Elvis Costello - King Of America - Compilation 2013 flac

The Costello Show featuring The Attractions And Confederates
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King Of America (Released: February 1986 - Recorded: July-October 1985)


KING OF AMERICA - ORIGINAL ALBUM (58:04)

01. Brilliant Mistake (3:45)
02. Lovable (2:51)
03. Our Little Angel (4:04)
04. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (3:18)
05. Glitter Gulch (3:14)
06. Indoor Fireworks (4:06)
07. Little Palaces (3:48)
08. I'll Wear It Proudly (4:19)
09. American Without Tears (4:31)
10. Eisenhower Blues (3:43)
11. Poisoned Rose (4:05)
12. The Big Light (2:32)
13. Jack Of All Parades (5:17)
14. Suit Of Lights (4:02)
15. Sleep Of The Just (3:51)


KING OF AMERICA - BONUS TRACKS

February 1985
01. The People's Limousine (3:38)
02. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me (2:52)
February 14, 1985
03. Suffering Face (Solo Demo) (3:05)
04. Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo) (3:46)
05. I Hope You're Happy Now (Solo Demo) (3:02)
06. Poisoned Rose (Solo Demo) (4:09)
April 15, 1985
07. Deportee (3:22) (Goodbye Cruel World 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20280)
08. I'll Wear It Proudly (Solo Demo) (3:23)
July 1985
09. Jack Of All Parades (Solo Demo) (3:29)
July 21, 1985
10. End Of The Rainbow (Solo Demo) (3:25)
11. Deportee (Solo Demo) (3:31)
12. Having It All (Solo Demo) (3:53)
July 22, 1985
13. Shoes Without Heels (4:15)
July 29, 1985
14 . King Of Confidence (2:46)
Post Album Release
15. Little Palaces (Alternate Mix) (3:51) (King Of America 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20281)
August 21, 1985
16. Betrayal (Outtake) (2:22)
17. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo (3:23) (Blood & Chocolate with Bonus Disc 2002 Rhino R2 78355)
September or October 1985
18. I Hope You're Happy Now (Confederates Version) (2:59) (I Want You Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX 103)


KING OF AMERICA - LIVE BONUS TRACKS

May 18 or 19, 1985 London
01. Don't Get Above Your Raising (Live) (with Ricky Skaggs) (7:29) (Live In London CD)
February 11, 1986 The Heartbreak, New York
02. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Live) (3:17) (Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX 103)
October 23, 1986 Broadway Theater, New York
03. That's How You Got Killed Before (Live) (3:13)
04. The Big Light (Live) (3:08)
05. It Tears Me Up (Live) (3:26)
06. The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line (Live) (2:42)
07. Your Mind Is On Vacation / Your Funeral My Trial (Live) (5:16)
08. That's How You Got Killed Before (Reprise) (Live) (7:00)
09. True Love Ways (Live) (3:32)


KING OF AMERICA - SESSIONS/KING OF AMERICANA* (BOOTLEG)

February 14, 1985
01. American Without Tears (3:56) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to KOA version.
April 15, 1985
02. Next Time Round (3:51) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to BAC version.
03. Sleep Of The Just (2:57) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to KOA version with slight variation on the vocal for "..you must".
04. Blue Chair (2:58) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, more like the single than the BAC album version with different lyrics at the end of the bridge.
July 1985
05. The Big Light (2:25) - solo demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar*
06. Our Little Angel (1) (3:52) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, without the instrumental break.
07. Our Little Angel (2) (3:37) - solo demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to Sessions version*
08. Shoes Without Heels (1) (3:19) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to KOA version without the guitar solo outro
09. Shoes Without Heels (2) (3:27) - solo demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to Sessions version*
10. Brilliant Mistake (3:31) - solo demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar*
July 21, 1985
11. Lovable (2:39) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to KOA version with different lyrics in second verse.
12. Glitter Gulch (3:34) - false start, sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, false start - similar to KOA version with slight lyric variations.
13. Little Palaces (1) (2:16) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, relaxed version, similar to KOA version with slight lyric variations.
14. Little Palaces (2) (2:26) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, more agressive version similar to KOA version with slight lyric variations.
15. My Youngest Son Came Home Today (3:03) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, no official version released to date.
16. She Moved Through The Fair (3:27) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and acoustic guitar, similar to JL version.
17. Feel Like Going Home (7:04) - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and piano, no official version released to date.
18. Running Out Of Fools (3:36) - EC can't remember the "fucking words", false start "Oh shit!", sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and piano, similar to KV version.


DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE LONDON 1985-07-07 (BOOTLEG)*
Elvis Costello & T-Bone Burnett as The Coward Brothers

01. intro
02. Ragged But Right (Live) (2:25)
03. talk
04. Tennessee Blues (Live) (4:20)
05. The People's Limousine (Live) (4:17)
06. talk
07. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Live) (0:43)
08. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) (Live) (1:37)
09. Ring Of Fire (Live) (3:36)
10. outro

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King Of America Sessions Notes:
This collection of tracks from the King Of America 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 sessionography notes have all the details.
Should any of this information be incorrect please let me know by personal message.

King Of Americana Notes:
This bootleg shares many of the same tracks as Sessions, here are the four that are different.

Duke Of York's Theatre Notes
Not the best quality but the in between song bits are so good that I had to include it.
Also includes a great rendition of San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair).

King Of America Compilation Notes:
- Source CD unless otherwise indicated: King Of America with Bonus Disc 2005 Rhino R2 74642
- Source Info:
http://www.inanotherroom.com/koa.html
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/King_Of_America
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_1985-07-07_London
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 (RELEASED RECORDINGS)

END OF THE RAINBOW
[The Anti-Heroin Project — It's A Live-In World album by various artists]
Elvis submitted a simple guitar/vocal recording for use on an anti-heroin charity album. However, by the time of its 1986 release, the original recording had been overdubbed (without Elvis' permission!) by producer Charley Foskett with a bass part and harmony vocal, which Elvis believes "utterly ruined" the song. Rhino sidesteps the issue of whether to include this song in its original or overdubbed state by including an entirely different take of the song. It is not entirely clear when or where the charity version was recorded, but Elvis' liner notes suggest it predates the July 21 version featured on Rhino's bonus disc.

THAT'S HOW YOU GOT KILLED BEFORE (REPRISE), OS:King Of America Ryko reissue, Live On Broadway bonus disk, includes some drum taps at start and "goodnight" at end, omitted from the Rhino reissue.)


WHAT'S MISSING (UNRELEASED & UNRECORDED)

KING OF CONFIDENCE (DEMO)
may also come from the Red Bus demo session.

BRILLIANT MISTAKE (ALTERNATE VERSION)
BLUE CHAIR (BASIC TAKE OF SINGLE VERSION)
Disc 2 of King Of Americana includes quite a lot of unreleased material from the King Of America sessions, but the vast majority of it was never really suitable for the bonus disc. In addition to the band take on "I Hope You're Happy Now" (first heard on the bootleg but subsequently released on Singles, Volume 3), the most interesting tracks are a completely different band arrangement of "Brilliant Mistake" and the original version of "Blue Chair," which includes some different lyrics and was substantially reworked prior to its 1987 release as a single (available on the Blood & Chocolate bonus disc). The rest of the material on King Of Americana disc 2 has the same basic performances found on the album presented in an unfinished state. Some of the variations are interesting ("Suit Of Lights" minus keyboard overdubs, "Jack Of All Parades" without Steve Nieve's distinctive keyboard part and some production effects, "Lovable" without the organ and harmony vocal, "Eisenhower Blues" before Elvis redid his vocal, "Poisoned Rose" with some different vocals), but with plenty of more substantially different unreleased material available from this period, it is not surprising that it failed to make the bonus disc. (As for the rest of the King Of Americana material, "Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo," "Indoor Fireworks," and a second "Brilliant Mistake" seem to have only minor mixing variations, while "Our Little Angel," "The Big Light," "American Without Tears," "Glitter Gulch," "King Of Confidence," "Shoes Without Heels," "I'll Wear It Proudly," and "Sleep Of The Just" are seemingly identical to their officially released incarnations.)

LOVABLE (ALTERNATE VERSION)
INDOOR FIREWORKS (ALTERNATE VERSION)
Elvis' liner notes mention an initial attempt at these songs during the session which produced "Glitter Gulch" and "Shoes Without Heels." They presumably have Elvis backed by James Burton, Jerry Scheff, and Ron Tutt. Since the album versions come from later sessions and feature some differences in the musicians and instrumentation (Scheff, Jim Keltner, and Mitchell Froom on "Lovable" and Burton, Scheff, and Froom on "Indoor Fireworks"), the alternates could be significantly different.

BRILLIANT MISTAKE (ATTRACTIONS VERSION)
NEXT TIME ROUND (EARLY ATTRACTIONS VERSION)
BLUE CHAIR (EARLY ATTRACTIONS VERSION)
Elvis had originally planned to feature the Attractions on about half of King Of America, but plans were scaled back when their sessions did not live up to his expectations. Only three songs from the Attractions sessions have surfaced: "Suit Of Lights," "Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo," and "Betrayal." It is unclear how much else they recorded, but Elvis' liner notes mention they recorded "lackluster versions" of "Next Time Round" and "Blue Chair," both of which were ultimately re-recorded for Blood & Chocolate. It is not entirely clear whether "Brilliant Mistake" made it past the rehearsal stage.

WHY DON'T WE TRY ANYMORE
Elvis played this song in concert a couple of times in 1985, explaining that he wrote it with John Doe of the band X. Elvis says he never recorded it himself, but a version by Doe's other band The Knitters eventually turned up on the 1999 album Poor Little Knitter On The Road: A Tribute To The Knitters. Curiously, Doe is the only credited writer on that release. The song is also expected to appear on the upcoming Knitters album The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters, which is scheduled for a July 2005 release.