LP – Black Vinyl

Elvis Costello and his partner in his first band Rusty, Allan Mayes, have reunited for, as Costello puts it, the record we would have cut when we were 18, if anyone had let us.”The Resurrection of Rustis produced by Elvis Costello and Sebastian Krys and featuring Costello and Mayes backed by Costellos band the Imposters.

Costello – then, D.P. MacManus – joined Mayes band Rusty on New Year’s Day 1972, and while for the next twelve months they played dozens of gigs, from almost deserted clubs to one of Liverpool’s most beautiful Victorian recital halls and even ventured into the unknown lands, near Widnes, they never made it to the recording studio.

The Resurrection of Rustcomprises newly recorded renditions of six songs drawn from Rustys 1972 set lists: duets on two 1972, Nick Lowe tunes, Surrender To The Rhythm and Dont Lose Your Grip On Love, Kentucky songwriter Jim Fords Im Ahead If I Can Quit While Im Behind, and two originals; Warm House (written by D.P. MacManus” in 1971) and Maureen and Sam” (a musical collaboration by Mayes and MacManus) and, finally, an arrangement incorporating the Neil Young songs Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Dance, Dance, Dance“, the latter witnessing Costello’s debut on the electric violin.

Tracklist:

1. Surrender To The Rhythm
2. Im Ahead If I Can Quit While Im Behind
3. Warm House (And An Hour Of Joy)
4. Dont Lose Your Grip On Love
5. Maureen & Sam
6. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Dance Dance Dance