Elvis Costello - 1979-03-29 - Boston MA (SBD)

Elvis Costello

& The Attractions

1979-03-29

Orepheum Thater

Boston MA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Oliver’s Army 

02. B Movie 

03. (I Don’t Want To Go to) Chelsea 

04. Green Shirt 

05. Idle Hands

06. Hand In Hand 

07. The Beat 

Elvis Costello - 1979-03-29 - Boston MA (SBD)

Well, we brought you shows from Joe Jackson and Grham Parker this month, so its only fitting we have one from the Third Angry Young Man of Punk and New Wave, Mr Elvis Costello. In January 1979, 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 tour in support of Armed Forces, in Boston on March 29, 1979, 42 years ago today.