Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Fishfinger king wrote:My copy arrived today!
They do exist in the UK - mine number 588.
Sounds extremely good - no surface noise at all. Even The Long Division sounds good!

No. 592 has arrived here

I ordered my copy in the UK from Scott Nangle - bigger outlets don't seem to have it. Emailed them yesterday to check availabilty and they had 50 copies in stock but had already sold 47 - 48 now with my order! Act fast all! Looking forward to hearing it+++++ Well Scott, send them out! (I'm one of t...

Not so easy to disentangle these voices!

McCartney low in verse and high in middle bits; EC high in verse and low in middle bits I think.
Twenty-Five fingers' chorus is more tahn just two. In fact, I think they doubletracked both their vocals here and there?

#9 Dream - Lennon

Well, I like these recent albums, but I found his lyrics on Secret, Profane and Sugarcane left me cold. They scan badly (but don't all Costello lyrics do, and that's normally why I love them :) ), sound pompous, don't hang together, and with their ultra-american frame of reference have no relevance ...

Just thought of another one:

the final seconds of "The Days Take Care Of Everything " ...

(if not all of the song)

The Stamping Ground. It's just...dull, tuneless and lacking in interest of any kind. Which is something an Elvis Costello song should never be. Yes, that's one I agree with. I forgot to mention 'She'. That's a lovely song with huge potential. But Elvis' version is dreadful. And still it was such a ...

'Sunday's Best' and 'Playboy Into A Man' were two major reasons why I started listening (and loving) Elvis Costello back in 1992! :D Anyway - worst song you ask? 'The Stamping Ground', I'd say. I usually prefer to skip this one. But all in all, EC is one of those artists with surprisingly few 'worst...

And plays beautifully too!
I haven't tried Side D though

Album also benefits from being detached from the disastrous Il Sogno!

My copy arrived today, and it's a beautiful, lush edition - in a rich gatefold. The cover artwork is very effective on 12".
So... well worth checking this one out!

Wow - shipping to the UK is expensive ...

Reminder - Deep Dark Blue now out on vinyl - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017692BS6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00 I picked it up - a nice straightforward vinyl release. A beautiful recording to spin. I'm glad they didn't gloss the sleeve (as the label seems to be pron...

I've got the audiobook in a nice little box set of some 15 CDs. The longest Elvis Costello album ever!

Excellent guys! Keep shaking that hand

Now that Music On Vinyl has released Extreme Honey and Deep Dead Blue on Vinyl, doesn't it seem like there is a very real possibility that they could put out a double LP set of the Costello & Nieve 5-EP box? That would be cool - how about five 10" records?! (their website allows you to sen...

sweetest punch wrote:Music On Vinyl will release Deap Dead Blue on vinyl on Nov 27, 2015: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Dead-Blue- ... s+costello

Waw! I like this very much - an album that is made for vinyl!

stricttime81 wrote:That's funny, when I was standing about 2 feet from him at the book signing I remember thinking how good he looked. He's actually a pretty handsome and stylish dude.

Thanks for your responses - it's good to be contradicted on this!

Rather a strange idea, but this topic sort of suggests it (at least to me): Totally unfounded and entirely a 'gut feeling', but seeing EC in recent pictures and videos, I get the impression that he is not well --- either physically or mentally. H'e sort of not fully 'with' the situation, a vague abs...

http://www.israbox.info/1146590700-paul-mccartney-flowers-in-the-dirt-the-ultimate-archive-collection-2015.html Wow FOUR discs with Number THREE being very Elvis heavy...loads of demos: 25 fingers!!! Let's hope the entire disc three features EC and Sir playing around with some classic too in the st...

http://www.israbox.info/1146590700-paul-mccartney-flowers-in-the-dirt-the-ultimate-archive-collection-2015.html Wow FOUR discs with Number THREE being very Elvis heavy...loads of demos: 25 fingers!!! Let's hope the entire disc three features EC and Sir playing around with some classic too in the st...

I've almost finished it, and I'll miss it. A great insight in the music world in a delightfully semi-sarcastic, self-deprecating, humorous, human style. Yes, he puts in little digs, but me being an E.C. for many many years, I'm sort of used to that sharpness and irreverence. If anything, I think at ...

I like that metaphor - encapsulates the urgency, cold emotion, and the cramped pose of early E.C. quite well

Makes one wonder which piece of furniture we should picture him in/on these days

so he said 'suit' and they printed it '[jump]suit'? beautiful

verbal gymnastics wrote:
I think Elvis' tweet explained it pretty well.

Also the video works in sunny Kent as well.

Ah, I must have missed that - what did he tweet?

https://youtu.be/sprCjEsiALA

He played it live in Southend-On-Sea 4 days ago. How much as I love the song, he really seems to be struggling with this one.

PS Sorry, I can't get this video to work here