Artist	Song
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Blue Chair (Single Version)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Really Mystified
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Greenshirt (Demo)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	That Day Is Done (With The Fairfield Four)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Crimes of Paris (Electric Version)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	You Tripped At Every Step (Church Studios Version)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Big Boys (Demo)
Elvis Costello	Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Basing Street Studios Version)
Elvis Costello	Days
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Night Time
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Crawling To The USA
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Hidden Shame (Demo)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Sad About Girls
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Big Tears
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	New Rhythm Method
Elvis Costello	Radio Sweetheart
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Uncomplicated (Alternate Version)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Seconds of Pleasure (from Imperial Bedroom extended play)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Pouring Water On A Drowning Man

Comment:

(Total Time: 1:06:06) In "God's Comic: A Critical Companion to the Lyrics of Elvis Costello" (yes, there is such a book) Dave Gouldstone says that he doesn't like the album "Blood and Chocolate" because it's just more of the same thing. Whatever. Then I listened to the CD and realized that in a way he was right: the Bonus Disc (of the recent Rhino edition) really adds to the original album--and the same goes for "All This Useless Beauty". So I made a mix of alternate versions of album songs and extras not included in the original Columbia pressings, but added in the Rykodisc and Rhino series. Missing (sadly) are "Punch The Clock" (Rykodisc) which was eaten by my possessed seven-disc-changer and "Armed Forces" (Rhino) which will be the next addition to my collection. "Goodbye Cruel World" (Columbia) is a sin of omission. Putting these songs in a new context gives them a life of their own. There are country-inspired tunes (two songs were written for Johnny Cash, though he only recorded one of them--"Hidden Shame") and lots of bluesy stuff (check out "Pouring Water on A Drowning Man"). My big "find" from putting this mix together is "That Day is Done" (with the Fairfield Four) which was co-written with Paul McCartney. I hardly gave it a listen before--and it's awesome. "Days" is a Ray Davies cover, "Night Time" is a cover of a Smokey Robinson and the Miracles original, and Mick Jones plays on "Big Tears".

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