songs they gave away

[naughty boy]

I was reminded of how great 'Girls Talk' is. And altho' EC did his own version, it's boring old Dave Edmunds who brushed it up and took it to the charts. And it's a real cracker.

Rhino put out a whole compilation CD of songs Costello "gave away" (he ended up reclaiming a bunch of them)

Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous is a 1998 compilation album of songs written by Elvis Costello and performed by various artists. It includes covers of tracks Costello recorded, songs written specifically for other artists and compositions never before released.

1. "Girls Talk" Dave Edmunds 3:27
2. "Unwanted Number" For Real 3:32
3. "My Brave Face" (McCartney, Costello) Paul McCartney 3:19
4. "Hidden Shame" Johnny Cash 4:00
5. "All Grown Up" Tasmin Archer 4:13
6. "Miss Mary" (Costello, Zucchero) Zucchero 4:28
7. "Shadow and Jimmy" (Costello, David Was) Was (Not Was) 4:17
8. "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue" Mary Coughlin 2:51
9. "Deep Dead Blue" (Costello, Bill Frisell) Anúna 2:58
10. "The Comedians" Roy Orbison 3:25
11. "The Deportees Club" Christy Moore 4:28
12. "Punishing Kiss" (Costello, Cait O'Riordan) Annie Ross 3:20
13. "Shamed Into Love" (Costello, Blades) Rubén Blades 4:05
14. "Shatterproof" Billy Bremner 3:16
15. "Dirty Rotten Shame" Ronnie Drew 3:45
16. "Shipbuilding" (Costello, Clive Langer) Robert Wyatt 3:06
17. "The Birds Will Still Be Singing" Norma Waterson 2:56
18. "I Want To Vanish" June Tabor 2:22
19. "The Other End of the Telescope" (Costello, Aimee Mann) 'Til Tuesday 3:55
20. "Indoor Fireworks" Nick Lowe 3:32
21. "Almost Blue" (live) Chet Baker 7:45

There was also the album he wrote for that ex-Transvision Vamp trollop

[GoogaMooga]

Brian Wilson gave Surf City to Jan & Dean, and Guess I'm Dumb to Glen Campbell.

[Goat Boy]

He shoulda held onto Dumb for Pet Sounds

[Hugh]

I was reminded of how great 'Girls Talk' is. And altho' EC did his own version, it's boring old Dave Edmunds who brushed it up and took it to the charts. And it's a real cracker.

Rhino put out a whole compilation CD of songs Costello "gave away" (he ended up reclaiming a bunch of them)

Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous is a 1998 compilation album of songs written by Elvis Costello and performed by various artists. It includes covers of tracks Costello recorded, songs written specifically for other artists and compositions never before released.

1. "Girls Talk" Dave Edmunds 3:27
2. "Unwanted Number" For Real 3:32
3. "My Brave Face" (McCartney, Costello) Paul McCartney 3:19
4. "Hidden Shame" Johnny Cash 4:00
5. "All Grown Up" Tasmin Archer 4:13
6. "Miss Mary" (Costello, Zucchero) Zucchero 4:28
7. "Shadow and Jimmy" (Costello, David Was) Was (Not Was) 4:17
8. "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue" Mary Coughlin 2:51
9. "Deep Dead Blue" (Costello, Bill Frisell) Anúna 2:58
10. "The Comedians" Roy Orbison 3:25
11. "The Deportees Club" Christy Moore 4:28
12. "Punishing Kiss" (Costello, Cait O'Riordan) Annie Ross 3:20
13. "Shamed Into Love" (Costello, Blades) Rubén Blades 4:05
14. "Shatterproof" Billy Bremner 3:16
15. "Dirty Rotten Shame" Ronnie Drew 3:45
16. "Shipbuilding" (Costello, Clive Langer) Robert Wyatt 3:06
17. "The Birds Will Still Be Singing" Norma Waterson 2:56
18. "I Want To Vanish" June Tabor 2:22
19. "The Other End of the Telescope" (Costello, Aimee Mann) 'Til Tuesday 3:55
20. "Indoor Fireworks" Nick Lowe 3:32
21. "Almost Blue" (live) Chet Baker 7:45

There was also the album he wrote for that ex-Transvision Vamp trollop

Several of those above are just covers rather than give always. Shadow and Jimmy is a great song.

[bobzilla77]

Player's soft rock banger "Baby Come Back" was co written by Daryl Hall, Robert Fripp and Phil Collins during the demo sessions for Exposure. The Eno produced demo is something special.