{"id":414,"date":"2007-03-24T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-04-02T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2007-04-02T16:11:19","slug":"weekend-download-elvis-costello-and-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/weekend-download-elvis-costello-and-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Download: Elvis Costello &amp; The Attractions with Martin Belmont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JwogLVGtDa8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nHere are some tracks from the most-influential bootleg\/radio concert of my youth: <strong>Elvis Costello &amp; The Attractions with Martin Belmont (Graham Parker and The Rumour)<\/strong> subbing on guitar for injured keyboardist Steve Nieve. This is half of a <strong>King Biscuit Flour Hour<\/strong> concert that I taped off the radio when I was however old I was the year my favorite album of all time, <strong>Get Happy!!<\/strong>, was released. <\/p>\n<p>I love the way the band <strong>steamrolls<\/strong> through these songs. I love the way the recording actually sounds like someone stuck a mic up in the middle of the club (ie, rather than a dreadful &#8220;board mix&#8221;). I love the material. I especially love the way the band takes command of the material and makes it work be sheer force of will (and the strength of rock&#8217;s finest rhythm section ever). No slight to Steve Nieve, because the full-strength Attractions back then could also pull this off, but as a youngster in the process of forming a 2-guitar band &#8211; without organ &#8211; getting to hear one of our favorite artist&#8217;s music performed in this configuration was a godsend. I can&#8217;t tell you how many times we sat around the bong and played the cassette of this concert, detailing all that was <em>right<\/em> about this approach. We might as well have been studying <strong>Ted Williams<\/strong>&#8216; swing.<\/p>\n<p>So without further ado, here are some tracks to study over the weekend!<br \/>\n<!--Media Player file:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Temptation.mp3--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Temptation.mp3\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Temptation.mp3\"><strong>&#8220;Temptation&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Media Player file:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/One_More_Heartache.mp3--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/One_More_Heartache.mp3\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/One_More_Heartache.mp3\"><strong>&#8220;One More Heartache&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Media Player file:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Secondary_Modern.mp3--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Secondary_Modern.mp3\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Secondary_Modern.mp3\"><strong>&#8220;Secondary Modern&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Media Player file:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/High_Fidelity.mp3--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/High_Fidelity.mp3\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/High_Fidelity.mp3\"><strong>&#8220;High Fidelity&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Media Player file:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Lipstick_Vogue.mp3--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Lipstick_Vogue.mp3\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Lipstick_Vogue.mp3\"><strong>&#8220;Lipstick Vogue&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Media Player file:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Oliver's_Army.mp3--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Oliver's_Army.mp3\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/RockTownHall\/Oliver's_Army.mp3\"><strong>&#8220;Oliver&#8217;s Army&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some tracks from the most-influential bootleg\/radio concert of my youth: Elvis Costello &amp; The Attractions with Martin Belmont (Graham Parker and The Rumour) subbing on guitar for injured keyboardist Steve Nieve. 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