7/2/2023 0 Comments The angels live at el macombo![]() It comes over as outrageous, hilarious, unbridled rocknroll as release-catch on every inhibition you ever had. Super rare 1978 Canadian promo only 14-song live LP. Ken Regan’s photos from those two nights underline that. And it does sound a good bit better than any of the bootlegs available of Costello onstage during his formative period if you want to hear what Elvis Costello sounded like on stage when he was still pop music's angriest man, this is the best place to go. However, here in front of El Mocambo’s crowd of 300 he’s just marvellously in your face as a singer and frontman, all the way from soup to nuts. (The Ryko version, however, does clip out some of the between-song patter, including Costello's announcement that he's come to Toronto on behalf of Great Britain to ask for Canada back!) Replete with adequate but hardly spectacular audio and occasional flubs from the band, Live at the El Mocambo is a warts-and-all portrait of this band in their earlier days, but the seething energy of the performances is unmistakable, the stripped-down interpretations of the My Aim Is True material rock harder than their studio incarnations, and the version of "Less Than Zero" features the "American" lyrics Costello penned to make the song more relevant to stateside listeners. Released as a promotional album by the Canadian branch of Columbia Records, the album soon became a eagerly sought-after collector's item, and before long it became perhaps the most widespread Costello bootleg on the gray market before Rykodisc gave the album a belated commercial release as a bonus disc in 1993's 2 1/2 Years box set. A lot of people will say that not only is it the best Rolling Stones live album, but the best live albums ever released. Live At The El Mocambo marks the first official appearance of the groups two famous secret concerts at the 300-seat capacity Toronto club in March 1977. ![]() We have a huge collection of Vinyls, CDs. It’s been a home away from home for the group for decades, a place where they’ve set up shop to prep before hitting the road since at least as far back as 1989’s Steel Wheels tour. Live at the El Mocambo was recorded on March 6, 1978, during a club show in Toronto, Canada, as Elvis Costello and the Attractions were storming North America in support of My Aim Is True the set was broadcast live by a local FM radio outlet, and this album is a clean but compressed, slightly flat recording drawn from the station's feed. Elvis Costello : Live At The El Mocambo (CD, Album, RE) is available for sale at our shop at a great price. Live At The El Mocambo The Rolling Stones ROCK 2022 Preview Toronto has long played a sizable role in the myth-making of The Rolling Stones.
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