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The spinners?verbal gymnastics wrote:I said the spinners not The Spinners![]()
Wait for the separate CD and DVD release next year. I'm hoping for Blu-ray...watercamp wrote:Amazon.ca CDN$ 217.76 + taxes (November 21)
Dude I have purchased hundreds of your records, cds and videos, multiple copies of each in most cases but this is just too much money for a working stiff. That's 2 weeks worth of groceries, 3 to 4 weeks worth of gas, new guitar stings every month for 2 years.
cwr wrote:Let's say that the CD is 20 dollars-- that's high-end for a single disc, but let's go with 20. Let's put the DVD at the high end of Criterion Collection releases, at 40 bucks. Now we're up to 60. Let's say that the vinyl is 30-- no, let's make it 40, fuck it! Now we're at... a hundred dollars. Which leaves 138 dollars for the poster, book, postcard, and "lavish box." Even assuming that the 40-page hardcover is a high-end Taschen limited edition-type book with all kinds of fancy die-cut book design and whatnot, it's hard to figure how this sucker gets to 238 without it feeling like there is some element of an attempt at seeing how hard we can gouge the fans here. Is it the autographed postcard that sets it so high? Did they fuck up and make the spinner replica to fancy and now they're having to charge higher than they anticipated just to make back their costs?
Putting all that aside, the only way I'd be able to get excited about a box set this expensive is if it was just chock full of surprises. But when you're paying that kind of money to get duplicate performances of "Mystery Dance" and "Radio Radio" it becomes even more of a stretch.
Especially when the image on the "lavish box" shows a ton of songs that AREN'T included on any of the recordings. It would seem like the spirit of the Spinning Songbook would dictate that he have completely different songs on the CD, DVD and vinyl, right? Sure, some people would probably bitch about not having all the music in one convenient format, but you could solve that by having a download code for people who buy the box that enables them to download it all in an iPod friendly format, right? And fuck it, while we're at it, for 238 dollars, it couldn't hurt to throw in an additional "digital EP" of songs that aren't in the box set at all. Is there anyone out there willing to pay this much for an Elvis live box set that DOESN'T want to hear him play "Hoover Factory"?
I don't think it would be asking for the moon. It would be more fun and it would be better value for what is, by any measure, a LOT OF MONEY. More than The Beach Boys are asking for the deluxe 5-disc SMiLE box, or U2 is asking for their 6-disc Achtung Baby box set. (True, there is an Uber Deluxe U2 box that is over 400, but even that fan gouge offers a lot more per-dollar than this does...)
Edit: Beaten to the punch!Steal This Record
A Pastoral Address From The Right Reverend Jimmy Quickly
There was a time when the release of a new title by your favourite record artist was a cause for excitement and rejoicing but sadly no more.
6th December 2011 sees the issue of “The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook” by Elvis Costello and the Imposters.
This beautifully designed compendium contains all manner of whimsical scribblings, photographs and cartoons, together with some rock and roll music and vaudevillian ballads.
Tape and celluloid were rolling at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles in April this year and present a vivid snapshot of the early days of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook show on “The Revolver Tour” of 2011.
The live recording finds the Imposters in rare form, while the accompanying motion picture blueprints the wilder possibilities of the show, as it made its acclaimed progress across the United States throughout the year.
Unfortunately, we at http://www.elviscostello.com find ourselves unable to recommend this lovely item to you as the price appears to be either a misprint or a satire.
All our attempts to have this number revised have been fruitless but rather than detain you with tedious arguments about morality, panache and book-keeping - when there are really bigger fish to filet these days - we are taking the following unusual step.
If you should really want to buy something special for your loved one at this time of seasonal giving, we can whole-heartedly recommend, “Ambassador Of Jazz” - a cute little imitation suitcase, covered in travel stickers and embossed with the name “Satchmo” but more importantly containing TEN re-mastered albums by one of the most beautiful and loving revolutionaries who ever lived – Louis Armstrong.
The box should be available for under one hundred and fifty American dollars and includes a number of other tricks and treats. Frankly, the music is vastly superior.
If on the other hand you should still want to hear and view the component parts of the above mentioned elaborate hoax, then those items will be available separately at a more affordable price in the New Year, assuming that you have not already obtained them by more unconventional means.
Tickets are currently on-sale for the Spectacular Spinning Songbook appearances in the U.S., U.K. and Europe during April, May and June in the Spring of 2012. More dates will be announced in the very near future.
If not, I'd be happy to volunteer...bambooneedle wrote:Would EC tape all his own shows? Just thinking...
Maybe his people can control de price for the separated items only and this box set was not their idea.jardine wrote:It is also disturbing because it suggests exactly how far out of his own control/management/influence are such releases. That he is part of an arrangement that is out of his hands to this extent is quite bizarre. Is the tour itself of his own making? and if so, to what extent? National Ransom? the 78s? and so on. Makes this an interesting thread to continue.