VOLUME 2 The Great Unknown

1. (I'm a) Hog for you, Baby - The Coasters
2. On the Road Again - Bob Dylan
3. *It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan
4. Hard to Handle - Otis Redding
5. (I don't wanna) Hang up my Rock 'n' roll Shoes - Chuck Willis
6. Willie and the Hand Jive - Johnny Otis
7. Promised Land - Chuck Berry
8. Don't Lie to Me - Fats Domino
9. Gone Dead Train - Randy Newman
10. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
11. Live the Life I Love (and Love the Life I Live) - Mose Allison
12. Pontiac Blues - The Youngbloods
13. Give Me A Kiss - Van Morrison
14. Lookin' at the World Through a Windshield - Commander Cody
15. (Down to) The Seeds and Stems Again Blues - Commander Cody
16. Willin' - Little Feat
17. Cold, Cold, Cold - Little Feat
18. Can I Have My Money Back? - Gerry Rafferty
19. Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
20. Cry One More Time - Gram Parsons
21. One More Heartache - Marvin Gaye
22. Money - Barrett Strong
23. Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke
24. Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke
25. This Ol' Heart of Mine - The Isley Brothers
26. Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
27. After Midnight - J.J. Cale
28. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

RUNNING TIME 79:16

Continuing with EC’s pre-professional years, we get an indication of the listening tastes of the young Declan. The influence of Van Morrison on the early vocal style of Elvis Costello (still known as Declan MacManus, and later D.P. Costello is clearly evident on early Flip City recordings, such as at The Brown Cow, London Nov 1975, where Flip City performed ‘Grow Too Old’ from volume 1 and also tracks 3,9,11, & 21-23 from this selection.

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Don%27t_You_Lie_To_Me
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/One_More_Heartache

The R n B classic ‘Money’ was the last song ever performed live, by Flip City http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Money_%28That%27s_What_I_Want%29
and the mildly prophetic ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ was performed solo in early 1976 at a gig with his father, Ross.

In more recent years, Elvis has returned to several of these songs again.


* different version to compilation

There are no changes from the 2009 Edition.