Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Tiny Steps should not be on this compilation -- no way -- no how. It's a travesty. I just don't understand how someone in an artistic director position pulled the trigger on this. Just plain wrong. Well, there's that. Truth be told, I'll be spending more time with the second disc of this, my 4th co...

It's out here in the US. The discs have "COSTELLO" repeated around the circumference, in a nod to the LP. No liner notes, just lyrics and some photos I hadn't seen before. They could have easily put a few more tracks on the first disc. "LTZ" is the Dallas version.

From Allmusic.com: Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine For those keeping score, Universal's 2008 Deluxe Edition of This Year's Model is the third expanded reissue of Elvis Costello's classic 1978 album. Like its 2002 predecessor from Rhino, Universal's expanded edition is a double-disc set, sharing ma...

Not that I've been keeping track, but I can't remember the last time I was excited about a new Van album (to the point where I'd be blasting it drunk in a Jeep). Maybe "Hymns to the Silence"? Anyway, your story ranks with the time I saw a very attractive young lady blasting the Smithereens...

I'm pleased and excited to announce the debut of my new blog, Everybody's Dummy . http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/ Basically it's an outlet for me to write at length about music in the absence of a book deal that would drop out of the sky and make me disgustingly wealthy to the point where my wi...

Hope it's better than this:

http://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Costello-Ki ... 300&sr=1-9

It's nothing new. Back when Hard Promises was about to come about, he made a big stink forcing his record company to release it at an $8.98 list price instead of the $9.98 list price in place for "superstars". Of course, ten years later when Into The Great Wide Open came out, he had no pro...

FAVEHOUR wrote:It's a David Ackles song called "Sonny Come Home". Appears on Ackles' first LP.

That would make sense.

It's not "Strange Fruit" either.

Perhaps it's an early draft of "Broken" before Cait wrote her version?

johnfoyle wrote: Another Goddamn Elvis Costello Reissue

The title says it all. And yes, I'll be buying it.

Thanks for making these available!

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Many thanks to Otis and ANCT for the resources. It's going to be a merry Xmas after all.

No, it's the Spike era. The sideburns are the giveaway. Great find!

"Lifeboat" sounds melodically similar to "Shatterproof" to my ears.

The vote for MLAR? That was me.

Very cool! Heaven bless the Foyles!

Yes, glad to hear things are OK with Connor. If you're reading this, have you considered publishing any or all of your Elvis writings? I think they're a worthy addition to the canon.

The album's pushed back till next week. A couple of songs are being streamed as 'photo-montages' on YouTube.

Aren't too many infants being wheeled around Chelsea wearing trousers these days! Great photos.

And again...thank you.

Thank you yet again, Mr. Foyle!

Thank you Mr. Foyle!

I went to visit the site the other day, and there was an elaborate placeholder message quoting someone who'd witnessed a nuclear detonation in the '40s. So I'm confused too.