af Karsten Jørgensen
Amerika er det gennemgående tema, når Elvis Costello den 1. november udsender det 6-dobbelte bokssæt ”King of America & Other Realms” via Universal Music.
Værkets første halvdel holder overvejende fokus på Costellos snart 40 år gamle LP ”King of America” fra 1986. CD 1 er en remastered udgave af denne LP, mens CD 2 indeholder sytten demoindspilninger. Dertil kommer CD 3 med liveoptagelser fra en koncert i Royal Albert Hall i London fra 1987.
De resterende tre CD’er fortsætter temaet, og beskæftiger sig med flere af Costellos øvrige amerikanske indspilninger, bl.a. er der sange fra CD’en ”The River In Reverse”, som Costello lavede sammen med den amerikanske musiker og sangskriver Allen Toussaint i 2006, samt ”National Ransom” fra 2010, som blev indspillet i både Nashville og Los Angeles.
Boksen kulminerer med tre helt nye indspilninger fra 2024, og bliver endvidere ledsaget af et 57 siders hæfte, der bl.a. indeholder et langt essay, skrevet af Costello selv.
Trackliste for ”King of America & Other Realms”:
CD 1 – KING OF AMERICA (2024 REMASTER):
Brilliant Mistake
Lovable
Our Little Angel
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Glitter Gulch
Indoor Fireworks
Little Palaces
I’ll Wear It Proudly
American Without Tears
Eisenhower Blues
Poisoned Rose
The Big Light
Jack Of All Parades
Suit Of Lights
Sleep Of The Just
CD 2 – LE ROI SANS SABOTS, Demos, Outtakes & Other Realms:
The People’s Limousine – The Coward Brothers
Next Time Round (Red Bus Demo)*
Deportee (Red Bus Demo)*
Brilliant Mistake (First Draft) (Red Bus Demo)*
Suffering Face
Poisoned Rose
Jack Of All Parades
Sleep Of The Just (Red Bus Demo)*
Blue Chair *
I Hope You’re Happy Now
I’ll Wear It Proudly
Indoor Fireworks
Having It All
Shoes Without Heels (Red Bus Demo)*
King Of Confidence
They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me – The Coward Brothers
American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)
* hidtil uudgivne
CD 3 – KINGS OF AMERICA LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
(Royal Albert Hall, 27. january 1987):
The Big Light *
Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line *
Our Little Angel *
It Tears Me Up *
I’ll Wear It Proudly *
Lovable *
Riverboat *
Sally Sue Brown/36-22-36 *
American Without Tears *
Brilliant Mistake *
What Would I Do Without You *
Your Mind Is On Vacation /Your Funeral, My Trial *
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man *
Payday *
That’s How You Got Killed Before *
Sleep Of The Just *
True Love Ways *
* hidtil uudgivne
CD 4 – IL PRINCIPE DI NEW ORLEANS E LE MARCHESE DEL MISSISSIPPI:
There’s A Story In Your Voice – med Lucinda Williams
Country Darkness
The Delivery Man
Nothing Clings Like Ivy
Heart Shaped Bruise – med Emmylou Harris (Live At The Hi-Tone, Memphis)
Bedlam (Live At Montreal Jazz)
Either Side Of The Same Town
Wonder Woman
In Another Room
The Monkey – Rehearsal with Dave Bartholomew & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Monkey To Man
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Clown Strike (Live At Montreal Jazz)
Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
The River In Reverse
The Greatest Love – from Treme
Ascension Day
CD 5 – EL PRÍNCIPE DEL PURGATORIO:
Stations Of The Cross
Quick Like A Flash (Previously Unreleased)
Sulphur To Sugarcane
Red Cotton
Lost On The River #12
A Slow Drag With Josephine
I Felt The Chill
Complicated Shadows (Cashbox Version)
She’s Pulling Out The Pin
Condemned Man (Demo)
Hidden Shame
Red Wicked Wine – med Dr. Ralph Stanley
The Scarlet Tide – med Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (Live at the Grand Ole Opry)
One Bell Ringing
Bullets For The New Born King
All These Strangers
For More Tears (Demo)
You Hung The Moon
CD 6 – DER HERZOG DES RAMPENLICHT:
Stella Hurt
Feathers
Under Lime
Jimmie Standing In The Rain
Down Among The Wines And Spirits
Watson, I Presume
Church Underground (Demo)
A Voice In The Dark
April 5th – med Rosanne Cash & Kris Kristofferson
Indoor Fireworks (Memphis Magnetic Version)
That’s Not The Part Of Him You’re Leaving – med Larkin Poe
Brilliant Mistake/Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Cape Fear Version)
That Day Is Done – med The Fairfield Four