Elvis Costello Fan Forum

( sorry Elvis) I thought the Big Wheel was a great book, this story about John Cooper Clarke was laugh - out - loud funny. Essential reading. Also would like to recommend the Bard of Salford to the Board. For the uninitiated this youtube will give you a glimpse of him in his heyday circa 1978? : htt...

my aticipation is already getting the better of me.....

Thanks from me too - and sorry no I can't hear you coughing ! What annother great show from Elvis and the Gang.

Colin Top Balcony

What next ? Asda ( ie Walmart for folks over the pond)

Yours in puzzlement

Colin Top Balcony

Methinks there is some misselling here :

" These ...titles won't last long..."

my 3 LPs originally purchased in '77/78/79 are still going strong and still sound and look fantastic

Colin Top Balcony

Frank Skinner?

See Celebrety Stars in their Eyes circa 1998 as he impersonated EC in full knock-kneed My Aim stylee

Colin Top Balcony

ps highly recommended Frank's autobiography vol 1. Rudest ,funniest, account of life's ups donwns, ins and outs

This is wonderful - thanks very much

Colin Top Balcony

Here's mine. As in the PL there's never much movement between the categories, but lots of too-ing and fro-ing within. However the bottom 3 will always be the bottom 3. Suprised at how highly - deservedly- Get Happy scores in peoples affections. The cups section features honourable mentions from the ...

( Virtually all) The music from Series 1 is now up on dime : http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=256181 Taken from “Spectacle with Elvis Costello” TV program on the Sundance Channel. These were recorded in the fall of 2008, and began broadcasting in December 2008. Interviews have been ...

BA LIAR is a bit strong , certainly a "loaded imagination" do you remember this little bit of fun from earlier in the year ? On March 31st we’ll get a new “session” from the Coward Brothers, Costello’s partnership with producer T-Bone Burnett. It’s a “live studio recording of the soundtrac...

Hi I thought that the "Bidston Indians" may have been an invention of Elvis' imagination. However here's a link to baseball on Merseyside ( worth reading just for the words "Goodison Park" in the first line) : http://www.liverpooltrojansbaseball.co.uk/History%20Merseyside.htm and...

Hi Mike I've been a Cooder fan since "Boomers Story" and love his playing, But you missed off some essential info - tickets £55 or £65 each. Heartbreakingly this puts him way outside MR + Mrs Top Balocony's price bracket. Perhaps it'll end up on Dime like the recent Amsterdam show? If you ...

Hi Doc

Good luck with this - sure someone will have found a way for you.

If all else fails send me a PM and I'll post off the files on CD, but I'm afraid they won't arrive from here in the UK before you leave tomorrow!

Best wishes, and thanks for the fantastic site

Colin Top Balcony

Sounds great to me too in fact the new songs : Condemmed Man, Doc Watson , One Bell Ringing, You Hung the Moon - probably missed a few : all suit these ears. Wonder how many will see the light of day via an official release ? I think it's great that he's already sharing these songs. He must know tha...

Hi I'm loving Secret etc , but grieving for the loss of those missing tracks on the CD I enquired at HMV and was advised that they would import the LP for £35 which seemed a bit steep in these cash strapped credit crunching times. The (world famous) Probe Records in Liverpool - vinyl specialists - s...

Hi Butts

I was that t-shirt - nice to meet you!

Colin Top Balcony

oops - from the above account please delete "Strict Time" and insert "New Lace Leaves" Colin Top Balcony

Hi Great to meet John, Dave and Mike last night, shame Janet and I had to dash for the last train so promptly after the show. The weary journey back to Liverpool allowed a period of studied reflection on the quality of the Manchester show. We both had a fab time. Highlights were indeed the solo numb...

Hi

Not sure how much ahead of kick off we'll arrive, but Colin Top Balcony and Janet Top Balcony will be in stalls D 28+29 if anyone is in the vicinity and would like to say hello.

Can't wait for curtain up

Colin

if futher proof were needed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jzjzf

Hi

Does anyone know :

Why Doc Watson isn't on the new album, it sounded great at the Drums and Base charity do?

What plans, if any, there are to release in UK?

Colin

Hi

Top balcony will be in the front stalls.

... hoping for some snippets from the new album

Colin

SP Thanks for this, I was listening the other day to the Juliet Letters concert from Milan which was on Dime recently. JL is the only re-issue I've not been suckerred into buying (and in the case of most re-buying and then buying again). Just not my favourite.... However I have given in to the habit...

Not heard of this beat combo before. Saw the singer Steve Allen ( aka Enrigo Cadillac Jnr) loads of time in Deaf School. Clive Langer was also in the band. Link to a few bits of info about Mr Alen and his music : http://music-isms.blogspot.com/2008/11/steve-allen-singles-1985-89.html Wonder what the...

Well it worked for me tonight. Thought that EC will never rival Parky in the completely-relaxed stakes, but he took the mickey out of himself and guests quite entertainingly. Have to confess that I've never really seen the attraction of The Police beyond the humalong choruses. Saw nothing tonight to...