Billboard : Costello Cooking Up New EP, DVDs, Tour

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:11 pm

This is from Billboard.com :

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic ... 1000739486

Costello Cooking Up New EP, DVDs, Tour

Never one to rest on his laurels, Elvis Costello has a variety of projects on the horizon, including a 10-inch vinyl EP of previously unreleased recordings, two DVDs and a 2005 itinerary packed with touring.

First up is the seven-song vinyl release "The Clarksdale Sessions," due Jan. 25 via Lost Highway. The set chronicles a rehearsal session for Costello's latest album with the Imposters, "The Delivery Man," captured on tape at a one-room recording studio in Clarksdale, Miss.

In addition to "The Delivery Man" tracks "The Monkey" (an alternate version of "Monkey to Man") "Country Darkness," "Needle Time," "The Scarlet Tide" and the title song, "Sessions" sports a cover of the Chips Moman/Dan Penn composition "Dark End of the Street" and the previously unreleased original "In Another Room."

Costello and the Imposters recently released five additional live-in-the-studio versions of tracks from the album exclusively via Apple's iTunes Music Store as "The Futurama Sessions."

A collection of music videos and TV performances, "The Right Spectacle," will arrive on DVD Jan. 17 in the U.K. via Demon, with release plans in other territories still being finalized. And although details are still being nailed down, March will bring the release of a live DVD via Eagle Rock Entertainment, taped at a small club show in the United States this summer.

The artist already has a full slate of 2005 tour dates on tap, beginning Jan. 19 in Stockholm and wrapping Feb. 20 in Manchester, England. A two-month North American run is scheduled for March, but the only dates confirmed so far are three Florida engagements: March 2 in Orlando, March 4 in Miami and March 5 in Tampa.

Finally, Costello was nominated for three Grammys last week: best rock album for "The Delivery Man," best rock performance by a duo our group with vocal for "Monkey to Man" and best male pop vocal performance for "De-Lovely," from the film of the same name.

Here are Elvis Costello's tour dates:

Jan. 19: Stockholm (Concert House)
Jan. 21: Oslo (Rockefeller)
Jan. 22: Copenhagen (Vera)
Jan. 24: Utrecht, Holland (Music Centrum)
Jan. 26: Antwerp (Koningen Elizabeth Hall)
Jan. 28: Berlin (UDK)
Jan. 29: Hamburg (Kampnagel)
Jan. 30: Frankfurt (Mouson Turm)
Feb. 1: Murcia, Spain (Auditorio de Murcia)
Feb. 2: Valencia, Spain (Palau De La Musica)
Feb. 5: Milan (Auditorium Verdi)
Feb. 6: Rome (Parco Della Musica)
Feb. 9: Brighton, England (Brighton Dome)
Feb. 10: London (Hammersmith Apollo)
Feb. 12: Bristol, England (Colston Hall)
Feb. 13: Coventry, England (Warwick Arts Center)
Feb. 14: Edinburgh, England (Usher Hall)
Feb. 16: Liverpool, England (Royal Court)
Feb. 17: Sheffield, England (Octagon)
Feb. 18: Buxton, England (Opera House)
Feb. 20: Manchester, England (Bridgewater Hall)
March 2: Orlando, Fla. (House of Blues)
March 4: Miami (Jackie Gleason Theatre)
March 5: Tampa (Tampa Theatre)

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:08 pm

BlueChair is hoping for a North American release of The Right Spectacle, and a Toronto date at Massey Hall in March!

John · Post by **John** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:55 pm

The live DVD should be a treat. Only 2 new tracks on the EP is a little disappointing.
Does anyone already possess a 10-incher?

I only have 7's and 12's!

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:18 pm

I have a 10" John Cooper Clarke, featuring the immortal 'twat!'.

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:12 pm

What are the chances of Emmylou being on "The Dark End Of The Street"?

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 5:31 am

I have this -

http://www.tindersticks.co.uk/discography.html

The Tindersticks

OCT95 - THE BLOOMSBURY THEATRE
The 10" vinyl includes an extra track, 'My Sister' ; it's still rare 'cos they didn't even include it on the recent CD re-issue of their second album.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:38 pm

What is the point in releasing vinyl-only stuff??? They might as well put The Right Spectacle out ONLY on Betamax videos, or howabout Laserdisc...they're both dead formats too.

Thankfully, I think one of my pals has got the ability to write vinyl to CD....but what's the Hampden? Are they trying to deliberately lose money?

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:42 am

John wrote:The live DVD should be a treat. Only 2 new tracks on the EP is a little disappointing.
Does anyone already possess a 10-incher?
I only have 7's and 12's!

Size isn't important John (is it ladies?

) but I have a 10".

Unfortunately it's the Elvis 10" vinyl release of Baby Plays Around.