Elvis Costello - 1979-02-14 - Long Beach, CA (SBD)

Elvis Costello 
& The Attractions

1979-02-14

Long Beach Arena

Long Beach, CA

Soundboard Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Goon Squad (fades in)

02. Opportunity

03. Oliver's Army

04. Busy Bodies

05. Two Little Hitlers

06. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

07. Green Shirt

08. Moods For Moderns

09. No Dancing

10. Sad About Girls

11. Big Tears

12. Motel Matches

13. Accidents Will Happen

14. Big Boys

15. Party Girl

16. Lipstick Vogue

17. Watching The Detectives

18. Pump It Up

19. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding

20. Radio, Radio

Elvis Costello - 1979-02-14 - Long Beach, CA (SBD)

In January 1979, Elvis Costello released his 3rd album, Armed Forces, although during production the working title for the disc was Emotional Fascism. The disc continued Costello’s run of commercial and critical success. Armed Forces climbed to # 10 on the Billboard charts in the US, and did even better in the UK, reaching the #2 position. Famed critic Robert Christgau gave the album a grade of A-, while Rolling Stone wrote that it’s “an album that's a killer in several senses of the word.” In 2000, Q magazine placed Armed Forces at number 45 on its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Then, in 2003, the album was ranked number 482 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This soundboard recording captures Costello on February 14, 1979, 37 years ago today, in Long Beach, just about a month after the release of Armed Forces. Costello plays 8 songs from the new disc, including (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?,which was only included on the US version of the album. He also breaks out I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea, a track which would not appear on an album until Taking Liberties was released in 1980. This show is Elvis at his early, angry best, an interesting counterpoint to the normal Valentine’s Day sentiment!