Identifier10024668
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeFLAC
Trades Allowed
Performance
Elvis Costello 1975-??-?? Hope and Anchor Studios, London, England
Set 1Third Rate Romance (v1)
Living In Paradise
Radio Soul (v1) (early Version Of Radio, Radio)
Radio Soul (v2)
Pay It Back
Imagination (is A Powerful Deceiver) (v1)*
Imagination (is A Powerful Deceiver) (v2)*
Imagination (is A Powerful Deceiver) (v3)*
Third Rate Romance (v2)
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Packin’ Up
Packin’ Up (v2)
Please Mister, Don’t Stop The Band
I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself*

Set 2

Set 3

CommentThe Flip City Demos, Aka “our Aim Is True”
Elvis Costello With Flip City
Hope And Anchor Studios, London
Early 1975
Liberated Bootleg, “our Aim Is True” Vinyl
Needle Drop

Lineage: Vpi Turntable > Ayre Qa-9 Adc > 192
Aiff > Adobe Audition (track Editing)> 192
Alac Files > Xld >
Flac Files

Tracks
* Removed Due To Official Release Or Poor Quality

Personnel:
Declan Macmanus - Vocal, Guitar
Steve Hazlehurst - Guitar
Mich Kent - Bass
Dickie Faulkner - Percussion
Unknown Session Musician - Drums

Notes: Per Elviscostello.info, There Are Two Versions Of This Bootleg. This Is Version 2, The Lp. Hard To Be Sure Which Of These Three Versions Of “imagination (is A Powerful Deceiver)” Is On The “my Aim Is True” Reissues, So I Removed All Three (better Safe Than Sorry). Track 14 Is Not One Of The Flip City Demo Recordings, But From The Third John Peel Session, Recorded On 1978-10-23. It’s Also Sourced From What Sounds Like A Very Noisy
Scratchy Record. Since This Version Is Available On Better Bootlegs Of The Bbc Peel Sessions And Has Nothing To Do With The Flip City Demos I Removed It. (a Live Version Is Also Available Commercially On “stiffs Live.”)

Quality:

Overall Sound Quality Is Quite Good. Some Minor Distortion, Mostly Likely From Original Mastering Of The Bootleg Lp.