Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Oh yeah, I totally get that he would prefer to just be recording analog and putting it out on vinyl-- he's made his preference clear and I think it's a valid one. But the fact that we know he's actively using modern gadgets to record demos and even finished songs (I'd harbor a guess that his cover o...

What do you mean, cwr? He has music on iTunes. He has an online thing going on. Why invest anymore into it? Seems like a waste of time vs revenue accrued. Genuinely can't tell if you're being sarcastic! I guess I'm just surprised that he hasn't ever tried taking advantage of the internet as a way t...

You also sing "Everything It Takes" with Elvis Costello on Full Circle. How did you meet? Elvis and I met each other about four or five years ago, and we sat down in the studio to write a song. I had a piece of paper and a pencil, and he had a computer. So we looked at one another like, &...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rfhfppo9YY Man, as much as I loved EC's book, I would love to read his 2016 thoughts and memories and current evaluations of all his records, especially the post ATUB ones which were never reissued with liner notes. Looking at this EPK video for National Ransom after...

I'd imagine if EC offered CDs of live shows at the merch table, the line would be intimidating. If EC tried this out on one tour, it's hard to imagine he would ever stop doing it. The Costello fan is a sucker for this kind of thing. I could imagine spending a regrettable amount of money if he ever d...

The DETOUR dvd/blu-ray DOES feel like "Phase Three" of a Costello retrospective, although I would count UM&DI the book and CD as "Phase Two" and the documentary "Mystery Dance" as phase one. It's kind of amazing that there hasn't been a physical release of that docu...

Very excited to watch this, although I wish that Costello would take a cue from Springsteen and start selling audio from ALL of his concerts. It would be so great to be able to purchase individual tracks from these solo tours where the set list changes from one night to the next...

I wonder if he noticed this on his own OR if he reads this forum...?

Let's see if there is an Elvis Costello collector in the world who is willing to bid almost 400 dollars for a rare copy of this cancelled compilation release? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Elvis-Costello-Pomp-and-Pout-The-Universal-Years-CD-2010-Universal-Hip-wbr-O-Rare-/121855050974?&_trksid=p2056016...

BRAND NEW MUSIC VIDEO for the song, "No One Wants A Pizza On Xmas Day":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8M_9vURYDY

Thanks, JoaParades! (And that song was just one track of the EP!)

Drc_mhq_CLA A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE XMAS EP I MADE WITH MIKEY ERG: http://connorratliff.tumblr.com/post/134335469327/a-few-words-about-the-xmas-ep-i-made-with-mikey [EC-adjacent in the sense that Mikey Erg and I are both huge EC fans, although I don't think we made any overt EC references in any of t...

I think this is the only place I've ever seen him talk or write about that song:
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... tober_1999

On a more exhaustive note, I made a Playlist covering the bulk of Costello's Vanity Fair "500 Albums You Should Own" list. It's primarily just missing The Beatles and a handful of obscure records, but it ends up being about 10,000 songs: https://open.spotify.com/user/12854279/playlist/36bP...

I'm kind of stunned that these demos aren't a hotter topic of conversation! Are these the earliest recordings of EC music?

I hope they decide to screen this in NYC, where I'd predict at least a slightly better turnout than is being reported at these screenings!

I remember the first time I even heard about Astral Weeks was when Brutal Youth had just come out and I was buying every EC interview I could find. He talked about AW in an interview in Hot Press, specifically saying how he felt like he was borrowing from Van on the vocals for "Clown Strike&quo...

New expanded edition of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks includes liner notes by Corey Frye, and EC gets a mention: "Generations have felt its impact. Artists such as Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen and Bono have plumbed it for inspiration. Any best of list is unthinkable - and worthless - without...

That animated clip first showed up on the Blue Rider Press instagram (which may be why it feels clipped at the end).

(The Blue Rider instagram has only 13 "likes" and my re-gramming of it got 20.)

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?

Does this mean there is even a SLIGHT chance that they could release a vinyl edition of The Gwendolyn Letters?

WOW.

I guess at this point it's looking like we'll get a 180g release of Cruel Smile before we see Painted From Memory on vinyl, huh?

Not really a complaint. I'll buy it! I wish it were the beginning of a series of Meltdown 1995 releases, of course...

Last night, on The Simpsons' "Treehouse Of Horror XXVI", they used a pretty long section of "Accidents Will Happen" over a montage of Sideshow Bob repeatedly killing Bart and bringing him back to life!

Big week for Elvis!

I'm glad that even with no new "Elvis Costello albums" on the horizon (although lord knows one could always pop up, Momofuku-style, or maybe even quicker if someone can convince him to suddenly drop an album online, Beyonce-style), we still have so much Costello to look forward to. A bunch...

He went through his Nashville country period in the 80s, dabbled with classical music in the 90s with the Brodsky Quartet, embraced the New Orleans sound after Hurricane Katrina, and most recently delved with the Roots into funky R&B. Maybe the most condescending description of Costello's caree...