Elvis Costello - 1977-12-05 - Cleveland, OH (FM)

Elvis Costello
& The Attractions
1977-12-05
The Agora
Cleveland Oh
FM Broadcast
192 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Welcome To The Working Week
02. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
03. Hand In Hand
04. Waiting For The End Of The World
05. No Action
06. Less Than Zero
07. The Beat
08. No Dancing
09. Big Tears
10. Blame It On Cain
11. Little Triggers
12. Radio, Radio
13. You Belong To Me
14. Pump It Up
15. Lipstick Vogue
16. Watching The Detectives
17. Miracle Man
18. Mystery Dance

Elvis Costello - 1977-12-05 - Cleveland, OH (FM)

Elvis Costello - Back To Back 1977 - #1:  In 1976, at the outset of the punk rock/new wave boom, entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera) founded Stiff Records in London. They quickly signed and promoted dozens of new artists, including Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric Ian Dury, and one Declan Patrick MacManus, better known as Elvis Costello. Costello released his first single on Stiff, Less Than Zero, in March 1977. It failed to chart, the same fate that befell his next 2 singles, Alison and (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes. Stiff Records had faith in Costello, however, and released his debut album, My Aim is True, in July 1977. The album did far better than the singles, reaching #14 on the UK charts. At the time, neither the singles nor the album were released in the US, however, as Stiff only had distribution deals in the UK. Stiff’s faith in Costello was further rewarded when he became the clear star of the Live Stiffs Tour of the UK that ran from October 3 to November 5, 1977. Folks across the pond started to notice Costello, and he signed with CBS records. As the Stiff Tour concluded, Elvis crossed the Atlantic for his first series of live shows in the US. This FM broadcast captures Elvis & The Attractions on December 35, 1977, 4 decades ago this very day in Cleveland. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of this back to back entry. By the way, just about 2 weeks after this show on December 17, Costello would be performing on Saturday Night Live, where his decision to stop playing Less Than Zero in order to perform Radio Radio, would result in his being banned from that show for over a dozen years!