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Another addition to the official site:

http://www.elviscostello.com/lies-inven ... husband/66

There are subtle changes to page 19, plus an all-new page 20.

The Lies & Inventions page is now easier to navigate. I will now contrast and compare to see if anything's new and different...

johnfoyle wrote:Looks kind of official -

http://twitter.com/ElvisCostello

So far it's the same posts that the Elvis Costello page on Facebook puts up.

Trust has been a favorite since I first heard it. Various things conspire to make it such a sentimental choice over the years, but I can pinpoint two things that make it stand out so much: a) plenty of piano and b) New Lace Sleeves. It has sit comfortably in my top five EC ever since. For more excus...

A sixteenth track seems to have been added to this album. A post on the Elvis Costello Facebook page (of all places) today said this: The Right Rev Jimmy Quickly, Minister of Information for Elvis Costello says.... "What is a Voice in the Dark"... Go To http://www.elviscostello.com/ to fi...

Lyrics for all the songs on the album are now viewable in the "Words" section on elviscostello.com. The only thing is you have to look them up individually; they aren't grouped by album, nor do the "listen" links play the songs (yet). Just as the songs on SP&S had Harry Smith...

While we're at it, I need a job too.

Maybe we should start an ECFF Unemployment Support thread?

"What's your favorite of your own albums?"

and while we're at it...

"What's your favorite of your own album covers?"

Great ones: Trust – "A minimalist classic", said wordnat. I agree. Get Happy!! – Nice and garish. This Year's Model – Love that stare. Taking Liberties - it's backwards, of course. Almost Blue Spike Not awful: Imperial Bedroom My Aim is True Hubris: King of America Punch the Clock The Deli...

Sure. Whaddya want to know?

Universal would certainly be happy to cash in on an upcoming Costello album however they can. Especially when the new album is on a label they don't own.
As for the delay between completing the new album and releasing it, consider that SP&S sat in the can for over a year before it came out.

North. Before that, PFM. Honorable mention to TDM.

Not that anyone asked...

http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/200 ... eless.html

I've never had a problem with "Broken".

In my mind, "Shallow Grave" ends side one and "Poor Fractured Atlas" starts side two. So seeing the real deal seems odd somehow.

I don't know why, it just does.

I count three "rare"-ish tracks, and those who support "Impatience" will be happy. But yeah, it's not quite the selection I'd've put together. Think there will be any liner notes? Extreme Honey at least had something.

I also remember him saying that "This House [pointing to his head] Is Empty Now".

One album a year is all I ask. I'm trying not to get too excited about this one.

Thanks for posting this. It has been ugly lately, hasn't it?

Those snippets weren't there when the Lies & Inventions section first appeared. Comparing with my original data grab I see he's added some other tidbits of questionable statistics, like unrecorded songs from the KOA sessions and the cancelled release of "The Gwendolyn Letters" due to W...

Okay, I'll say it.

As much as I like North -- and I really do (see here: http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/200 ... north.html) -- I don't like Impatience.

Sorry.

Well put, sir, as usual. I've always hoped Elvis would follow Pete Townshend's or Robert Fripp's leads and put out his stuff directly, either by mail-order or download. It amazes me that for all the disdain he has for the record industry -- and getting "screwed" by any number of major labe...

Wow. And I thought I'd be heading to bed early tonight.

It's already more info-packed than his last "new and improved website", though someone needs to take "Two And A Half Years in 31 Minutes" out of there.

Via MusicTap on Facebook:

"Clarification: Hip-O will release a compilation album for Elvis Costello called Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years. It's planned for June 29."

Well, it was nice while it lasted.

You Foyles just keep on giving and giving, don't you?