Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock - Compilation 2013 mp3

Dated: 2013-01-13

Elvis Costello and The Attractions
and many others

Punch The Clock (Released: August 1983 - Recorded: January 7 - April 1983)


PUNCH THE CLOCK - ORIGINAL ALBUM (45:32)

01. Let Them All Talk (3:06)
02. Everyday I Write The Book (3:52)
03. The Greatest Thing (3:02)
04. The Element Within Her (2:51)
05. Love Went Mad (3:11)
06. Shipbuilding (4:50)
07. TKO (Boxing Day) (3:28)
08. Charm School (3:52)
09. The Invisible Man (3:04)
10. Mouth Almighty (3:02)
11. King Of Thieves (3:44)
12. Pills And Soap (3:42)
13. The World And His Wife (3:24)


PUNCH THE CLOCK - BONUS TRACKS

Late 1982
01. The Town Where Time Stood Still (3:30)
02. Party Party (3:12) (Party Party Singles, Volume 2 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX102)
Late1982 and/or early 1983
03. Shatterproof (2:14)
04. Heathen Town (Demo) (2:16)
05. The Flirting Kind (Demo) (2:50)
06. Let Them All Talk (Demo) (2:12)
07. King Of Thieves (Demo) (3:17)
08. The Invisible Man (Demo) (2:10)
09. The Element Within Her (Demo) (2:13)
10. Love Went Mad (Demo) (3:00)
11. The Greatest Thing (Demo) (2:23)
12. Mouth Almighty (Demo) (3:00)
13. Charm School (Demo) (2:14)
14. The Comedians (Demo 1) (2:24) (Goodbye Cruel World with Bonus Disc 2004 Rhino R2 76486)
15. Inch By Inch (Demo) (2:10) (Goodbye Cruel World with Bonus Disc 2004 Rhino R2 76486)
16. Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (Madness with EC) (2:51) (Goodbye Cruel World with Bonus Disc 2004 Rhino R2 76486)
January 27 to April 1983
17. Everyday I Write The Book (Alternate Version) (2:20)
18. Baby Pictures (1:28)
19. Heathen Town (3:05)
20. The Flirting Kind (2:57)
21. The World And His Wife (Solo Version) (2:41)
Post Album Releases
22. Pills And Soap (Extended Version) (4:12) (Pills And Soap Singles, Volume 2 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX102)
23. Everyday I Write The Book (Extended Mix) (4:55) (Everyday I Write The Book Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
24. Everyday I Write The Book (Special Version) (5:05) (Everyday I Write The Book Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
25. Everyday I Write The Book (Instrumental) (3:41) (Everyday I Write The Book Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
26. Let Them All Talk (Extended Remix) (5:59) (Let Them All Talk Singles, Volume 3 2003 Edsel ELVISBOX103)
June 9, 1983
27. Big Sister's Clothes / Stand Down Margaret (BBC Session) (5:14)
28. Danger Zone (BBC Session) (2:15)
September 3, 1983
29. Walking On Thin Ice (No Intro) (3:42) (Punch The Clock 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20279)
30. Walking On Thin Ice (with Studio Intro) (3:44)


PUNCH THE CLOCK - SESSIONS (BOOTLEG)

Rehearsals
01. TKO (Boxing Day) - incomplete
02. The Invisible Man
03. (studio chatter)
Sessions
04. Everyday I Write The Book (Reggae Version 1) - drums piano guitar vocal.
05. Everyday I Write The Book (Reggae Version 2) - monitor mix with bass
06. Party Party - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and piano.
07. Shipbuilding (1) - sounds the same as the PTC album version, some vocal differences (2:55, 4:07, 4:27), missing effects on vocal, organ and strings (keyboard?) overdubs, post-production on Chet Baker's trumpet.
08. Shipbuilding (2) - EC vocal from Robert Wyatt Session.
09. Shipbuilding (3) - EC/Wyatt duet from Robert Wyatt Session.


PUNCH THE CLOCK - LIVE

December 24, 1982 Royal Albert Hall, London,
01. The World And His Wife (Live) (5:34) (Punch The Clock 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20279)
02. Everyday I Write The Book (Live) (2:21) (Punch The Clock 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20279)
September 7, 1983 University of Texas, Austin
03. Possession (Live) (2:29)
04. Secondary Modern (Live) (3:02)
05. The Bells (Live) (4:14)
06. Watch Your Step (Live) (3:22)
07. Back Stabbers / King Horse (Live) (4:47)


PUNCH THE CLOCK - LIVE

LIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN 1983-09-07 (BOOTLEG)*

01. DJ and EC (1:40)
02. Let Them All Talk (Live) (3:43)
03. Possession (Live) (2:40)
04. Watching the Detectives (Live) (4:19)
05. Secondary Moder (Live) (3:12)
06. The Greatest Thing (Live) (3:12)
07. Man Out of Time (Live) (5:01)
08. Kid About It (Live) (3:48)
09. Mystery Dance (Live) (2:16)
10. Shabby Doll (Live) (5:11)
11. The Bells (Live) (4:32)
12. Temptation (Live) (3:02)
13. New Lace Sleeves (Live) (5:21)
14. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (Live) (3:44)
15. Shipbuilding (drop out) (Live) (2:04)
16. Big Sister's Clothes (Live) (2:57)
17. Stand Down Margaret (Live) (1:33)
18. Beyond Belief (Live) (3:23)
19. Clubland (Live) (4:25)
20. The World and His Wife (Live) (2:35)
21. Watch Your Step (Live) (3:25)
22. Backstabbers (Live) (1:19)
23. King Horse (Live) (3:24)
24. Clowntime Is Over (Live) (5:47)
25. T.K.O. (Boxing Day) (Live) (3:57)
26. Everyday I Write the Book (Live) (4:22)
27. Alison (Live) (4:24)
28. Riff Riff Riff (Live) (1:02)**
29. I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down (Live) (2:45)
30. Pump It Up (Live) (5:47)


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Punch The Clock Sessions Notes:

Very few and very low quality.
This collection of tracks from the Punch The Clock sessions came to me (thank you my friend) in Flac format, they originate from cassette tapes, the equipment and software used for the transfer is unknown.
It came with notes for each track that I have tried my best to verify and add to (thank you to the original researcher, excellent job).
There are no specific recording dates in the original info but the cd liner notes tell us that the album was recorded in early 1983.
Should any of this information be incorrect please let me know by personal message.

Live at the University of Texas Notes:

Elvis Costello and the Attractions with the TKO Horns
Clocking In Across America Tour
Live at the University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA 7th September 1983
Tracks 02 to 06 and 19 to 30 With the TKO Horns
** In concerts with The TKO Horns, Costello featured a short instrumental identified on set lists as Riff Riff Riff., it is actually an instrumental arrangement of Moods For Moderns.
In Shipbuilding, there is a dropout. This was apparently due to problems at the source as it's in every bootleg version of this show.

- Source CD unless otherwise indicated: Punch The Clock with Bonus Disc 2003 Rhino R2 73910
- Source Info:
http://www.inanotherroom.com/ptc.html
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Punch_The_Clock
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sessionography_Complete
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_1983-09-07_Austin
- Source Recordings: EAC CD>WAV>Sound Forge FLAC8, Sessions are from CDR FLAC edited with Sound Forge, a few tracks are from downloads*

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WHAT'S MISSING (UNRELEASED & UNRECORDED)

BABY PICTURES (BALLAD VERSION)
Chances are that the bonus disc's version of "Baby Pictures" is the only studio recording of the song, but since the song was performed at the same concert which produced the previously available live versions of "The World And His Wife" and "Everyday I Write The Book," it seems very likely that a reasonably good live recording of the original arrangement is available. It seems possible that a demo could exist as well.