Elvis Costello - BBC Sessions: In Concert, Hope and Anchor, London, UK 1980 |Albums That Should Exist

 Elvis Costello - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Hope and Anchor, London, Britain, 5-14-1980

Paul says : Here's a 1980 BBC concert by Elvis Costello with his backing band at the time, the Attractions.

Costello has had a long and great music career. But he probably was at the peak of his popularity around the time of this concert. His fourth album, "Get Happy!!" had been released earlier in 1980. Those four sold well, and still are his highest rated albums according to the crowd-sourced rateyourmusic.com. So this consists of nothing but solid songs.

This album is unreleased. The sound quality is pretty good, but maybe a tad lower than the usual BBC standards. 

Some of the songs here are covers: "Help Me," "I Stand Accused," "One More Heartache," "Little Sister," and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." A few songs are missing, all towards the start of the show: "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (another cover), "The Beat," "He'll Have to Go" (yet another cover), and "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea."

This album is 56 minutes long. 

01 talk 
02 Temptation 
03 Help Me
04 I Stand Accused 
05 One More Heartache
06 Secondary Modern 
07 talk
08 Little Sister 
09 talk 
10 High Fidelity 
11 Lipstick Vogue 
12 Waiting for the End of the World 
13 talk 
14 Don't Look Back
15 Girls Talk 
16 Watching the Detectives 
17 You Belong to Me
18 talk
19 Oliver's Army 
20 Mystery Dance 
21 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding 
22 Pump It Up