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Elvis Costello

King of America & Other Realms - 6CD

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Released: 1st November 2024. Across 6CDs, 'Elvis Costello: King of America & Other Realms' traces his musical travels from Hollywood - where the 'King Of America' album was recorded in 1986 - to a brand new take on 'Brilliant Mistake' cut in Cape Fear early in 2024, via Costello's recording adventures in New Orleans, Oxford and Clarksdale, Mississippi, Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee and guided by Costello's own 35-page essay which includes numerous rare and never-before seen photos. The collection is anchored by CD1: a new 2024 remaster of the album 'King Of America' from the original master tapes. CD2 collects the solo demos from 1985 including six performances from the unheard Red Bus Studios session. CD3 is a never heard before 17-song concert recorded in 1987 at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The set closes with a 3CD digest of Costello's studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes and live recordings from this wild and wonderfully odd odyssey.'Elvis Costello: King of America & Other Realms' - The collection is anchored by CD1: a new 2024 remaster of the album 'King Of America' from the original master tapes. CD2 is a collection of songs featuring studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes and live recordings from this wild and wonderfully odd odyssey.

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  • Details

    Released:
    1st November 2024
    Category:
    Rock & Pop
    Format:
    CD Box Set
    Barcode:
    602488514378
  • Description

    Across 6CDs, 'Elvis Costello: King of America & Other Realms' traces his musical travels from Hollywood - where the 'King Of America' album was recorded in 1986 - to a brand new take on 'Brilliant Mistake' cut in Cape Fear early in 2024, via Costello's recording adventures in New Orleans, Oxford and Clarksdale, Mississippi, Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee and guided by Costello's own 35-page essay which includes numerous rare and never-before seen photos. The collection is anchored by CD1: a new 2024 remaster of the album 'King Of America' from the original master tapes. CD2 collects the solo demos from 1985 including six performances from the unheard Red Bus Studios session. CD3 is a never heard before 17-song concert recorded in 1987 at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The set closes with a 3CD digest of Costello's studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes and live recordings from this wild and wonderfully odd odyssey.'Elvis Costello: King of America & Other Realms' - The collection is anchored by CD1: a new 2024 remaster of the album 'King Of America' from the original master tapes. CD2 is a collection of songs featuring studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes and live recordings from this wild and wonderfully odd odyssey.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Brilliant Mistake
    Elvis Costello
    2.Lovable
    Elvis Costello
    3.Our Little Angel
    Elvis Costello
    4.Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
    Elvis Costello
    5.Glitter Gulch
    Elvis Costello
    6.Indoor Fireworks
    Elvis Costello
    7.Little Palaces
    Elvis Costello
    8.I'll Wear It Proudly
    Elvis Costello
    9.American Without Tears
    Elvis Costello
    10.Eisenhower Blues
    Elvis Costello
    11.Poisoned Rose
    Elvis Costello
    12.The Big Light
    Elvis Costello
    13.Jack of All Parades
    Elvis Costello
    14.Suit of Lights
    Elvis Costello
    15.Sleep of the Just
    Elvis Costello

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
    Elvis Costello
    2.There's a Story in Your Voice (With Lucinda Williams)
    Elvis Costello
    3.American Without Tears
    Elvis Costello
    4.Jimmie Standing in the Rain
    Elvis Costello
    5.Indoor Fireworks
    Elvis Costello
    6.Suffering Face
    Elvis Costello
    7.In Another Room
    Elvis Costello
    8.Wonder Woman
    Elvis Costello
    9.Riverboat
    Elvis Costello
    10.Sulphur to Sugarcane
    Elvis Costello
    11.Country Darkness
    Elvis Costello
    12.April 5th (With Rosanne Cash & Kris Kristofferson)
    Elvis Costello
    13.The People's Limousine
    The Coward Brothers

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.The Big Light
    Elvis Costello
    2.Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
    Elvis Costello
    3.Our Little Angel
    Elvis Costello
    4.It Tears Me Up
    Elvis Costello
    5.I'll Wear It Proudly
    Elvis Costello
    6.Lovable
    Elvis Costello
    7.Riverboat
    Elvis Costello
    8.Sally Sue Brown/35-22-36
    Elvis Costello
    9.American Without Tears
    Elvis Costello
    10.Brilliant Mistake
    Elvis Costello
    11.What Would I Do Without You?
    Elvis Costello
    12.You're Mind's On Vacation/Your Funeral, My Trial
    Elvis Costello
    13.Pouring Water On a Drowning Man
    Elvis Costello
    14.Payday
    Elvis Costello
    15.That's How You Got Killed Before (Reprise)
    Elvis Costello
    16.Sleep of the Just
    Elvis Costello
    17.True Love Ways
    Elvis Costello

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    1.There's a Story in Your Voice
    Elvis Costello
    2.Country Darkness
    Elvis Costello
    3.The Delivery Man
    Elvis Costello
    4.Nothing Clings Like Ivy
    Elvis Costello
    5.Heart Shaped Bruise (Iwth Emmylou Harris) [live at the Hi-Tone, Memphis)
    Elvis Costello
    6.Bedlam (Live at Montreal Jazz)
    Elvis Costello
    7.Either Side of the Same Town
    Elvis Costello
    8.Wonder Woman
    Elvis Costello
    9.In Another Room (The Clarksdale Sessions)
    Elvis Costello
    10.The Monkey (Rehearsal With Dave Bartholomew & the Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
    Elvis Costello
    11.Monkey to Man
    Elvis Costello
    12.Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
    Elvis Costello
    13.Clown Strike (Live at Montreal Jazz)
    Elvis Costello
    14.Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
    Elvis Costello
    15.The River in Reverse
    Elvis Costello
    16.The Greatest Love (From Treme)
    Elvis Costello
    17.Ascension Day
    Elvis Costello

    Disc 5

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Stations of the Cross
    Elvis Costello
    2.Quick Like a Flash (Unreleased Version)
    Elvis Costello
    3.Sulphur to Sugarcane
    Elvis Costello
    4.Red Cotton
    Elvis Costello
    5.Lost On the River #12
    Elvis Costello
    6.A Slow Drag With Josephine
    Elvis Costello
    7.I Felt the Chill Before Winter Came
    Elvis Costello
    8.Complicated Shadows (Cashbox Version)
    Elvis Costello
    9.She's Pulling Out the Pin
    Elvis Costello
    10.Condemned Man
    Elvis Costello
    11.Hidden Shame
    Elvis Costello
    12.Red Wicked Wine (With Dr. Ralph Stanley)
    Elvis Costello
    13.The Scarlet Tide (With Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings) [live at the Grand Ole Opry]
    Elvis Costello
    14.One Bell Ringing
    Elvis Costello
    15.Bullets for the New Born King
    Elvis Costello
    16.All These Strangers
    Elvis Costello
    17.For More Tears
    Elvis Costello
    18.You Hung the Moon
    Elvis Costello

    Disc 6

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Stella Hurt
    Elvis Costello
    2.Mr Feathers
    Elvis Costello
    3.Under Lime
    Elvis Costello
    4.Jimmie Standing in the Rain
    Elvis Costello
    5.Down Among the Wines and Spirits
    Elvis Costello
    6.Dr. Watson, I Presume
    Elvis Costello
    7.Church Underground
    Elvis Costello
    8.A Voice in the Dark
    Elvis Costello
    9.April 5th (With Rosanne Cash & Kris Kristofferson)
    Elvis Costello
    10.Indoor Fireworks (Memphis Magnetic Version)
    Elvis Costello
    11.That's Not the Part of Him You're Leaving (With Larkin Poe)
    Elvis Costello
    12.Brilliant Mistake/Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Cape Fear Version)
    Elvis Costello
    13.That Day If Done (With the Fairfield Four)
    Elvis Costello
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