VOLUME 4 I Stand Accused

After almost 2 years of non stop recording & touring, the wheels were about to come off...Big style.
After a drunken hotel argument, (well documented elsewhere) Elvis was later to be branded a “racist” and would not return to the US for almost another 2 years. The title track, covered on the "Get Happy!" album seems an appropriate place to start.

1. I Stand Accused - The Merseybeats
2. Rebecca - Big Joe Turner
3. Little Sister - Elvis Presley
4. All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
5. Without Love - Nick Lowe
6. Switchboard Susan - Nick Lowe
7. Damage - The Attractions
8. Arms Race - The Attractions
9. Sad About Girls - The Attractions
10. There At The Top - Squeeze
11. Six O’Clock - Lovin Spoonful
12. My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra
13. So Young - Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
14. Message to Rudy - The Specials
15. Gangsters - The Specials
16. I Can’t Stand Up (For Falling Down) - Sam & Dave
17. Getting Mighty Crowded - Betty Everett
18. Don't Look Back - The Temptations
19. Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
20. Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
21. Get Off - Foxy
22. Slow Down - Larry Williams
23. I've Been Born Again - Johnnie Taylor
24. Private Number - William Bell
25. Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder
26. Slippin' And Slidin' - Little Richard

RUNNING TIME 79:39

Track Notes

1. Appears on the ‘Get Happy!’ album.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I_Stand_Accused

2. Played at a guest appearance with Delbert McClinton May 1978 in Dallas,TX

3. Regular part of The Attractions live set in 1980-81
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Little_Sister

4. Played at a guest appearance with The Skunks on May 1978 in Austin,TX

5-6. Another nod to his mentor, Nick Lowe in 1979
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_1979-04-14_Providence

7-9 These Steve Nieve compositions were performed by The Attractions in 1978, long before they recorded them (without Elvis) for their album Mad About The Wrong Boy.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Damage
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Arms_Race
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sad_About_Girls

10. A fruitful collaboration with Squeeze began around 1980 and Elvis would later produce the band’s "East Side Story" album. This song was performed at Jool’s Holland’s London farewell concerts in Aug 1980.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Concert_1980-08-12

11. Said to have been played during the "Live Stiffs" tour in 1977
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Six_O%27Clock

12. Many versions to choose from, but Elvis is a big Sinatra fan and this version is sure to have been an influence on his own recording, first released in 1979.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/My_Funny_Valentine

13. Elvis learned this version in Australia in Dec 1978. Originally Intended as a single in May 1979, it was eventually released along with the Get Happy outtakes.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/So_Young

14-15. Elvis spent much of June 1979 producing The Specials debut album, from which these tracks are taken.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Specials
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Gangsters

16-18 More Get Happy recordings. "I Can’t Stand Up (For Falling Down)" was originally recorded at a much quicker tempo by Elvis, but it’s a song much revisited in different styles. He’s also performed it live with Sam Moore. "Getting Mighty Crowded" was the B side & a live version of 'Don't Look Back" appears on the Get Happy re-issue.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I_Can%27t_Stand_Up_For_Falling_Down
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Getting_Mighty_Crowded
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Don%27t_Look_Back

19. Regular part of The Attractions live set in 1980 with Martin Belmont and also heard as part of a medley with "Watching The Detectives."
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Help_Me

20. One of 3 songs on this collection played as a medley with "King Horse" in 1980/1.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Dance_To_The_Music#Dance_To_The_Music

21. Played at a guest appearance with The Skunks on May 1978 in Austin,TX.

22. Performed occasionally in 1981 and recorded during the "Trust" sessions.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Slow_Down

23. Frequently played as an intro to "King Horse" in 1980/1.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Category:Medley-only_covers

24. Performed with Chris Difford in 1980/1.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Private_Number

25. Played as part of a medley with "Watching The Detectives" in the early '80s.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Master_Blaster#Master_Blaster_.28Jammin.27.29

26. A regular with The Allen Toussaint Band in 2006, Elvis first performed the song in 1980.
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Slippin%27_And_Slidin%27