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King Of America
1-01	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Brilliant Mistake Accordion [Piano Accordion] – T-Bone WolkHarpsichord – Mitchell Froom	3:45
1-02	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Lovable Harmony Vocals – David HidalgoOrgan – Mitchell Froom	2:53
1-03	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Our Little Angel Resonator Guitar – James Burton	4:05
1-04	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Marimba – Michael Blair	3:21
1-05	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Glitter Gulch Resonator Guitar – James Burton	3:17
1-06	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Indoor Fireworks	4:10
1-07	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Little Palaces Mandolin – L.H.C.*	3:49
1-08	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	I'll Wear It Proudly	4:24
1-09	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	American Without Tears Accordion [French] – Jo-El Sonnier	4:34
1-10	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Eisenhower Blues Piano – Tom Canning	3:46
1-11	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Posioned Rose Piano – Tom Canning	4:06
1-12	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	The Big Light	2:33
1-13	–The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And The Confederates	Jack Of All Parades Piano – Steve Nieve	5:17
1-14	–The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions	Suit Of Lights Piano – Steve Nieve	4:05
1-15	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Sleep Of The Just Piano [Doctored] – Mitchell Froom	3:51
Bonus Disc
2-01	–The Costello Show	Having It All (Solo Demo)	3:57
2-02	–The Costello Show	Suffering Face (Solo Demo)	3:08
2-03	–The Costello Show	Deportee (Solo Demo)	3:35
2-04	–The Costello Show	Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo)	3:49
2-05	–The Costello Show	I Hope You're Happy Now (Solo Demo)	3:06
2-06	–The Costello Show	Poisoned Rose (Solo Demo)	4:12
2-07	–The Costello Show	I'll Wear It Proudly (Solo Demo)	3:25
2-08	–The Costello Show	Jack Of All Parades (Solo Demo)	3:32
2-09	–The Coward Brothers	The People's Limousine	3:42
2-10	–The Coward Brothers	They'll Never Take Her Love From Me	2:54
2-11	–The Costello Show	King Of Confidence (Outtake)	2:48
2-12	–The Costello Show	Shoes Without Heels	4:20
2-13	–The Costello Show	End Of The Rainbow (Solo Demo)	3:27
2-14	–The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions	Betrayal (Outtake)	2:24
2-15	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	That's How You Got Killed Before (Live)	3:13
2-16	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	The Big Light (Live)	3:08
2-17	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	It Tears Me Up (Live)	3:26
2-18	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line (Live)	2:42
2-19	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	Your Mind Is On Vacation / Your Funeral My Trial (Live)	5:16
2-20	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	That's How You Got Killed Before (Reprise) (Live)	7:00
2-21	–The Costello Show Featuring The Confederates	True Love Ways (Live)	3:32

Credits

• Accordion – T-Bone Wolk (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Acoustic Guitar – James Burton (tracks: 1-06), The Little Hands Of Concrete* (tracks: 1-01), L.H.C.* (tracks: 1-02, 1-03, 1-05 to 1-09, 1-12 to 1-15)
• Art Direction, Design – Greg Allen
• Artwork [Cover Colourization] – Ed Turner
• Bass – Bruce Thomas (tracks: 2-14), David Miner (tracks: 2-09, 2-10), Jerry Scheff (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Compiled By, Edited By – Paul "Bassman" Riley* (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Composed By – Bennie Benjamin (tracks: 1-04), Buddy Holly (tracks: 2-21), Cait O'Riordan (tracks: 1-02), Dan Penn (tracks: 2-17), Dave Bartholomew (tracks: 2-15, 2-20), Declan MacManus* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-03, 1-05 to 1-09, 1-11 to 2-08, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14, 2-16), Gloria Caldwell (tracks: 1-04), Henry Coward (tracks: 2-09), Howard Coward (tracks: 2-09), J.B. Lenoir (tracks: 1-10), Ivy J. Bryant* (tracks: 2-18), Leon Payne (tracks: 2-10), Mose Allison (tracks: 2-19), Norman Petty (tracks: 2-21), Richard Thompson (tracks: 2-13), Sonny Boy Williamson (tracks: 2-19), Spooner Oldham (tracks: 2-17)
• Design [Original], Typography – Michael Soren Krage*
• Double Bass – Jerry Scheff (tracks: 1-01, 1-03 to 1-07, 1-09, 1-12), Ray Brown (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
• Drums – Earl Palmer (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), Jim Keltner (tracks: 1-02, 1-04, 1-08, 1-15, 2-15 to 2-21), Mickey Curry (tracks: 1-01, 1-13), Pete Thomas (tracks: 1-14, 2-14), Ron Tutt (tracks: 1-03, 1-05, 1-09, 1-12, 2-09, 2-10)
• Electric Bass – Bruce Thomas (tracks: 1-14), Jerry Scheff (tracks: 1-02, 1-08, 1-15), T-Bone Wolk (tracks: 1-13)
• Electric Guitar – James Burton (tracks: 1-03, 1-05, 1-09, 1-12), L.H.C.* (tracks: 1-02), T-Bone Burnett (tracks: 1-10), T-Bone Wolk (tracks: 1-01)
• Engineer – Larry Hirsch (tracks: 2-09, 2-10)
• Engineer [Assistant] – David Dominguez Ahlert* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-15), William Berry Jackson* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-15)
• Guitar – E.C.* (tracks: 2-01 to 2-08, 2-13 to 2-21), Henry Coward (tracks: 2-09, 2-10), Howard Coward (tracks: 2-09, 2-10)
• Keyboards – Mitchell Froom (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21), Steve Nieve (tracks: 2-14)
• Lead Guitar – James Burton (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Marimba – Michael Blair (tracks: 1-04, 2-15 to 2-21)
• Organ [Hammond] – Mitchell Froom (tracks: 1-01, 1-04, 1-06, 1-08, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13), Steve Nieve (tracks: 1-14)
• Other [Licensing] – Malia Doss
• Other [Project Assistance] – Dorothy Stefanski, Ginger Dettman
• Percussion [Brushes] – Earl Palmer (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), Jim Keltner (tracks: 1-04, 1-08, 1-15), Mickey Curry (tracks: 1-01), Ron Tutt (tracks: 1-03, 1-05, 1-09, 1-12)
• Percussion [Sticks] – Jim Keltner (tracks: 1-02), Mickey Curry (tracks: 1-13), Pete Thomas (tracks: 1-14)
• Photography By – Terence Daniel Donovan*
• Producer – Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (tracks: 1-01 to 1-15, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14), Larry Kalman Hirsch* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-15, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14), J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-15, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14), The Coward Brothers (tracks: 2-09, 2-10)
• Producer [Associate] – David Brent Miner* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-15)
• Producer [Sound] – Andrew Sandoval, Bill Inglot
• Production Manager – Jimmy Edwards
• Reissue Producer – Gary Stewart , Val Jennings
• Remastered By – Dan Hersch
• Research [& Such] – Steve Woolard
• Rhythm Guitar – T-Bone Burnett (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Saxophone – Ralph Carney (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Sleeve [Sleeve Consultant] – Matthew Patrick Declan MacManus*
• Supervised By [Editorial] – Sheryl Farber
• Vibraphone, Percussion – Michael Blair (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)
• Vocals – E.C.* (tracks: 2-01 to 2-08, 2-13 to 2-21), Henry Coward (tracks: 2-09, 2-10), Howard Coward (tracks: 2-09, 2-10), T-Bone Wolk (tracks: 2-15 to 2-21)

Notes

1-01 to 1-15 Recorded live at Ocean Way & Sunset Sound Studios, 1985. Additional recording at Ocean Way, Sunet Sound & The Sound Factory, Los Angeles.
2-01, 2-03 & 2-13 Recorded at Ocean Way (21 July 1985).
2-02, 2-04 to 2-06 Recorded at Sunset Sound (14 February 1985).
2-07 Recorded at Red Bus, London (15 April 1985).
2-08 Recorded in Hollywood (July 1985).
2-09 & 2-10 Recorded at The Sound Factory & Sunset Sound .
2-11 Recorded at Sunset Sound (29 July 1985).
2-12 Recorded at Ocean Way (22 July 1985).
2-14 Recorded at Ocean Way (21 August 1985).
2-15 to 2-21 Recorded live at the Broadway Theater, New York (23 October 1986).

CD1 First issued as F-Beat [UK] #ZL 70946 & Columbia [US] #40173 (February 1986).
2-05 First issued as the B-side of "I Want You".
2-09 & 2-10 First issued as IMP [UK] single #006.
2-12 First issued as the B-side of "Blue Chair".

This Reissue ℗ 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995 & 2005 Elvis Costello.
© Demon Music Group Ltd.
Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
Manufactured in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 40155 71112 2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ZL70946	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates*	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates* - King Of America ‎(LP, Album)	F-Beat	ZL70946	Europe	1986
RCHC-I 22	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates*	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates* - King Of America ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	RCHC-I 22	Europe	1986
FCT-40173	The Costello Show Featuring Elvis Costello	The Costello Show Featuring Elvis Costello - King Of America ‎(Cass, Album)	Columbia	FCT-40173	Canada	1986
VCK 40173	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates*	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates* - King Of America ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	VCK 40173	Canada	1986
RPT-8330, ZK-70946	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates*	The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates* - King Of America ‎(Cass, Album)	F-Beat, F-Beat	RPT-8330, ZK-70946	Japan	1986