Elvis Costello - North - Compilation 2013 flac

Elvis Costello
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North (Released September 11, 2003 - Recorded April-May 2003)


NORTH - ORIGINAL ALBUM

01. You Left Me In The Dark (3:28)
02. Someone Took The Words Away (4:35)
03. When Did I Stop Dreaming? (5:21)
04. You Turned To Me (2:30)
05. Fallen (3:11)
06. When It Sings (3:55)
07. Still (2:24)
08. Let Me Tell You About Her (4:22)
09. Can You Be True? (3:45)
10. When Green Eyes Turn Blue (4:16)
11. I'm In The Mood Again (2:35)


NORTH - BONUS TRACKS

01. Impatience (5:04) (Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years 2010 Hip-O Records)
02. Too Blue (2:50) (North Japan)*
03. North (3:00) (Digital Download)*
04. North (DVD Version with Spoken Intro) (3:10) (North with Bonus DVD 2003 DG B0000996-10)
05. Fallen (DVD Version with Spoken Intro) (3:08) (North with Bonus DVD 2003 DG B0000996-10)


NORTH - BONUS DVD

Initial copies of North included a bonus DVD with unique solo performances of "North" and "Fallen",plus the promotional video for "Still" (using the album recording for its soundtrack).


IL SOGNO (2004 DG 471-577-21
London Symphony Orchestra recorded April 2002, Abbey Road Studios

01. Prelude (0:49)
02. Overture (1:18)
03. Puck 1 (2:20)
Act One
04. The Court (2:27)
05. The State Of Affairs (4:44)
06. Hermia And Lysander (3:16)
07. The Jealousy Of Helena (0:55)
08. Workers' Playtime (2:16)
Act Two
09. Oberon And Titania (4:14)
10. The Conspiracy Of Oberon And Puck (1:08)
11. Slumber (1:25)
12. Puck 2 (1:48)
13. The Identity Parade (4:42)
14. The Face Of Bottom (2:49)
15. The Spark Of Love (4:22)
16. Tormentress (1:41)
17. Oberon Humbled (3:41)
18. Twisted - Entangled - Transform And Exchange (2:35)
19. The Fairy And The Ass (1:35)
20. Sleep (2:48)
21. Bottom Awakes (1:43)
22. Lovers Arise (3:17)
Act Three
23. The Play (1:31)
24. The Wedding (4:22)


PIANO JAZZ (2005 Concord TIA-12049-2)
Marian McPartland Radio Broadcast featuring Elvis Costello recorded May 3, 2003

01. conversation (2:47)
02. At Last (Live) (3:56)
03. conversation (4:03)
04. My Funny Valentine (Live) (3:44)
05. conversation (4:39)
06. Almost Blue (Live) (2:48)
07. conversation (2:36)
08. The Very Thought Of You (Live) (3:49)
09. conversation (2:38)
10. Gloomy Sunday (Live) (3:24)
11. conversation (2:11)
12. You Don't Know What Love Is (Live) (4:58)
13. conversation (3:32)
14. They Didn't Believe Me (Live) (3:54)
15. conversation (1:46)
16. I'm In The Mood Again (Live) (2:42)
17. conversation (0:05)


MY FLAME BURNS BLUE (2006 DG 4775961)
Live With The Metropole Orkest July 9, 2004, The Hague

01. Hora Decubitus (Live) (5:44)
02. Favourite Hour (Live) (3:58)
03. That's How You Got Killed Before (Live) (4:14)
04. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) (5:11)
05. Clubland (Live) (4:51)
06. Almost Blue (Live) (5:47)
07. Speak Darkly, My Angel (Live) (3:58)
08. Almost Ideal Eyes (Live) (4:16)
09. Can You Be True? (Live) (3:56)
10. Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) (4:22)
11. Episode Of Blonde (Live) (6:09)
12. My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) (Live) (5:13)
13. Watching The Detectives (Live) (5:23)
14. God Give Me Strength (Live) (6:55)


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North Compilation Notes:
- Source Info:
http://www.inanotherroom.com/north.html
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/North
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Il_Sogno
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Piano_Jazz:_Costello/McPartland
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/My_Flame_Burns_Blue
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sessionography_Complete
- Source CD unless otherwise indicated: North 2003 DG B0000996-10
- Source Recordings: EAC CD>WAV>Sound Forge FLAC8, a few tracks are from downloads*

Watercamp Notes:
Previously the compilations have been collections of recordings grouped chronologically around the main album of the period.
The 1990-2000's saw EC working on some projects as in the past, while returning to others over a period of years.
Moving forward the compilations will reflect this change by combining chronology and theme.
The North compilation is a one off project with only 5 bonus tracks.
I have include; Il Sogno, Piano Jazz and My Flame burns Blue because they are from the same time period and don't fit the theme of The Delivery Man compilation.
Likewise a few side projects from this time period will be added to The Delivery Man.because they do fit the theme.

Missing

RELEASED

From My Flame Burns Blue
Dust (Japanese/iTunes bonus track)
Still (UK/Japan iTunes bonus track)

UNRELEASED & UNRECORDED

"ANOTHER VERSION OF NORTH"
In an interview in the October 2009 issue of British GQ, Elvis spoke of "another version of North. One that I recorded when I was, if you like, at my wits' end. I went into the studio above Steinway Hall on 57th Street [in New York]. I played the piano myself. It was Erroll Garner's piano, and it was practically impossible to play I stumbled through the songs. The result actually does sound like a man on the edge. ... But if I'd put that out, I think the idiots who wrote those 'it's a Dean Martin record' reviews would have seen the common ground with the raw songs in my catalogue." He said he chose not to release this version "because North wasn't all about desolation. It was also about renewal. I know that album is a very difficult listen. But North is exactly what it is supposed to be." The Brodsky Quartet's Paul Cassidy was presumably referring to this version when he described the North demos in Graeme Thomson's Costello biography Complicated Shadows: "These songs were the most extraordinary thing you've ever heard. Sixteen tracks of him on an old pub piano. Massive. I'd never heard Elvis like that. I'd never heard anything like it." It is possible the reference to "sixteen tracks" is only an approximation, but that is one more song than the 15 known to have been considered for North (the 11 which made the album plus "Impatience," "Too Blue," "North," and "Either Side Of The Same Town").

EITHER SIDE OF THE SAME TOWN (EARLY VERSION)
An early draft of "Either Side Of The Town" was among the songs considered for North. A solo composition at the time, the song would soon be reworked with co-writer Jerry Ragovoy for Howard Tate's 2003 album Rediscovered, and it was that version which Elvis recorded the next year for The Delivery Man. An arrangement by Paul Cassidy of the earlier draft was included in Elvis' concerts with the Brodsky Quartet in 2006 and 2009. The early version was very likely part of the alternate North described above, but it is unclear whether the song was attempted during the proper album sessions, at which point the song may have already been rewritten.

[COLD MOUNTAIN OUTTAKES]
Although specific titles are not available, Elvis recorded at least two traditional Civil War-era songs for possible use in the film Cold Mountain. Ultimately his songs went unused in favor of Jack White's versions of similar material. (All was not lost for Elvis, however. Alison Krauss' recording of "The Scarlet Tide," the song he and T Bone Burnett wrote especially for the film, played over the end credits and earned its composers an Oscar nomination.)

CAN YOU BE TRUE? (ALTERNATE VOCAL)
As is typically the case with albums in the 21st century, North leaked online several weeks prior to its release. Strangely, the leaked version of "Can You Be True?" included a slightly different lyric, with Elvis singing the final line as "you may be my man" instead of the album's "I may be your man."

ADDITIONAL NOTES

North was also released in the SACD format, featuring a 5.1 mix of the entire album. No bonus tracks were included.