Elvis Costello and the Attractions with the TKO Horns and Afrodiziak played in the early morning hours of October 16, 1983, at the 13th Rockpalast- Festival ("Rocknacht") at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany.
The standard Costello band at that time, The Attractions (Elvis Costello - voc, g; Steve Nieve - keyb; Bruce Thomas - bass and Pete Thomas - drums), was augmented by the brass group TKO Horns (Jim Paterson - trombone; Jeff Blythe - saxophone, cl; Paul Speare - saxophon, flute and Dave Plews - trumpet) plus the singing group Afrodiziak (Caron Wheeler - voc and Claudia Fontaine - voc).
Costello had just released "Everday I Write The Book", the song that - together with "Veronica" from 1989 - was the closest that he ever came to a "world wide hit".
The set list:
00:32 Let Them All Talk
03:57 Possession *
05:41 Watching The Detectives
10:27 The Greatest Thing
13:41 Man Out Of Time
18:36 New Lace Sleeves
23:40 Mystery Dance
26:14 Shabby Doll
31:30 Kid About It
35:21 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
39:00 Oliver's Army
42:22 Shipbuilding
46:53 Big Sister's Clothes
49:39 Stand Down Margaret
50:57 Beyond Belief
54:28 Clubland
58:30 The World And His Wife
1:01:12 Alison
1:04:52 Backstabbers
1:06:06 King Horse
1:09:20 Clowntime Is Over
1:16:16 Everyday I Write The Book
1:20:15 I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
1:23:57 Pump It Up
* Incomplete
This was copied from an old cassette tape, the reason why there is flutter here and there, especially in the second half of the set.
