Live At The El Mocambo is a Rock album by Elvis Costello, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Rock & Roll
- jangly
- intense
- punky
About
This 1978 Canadian radio broadcast captures Elvis Costello performing tunes from his first two albums. There’s an inherent intensity and expressiveness not found in the studio recordings—that rare sound of a taut live band fully aware of their musical purpose. “Radio Radio,” “Pump It Up,” and “Welcome to the Working Week” all rage with spare, tightfisted punk fury, and the relatively gentle “Little Triggers” soothes with rawer, bruised-up sensitivity. There’s in-your-living-room immediacy, too, and you can feel, for example, the hollowed-out reggae of “Watching the Detectives” like never before.
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Tracklist
- 1Mystery Dance (Live)2:16
- 2Waiting for the End of the World (Live)3:47
- 3Welcome to the Working Week (Live)1:26
- 4Less Than Zero (Dallas Version) [Live]4:23
- 5The Beat (Live)3:24
- 6Lip Service (Live)2:23
- 7(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea [Live]3:51
- 8Little Triggers (Live)3:57
- 9Radio Radio (Live)3:03
- 10Lipstick Vogue (Live)4:41
- 11Watching the Detectives (Live)5:41
- 12Miracle Man (Live)4:02
- 13You Belong to Me (Live)2:29
- 14Pump It Up (Live)5:49
Credits
Performers
- Bruce ThomasBASS BACKING VOCALS
- Nick LoweBASS GUITAR VOCALS GUITAR
- Pete ThomasDRUMS VOCALS
- Elvis CostelloGUITAR LEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Steve NieveKEYBOARDS BACKING VOCALS
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
- Martin BelmontGUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 19 pressings tracked on Gatefold