Just the other day, Mr. Mod posted a few tracks for the weekend download from a great and much bootlegged Elvis Costello show at the Hope and Anchor in 1980. This show is notable because it’s the only live document of the short-lived 2-guitar lineup. As you already know if you read the previous posts on this subject, Martin Belmont replaced Steve Nieve, who was in a serious car accident, and the result is an absolutely ripping set featuring material from his 1st 4 albums, a B-side (“Girls Talk”) and covers that he’d rarely, if ever, play again. I first heard this show on a bootleg Lp called “Something New”. A few years later, I found a cd-r called The Land of Hope and Anchor. It contains not only this entire show, but his appearance on the Tomorrow Show with Tom Synder in 1981 (performing 2 songs from Trust) as well as some BBC session tracks from 1978 and 1980. Thus I’ve decided to make it available for download. Enjoy!
Elvis Costello, The Land of Hope and Anchor
Thanks, man!!!
What an embarrassment of riches at Rock Town Hall! Wow, thanks!
Super duper. Thanks berlyant! This has gone a long way to puncture my belief that Costello sucked live, which had been my experience.
Wow, sammy – I had exactly the opposite reaction to seeing Elvis live. I was completely knocked on my ass by him and The Imposters.
Thanks for the show, berlyant. I’ll definitely check it out tomorrow.
I’m glad I could be of service here, 2000 man. The times I’ve seen him with the Imposters over the last 6 years have generally (with a few exceptions) being really good, but this makes any of those (except perhaps a really raucous one I saw in Asbury Park almost 6 years ago) sound tame by comparison, so I think you’ll really enjoy it. Let us know what you think!