Elvis Costello – The Boy Named If (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Elvis Costello – The Boy Named If (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 52:02 minutes | 625 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI

The Boy Named If is the 32nd studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and The Imposters. The album was released on 14 January 2022 by EMI Records and Capitol Records.

The Boy Named If received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Elvis Costello – The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello (Super Deluxe Digital Version) (2023) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

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Elvis Costello – The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:51:00 minutes | 3,31 GB | Genre: Pop, Rock, Variété internationale
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover

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Elvis Costello – The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello (Super Deluxe) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Elvis Costello – The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello (Super Deluxe) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:59:39 minutes | 3,47 GB | Genre: International Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMe – Elvis Costello

The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, compiled by Elvis Costello, brings together all of the published songs that Costello has written with Burt Bacharach and celebrates the three decade songwriting partnership between them. The 2CD set features the newly remastered album, Painted From Memory, on CD1, while CD2 features the entirety of Taken From Life, including unreleased songs from the proposed “Painted From Memory” musical score and three newly recorded compositions.

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Elvis Costello – The Boy Named If (Alive At Memphis Magnetic) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Elvis Costello – The Boy Named If (Alive At Memphis Magnetic) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:31:21 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI

Elvis Costello & The Imposters release The Boy Named If (Alive at Memphis Magnetic), a companion to January’s widely-acclaimed album The Boy Named If which was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Rock Album.”

This new album features live-in-the studio renditions of TBNI songs, a version of Costello’s “Every Day I Write the Book”, numbers by The Rolling Stones, Nick Lowe, The Byrds and Paul McCartney and a brand new remix by the Japanese duo, chelmico.

Recorded live-in-the-studio during tour rehearsals at Memphis Magnetic Recording in October 2021 and May 2022, the album captures the band playing, as Costello puts, “Some of our favourite songs while negotiating with any tricky angles in our new tunes.”

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Elvis Costello: Detour – Live At The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (2015) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD 5.1 + BDRip 1080p

Title: Elvis Costello feat. Larkin Poe – Detour: Live at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Folk Rock
Director: Joss Crowley
Artist: Elvis Costello – vocals, guitars, piano; Rebecca Lovell – vocals, mandolin; Megan Lovell – vocals, lapsteel

Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:45:45
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 20534 kbps / 1920*1080p / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2407 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Size: 22.68 GB

In a little over 100 minutes in front of his home crowd (and his mom), Elvis Costello, performer and songwriter extraordinaire, takes you on a musical journey through his vast songbook.

It’s a solo show like no other. Set in a 1960s living room with an oversized television broadcasting never-seen-before personal photos, Detour Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall sees Costello up front and proto-punk with guitar, powerfully heartfelt at the grand piano, and in playful mood sat down with the uke.

Digging deep into his catalogue, breakthrough songs like Watching The Detectives sit alongside rarities like “’45”, emotive Bob Dylan reinventions such as “Down On The Bottom”, and barnstorming renditions of collaborative work like the Paul McCartney co-written song,”Pads, Paws and Claws”.

And in between songs, Costello’s patter treats the audience to stories about his earliest memories and reveals through anecdotes about his family the origins of his music and traveling life.

Spontaneously entertaining, acerbically witty and slapstick funny, looking back to look forward, and at times challengingly intimate, expect the unexpected and be ready to ride the full gamut of emotions as you revel in this faithfully shot and recorded film of Elvis Costello: Detour Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Special guests Larkin Poe, a bluegrass and roots rock sister act from Atlanta, make a strong cameo appearance.

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Elvis Costello – North (2003) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Elvis Costello – North (2003)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:36 minutess | Scans included | 3,05 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 45:21 mins | Scans | 920 MB

North, Elvis Costello’s 20th album of new material, follows the deliberately classicist When I Was Cruel by a mere year, but it feels more the sequel to 1998’s Burt Bacharach collaboration, Painted From Memory, or even 1993’s roundly ignored classical pop experiment, The Juliet Letters. Costello has abandoned clanging guitars and drums of Cruel — abandoned rock & roll, really — to return to a set of classically influenced songs, all “composed, arranged and conducted” by the man himself (on The Juliet Letters, he was merely the composer and voice). The songs on North are pitched halfway between traditional torch ballads and arty contemporary Broadway writers such as Stephen Sondheim. This isn’t so much a shift in direction after When I Was Cruel as much as it is an extension of the Bacharach album (in this context, Cruel seems like the aberration), but it’s also a reflection of Costello’s new love for Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall. It’s not just that North is somewhat of a song cycle, starting with the despair of a failed relationship and ending with the hope of a new love, but that it’s somewhat written in the style of Krall’s music: self-consciously sophisticated and slightly jazzy. Ultimately, North is not jazz-pop; it’s classical pop, with Costello more interested in the structure, arrangement, and words of the song rather than mere catchiness. It’s a very writerly album, in regards to both the music and lyrics. Consequently, it takes a bit of effort to get into the album, since it purposefully lacks hooks and songs as immediate or tuneful as those on Painted From Memory or “Jacksons, Monk and Rowe” from The Juliet Letters. This is not a flaw, per se — it’s simply what the album is, a collection of subtle songs performed with an elegant understatement. Unlike The Juliet Letters, North never feels like an exercise, nor does it feel like Costello has something to prove. It’s a specific, personal album with serious ambitions that it fulfills. If the album ultimately winds up being something to listen to on occasion rather than a record to spin repeatedly, that doesn’t make Costello’s achievement with this song cycle any less admirable.

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Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory (1998) [MFSL 2017] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory (1998) [MFSL 2017]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 52:13 minutes | Scans included | 2,12 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,02 GB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2193 | Genre: Jazz, Easy Listening

Painted from Memory is a collaboration between Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. The collaboration commenced with “God Give Me Strength”, a commission for the 1996 film “Grace of My Heart”. Apparently pleased with the result, the pair expanded the project to this full album, the first for Costello after an absence of two years, and for Bacharach after an absence of 21 years. Lyrics and music are co-credited to both Bacharach and Costello. “I Still Have That Other Girl” won a Grammy Award in 1998 for “Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for Bacharach and Costello.

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Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:07 minutes | Scans included | 1,48 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 741 MB

Uses the 2011 DSD master based on Japanese original analog tape. Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD Transferred by Manabu Matsumura.

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Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up Ghost (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up Ghost (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:05 minutes | 663 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Since its existence was first hinted at by ?uestlove as an aside during an interview in January,Wise Up Ghost is one of the most anticipated releases of 2013. An exciting and unexpected collaboration between the legendary Elvis Costello and hip-hop grandmasters The Roots, this album will almost certainly take its listeners to a new and exciting place.

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!! (2011/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!! (2011/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:09 minutes | 1,58 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMe – Elvis Costello

Prolific singer-songwriter Elvis Costello spun another pivotal outing at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 11 and 12, 2011. This recording marked the triumphant return of “The Spectacular Spinning Songbook,” an artistic and innovative endeavor, which put fans in control. Each spin outlined a song that would be performed in the set list. The British icon first introduced this game-show type wheel in 1986 at the Beverly Theatre. The performance showcased exhilarating renditions of beloved hits and rarities including “Watching The Detectives,” “Man Out Of Time,” and “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?”. This musical experience was unlike any other and is available as a pristine hi-res download.

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Look Now (Deluxe Edition) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Look Now (Deluxe Edition) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:21 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Records

From the release of his debut album, My Aim Is True, in 1977, Elvis Costello expressed his musical gluttony by mixing explosive pub rock, reggae tones, almost country-like ballads and pop songs sculpted with crystalline arpeggios. It was this eclecticism that allowed him to work with people as diverse as George Jones (the godfather of country music), Burt Bacharach (the master of pop lounge), the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, the jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, and even the rappers from The Roots, just to name a few… Forty years later, the elusive spectacled Brit (having always been fond of concept albums), releases Look Now with the Imposters, featuring Steve Nieve on keyboards, Davey Faragher on bass and Pete Thomas (already the drummer of his group Attractions). This group, with whom he recorded Momofuku in 2008, give him the chance to get his writing pen out once again… and it’s as sharp as ever. Here he has shared the writing responsibilities with the great Carole King on Burnt Sugar Is so Bitter, co-written 25 years earlier, as well as with Bacharach on Photographs Can Lie and Don’t Look Now. Once again, it feels like Costello is searching for the perfect pop song. He takes an approach that screams 1960s. However, the timelessness of the album anchors the songwriter well in his time, in 2018. Costello succeeds in writing melodies and lyrics that stick in his listeners’ heads. A good song, as we all know, is ageless and Elvis Costello certainly reminds us of that here…  – Marc Zisman

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Trust (1981/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Trust (1981/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:51 minutes | 1,60 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMe – Elvis Costello

Trust is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It is Costello’s fifth album, and fourth with the Attractions. It was also his fifth consecutive album produced by Nick Lowe, who handled production on all songs except “Big Sister’s Clothes” (which the liner notes make clear by stating that Lowe was “not responsible” for it).

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Imperial Bedroom (1982/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Imperial Bedroom (1982/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 50:55 minutes | 2,10 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMe – Elvis Costello

Imperial Bedroom is a 1982 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was the second Costello album, after Almost Blue, not produced by Nick Lowe. Production duties were handled by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. “I wanted to try a few things in the studio that I suspected would quickly exhaust Nick’s patience,” as Costello put it in the liner notes to the 1994 Rykodisc reissue.

It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. In 1998 readers of Q magazine named it the 96th greatest album ever. In 1989, it was ranked No. 38 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 166 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 59 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”.The album reached number 6 in the UK charts and number 30 in the USA but the singles were less successful. “You Little Fool” and “Man Out of Time” each briefly appeared in the UK Singles Chart, but neither charted in the USA.

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Goodbye Cruel World (1984/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Goodbye Cruel World (1984/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:19 minutes | 1,80 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMe – Elvis Costello

This may be the most maligned item in the Costello catalogue — not least by Costello himself who opens his liner notes with ‘Congratulations! You have just bought our worst album!’ It’s certainly the oddest album Costello and the Attractions ever made together, but that’s not always a bad thing: Tracks like ‘The Home Truth,’ ‘Love Field’ and the single ‘The Only Flame in Town’ show a move toward the deeper, more challenging song structures that Costello would master in the ’90s. The Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley-produced album includes other notable tracks such as ‘I Wanna Be Loved’, a cover tune with a scorching vocal performance, and ‘The Comedians,’ which was covered by no less an authority than Roy Orbison.

The extended-play tracks shed more light on this phase of Costello’s development, with tracks like ‘Baby It’s You’ (a duet with old mate Nick Lowe) and ‘Turning the Town Red’ showing a more carefree pop feel than anything on the official album. More significant are a pair of tracks from Costello’s first-ever solo tour, with ‘Worthless Thing’ and ‘The Only Flame in Town’ given a more direct lyrical emphasis. Fans can also take note of a rare Richard Thompson cover, ‘Withered & Died’, plus a ‘lost’ Costello single: ‘I Hope You’re Happy Now’ which would show up with a radically different arrangement on BLOOD & CHOCOLATE.

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Get Happy!! (1980/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Get Happy!! (1980/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 48:13 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMe – Elvis Costello

The fourth album by Elvis Costello, his third with the Attractions, Get Happy!! is notable for being a dramatic break in tone from Costello’s three previous albums, and for being heavily influenced by R&B, ska and soul music. The cover art was intentionally designed to have a “retro” feel, to look like the cover of an old LP with ring wear on both front and back.It was placed at No. 11 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

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