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Radio Radio
"Radio Radio" is a song written by Elvis Costello and performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The song originated as a Bruce Springsteen-inspired song called "Radio Soul" that Costello had written in 1974. In 1977, Costello reworked the song to feature a more aggressive arrangement and more direct, sarcastic lyrics that criticised the commercialism of British radio. Costello and the Attractions recorded the song around the time of his second album, ''This Year's Model''. "Radio Radio" was released as a standalone single in the United Kingdom in October 1978, reaching number 29. The track was appended onto the US version of their second album, ''This Year's Model,'' released earlier that year. The song has since seen critical acclaim, being marked as one of Costello's best by many writers and appearing on several compilation albums. Costello and the Attractions famously performed the song live on the American television show ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1977. Originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to ''Rolling Stone'', Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical traditions of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison with the raw energy and sass that were principal ethics of punk", noting the "construction of his songs, which set densely layered wordplay in an ever-expanding repertoire of styles". His first album, '' My Aim Is True'' (1977), spawned no hit singles, but contains some of Costello's best-known songs, including the ballad " Alison". Costello's next two albums, '' This Year's Model'' (1978) and ''Armed Forces'' (1979), recorded with his backing band the Attractions, helped define the new wave genre. From late 1977 until early 1980, each of the eight singles he released reached the UK Top 30. His biggest hit single, " Oliver's Army" (1979), sold more than 500,000 copies in Britain. He has had more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, in 1976. The band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer Stan Lynch and bassist Ron Blair. In 1982, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle, departed the band. His replacement, Howie Epstein, remained with the band for the next two decades. In 1991, Scott Thurston joined the band as a multi-instrumentalist, primarily on rhythm guitar and secondary keyboard. In 1994, Steve Ferrone replaced Lynch on drums. Blair returned to the Heartbreakers in 2002, the year before Epstein's death. The band had a long string of hit singles, including " Breakdown", " American Girl" (both 1976), "Refugee" (1979), " The Waiting" (1981), " Learning to Fly" (1991), and " Mary Jane's Last Dance" (1993), among many others, that stretched over several decades of work. Although Petty was insistent that the band's musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers
''Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers'' is a compilation album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and his backing band the Attractions, comprising tracks not previously released on albums. It is largely made up of B-sides, but features one previously unreleased recording. It was released only in the United Kingdom, initially only on cassette, though later in other formats. Its track listing is very similar to that of the North America-released album ''Taking Liberties''; the differences are that on the latter, the tracks " Watching The Detectives", " Radio, Radio" and " (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" are replaced by "Night Rally", "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Sunday's Best". Track listing All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated. Side one # "Clean Money" (B-side of “ Clubland”) – 1:57 # " Girls Talk" (B-side of "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down", 1980) – 1:56 # "Talking in the Dark" (B-side of "Accid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Taking Liberties
''Taking Liberties'' is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, consisting of tracks not previously released on his albums as released in the United States. It is largely made up of B-sides, but features three previously unreleased recordings. It was released only in the US and Canada; its track listing is very similar to that of the UK release '' Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers''. The differences are that on the latter, the tracks "Night Rally", "Sunday's Best" and "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" are replaced by " Watching the Detectives", " Radio, Radio" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding". The sleeve note by Gregg Geller is very nearly a direct lift from the 1958 album ''A Gene Vincent Record Date'', with Costello's name substituted for Vincent's, and song titles being substituted as appropriate. The LP version features nostalgic Columbia labels. The legend on the Side One label reads "COSTELLO" instead of "COLUMB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rhino Entertainment
Rhino Entertainment Company (formerly Rhino Records Inc.) is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978. It is currently the catalog division for Warner Music Group. Its current CEO is Mark Pinkus. History Founded in 1978, Rhino was originally a Novelty song, novelty and reissue label during the 1970s and 1980s. It released compilation albums of Pop music, pop, Rock and roll, rock & roll, and Rhythm and blues, rhythm & blues successes from the 1950s through the 1980s, as well as novelty-song LPs (compiled in-house or by Dr. Demento) and retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Richard Pryor, Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. Rhino started as a record shop on Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, in 1973, run by Richard Foos, and became a record distributor five years later thanks to the effort of then-store manager Harold Bronson. Their early releases were mostly novelty records (such as their first single, in 1975, Wild Man Fische ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Armed Forces (album)
''Armed Forces'' is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 5January 1979 in the United Kingdom through Radar Records. It was his second album with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation)—and the first to officially credit them on the cover. The album was recorded in six weeks from August to September 1978 in London under the working title ''Emotional Fascism''. Produced by Nick Lowe and engineered by Roger Béchirian, the sessions saw Costello exert more control over production compared to ''This Year's Model'', while Nieve contributed more to song arrangements. For ''Armed Forces'', Costello sought a more commercial sound than the punk rock style employed on his two previous records, resulting in a more pop-oriented production reflecting the new wave era. The overtly political lyrics concern the effect of politics on human relationships. The UK release featured an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Live At The El Mocambo (Elvis Costello Album)
''Live at the El Mocambo'' is a 1993 live album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Recorded on March 6, 1978, from a live radio broadcast by CHUM-FM in Toronto. A tape of the broadcast was obtained by the Canadian division of CBS records and released as an exclusive Canadian promotional album in the same year. As the show's fame began to grow, it became heavily bootlegged. It was first legally made available with the release (as ''Live at El Mocambo'') either as disc 4 of the '' 2½ Years'' 4CD box set or to US purchasers of the first three CDs, in exchange for tokens included in the CD packaging, directly from Rykodisc. The concert was reissued, as a mainstream release, on 29 September 2009 by Hip-O Records, with the same content of the 1978 promotional album. Track listing All songs written by Elvis Costello. "Less Than Zero (Dallas version)" was not recorded in Dallas, the title indicates that this version of the song has lyrics which were rewritten to refer to Lee Harve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Live At Hollywood High
''Live at Hollywood High'' (officially released as ''Live at Hollywood High/The Costello Show Vol. 2'') is a recording by Elvis Costello and the Attractions from a 1978 concert at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California. Three songs from the concert were originally included as a bonus 7" vinyl EP that sold with initial pressings of the ''Armed Forces'' album in 1979. A 2002 re-issue of ''Armed Forces'' added six tracks to the three from the EP (for a total of nine tracks) and placed them in proper running order. In 2010, the Hip-O Select label released a full version of ''Live at Hollywood High'' with all 20 tracks from the concert on one CD. This release followed three earlier concert releases from Elvis Costello, including: *Nashville Rooms (London, England), recorded on 7 August 1977, which was included as a bonus CD on the 2007 deluxe edition of ''My Aim Is True'' (1977). *Warner Theatre (Washington, DC), recorded on 28 February 1978, which was included on the deluxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The First 10 Years
The First Ten Years may refer to: *'' The Singles: The First Ten Years'', a 1982 album by ABBA * ''The First Ten Years'' (Joan Baez album) *'' The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years'' * ''The First Ten Years'' (Iron Maiden album) **'' The First Ten Years: The Videos'', a video album by Iron Maiden * ''The First Ten Years'' (Gabin album) * ''The First Ten Years'' (Vicious Rumors video album) *'' Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years'', an album by Vanessa Williams *'' For the Record: The First 10 Years'' *''The First Ten Years'', a 1990 album by Windham Hill *''The First Ten Years'', a 1999 album by Shawn Mullins *''The First Ten Years'', a 1994 album by Schooner Fare *''The First Ten Years'', an album by Le Trio Joubran See also * First Twenty Years (other) First Twenty Years or variants may refer to: * ''The First Twenty Years'' (Spock's Beard album) (2015) *'' Arkham House: The First 20 Years'' *'' Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years'', a 2000 documentary by Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello
''The Very Best of Elvis Costello'' is a compilation album by English musician Elvis Costello, first released on 21 September 1999 through Polygram Records. The album spanned his recorded work from 1977 through 1998. It was re-released less than two years later on Rhino Records as the first entry in their comprehensive Costello reissue series. Track listing All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated. Disc one #"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) (single, 1978) – 3:31 #" Oliver's Army" (from ''Armed Forces'', 1979) – 2:57 #" Watching the Detectives" (single, 1977) – 3:43 #" Alison" (from ''My Aim Is True'', 1977) – 3:21 #" (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from ''This Year's Model'', 1978) – 3:07 #" Accidents Will Happen" (from ''Armed Forces'', 1979) – 3:01 #" Pump It Up" (from ''This Year's Model'', 1978) – 3:13 #" I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (Homer Banks, Alan Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86
''The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86'' is a compilation album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, released in 1994. Track listing All songs written by Elvis Costello except as noted. # " Alison" (from ''My Aim Is True'', 1977) – 3:21 # " Watching the Detectives" (from single, 1978) – 3:45 # " (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" (from ''This Year's Model'', 1978) – 3:07 # " Pump It Up" (from ''This Year's Model'', 1978) – 3:14 # "Radio Radio" (from single, 1978) – 3:05 # " (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe) (from single, 1979) – 3:31 # " Oliver's Army" (from ''Armed Forces'', 1979) – 2:58 # " Accidents Will Happen" (from ''Armed Forces'', 1979) – 3:00 # " I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" (Homer Banks, Allen Jones) (from '' Get Happy!!'', 1980) – 2:05 # "New Amsterdam" (from ''Get Happy!!'', 1980) – 2:11 # "High Fidelity" (from ''Get Happy!!'', 1980) – 2:26 # " Clubland" (from ''Trust'', 1981) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions
''The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions'' is a compilation album by English musician Elvis Costello and his backing band the Attractions, released in 1985. It was the first of what would be many career-spanning compilation albums of previously released material for Costello. A UK variation of the album was called ''The Best of Elvis Costello – The Man'' and had a markedly different track listing. Track listing All songs written by Elvis Costello except as indicated. LP and cassette Side one # " Alison" (from ''My Aim Is True'', 1977) – 3:22 # " Watching the Detectives" (from single, 1978) – 3:41 # " (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?" (Nick Lowe) (from single, 1979) – 3:31 # " Oliver's Army" (from ''Armed Forces'', 1979) – 2:58 # " Pump It Up" (from ''This Year's Model'', 1978) – 3:17 # " Accidents Will Happen" (from ''Armed Forces'', 1979) – 3:00 # " Radio, Radio" (from single, 1978) – 3:06 # " I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
