Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True - Compilation 2010 flac

Date: 2010-04-23 (Version 3)

Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello And Clover
Elvis Costello And The Attractions

My Aim Is True (Released: UK July 1977, USA March 1978 - Recorded: 1977)


MY AIM IS TRUE - ALBUM (36:49)

01. Welcome To The Working Week (1:23)
02. Miracle Man (3:32)
03. No Dancing (2:41)
04. Blame It On Cain (2:50)
05. Alison (3:25)
06. Sneaky Feelings (2:11)
07. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (2:48)
08. Less Than Zero (3:18)
09. Mystery Dance (1:36)
10. Pay It Back (2:33)
11. I'm Not Angry (2:59)
12. Waiting For The End Of The World (3:23)
13. Watching The Detectives (Remix) (3:46)


MY AIM IS TRUE - BONUS TRACKS

Early 1975
01. Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver) (3:38) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
Late 1975 - Early 1976
02. Mystery Dance (Honky Tonk Demo) (2:13) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
03. Cheap Reward (Honky Tonk Demo) (2:16) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
04. Jump Up (Honky Tonk Demo) (2:06) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
05. Wave A White Flag (Honky Tonk Demo) (1:58) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
06. Blame It On Cain (Honky Tonk Demo) (3:31) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
07. Poison Moon (Honky Tonk Demo) (1:53) (My Aim Is True with Bonus Disc 2001 Rhino R2 74285)
Late 1976
08. Mystery Dance (Cold Stop) (1:36) (Girls Girls Girls 1989 Demon FIEND CD 160)
09. Radio Sweetheart (Single Mix) (2:31) (1977 Stiff BUY 11Vinyl)
10. Radio Sweetheart (Remix) (2:31) (Taking Liberties 198? Columbia CK-36839)
11. Welcome To The Working Week (Pathway Studios Demo) (1:24)
12. Blue Minute (Pathway Studios Demo) (1:33)
13. Miracle Man (Pathway Studios Demo) (2:22)
14. Waiting For The End Of The World (Pathway Studios Demo) (2:27)
15. Call On Me (Pathway Studios Demo) (1:58)
16. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Pathway Studios Demo) (2:06)
17. I Don't Want To Go Home (Pathway Studios Demo) (1:45)
18. I Hear A Melody (Pathway Studios Demo) (2:10)
Late 1976 - Early 1977
19. Alison (USA Single Mix) (Alison Singles, Volume 1 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX 101)
20. Less Than Zero (Single Mix) (3:18) (Stiff Buy 11 Vinyl)
21. Stranger In The House (3:00)
22. Living In Paradise (Early Version) (2:58)
May 1977
23. Watching The Detectives (Original Mix) (3:46) (My Aim Is True 1986 Columbia CK-35037)
24. Watching The Detectives (Original Mix Edit) (3:08) (197? Stiff BUYIT 239 12" Vinyl)
25. No Action (Early Version) (2:13)


MY AIM IS TRUE - LIVE BONUS TRACKS

August 7, 1977 LIVE AT THE NASHVILLE ROOMS (69:56)

01. Introduction by Dave Robinson (0:26)
02. Welcome To The Working Week (Live) (1:18)
03. Blame It On Cain (Live) (2:53)
04. No Dancing (Live) (2:57)
05. Waiting For The End Of The World (Live) (3:54)
06. Night Rally (Live) (2:34)
07. Hoover Factory (Live) (2:01)
08. No Action (Live) (2:31)
09. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live) (3:03)
10. Miracle Man (Live) (3:53)
11. The Beat (Live) (3:46)
12. Less Than Zero (Live) (3:27)
13. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Live) (2:57)
14. Lipstick Vogue (Live) (3:59)
15. Watching The Detectives (Live) (4:23)
16. Lip Service (Live) (4:31)
17. Mystery Dance (Live) (3:34)
18. Alison (2) (Live) (3:32)
19. Pay It Back (Soundcheck) (2:23)
20. Radio Sweetheart (Soundcheck) (2:56)
21. Sneaky Feelings (Soundcheck) (2:16)
22. Crawling To The USA (Soundcheck) (2:59)
23. Alison (1) (Soundcheck) (3:25)


Notes:
"Watching The Detectives" was not part of the 1977 UK Stiff My Aim Is True LP but was added to the original USA Columbia release.
"Watching The Detectives" most people do not list this as 2 different mixes but both the full lenght and the edited versions found on the UK Stiff single and the full lenght version on the USA Columbia My Aim Is True cd has reverb on the guitar intro and the vocal track not found on all other versions.

My Aim Is True Compilation Notes:
Source Info: http://www.inanotherroom.com/mait.html, http://www.inanotherroom.com/maitde.html, http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/My_Aim_Is_True, http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sessionography_1974-1979
Source CD unless otherwise indicated: My Aim Is True Deluxe Edition (Remastered) (2007 Hip-O Records B0009514-02)
- Source Recordings: EAC CD>WAV>Sound Forge FLAC8, Vinyl Sound Forge>Wav>Flac

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WHAT'S MISSING (OTHER RELEASED RECORDINGS)

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES ("A DEMO VERSION")
[NME Pogo A Go Go cassette by various artists]
Inexplicably labeled a demo, this extremely tentative performance actually comes from an appearance on UK TV's Top Of The Pops intended to promote the single. In light of its negligible musical value, the mystery is not so much why it has yet to appear as reissue bonus material as why it was ever released in any form at all.

WHAT'S MISSING (UNRELEASED RECORDINGS)

RADIO SWEETHEART (DEMO)
LIVING IN PARADISE (DEMO)
RADIO SOUL (DEMO)
Apparently some collectors have these, but I have never heard them. Reportedly similar in sound and recording date to the familiar Honky Tonk demos from late 1975 or early 1976, they are mentioned in Richard Groothuizen and Kees den Heyer's book Going Through The Motions (Elvis Costello - 1982/1985). They are described as coming from a 15-song demo tape which also included the six familiar Honky Tonk demos as well as six other songs which have evidently never reached collectors' hands.