Live at the El Mocambo (Elvis Costello album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Live at the El Mocambo

| type = Live album

| artist = Elvis Costello and The Attractions

| cover = ecelmocambo.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 October 1993 / 29 September 2009

| recorded = 6 March 1978

| venue = The El Mocambo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock, new wave

| length = 48:59

| label = Demon/Rykodisc (1993)
Hip-O Select (2009)

| producer =

| prev_title = 2½ Years

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Brutal Youth

| next_year = 1994

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Deming, Mark. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-el-mocambo-mw0000621594 Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Live at the El Mocambo (rec. 1978, rel. 1993) album review, credits & releases] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214172351/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-el-mocambo-mw0000621594 |date=14 December 2020 }}. AllMusic

|rev2 = Pitchfork

|rev2score = 8.4/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13533-live-at-the-el-mocambo/ |first=Stephen M. |last=Deusner |title=Elvis Costello - Live at the El Mocambo (rec. 1978, rel. 1993) album review |website=Pitchfork |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119113247/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13533-live-at-the-el-mocambo/ |url-status=live }}

|rev3 = Record Collector

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://RecordCollectorMag.com/reviews/live-at-the-el-mocambo |first=Terry |last=Staunton |title=Elvis Costello - Live at the El Mocambo (rec. 1978, rel. 1993) album review |website=RecordCollectorMag.com |date=December 2009 |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622063556/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/live-at-the-el-mocambo |url-status=live }}

|rev4 = Uncut

|rev4score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/elvis-costello-live-at-the-el-mocambo-5337/ |title=Elvis Costello - Live at the El Mocambo (rec. 1978, rel. 1993) album review |work=Uncut |date=9 November 2009 |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622031825/https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/elvis-costello-live-at-the-el-mocambo-5337/ |url-status=live }}

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Live at the El Mocambo is a 1993 live album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Recorded on March 6, 1978, from a live radio broadcast by CHUM-FM in Toronto. A tape of the broadcast was obtained by the Canadian division of CBS records and released as an exclusive Canadian promotional album in the same year. As the show's fame began to grow, it became heavily bootlegged.{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/elvis-costello/ |author=Young, Jon & Robbins, Ira |title=Elvis Costello album reviews |work= Trouser Press}}

It was first legally made available with the release (as Live at El Mocambo) either as disc 4 of the 2½ Years 4CD box set or to US purchasers of the first three CDs, in exchange for tokens included in the CD packaging, directly from Rykodisc. The concert was reissued, as a mainstream release, on 29 September 2009 by Hip-O Records, with the same content of the 1978 promotional album.