Elvis Costello to record new one on 78s..

[Teddy Ray]

Elvis Costello s forthcoming album, National Ransom, mines a
century s worth of pop music history in both the characters, scenarios
and themes in his songs, and in the atmospheric sound that producer T
Bone Burnett has given the record.

So it makes perfect sense that Costello, a voracious fan of music of
all styles, would want to add a vintage touch of some kind in
conjunction with the album s release come Nov. 2.

Vinyl LP version? Everyone s doing that nowadays, so Costello is going
one step beyond: He s releasing four songs on a pair of 78 rpm discs.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/elvis-costello-78-rpm-nati
onal-ransom.html

Elvis Costello accelerates to 78 rpm for 'National Ransom'

A whimsical announcement about the 78s has been posted on Costello s
website, sounding much like the fancifully stylized introductions he
gives his musical guests on the Sundance Channel Spectacle show:

Lupe-O-Tone -- Purveyors of fine flat phonograph records & cylinders
since 1913. Our motto is Ego sum satus infremo. Lupe-O-Tone present
78 rpm discs in full Lycanthropic Sound. A Slow Dance With
Josephine b/w You Hung the Moon and Jimmie Standing in the Rain
b/w A Voice in the Dark, by the Lupotonians with vocal refrain by
Elvis Costello.

The 78s will be pressed in limited editions of 25 copies, each signed
by Costello. No price is mentioned, but the announcement promises more
details to come.

-- Randy Lewis

[Jerry Tubb]

Originally Posted by Teddy Ray

so Costello is going
one step beyond: He s releasing four songs on a pair of 78 rpm discs.

That's hilarious, more power to him!

Be great to play on our ancient Dual 78 table.

JT

[strdsk]

Love him and all of his records. Seen him live a dozen times and even got to meet him a few. A true genius in every way!