Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Has anyone seen Kojak Variety on sale yet? I've ordered the other two, but can't find this one anywhere! Here ya go http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002IQFEU/qid=1089282913/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9910894-0450352?v=glance&s=music http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002IQFEU/...

I still think this reissue thing is a scam!!!!!! Why not make a couple of collections with all the extra material so we don't have to buy every last one of his CD's for the second time..??? The new set of reissues adds 18 tracks that weren't on your old version of Almost Blue, 17 that weren't on th...

The version of "Big Nothing" on the soundtrack (the old version of the soundtrack, anyway) is unique because it lacks the Sy Richardson voiceover. The weird thing is that with all those new Pogues songs, the track listing is missing one of their songs from the original album ("The Goo...

Does anyone think Needle Time is another anti-Bruce song??? The more I look at it, the more I agree with you. The 27 years line can't just be coincidence can it? Well, 27 years is also the length of time since EC's first record and first brush with fame. I'd also point out that "women would sl...

US - July 20th UK - July 26th It may not be officially official, but it's the only word we have on it now. The US date already appears to have been pushed to August 3, as reported by Billboard yesterday. The EC on Rhino page has been updated accordingly. This may explain the confusion over whether ...

The track lists for the upcoming reissues of Almost Blue , Goodbye Cruel World , and Kojak Variety are now on display at the unofficial Elvis Costello on Rhino site: http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/tracklists.html The US release date is July 20. The UK date is July 26, at least for Almost Blue and ...

He played all the WIWC songs on tour, but no, not all in one night.

Interesting to see a release date reported so early.

However, I'm a little suspicious since September 23 is a Thursday (and US release dates are on Tuesdays). September 23 was also the date when North was released last year.

The heel-dragging is by Elvis, not Rhino. Elvis is slow to approve track listings and write liner notes.

The 'new' songs Elvis has been performing the last few shows have actually been knocking around for a while as part of a 'song cycle' called The Delivery Man . He and Steve did some of them first back in late 1999. But the songs played recently were not among those played in 1999. I don't think it'...

Hat me, dude.

For some reason Goodbye Cruel World has replaced King of America in the next batch, so it will be Almost Blue , Goodbye Cruel World , and Kojak Variety . The last announced release date was April, but that's beginning to look overly optimistic. Here's my latest plug for the "Elvis Costello on R...

No, it is not correct.

There is no reason that using a Mac should prevent you from watching the webcast.

Does anyone have the slightest idea what song the second Elvis impersonator was trying to do? (He said it was from King of America, but I sure didn't recognize it.)

It occurs to me that Bruce Thomas has actually worked with Pete Townshend before, as part of Paul McCartney's "Rockestra" project in 1979.

Since it was previously reported that The Who was using Greg Lake on bass, I'm guessing they're not limiting themselves to a single bass player on the new album.

Sad to say, I failed to get tickets to the House of Blues show (that'll teach me to borrow the credit card number without also getting the security code). I'm hoping to find someone with extras, although with the concert so soon in the future, I'm afraid the odds aren't good.

If EC is currently recording in L.A., what's his excuse for not playing with Pete & Davey at the Randy Newman tribute?

Aside from "Shamed into Love," there's a second Costello/Blades composition on the album called "The Miranda Syndrome."

I like them both.

I'd like to believe that the February release date is accurate. But in light of the fact that they've previously been announced as coming in April, I think it's far more likely that John's information is outdated than that they've been moved up two months.

I'd love to be wrong.

I run that site. Thanks for posting the link, although I recommend entering from the main page:

http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html

The "Singles" box sets were scheduled for release in the UK yesterday. Has anyone seen them? I'm still waiting for Amazon UK to ship my order.

What about his brother Henry?

laughingcrow wrote:Is the rest of this interview around? Was there a fabled second half?

Not on CD, but you can read it here:

http://elviscostello.info/articles/r/re ... 51001a.txt