The Bastrop County Times (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1978 Page: 32 of 54
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k PRESENTS
Thursday, June 1
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
Missouri Woodland
Wednesday, June 14
NEW RIDERS OF
THE PURPLE SAGE
Friday, June 2
STILLWATER
Lightning
Thursday, June 15
MOSE ALLISON
Saturday, June 3
TOO SMOOTH
RUBY
(WITH TOM FOGERTY)
Friday, June 16
PAT METHENY
Saturday, June 17
RUBY STARR
Sunday, June 4
JOHN RENBOURN
STEFAN GROSSMAN
Sunday, June 18
PAPA JOHN CREACH
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
June 8, 9, 10
SPIRIT
BUGS HENDERSON GROUP
Thursday, June 22
DAVID BROMBERG
Monday, June 12
FLORA PURIM
Friday, June 23
DAVID LA FLAMME
The Armadillo Bmt Garden Is now open!
11:30 AM llll— Mon-Sat Happy Hour 3-< PM
Advance ticket* at Olacovary Record*, Oal Willie's, Inner Sanctum,
You Scream Ice Scream, h Armadillo
515% BARTON SPRINGS RD.
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Elvis
Costello
by Ed Mai/bcrry
Elvis Costello's return engagement in Austin included enough extra time to allow
the singer to quite visibly soak in a little of the city—he jammed with the Skunks at
Raul's the night before his own concert, met the public at Inner Sanctum Records, par-
tied with the media at a post-concert party, and dropped in on an all-night radio
show.
The "angry young man" image produced by his lyrics and by previous publicity
prepares you to expect 'a sulking and unapproachable rock star. As creator of such
songs as "Radio, Radio," you expect Costello to be quite able and probably ready to
chew you up and spit you out, verbally. Following the May 23 concert at Municipal
Auditorium and the media bash that followed, Costello dropped in on my all-night
program at KLBJ/FM just after three in the morning. But this tough-guy Buddy Holly
look-alike leaves the impression that he has the ability to be—well, a nice guy.
Being an English artist and producing the three-minute song, Costello is getting that
"special treatment" from his record company that mirrors Capitol's handling of the
Beatles in the sixties. The content of his albums released for the American market by
Columbia differs from the English releases on the Stiff label.
"The story behind that is basically that there's always one less track on an American
album by an English artist," he explained in a tired voice. Costello hand-held his
microphone during the interview because of a problem with a mike stand, saying he
had had plenty of practice. "Album-programming is designed for groups like Santana
who record three tracks on a side, and pad it out with lots of guitar solos. They're not
really designed for people writing sonys, and therefore record companies only pay for
11 tracks. They won't pay for any more, so an artist is gii'iithe company tracks if he
delivers more than 11 songs. I object to the idea of not being paid for the work, 'cause
it's a professional job."
Besides there being one less song on the American LP This Yi-rtr's Model, "Radio,
Radio" is substituted for the ait "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" found on the British
album. That's basically a decision on Columbia's part.
"They wanted 'Radio, Radio' on the American album, and decided 'Chelsea' was
rather English-oriented. We left it to them. And they kept the basic running order of
the album.''
The resulting unreleased material may become available in the future, when thev
add up to an album's length. That's not unlike Capitol's treatment of Beatles 45's never
released in LP form for the Beatles.
"By the same token, 'Radio, Radio' is not on the English album, so there's talk at the
moment of making it a single in England," Costello adds. " 'Chelsea' could become an
American B-side. It all depends. We might pioneer the return of the EP!"
Other work strung out on various forms of plastic are some live B-sides in both
countries, as well as the Stiff live album now available in the States on Arista Records.
And the New Wave artist promises more live recording is in the works at the end of
this seven-week tour, when Elvis and his band, the Attractions, hit the West Coast and
play at Hollywood High, in a high-school gvm concert that Costello refers to as a
"pioneering gig. As for being a cult figure here "We don't want to be trapped in the
sort of 35-vear-old market. We're trying to break into the vounger kind of area."
Touring with Costello is producer/musician songw riter Nick Lowe, who guided
Graham Parker through his Hiwlm' I Vim/ album, as well as working with Costello on
his two albums. Lowe is quoted in ads for his own debut LP as one who strives for
•<ongs in terms of two-and-a-half or three-minute pictures. Every spare bit is dumped,
and he works quicklv in the studio, using first takes whenever possible.
Costello admits very little understanding of the studio, and leaves the mixing to the
control of the producer Nick concentrates on making it sound pretty loud. We don't
go. like, instrument bv instrument We always like to play as a band. Sometimes we'll
re-do the vocals and overset harmonies and extra instruments, but I always try to go
for a basic four-piece sound to begin with."
The new Elvis is very much into the idea of upsetting what people think of as his
stvle "Some people don't like the new album as much as the first (My Aim h True), but
it *fms pretty empty to me to just keep repeating the formula, which is what Fleet-
wood Mac has done "
lamming at Raul * with the Skunks the night before the concert was another un-
planned activity, resulting in "good fun1' versions of old R&B standards. Rolling
Stones songs and country numbers
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Everybody, including the audience, had quite a ,lot to drink "
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Sniffen, John. The Bastrop County Times (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1978, newspaper, June 1, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335120/m1/32/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.