A1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Accidents Will Happen
A2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Senior Service
A3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Oliver's Army
A4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Big Boys
A5 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Green Shirt
A6 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Party Girl
B1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Goon Squad
B2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Busy Bodies
B3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Sunday's Best
B4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Moods For Moderns
B5 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Chemistry Class
B6 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Two Little Hitlers
B7 Elvis Costello And The Attractions (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love
And Understanding?
Live At Hollywood High... ...And Elsewhere 1978
C1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Accidents Will Happen
C2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Mystery Dance
C3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Goon Squad
C4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Party Girl
C5 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Stranger In The House
D1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Alison
D2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Lipstick Vogue
D3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Watching The Detectives
D4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions You Belong To Me
D5 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Chemistry Class
Europe '79 - Live At Pinkpop
E1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Goon Squad
E2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions B-Movie
E3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Green Shirt
E4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions (I Don't Want To) Go To Chelsea
E5 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Opportunity
E6 Elvis Costello And The Attractions So Young
E7 Elvis Costello And The Attractions High Fidelity
F1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Lipstick Vogue
F2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Watching The Detectives
F3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Big Boys
F4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Pump It Up
F5 Elvis Costello And The Attractions You Belong To Me
F6 Elvis Costello And The Attractions (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love
And Understanding?
Sketches For Emotional Fascism A.K.A. Armed Forces
G1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Clean Money
Backing Vocals – Dave Edmunds, The Attractions
G2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Talking In The Dark
G3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Wednesday Week
G4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Tiny Steps
H1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Crawling To The U.S.A.
Producer – Elvis Costello
H2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Big Boys (Alternate Version)
H3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Green Shirt (Demo Version)
Producer – Nick Lowe
H4 Elvis Costello And The Attractions My Funny Valentine
Riot At The Regent - Live In Sydney '78
I1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Oliver's Army
I2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Waiting For The End Of The World
I3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Big Boys
J1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions This Years Girl
J2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions You Belong To Me
J3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Pump It Up
Christmas In The Dominion - Live 24th December '78
K1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
K2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions No Dancing
L1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions I Stand Accused
L2 Elvis Costello And The Attractions (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love
And Understanding
Oliver's Army
M1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Oliver's Army
Engineer – Roger Bechirian
N1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Big Boys (Demo)
Engineer – Roger Bechirian
Accidents Will Happen
O1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Accidents Will Happen
Engineer – Roger Bechirian
P1 Elvis Costello And The Attractions Busy Bodies (Alternate)
Engineer – Roger Bechirian
American Squirm
Q1 Nick Lowe And His Sound American Squirm
Engineer – Roger Bechirian
R1 Nick Lowe And His Sound (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
Engineer – Roger Bechirian
Recorded At Waterloo Studios, Sydney, Australia
Recorded At Eden Studios
Musician – Bruce, Elvis, Pete, Steve
Producer – Nick Lowe
Written-By E. Costello
The complete Armed Forces story curated by Elvis Costello includes:
- Armed Forces album, b-sides, demos and 23 unreleased live recordings across 9 pieces of vinyl (3 LP's, 3 10-inch LP's and 3 7 inch singles)
- A treasure trove of SEVEN custom comic books and pulp novels containing over 200 pages of Elvis Costello liner notes, facsimiles of first-draft, handwritten lyrics and examples of his lyrical working methods from Costello's personal archive, along with rare photos and memorabilia.
- Vintage promo poster and 4 postcard reproductions
Package contains 2 flip-top A4 size cardboard wallets
Including:
Poster
4 x Postcards
7 x Paperback comic books, pulp novels
All housed in a 12" cardboard box
Package comes shrinkwrapped with outer hype sticker and additional barcode, including a slip sheet folded around the reverse with content details
TRACK D5: Live at The Warner Theatre, Washington D.C. 28 February, 1978
All items (including 7" singles) are on heavyweight vinyl
Armed Forces
Armed Forces was first issued on Radar [UK] #RAD 14 and Columbia [US] #35709 (January 1979)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding was first issued as the B-side of the Nick Lowe single American Squirm Radar [UK] #ADA 26 credited to Nick Lowe & His Sound. The track did not appear on the UK release of the album.
Live At Hollywood High And Elsewhere 1978
"Accidents Will Happen", "Alison" and "Watching The Detectives" were first issued as a giveaway EP with initial copies of Armed Forces / Produced by Nick Lowe / Chemistry Class recorded live at The Warner Theatre, Washington DC (28 February 1979).
Europe '79 Live At Pinkpop
Recorded live at Pinkpop, Geleen, The Netherlands 4 June 1979
Original recording by: Buro Pinkpop
Live remix producer: Sebastian Krys
Live remix engineer: Alvaro Cadavid
Poster design: Buro Pinkpop
Polaroid courtesy of Welsh Roy
All other photos: Buro Pinkpop
Sketches For Emotional Fascism
Clean Money: First issued on Taking Liberties [US] and Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers [UK]
Talking In The Dark & Wednesday Week: First issued as Radar [UK] single #RG 1 given away at London Dominion Theatre concerts, December 1978, when buying the Armed Forces LP on the January 1979 UK tour and at NY shows in 1979
Tiny Steps: First issued as the B-side of "Radio Radio"
Crawling To The USA: First issued on the soundtrack to Americathon
Big Boys (Alternate Version): Recorded at Eden studios, London (September 1978)
Green Shirt (Demo Version): Recorded at Eden studios, London (January 1978)
My Funny Valentine: First issued as the B-side of "Oliver's Army"
Christmas In The Dominion
Recorded live at The Dominion Theatre, London, UK 24th December 1978
Original recording by: Mobile Studio Ltd
Live remix producer: Sebastian Krys
Live remix engineer: Alvaro Cadavid
Riot At The Regent Live Sydney '78
Recorded live at The Regent Theatre, Sydney, Australia 3rd December 1978
Original recording by: Keith Walker
Live remix producer: Sebastian Krys
Live remix engineer: Alvaro Cadavid
Olivers Army 7"
Big Boys (Demo): Recorded at Eden Studios, London, January 1978
Accidents Will Happen 7"
Busy Bodies (Alternate Version): Recorded at Eden studios, London, August 1978
American Squirm 7" |
