Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Red Shoes {1977}

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Elvis Costello OBE (born Declan Patrick MacManus; 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British Punk and New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album, My Aim Is True, was recorded in 1976. Shortly after recording his first album he formed The Attractions as his backing band. His second album, This Year's Model, was released in 1978, and was ranked number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the best albums of the period 1967-1987. Costello and The Attractions toured and recorded together for the better part of a decade, though differences between them caused a split by 1986. Much of Costello's work since has been as a solo artist, though reunions with members of The Attractions have been credited to the group over the years.

When Peel joined Radio 1 in 1967, Elvis Costello's father Ross McManus was a regular on the Friday lunchtime Joe Loss Show, a Light Programme show which continued into the early years of the new pop station. McManus's job was to sing cover versions of current hits, although it's not known whether he sang on the dance-band versions of "Purple Haze" and "See Emily Play" which the DJ recalled with such distaste. However Ross McManus did inspire his son's choice of stage name, as one of the many aliases under which he recorded was Day Costello.

Having assumed his new name, Elvis Costello soon became far more famous than his father, with Peel's help. The DJ regularly played tracks from Costello’s first four albums – including the whole of ‘This Year’s Model’ over two nights in March 1978 – coinciding with the musician’s four sessions for the show. The first of these was notable for featuring material from ‘My Aim Is True’ with backing by the Attractions, who had not been on Costello’s debut album.

FOUR Peel Sessions:

1. Recorded 1977-07-25. First broadcast 01 August 1977. Repeated 17 August 1977, 28 December 1977, 26 May 1980, 04 August 1980, 04 November 1986.

Red Shoes / Less Than Zero / Mystery Dance / Blame It On Cain

2. Recorded 1978-03-13. First broadcast 20 March 1978. Repeated 10 April 1978, 01 May 1978, 14 August 1978, 01 January 1979, June 1982, 23 September 1986.

(I Don't Wanna Go To) Chelsea / The Beat / Pump It Up / You Belong To Me

3. Recorded: 1978-10-23. First broadcast 30 October 1978. Repeated 15 November 1978, 10 January 1979.

Really Mystified / Radio Radio / (I Just) Don't Know What To Do With Myself / Stranger In The House

4. Recorded 1980-02-25. First broadcast 03 March 1980. Repeated 24 March 1980, 05 May 1980, 24 June 1980, 23 December 1980.

High Fidelity / Possession / Beaten To The Punch / B Movie