Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Cool choice! I've been playing Kid A, having seen a Culture Show interview with Thom Yorke, in which he answered the question 'What song do you think is your best?' with How To Disappear Completely, saying it was a beautiful piece where they achieved something really special. Occurred to me I never...

What's the BB bonus live CD like? UK buyers had no such deal.

Their? His. T'is only Damon.

Working through the new Billy Bragg box at the moment. Splendid stuff.

Yup. They're sending them out from the various online stores. Mine's from One Little Indian in the UK so it was nice and quick.

Following the tip from WSS (Cheers muchly!) I pre-ordered the Pernice Brothers' new record and it arrived today, along with the handmade, autographed bonus disc. A lovely little item. The album's sounding good too.

http://www.popboks.com/img/albumi/ryanadams.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000641A2C.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg A record store that used to be one of my favourites before they started jacking up their pricing has been having a "Closing Sale" for the past month, but the deals weren't so g...

I'm with WSS on this. 'Coles Corner' is a superb record and, to these ears, his best. That's not to say the previous albums weren't up to much, his catalogue is a joy from start to finish.

http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FS9L2K.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V60712266_.jpg Don't laugh, this is one of the most fun album of the year ! No laughing here. I adore that record. Perfect indie-pop. Off to see them in a couple of weeks. Currently rotating all three Pulp reissues, the 2CD editi...

1 is a recording from the end of the 60s featuring a selection of soul singers, including Merry Clayton and Judy Collins doing ten Dylan tracks in a gospel style. Mark Lamarr turned me onto it via his superb Friday Night / Saturday Morning show on Radio 2. 2 is the latest guide of Jason Molina, alth...

The new Pernice Brothers album, Live a Little , will be out in early October and if you pre-order now from the PBs site you'll get a free bonus CD of demos and alternate versions signed by Joe (the signing video is a bit of a hoot): http://www.ashmontrecords.com/store/livealittle_preorder.php Cheer...

I picked up the CD/DVD set from Woolies earlier. They had once again ballsed up their pricing of special editions so I was able to get it for 9.97 instead of 14.97. They hurriedly set about repricing the special editions as I left the store. DVD seems inconsequential enough, but the album, on first ...

You Got My Mind Messed Up - James Carr After hearing his version of 'The Dark End Of the Street' (some say it's the best version of the song) I had to own it. It hadn't dawned on me that Elvis did it on the expanded KV; not until I looked at Amazon and saw 'Pouring Water On a Drowning Man' listed. ...

Hmmm, agree to disagree does seem to be the best course of action on the whole Sufjan / Guillemots debates. As for Thom Yorke. I've tried it. I don't dislike it, and a couple of tracks are very good but it doesn't seem passionate enough for me. I've read that Nigel Godrich got him to make the vocals...

BTW, I am very happy to see Shack's "..On The Corner of Miles & Gil" as one of the choices on your Best of 2006 So Far Poll. It got my vote. Well, that answers a question for me! It's a really strong record that never really seems to lose the joy of the first play, if you know what I ...

It's funny you should mention Sufjan, as that album is one that was raved about that I didn't really click with. To me that record represented a great deal of artifice and ambition but with absolutely no regard for quality control. None of it's terrible, but good grief he could have chopped out a hu...

It did, yes, but it was only allowed to do it as it had the physical formats released the following week.

Unless it's released on a physical format as well, it can't chart.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000GCF8SQ.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65956436_.jpg Annie, Let's Not Wait is as good a pop song as I've heard all year. This has got to be one of the most talked-about bands in the last couple of months. Is the hype deserved, Bad A ? Without doubt. I shambled onto them ...

Annie, Let's Not Wait is as good a pop song as I've heard all year.

Tremendous fun.

That's Hawley's old band, ain't it? I haven't heard any of their stuff and after hearing what RH has to say about it am inclined to think I'm not missing much. Am I wrong? Well, it's not as good as 'The Sun Is Often Out' - the debut album, but it has its moments. It represents a certain era that I ...

And it is quiet beautiful. His version of 'If You Could Read My Mind' is stunning.

Tremendous price on the vinyl edition
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