Flip City - "Pay It Back" - 1975 - Elvis Costello

[@genki2genki]

Hanging out in the pubs studying Brinsley Schwarz et al certainly must have been a musical education.

[@nicomedy2010]

happy bday E

[@giovannacianelli7116]

i love this version

[@ProblemAdd]

love

[@unexpectedno4]

i first heard this YEARS ago and i lost the recording! thank you SO MUCH for posting!!!

[@birdarise]

Nice! I definitely hear some Van influence.

[@n8opot8o1981]

I've only heard the acoustic version of this song that came as a bonus track on the box set that included the first 3 studio albums and "Live at the El Mocambo". Finding this version was a very pleasant surprise! I'd really like to know where this came from.

[@sde22ssw]

love it

[@cammy_fab]

What an incredible upload. Thank you so much.

[@digitalbots]

man this version is so much better than the one i heard live

[@gsgpsu1]

Love it, Thanks!!!

[@k-matsu]

A much more "Attractions-era" version of this was on the US release version of My Aim is True (as was Watching the Detectives), but wasnt on the original UK/European release. Not sure which version I prefer, but this certainly gives you a better feel for some of Declan's earlier influences. The MAiT version is a lot angrier, and the lyrics hit you with more impact, but I think this one is richer, musically.

[@charlyW34]

Yes, this is both great and really interesting. The Graham Parker influence is pretty obvious, though I'm happy Elvis moved on from this style. What an incredible set of rarities could be compiled from Elvis' pre Attractions era!

[@yogfunk]

Where the H*** did you find this? Awesome! and Thank You. I've been listening to Elvis since 1982. Been to many a concert. A true Musician. "I could be somebody, if i didn't let so much get in my way"

[@felixvids7238]

And I tried so hard just to be myself but I keep on fading away

[@bettyfelon1]

Cool

[@stevehazlehurst]

You may notice there's only one guitar on this track. Steve Hazlehurst was playing tenor sax.

[@ephraimlessell]

If he didn't produce MUCH better material in the next coming years, he'd have never been famous.