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by Top balcony
Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:31 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
Replies: 36
Views: 42437

Re: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)

I've just bought one on line from 81 Renshaw St Records, Liverpool https://www.81renshaw.co.uk/record-stor ... op1?page=3 cost inc UK delivery £19.29
That's probably going to be £19.29 ($27.21) per play :D
by Top balcony
Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:16 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Costello & The Imposters 7” Look Now vinyl box set - reduced to $11.99
Replies: 141
Views: 234706

Re: Elvis Costello & The Imposters 7” Look Now vinyl box set - reduced to $11.99

Can the title of this thread be changed to "Look Away Now"
or somesuch
please?
by Top balcony
Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:21 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Costello & The Imposters 7” Look Now vinyl box set - reduced to $11.99
Replies: 141
Views: 234706

Re: Elvis Costello & The Imposters 7” Look Now vinyl box set - reduced to $11.99

sulky lad wrote:What’s that phrase that goes “fools and their money “?
Well I got that email too - lets see how quickly they re-unite this fool with his cash, certainly came out soon enough!

(A big disappointment, not on a par with Ancelotti, but still a kick in the whatsits)
by Top balcony
Mon May 31, 2021 5:21 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis Costello & The Imposters 7” Look Now vinyl box set - reduced to $11.99
Replies: 141
Views: 234706

Re: Elvis Costello & The Imposters 7” Look Now vinyl box set - reduced to $11.99

Sucked into this one - honestly going for style over substance it's the package that's got me rather than the music!!!! £21.37 inc shipping. I expect it to dock here in a few months given other's experiences. Bargain
by Top balcony
Mon May 17, 2021 4:55 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: What Next For Elvis after A Face In The Crowd ?
Replies: 37
Views: 66220

Re: What Next For Elvis after A Face In The Crowd ?

to be honest I'm still waiting for A Face in the Crowd...
by Top balcony
Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:26 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Spoken word recordings by another veteran artist
Replies: 5
Views: 6484

Re: Spoken word recordings by another veteran artist

verbal gymnastics wrote: It’s not unusual :lol:
Terrific :lol: :lol: :lol:

Here's a epic of the genre : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLEMncv140s
by Top balcony
Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:16 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Album rewinds: Get Happy!!
Replies: 4
Views: 6352

Re: Album rewinds: Get Happy!!

Harry Lime wrote:Good writeup! The live clip of High Fidelity at the end of the article is something else.
Awesome performance
by Top balcony
Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:32 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Shortest Elvis cd
Replies: 4
Views: 6282

Re: Shortest Elvis cd

North is the one which has spent shortest time in my cd player - does that count? :oops:
by Top balcony
Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:16 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

Arbogast wrote:Has anyone found a (free) link to this?
It's a fundraising event in aid of charity ....
by Top balcony
Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

I forgot a couple of bits of fun : An inauspicious start as EC began by quoting Joni Mitchell "The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68", RT didn't get it and replied "oh, err wasn't it the Apollo or something?" EC explained that he had been "just kidding". And th...
by Top balcony
Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:48 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

One hour twenty minutes of engaging chat , obviously Zoom has it's limitations and EC had problems with his audio and latterly Rt had problems with his battery. This article posted earlier by SP probably extracts the most interesting bits:- LISTENING IN WITH ELVIS COSTELLO AND MONTCLAIR’S RICHARD TH...
by Top balcony
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:33 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

[quote="sulky lad" Bruce’s virtuosity abs ![/quote]

Suprised you were dumbfounded - as a martial arts expert it's reasonable to expect that BT has 'killer abs' :D
by Top balcony
Sun Mar 28, 2021 2:34 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

Here's what they won't perform together - but it would be fun if they did : EC's songs : Indoor Fireworks Beyond Belief ( Detour accoustic version) April 5th Oliver's Army Dr Watson, I Presume RT's songs : Bright Lights Meet on the Ledge* Galway to Gracelands Valerie Down Where the Drunkards Roll En...
by Top balcony
Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:19 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

i would imagine at least a couple songs together, right? My guess is that the nature of Zoom will prevent anything 'together' live unless they've done a pre-recorded stitched together thingy, like the epic 'What's So Funny' recently. EC's contributions to Steve's Imobile Tour pieces with SN trying ...
by Top balcony
Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:09 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 26700

Re: Elvis at Montclair Literary Festival, online, April 6, 2021

Buyer beware! This noodlehead bought access without reading the fine print. Event is at 8pm, great, but that's EST not BST, so that's 1am for us Limeys doh!!!
Will just have to while away the hours playing early Fairport.
by Top balcony
Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:10 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: New Stereogum Ranking of EC Albums
Replies: 12
Views: 12535

Re: New Stereogum Ranking of EC Albums

JerseyPride78 wrote:Speaking for myself, the EC's most consistently underrated record is Delivery Man.
You're speaking for me too...
by Top balcony
Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:12 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)
Replies: 36
Views: 42437

Re: "La Face de Pendule à Coucou" EP (French versions of Hey Clockface songs)

My contribution from the Spanish TYM thread,Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:28 am :
Top balcony wrote:Sooo Last Year's Model.

"Hé Horloge" est à présent quoique dans acomptes....
Nostradamus
by Top balcony
Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:28 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Spanish Model, Sept 10, 2021 - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums!!
Replies: 265
Views: 413019

Re: Spanish This Year’s Model - New release based on one of Elvis Costello and the Attractions most celebrated albums!!

Sooo Last Year's Model.

"Hé Horloge" est à présent quoique dans acomptes....

(with thanks to Google Translate and my French teacher circa 1972 Mr 'Taffy' Roberts who used to use his knuckles on our skulls to emphasise the correct pronunciations)
by Top balcony
Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:53 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis & The Imposters play Eventim Olympia, Liverpool, February 28, 2020
Replies: 47
Views: 77626

Re: Elvis & The Imposters play Eventim Olympia, Liverpool, February 28, 2020

12 months on - who could have foreseen the sadness to come?

It was indeed a very special show, the Wiki has links to 8 of the 26 songs, a great reminder of a fantastic evening.....

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... _Liverpool
by Top balcony
Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:55 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: King of America: 35 years ago
Replies: 2
Views: 6088

Re: King of America: 35 years ago

Still the one I would pick if I could only take one LP to Roy Plumley's Desert Island ( a contradiction in terms?) although it's a very close run thing and if I could take two it'd be Get Happy in the beach bag too.

Here's EC's contribution to the show : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2zP5MkEjRw
by Top balcony
Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:47 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Wiki Discography
Replies: 6
Views: 7943

Re: Wiki Discography

My first post on the forum - don't shoot me down :lol: Hi Trev Welcome - don't worry you're amongst friends here! Thanks for your work to update the Wiki and for posing your question here. I'll leave it to the more glittering of the 'illuminati' to contribute an opinion. All the best Colin Top Balc...
by Top balcony
Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:45 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis’ Mam
Replies: 16
Views: 19715

Re: Elvis’ Mam

Very sad news with a very heartfelt tribute.

EC's announcement at the Olympia that his Mam was in the audience and how much it meant to him was really touching and unforgettable . 'Hey Clockface' is dedicated: 'For Lillian'.
Nos Da, Lillian, sincere condolences Elvis.
by Top balcony
Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis receives AMA-UK 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, January 28, 2021
Replies: 33
Views: 39430

Re: Elvis recieves AMA-UK 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award

https://www.elviscostello.com/#!/americana-sin-lagrimes

AMERICANA SIN LAGRIMES - PART TEN

Liverpool, 1972.

I dreamt of releasing a double LP on brown vinyl....

Who'd have thunk it 49 years later?
by Top balcony
Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020
Replies: 331
Views: 1880685

Re: New album Hey Clockface released October 30, 2020

sulky lad wrote:Just had an email to say my order was shipped yesterday
I think by "shipped" they meant "canoed" :cry: