River in Reverse discussion

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:59 am

It's good to see that this album will be relatively brief in terms of time. Presuming that the most well realised recordings have been selected this should help it have a more significant impact.

Excellent sleeve . I'm getting flashes of a similar Art Pepper cover ; I'll have a look this evening and report back!

'Tears...' being so early in the running order is a good move ; if it's anything like the Lee Dorsey recording it just has to catch attention.

'Six-Fingered Man' - a Spinal Tap ( via Princess Bride) reference?

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:09 pm

Not Art Pepper - this one!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000 ... nce&n=5174

The Tony Bennett-Bill Evans Album
Bill Evans, Tony Bennett
June 1975

Two blokes beside a piano, kind of similar typeface.

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:16 am

Its out there!

http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/offi ... _front.jpg

And No Coffee Table · Post by **And No Coffee Table** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:45 am

And it runs about 52:40.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:27 am

No bonus DVD as yet...*sits with fingers crossed*

And No Coffee Table · Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:27 am

You must have missed it when John Foyle posted this link earlier in this thread.

06.06.2006
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse - New Release - Verve Forecast
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse (DVD Bonus) - New Release - Verve Forecast

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:32 am

ANCT - no I didn't miss it. I was referring to whether or not there was a DVD with the promo copy of River in Reverse.

My dilemma is...do I try and get hold of an advance copy of the CD or wait for the official release?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:55 pm

The latter, always.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:28 pm

This Sunday I will be seeing the documentary (that I presume is the 'DVD') at the Full Frame Film Festival here in Durham.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:36 am

Come on pophead - it's Monday already (well it is over here anyway!). Where's that report?

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:28 am

Rats- I meant NEXT Sunday (the 9th)!

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:57 am

pophead2k wrote:This Sunday I will be seeing the documentary (that I presume is the 'DVD') at the Full Frame Film Festival here in Durham.

Whoa, pophead - that's a lot of 'F' words.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:39 am

Apparently there's an entrant on Franz Ferdinand's fondness for Fantasy Football.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:32 pm

spooky girlfriend wrote:
pophead2k wrote:This Sunday I will be seeing the documentary (that I presume is the 'DVD') at the Full Frame Film Festival here in Durham.
Whoa, pophead - that's a lot of 'F' words.

You think that's a lot of F words? You should have heard me when gas went up to $2.63 just before my 1200 mile trip last week!

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:45 pm

' Ok........who farted?'

' Well , it wasn't me!!!!'

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:44 pm

Article on EC and this new record in the new The Word mag. Was too tired to read it last night though...

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:53 pm

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/

The Word feature , four pages incl. one full page photo, is comprehensive and complimentary. Based on an interview done on the day of the recent Joes Pub gig to launch 'Reverse it has little new to tell those of us who've been following things here. Some incidental details are of interest. The cover photo for the album appears to have been taken on the stage at the 'Pub. It was taken by Jimmy Katz , who has photographed Elvis before -

see

http://www.jimmykatz.com/gallery_detail ... lo&dtype=1

and

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/gallery ... iscostello

The only new piece of info. , to me anyway , is a reference , in a bio. note about Elvis' past collaborative efforts , to a 'unreleased' album with Bill Frisell ; what could that be referring to?

Otherwise this is a good intro. for the casual music fan.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:05 pm

Indeed, that struck me too, and I assumed you would be able to explain! maybe they just got it wrong!

sweetest punch · Post by **sweetest punch** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:36 pm

johnfoyle wrote:http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/

The only new piece of info. , to me anyway , is a reference , in a bio. note about Elvis' past collaborative efforts , to a 'unreleased' album with Bill Frisell ; what could that be referring to?

Otherwise this is a good intro. for the casual music fan.

Could they be referring to the 'Century of Song' project?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:50 pm

And there was a ref to an LP based on samples. WIWC? Ludicrous exaggeration if so. Nice article though. Elvis happier than ever with all this activity.

sweetest punch · Post by **sweetest punch** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:26 am

You can preorder now also in Japan on "cdjapan". The Japanese edition contains a bonustrack and a bonusDVD. Release date is June 2.

I think I'm going to order there; I will problably get the album in three days...

http://202.234.167.56/detailview.html?KEY=UCCB-9011

The River In Reverse [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Catalog No.: UCCB-9011
Format: CD
Number of discs (or other units): 2
Release Date: 2006/06/02
Price: 2667yen (US$ 22.85/ 2800yen Tax incl.)
Item weight: 200 g
Availability:
Usually ships in 1-3 business days following release

Description
Collaborative album between Elvis Costello and New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint features a number of new songs by Costello and covers of traditional New Orleans standards for a total of 14 tracks. Limited edition includes bonus DVD with 30-minute documentary featuring recording footage, photo sessions, and more! *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
Bonus Track: 1 Japan-edition bonus track

sweetest punch · Post by **sweetest punch** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:34 pm

Amazon has now also the limited edition with bonus DVD available for preorder:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FB ... F8&s=music

Neil. · Post by **Neil.** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:13 pm

Anyone actually heard the album yet? Any good?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:43 pm

Neil. wrote:Anyone actually heard the album yet? Any good?

I believe it's not been released yet.

that link on the post above you wrote:Availability: This title will be released on June 6, 2006. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:58 pm

I'm sure WHAR has heard it and is dying to share his thoughts.