radio Version) (The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1985 Columbia CD CK-40101)
15. I Wanna Be Loved (with Green Gartside) (Extended Smooch N Runny Version) (I Wanna Be Loved Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
16. I Wanna Be Loved (with Green Gartside) (Version Discotheque) (I Wanna Be Loved Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
17. I Wanna Be Loved (with Green Gartside) (Video Version) (The Right Spectacle The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos 2005 Rhino)


GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - BONUS TRACKS DISC 2

18. The Only Flame In Town (with Daryl Hall) (Edit) (The Only Flame In Town Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
19. The Only Flame In Town (with Daryl Hall) (Version Discotheque) (The Only Flame In Town Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
May 1984
20. Baby It's You (Nick Lowe with EC)
July 1984
21. Living A Little, Laughing A Little (John Hiatt with EC) (Warming Up To The Ice Age 1985 Geffen XGHS 24055 Vinyl)
October 1984
22. Get Yourself Another Fool (Single Mix)
23. Get Yourself Another Fool (Out Of Our Idiot Mix) (Out Of Our Idiot 1987 Demon FIEND CD 67)
24. Get Yourself Another Fool (Ryko Mix) (Goodbye Cruel World 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20280)
25. I Hope You're Happy Now (Early Attractions Version)
26. Young Boy Blues (Demo)

Bonus

1984 Performed by The Special AKA, Elvis Costello Producer and Back Vocals.
27. Free Nelson Mandela (The Special AKA with RC) (Free Nelson Mandela 1984 Chrysalis CS 42973 12" Vinyl)
1985 Performed by Eurythmics, Elvis Costello on Back Vocals.
28. Adrian (Eurythmics with EC) (Be Yourself Tonight 1985 RCA PCD1-5429)
1985 Performed by Big Heat, Elvis Costello Producer and Back Vocals.
29. Watch Me Catch Fire (Long Version) (Big Heat with EC) (Watch Me Catch Fire 1985 A&M BH1 12" Promo Vinyl)
1984 Performed by Tracie Young. Elvis Costello Writer became Joe Porterhouse
30. (I Love You) When You Sleep (Tracie) (Far From The Hurting Kind, 1984 Respond)*


GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - SESSIONS (BOOTLEG)

01. The Only Flame In Town - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and electric guitar, similar to the GCW bonus disc live solo version.
02. Love Field - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and electric guitar, slight lyric variation.
03. The Deportees Club - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and electric guitar, minor lyric variation.
04. Peace In Our Time - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and electric guitar, almost the same as the GCW bonus disc demo version, the vocal is almost note for note but it's different and the guitar is electric instead of acoustic.
05. Turning The Town Red - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and electric guitar, this has the lyrics from the GCW bonus disc b-side version, plus the last verse from the GCW bonus disc demo version.


GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - LIVE BONUS TRACKS

April 28, 1984, The Warfield, San Francisco
01. Sleepless Nights (No Intro) (Live) (Goodbye Cruel World 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20280)
02. The Only Flame In Town (Live)
03. Worthless Thing (Live)
04. Sleepless Nights (With Intro) (Live)
05. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (Live)
06. Motel Matches (Live)
07. Love Field (Live)


BONUS DISC


THE BEST OF ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS (1985 Columbia CK-40101)

01. Alison
02. Watching The Detectives (Original Mix)
03. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
04. Oliver's Army
05. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
06. Pump It Up
07. Accidents Will Happen
08. Radio Radio
09. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
10. A Good Year For The Roses
11. Almost Blue
12. Beyond Belief
13. Man Out Of Time
14. Clubland
15. Watch Your Step
16. Shipbuilding
17. I Wanna Be Loved (with Green Gartside) (Radio Version with cut off first note)
18. Everyday I Write The Book
19. The Only Flame In Town (with Daryl Hall) (Edit)


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Goodbye Cruel World Sessions Notes:

Very few and very low quality.
This collection of tracks from the Goodbye Cruel World sessions came to me (thank you my friend) in Flac format, they originate from cassette tapes, the equipment and software used for the transfer is unknown.
It came with notes for each track that I have tried my best to verify and add to (thank you to the original researcher, excellent job).
There are no specific recording dates in the original info but the cd liner notes tell us that the album was recorded in February 1984.
Should any of this information be incorrect please let me know by personal message.

- Source CD unless otherwise indicated: Goodbye Cruel World with Bonus Disc 2004 Rhino R2 76486
- Source Info:
http://www.inanotherroom.com/gcw.html
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Goodbye_Cruel_World
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Best_Of_Elvis_Costello_%26_The_Attractions
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Man_%28The_Best_Of_Elvis_Costello%29
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sessionography_Complete
- Source Recordings: EAC CD>WAV>Sound Forge FLAC8, Sessions are from CDR FLAC edited with Sound Forge, a few tracks are from downloads*

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WHAT'S MISSING (UNRELEASED & UNRECORDED)

LIFEBOAT
Elvis performed this song in concert just once (December 22, 1983) but apparently abandoned it quickly, with one line of its lyrics turning up in "Worthless Thing" soon after. It is unclear whether it exists in any form other than the audience tape of its one live performance.

(I LOVE YOU) WHEN YOU SLEEP
This Costello original was released in a version by singer Tracie in 1984. Elvis reused much of the lyrics and melody in "Joe Porterhouse." It seems likely that Elvis' own version existed in demo form at least once upon a time.

WORLD WITHOUT END
This song has never been heard publicly, and it remains unclear whether it was ever recorded in any form. Elvis mentions it as an "unfinished song of mine" in his liner notes for Ryko's Goodbye Cruel World. Its melody is played by trombonist Jim Paterson at the end of "Peace In Our Time."

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Elvis writes intriguingly in the Ryko liner notes about spending the first two weeks of the Goodbye Cruel World sessions playing live with the band while fighting his producers' attempts to add their sound to the songs. It may be that little is considered salvageable from these initial sessions, since Elvis describes them as "tense and fairly unproductive," and only one unheard outtake (an alternate "The Only Flame In Town") from the album sessions appears on the bonus disc. Nevertheless, it seems possible that there is more of interest still in the vaults.

Other songs obviously exist from the April 28, 1984 solo concert. In addition to rearranged Costello originals, these include several covers which Elvis has never otherwise recorded: "Somebody's Back In Town," "Yes It Is," "I'll Make It Up To You," and "A Smiling Shore." The April 26 concert was reportedly also professionally recorded.