Elvis Costello - 1980-02-06 - Liverpool, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Mountford Hall
University of Liverpool

lineage:
SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > WAV > FLAC

2009 editing lineage: Audacity (minor retracking) > TLH > FLAC (align SB) > Foobar2000 (flac tags).

01. [2:53] I Stand Accused
02. [2:19] Possession
03. [4:27] King Horse
04. [2:40] Girls Talk
05. [3:06] 5ive Gears In Reverse
06. [2:18] The Imposter
07. [3:11] He'll Have To Go
08. [3:02] Human Touch
09. [2:46] High Fidelity
10. [2:54] I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

Encore
11. [3:15] You Belong To Me
12. [3:18] Oliver's Army

Duration: 36:15

Excerpt from George Gimarc's Post Punk Diary:
February 6, 1980 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions are masquerading under a different name to play a surprise concert in Liverpool. They're working out new material and didn't want the pressure of an audience of reviewers. They were slotted in as the third act at the bottom of a bill featuring Rockpile (with Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe) and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Nobody really expected much from the "Horace Barlow Band" until they took the stage and the crowd caught on. Elvis played it straight onstage, even down to introducing the band under the fake name. At one point in the show he managed a not-too-subtle dig when introducing a new song called "The Impostor" and dedicating it to his "...great friends, The Jags." Elvis would repeat the surprise performance the next night in Bradford.

Notes:
- includes the first known performance of "King Horse"
- includes a rare performance of "Human Touch" (one of 10 known).
- somewhat rare performance of "5ive Gears In Reverse" (one of 15 known).........correction: as of 2012, there are now 24 known performances of 5ive Gears In Reverse.