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Elvis Costello has announced that his new studio album Hey Clockface will be released on October 30 via Concord Records.
It was recorded between Helsinki, Paris and New York and was mixed in Los Angeles by Sebastian Krys – and to mark the news, Costello has released a video for the track We Are All Cowards Now.
For the Paris sessions, Costello was joined by a group of musicians he dubbed Le Quintette Saint Germain: Steve Nieve, Mickaél Gasche, Pierre-François ‘Titi’ Dufour and Renaud-Gabriel Pion.
Costello says: “I sang live on the studio floor, directing from the vocal booth. We cut nine songs in two days. We spoke very little. Almost everything the musicians played was a spontaneous response to the song I was singing. I’d had a dream of recording in Paris like this, one day.”
The New York sessions were produced by composer, arranger and trumpet player Michael Leonhart in collaboration with guitarists Bill Frisell and Nels Cline.
Costello adds: “I wanted to write ‘Helsinki-Paris-???’ on the record jacket like this was a perfume or an advertising agency. London was a possibility for the third city but London is forever. We’ll be there again.
“Michael sent this music to me from New York at the perfect time. It connected to elements in both of the previous sessions and completed the picture.
“I wanted the record to be vivid, whether the songs demanded playing that was loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful.”
Hey Clockface is now available to pre-order.
Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface
1. Revolution #49
2. No Flag
3. They’re Not Laughing At Me Now
4. Newspaper Pane
5. I Do (Zula’s Song)
6. We Are All Cowards Now
7. Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?
8. The Whirlwind
9. Hetty O’Hara Confidential
10. The Last Confession of Vivian Whip
11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?
12. Radio Is Everything
13. I Can’t Say Her Name
14. Byline
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ELVIS COSTELLO Live At Hollywood High (1979 UK 3-track promotional 7" vinyl EP, originally issued with a limited number of the 'Armed Forces' LP, including live versions of Accidents Will Happen, Alison & Watching The Detectives, custom picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little shelf/ringwear whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play SAM90)
- Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jul-2024 09:30)on July 27, 2024 at 1:27 am
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS Punch The Clock (1983 UK/German-pressed 13-track LP, including the classic single Everyday I Write the Book, complete with the illustrated lyric inner. The picture sleeve & vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition XXLP19)
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ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS Live At Hollywood High (2010 Japanese exclusive limited edition 20-track SHM-CD [Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players] album, recorded live at Hollywood High School, Los Angeles on 4th June 1978: 3 tracks ['Accidents Will Happen', 'Alison' and 'Watching The Detectives'] were originally released in 1979 on an EP which came free with initial copies of the 'Armed Forces' LP - the remaining 17 tracks are recordings from the same show,11 of which are previously unreleased; presented in mini LP-style card picture sleeve with fold-out mini poster, Japanese/English lyric sheet, individually numbered card insert, empty 3" flipback card sleeve [replicating the original EP sleeve] + obi strip)
- Elvis Costello - Singles, Volume 3 - UK - cd single boxset - £29.99, $38.69, €35.69 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jul-2024 12:35)on July 27, 2024 at 1:27 am
ELVIS COSTELLO Singles, Volume 3 (2003 UK limited edition 27-track 11-CD box set, containing eleven CD replicas of the original European issued singles including some tracks that were never previously available on CD. Each disc is housed in its respective card picture sleeve, complete with a 12-page booklet, all kept in a nice hype stickered fliptop picture box. Although not sealed, the box shows minimal wear and the contents are Near Mint ELVISBOX103)
- Elvis Costello - Singles, Volume 1 - UK - cd single boxset - £29.99, $38.69, €35.69 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jul-2024 12:36)on July 27, 2024 at 1:27 am
ELVIS COSTELLO Singles, Volume 1 (2003 UK limited edition 27-track 12-CD box set, containing twelve CD replicas of the original European issued singles including some tracks that were never previously available on CD. Each disc is housed in its respective card picture sleeve, complete with a 12-page booklet, all kept in a nice hype stickered fliptop picture box. Although not sealed, the box shows minimal wear and the contents are Near Mint ELVISBOX101)
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