Elvis Costello - 1977-12-07 - Philadelphia PA (early) (FM)

Elvis Costello

& The Attractions

1977-12-07

Early Show

The Hot Club

Philadelphia PA 

WMMR-FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Welcome To The Working Week

02. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

03. Waiting For The End Of The World

04. No Action

05. The Beat

06. Less Than Zero

07. Roadette Song

08. Blame It On Cain

09. Little Triggers

10. Radio Radio

11. You Belong To Me

12. Lipstick Vogue

13. Watching The Detectives

14. Pump It Up

15. Miracle Man

16. Mystery Dance

Elvis Costello - 1977-12-07 - Philadelphia PA (early) (FM) 

1977 - 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 7, 1977, 45 years ago this very day in Philadelphia. By the way, 10 days 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!