Punch The Clock (Released: August 1983 - Recorded: Early 1983)
Disc 1 - Punch The Clock - Album
01. Let Them All Talk
02. Everyday I Write The Book
03. The Greatest Thing
04. The Element Within Her
05. Love Went Mad
06. Shipbuilding
07. TKO (Boxing Day)
08. Charm School
09. The Invisible Man
10. Mouth Almighty
11. King Of Thieves
12. Pills And Soap
13. The World And His Wife
Disc 2 - Punch The Clock - Bonus Tracks
Late 1982
01. The Town Where Time Stood Still
02. Party Party (Party Party OST 1982 A&M SP9086 Vinyl)
Late1982 and/or early 1983
03. Shatterproof
04. Heathen Town (Demo)
05. The Flirting Kind (Demo)
06. Let Them All Talk (Demo)
07. King Of Thieves (Demo)
08. The Invisible Man (Demo)
09. The Element Within Her (Demo)
10. Love Went Mad (Demo)
11. The Greatest Thing (Demo)
12. Mouth Almighty (Demo)
13. Charm School (Demo)
14. The Comedians (Demo) (Goodbye Cruel World (with Bonus Disc) 2004 Rhino R2 76486)
15. Inch By Inch (Demo) (Goodbye Cruel World (with Bonus Disc) 2004 Rhino R2 76486)
16. Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (Madness with EC) (Goodbye Cruel World (with Bonus Disc) 2004 Rhino R2 76486)
January 27 to April 1983
17. Everyday I Write The Book (Alternate Version)
18. Baby Pictures
19. Heathen Town
20. The Flirting Kind
21. The World And His Wife (Solo Version)
22. Pills And Soap (Extended Version) (1983 Imp Records IMP001 Vinyl)
23. Everyday I Write The Book (Remix) (1983 Everyday I Write The Book F-Beat XX32T 12" Vinyl)
Disc 3 - Punch The Clock - Bonus Tracks
January 27 to April 1983 continued
24. Everyday I Write The Book (Special Version) (1983 Everyday I Write The Book Columbia 44-04115 12" Vinyl)
25. Everyday I Write The Book (Instrumental) (1983 Everyday I Write The Book Columbia 44-04115 12" Vinyl)
26. Let Them All Talk (Extended Remix) (1983 Let Them All Talk F-Beat XX33T 12" Vinyl)
June 9, 1983
27. Big Sister's Clothes / Stand Down Margaret (BBC Session)
28. Danger Zone (BBC Session)
September 3, 1983
29. Walking On Thin Ice
Punch The Clock - Sessions (Bootleg)
30. Shipbuilding (1) - sounds the same as the PTC album version, some vocal differences (2:55, 4:07, 4:27), missing effects on vocal, organ and strings (keyboard?) overdubs, post-production on Chet Baker's trumpet.
31. Party Party - sounds like a demo with EC on vocal and piano.
32. Everyday I Write The Book (Reggae Version) - yet another musical style for this song.
33. Shipbuilding (2) - EC vocal from Robert Wyatt Session.
34. Shipbuilding (3) - EC/Wyatt duet from Robert Wyatt Session.
Punch The Clock - Live
Royal Albert Hall, London,December 24, 1982
35. The World And His Wife (Live) (Punch The Clock 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20279)
36. Everyday I Write The Book (Live) (Punch The Clock 1995 Rykodisc RCD 20279)
University of Texas, Austin, Texas, September 7, 1983
37. Possession (Live)
38. Secondary Modern (Live)
39. The Bells (Live)
40. Watch Your Step (Live)
41. Back Stabbers / King Horse (Live)
Punch The Clock Sessions Notes:
This collection of tracks from the Punch The Clock sessions came to me (thank you my friend) in Flac format, they originate from cassette tapes, the equipment and software used for the transfer is unknown.
It came with notes for each track that I have tried my best to verify and add to (thank you to the original researcher, excellent job).
There are no specific recording dates in the original info but the cd liner notes tell us that the album was recorded in early 1983.
Should any of this information be incorrect please let me know by personal message.
- Source CD unless otherwise indicated: Punch The Clock (with Bonus Disc) (2003 Rhino R2 73910)
- Source Info: http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ptc.html
- Source Recordings: CD>Flac, Flac Bootleg (All Flac at level 8)
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WHAT'S MISSING (UNRELEASED & UNRECORDED)
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES (LIVE, AUSTIN, SEP. 7, 1983)
I CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN (LIVE, AUSTIN, SEP. 7, 1983)
Also dropped after being slated for the bonus disc, these performances are less mysterious, having long been available on the bootleg The Gangster Is Back. (There are, of course, several additional songs available from this concert. The Elvis Costello Home Page has the complete setlist.)
BABY PICTURES (BALLAD VERSION)
Chances are that the bonus disc's version of "Baby Pictures" is the only studio recording of the song, but since the song was performed at the same concert which produced the previously available live versions of "The World And His Wife" and "Everyday I Write The Book," it seems very likely that a reasonably good live recording of the original arrangement is available. It seems possible that a demo could exist as well.
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BONUS VIDEO
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Rockpalast - 15th October 1983 (99 minutes)
01. Introduction
02. Let Them All Talk
03. Possession
04. Watching The Detectives
05. The Greatest Thing
06. Man Out Of Time
07. New Laces Sleeves
08. Mystery Dance
09. Shabby doll
10. Kid About It
11. What's So Funny Bout Peace Love And Understanding
12. Oliver's Army
13. Shipbuilding
14. Big Sister's Clothes
15. Stand Down Margaret
16. Beyond Belief
17. Clubland
18. The World And His Wife
19. Alison
20. Backstabbers
21. King Horse
22. Clowntime Is Over
23. Everyday I Write The Book
24. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
25. Pump It Up
26. Pre-Gig Interview
Source: WDR Analogue Satellite rebroadcast (mid 1990s) recorded onto PANASONIC HIFI VHS
Lineage : Analogue Satellite > Master VHS > PC > DVD
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Picture: PAL 4:3 25fp/s 720x576 6Mbps
Sound :Dolby 2.0 192 kbps (mono)
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