Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy!! [Rhino Bonus Disc]

Title: Get Happy!! [Rhino Bonus Disc] Artist: Elvis Costello & the Attractions Release Date: 1980 Re-Released On: 9/9/2003 Label: Demon, Rhino Album Type(s): live UPCs: 081227390822, 740155710521 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Singer/Songwriter, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, College Rock Moods: Angry, Literate, Sophisticated, Witty, Bittersweet, Brittle, Cynical/Sarcastic, Freewheeling, Intense, Intimate, Sardonic, Acerbic, Brash, Energetic, Quirky, Raucous, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Snide, Tense/Anxious, Aggressive, Angst-Ridden, Bitter, Cathartic, Cerebral, Complex, Confident, Elegant, Exuberant, Fun, Hostile, Ironic, Manic, Melancholy, Passionate, Plaintive, Playful, Poignant, Rambunctious, Rebellious, Reckless, Rollicking, Romantic, Rousing, Rowdy, Stylish, Swaggering, Urgent, Visceral, Volatile, Wistful, Wry, Ambitious, Confrontational, Detached, Earnest, Elaborate, Fiery, Gloomy, Humorous, Messy, Paranoid, Sad, Searching, Autumnal, Exciting, Lively, Sprawling, Weary, Yearning Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 9 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Love for Tender
2. Opportunity
3. The Imposter
4. Secondary Modern
5. King Horse
6. Possession
7. Men Called Uncle
8. Clowntime Is Over
9. New Amsterdam
10. High Fidelity
11. I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down
12. Black & White World
13. 5ive Gears in Reverse
14. B Movie
15. Motel Matches
16. Human Touch
17. Beaten to the Punch
18. Temptation
19. I Stand Accused
20. Riot Act

1. I Stand Accused [Alternate Version]
2. So Young
3. Girls Talk
4. Human Touch [Alternate Version]
5. Temptation [Alternate Version]
6. Motel Matches [Alternate Take]
7. Clowntime Is Over [No. 2]
8. B Movie [Alternate Version]
9. Girls Talk [Alternate Version]
10. Getting Mighty Crowded
11. From a Whisper to a Scream [Alternate Version]
12. Watch Your Step [Alternate Version]
13. Dr. Luther's Assistant
14. Ghost Train
15. New Lace Sleeves [Alternate Version]
16. Hoover Factory
17. Just a Memory
18. I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down [Alternate Version]
19. New Amsterdam [Alternate Version]
20. Black & White World [Demo Version]
21. Riot Act [Demo Version]
22. 5ive Gears in Reverse [Demo Version]
23. Love for Tender [Demo Version]
24. Men Called Uncle [Demo Version]
25. King Horse [Demo Version]
26. Seven O'Clock [Demo Version]
27. High Fidelity [Demo Version]
28. Opportunity [Demo Version]
29. The Imposter [Demo Version]
30. Don't Look Back [Demo Version]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Demon 105 2003 CD Rhino 73908

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In its original release, Get Happy!! was an overstuffed album, bursting at the seams with 20 tracks on a single vinyl LP. Fourteen years later, it was reissued as an expanded single disc on Rykodisc/Demon, adding 11 bonus tracks to the original album. Nine years after that, Rhino/Demon re-reissued Get Happy!! as a double-disc set, containing a second disc of 30 non-LP tracks, bringing the grand total of the package up to 50 tracks -- an absurdly high number by any measure. Where the 26 bonus tracks on the Rhino/Demon reissue of Punch the Clock feel like gilding the lily, here the 30-track second disc feels like a blessing, since it not only contains a bunch of great music, it feels as if it's in the spirit of the album itself. Elvis Costello wrote and the Attractions recorded an astonishing amount of music within one year. It wasn't just the finished album -- nearly every song on Get Happy!! had a notably different alternate version or demo, and then there were outtakes, B-sides, and even songs that would later show up on the following year's Trust. This makes for an excellent disc, since it's not merely a useful archival clearing-house for collectors, but it's also a dynamic, entertaining listen. Much of this is due to Costello's remarkable songwriting streak -- not only do the 20 songs on the proper album capture him at his melodic and lyrical prime, proving quite versatile in their different incarnations and alternate takes, but the songs that didn't make the cut contain such highlights as the peerless pop of "Girls Talk," his first attempt at Bacharach balladry in "Just a Memory," the endearingly lumbering "Dr. Luther's Assistant," the appealing lite soul of the outtake "So Young," a stomping cover of "Getting Mighty Crowded," and "Ghost Train" and "Hoover Factory," two of his better B-sides. These, of course, were heard on the previous reissue, where they kept the party going, but here they act as the backbone for a cavalcade of alternate takes, including four fine live cuts, radically different versions of Trust's "From a Whisper to a Scream" and "New Lace Sleeves," a harder-rocking and uneasy version of "Girls Talk," and energetic, interesting demos. Song for song, this is bonus disc is the most fun out of all the deluxe double-disc reissues from Rhino/Demon, and a fitting compliment to an album already packed with hits. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Amy Utstein Project Assistant Andrew Sandoval Producer Bill Inglot Producer Bob Carlton Project Assistant Brian Kehew Project Assistant Bruce Thomas Harmonica, Bass Dan Hersch Remastering David Gorman Project Assistant Elvis Costello Organ, Liner Notes, Vocals, Producer, Guitar, Multi Instruments Gary Stewart Reissue Producer Geoff Emerick Producer Ginger Dettman Research Assistant Greg Allen Art Direction, Design Guy Bidman Engineer Guy Bidmead Remixing Jimmy Edwards Product Manager Keith Morris Photography Lori Carfora Project Assistant Mike Engstrom Product Manager Nick Lowe Producer Patrick Milligan Project Assistant Paul Riley Engineer Pete Thomas Drums Peter Anderson Photography Randy Perry Project Assistant Roger Bechirian Balance Engineer Steve Nieve Piano, Organ Steve Woolard Project Assistant Tim Scanlin Liner Notes Val Jennings Reissue Producer