Elvis Costello - 1978-03-03 - Brookville, NY (FM)

Elvis Costello

1978-03-03

CW Post College

Brookville, NY

WLIR-FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Mystery Dance

02. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

03. The Beat

04. Radio, Radio

05. Less than Zero

06. Waiting for the End of the World

07. No Action

08. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea

09. Pump It Up

10. You Belong to Me

11. Lipstick Vogue

12. Watching the Detectives

13. I'm Not Angry

14. Miracle Man

Elvis Costello - 1978-03-03 - Brookville, NY (FM)

At about the same time Elvis Presley left this earth for Rock & Roll heaven, another Elvis began his rise to prominence. One of the angry young men of the punk rock movement, Elvis Costello released his first album, My Aim Is True in July 1977 in the UK, however, due to distribution issues, the disc would not be released in the US until March 1978. That didn't stop Cosello from developing a following in the US.  In December 1977, he was asked to appear on Saturday Night Live as a replacement for the Sex Pistols. Scheduled to perform Less Than Zero, Elvis stopped after just a few bars, then launched into Radio Radio, a song he had been specifically asked not to play. He cemented his reputation as a rebellious punk rocker with the incident, but also also earned  a 10 year ban from the show! Elvis returned to the US in early 1978 to play a tour of small clubs and college campuses. This WLIR-FM broadcast captures Costello on March, 3, 1978, a quarter century ago today, on the campus of CW Post in Brookville, NY.  Download this one to hear Elvis play tunes from his debut album, as well as preview songs such as Pump It Up amd No Action from his soon to be released second disc, This Year's Model. By the way, I believe Elvis dedicates the encore, Miracle Man, to his tour bus driver, who somehow got the band to the gig despite a terrible snowstorm.