Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Yes, there will be a two-disc reissue of The Juliet Letters, and it is scheduled to come out before the end of the year.

I have the Sound Choice CD. Each song is included twice, once as an instrumental and once with a guide vocal by some guy making a half-hearted attempted to sing like EC.

I'll admit to having sung both "Pump It Up" and "Everyday I Write The Book" in karaoke bars.

The KOA booklet includes a credit for "Cover Colourisation: Ed Turner."

The resemblance to Ted Turner has me wondering if that name is meant as a joke.

I thought it was a bit odd when he played "Kinder Murder" and "In The Darkest Place" back to back in Los Angeles last month.

Don't feel too sorry for Thomas French. He got his money back and managed to catch the recent show in Denver.

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See message #6.

This is at least the third variation.

1986 Columbia CD:


1995 Ryko CD:


2005 Rhino CD:

On Monday February 12th 1996 they , along with session musicians , assembled at Right Track Studio, New York . What's your source for the February 12th recording date? Beyond Belief (#6) said February 9th but also apparently identified the wrong recording studio (Orpheum Studios). (And to add to th...

The unofficial EC on Rhino site has been updated with full details of the KOA reissue.

http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/koa.html

I'm not sure if this is true or not, but a fan at last night's show said EC's dental surgery involved having two teeth pulled.

Steve Hochman wrote:In addition there was a 2001 art-song album in collaboration with opera singer Anne Sofie Von Otter

"Art song"? Sometimes I get the feeling critics don't actually listen to the albums they write about.

An "Artist's Choice" CD of songs selected by Elvis is now available at Starbucks locations. It does not appear to be available on Starbucks' website (hearmusic.com), but it will probably show up there eventually. Here's the lineup: 1. Louis Armstrong - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 2. M...

And here are the notes for the songs which appear on only the cassette or vinyl versions of the album. (I didn't type or scan any of this. I found it on the internet in 1994.) "Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?": It came to me in a dream. "Girls Talk": Given away to Dave ...

Van Morrison is from Northern Ireland and is in the Hall of Fame.

I came across this blog review written by Bill King, who has published the Beatles fanzine Beatlefan since the late '70s. http://www.livejournal.com/users/billking/ OUT AND ABOUT: My son and I attended Elvis Costello's show last Sunday night at the Tabernacle, an intimate and atmospheric -- but dang...

And here's the set list for the early show, possibly not in exactly the right order: Waiting for the End of the World Radio Radio Mystery Dance Bedlam Country Darkness Blame it on Cain Delivery Man Nothing Clings Like Ivy (with Emmylou) My Baby's Gone (with Emmylou) Heart Shaped Bruise (with Emmylou...

I have 937 on mine... but that's including tracks written by Elvis but performed by others.

wardo68 wrote:I also see that there are no Attractions outtakes from the sessions

There actually is one Attractions outtake: "Betrayal."

There are a couple of other new details at the EC on Rhino site.

http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/koa.html

Although the re-issue credits the production of the first , Red Roses For Me , to Stan Brennan alone the extras on the album include The Leaving Of Liverpool and The Wild Rover. When they were first released , as the b-sides to the 12" of Sally MacLennane in 1985 , the production was credited ...

Play it.

Cáit O’Riordan was born in Nigeria in January, 1965.

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Cáit O’Riordan turned forty in 2003.

If she was born in 1965, how did she manage to turn 40 in 2003?

I believe these are the lyrics as sung on The Clarksdale Sessions . I can't be sure if it's "shaking" or "shaken," but otherwise they seem pretty easy to make out. In another room Just out of my sight Words we used to say become so slight 'Til they disappoint And I know you won't...

As promised... I'm enjoying it, but it's undeniably slight, sort of like getting half of a Rhino bonus disc. It also covers similar territory to the recent FUTURAMA SESSIONS, and I expect less obsessive fans to think both projects are the same thing. It has a very rough and "live" sound th...

I just bought a copy. I'll post my review tonight after I've been able to listen to it. (The problem with new vinyl is I can't pop it into the car CD player immediately after getting it.)

Yes, I have one that has a second disc with several live cuts from the Lonely World Tour on it, including a great Inch by Inch that segues into Fever. The "Inch By Inch/Fever" medley is on the "Toledo" single. The Painted From Memory bonus disc has live versions of "This Ho...

At the risk of stating the obvious, the album title makes me wonder if it will include "My Mood Swings." Note that EC and the Brodsky Quartet played that song in concert in 2003-2004. It was previously reported that they had recorded a version of Randy Newman's "Real Emotional Girl.&q...