RARE ELVIS COSTELLO PROMO VINYL BUNDLE. SIGNED
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$ 125
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Mar 5, 2017
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Description
Very rare bundle of classic Elvis Costello & The Attractions promo releases, including:
- GET HAPPY!! Double vinyl 45rpm promotional release.
- WATCH YOUR STEP - promotional interview 12" single
- ALMOST BLUE - signed (by all four members!) promotional interview album
- DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD promotional 12" single
- SPIKE - promotional interview double album
- BLOOD & CHOCOLATE - rare, withdrawn "Cadbury's" promo cassette.
I'm moving house and have to clear space, hence this goldmine...
1. GET HAPPY!!
- Double vinyl 45rpm promotional release sent to UK radio stations in 1980
- All 20 tracks spread over 2 x 45rpm discs
- Comes in 2 x plain white 12" sleeves with typed / photocopied / handwritten sheet
- Discs are mint (possibly unplayed)
- Promo sleeves are a little worn.
2. WATCH YOUR STEP
- Promotional interview 12" single release sent to US radio stations in 1981
- Features Watch Your Step on one side and and interview with Elvis Costello & Tom Snyder (from NBC's Tomorrow Coast To Coast show) on the other.
- Comes in a plain white 12" sleeve with a WATCH YOUR STEP sticker on side one
- Disc is excellent
- Promo sleeve is a little worn.
3. ALMOST BLUE (ELVIS COSTELLO INTRODUCES THE TRACKS FROM HIS NEW ALBUM 'ALMOST BLUE')
- Vinyl 33rpm promotional release sent to UK radio stations in 1981
- Signed by all four members of Elvis & the Attractions (each signature is along side a unique stamp for each band member - see photo)
- The artwork is from an original drawing by Bruce Thomas
- Promotional interview album - each track is introduced by Elvis
- Includes original printed insert with track listing
- Numbered limited edition
- Disc is excellent
- Promo sleeve is very good.
4. DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
- Promotional 12" single sent to US radio stations in 1986
- Features the King of America album version on one side and an exclusive solo live version on the other
- Disc is excellent
- Promo sleeve is very good but has a sticker mark on one side.
5. SPIKE - (THE ELVIS COSTELLO HOUR FEATURING AN HOUR OF CONVERSATION AND MUSIC FROM HIS WARNER BROS. DEBUT ALBUM)
- Promotional interview double album sent to US radio stations in 1989
- Features Elvis interviewed by Bill Flanagan and snippets of tracks from the album Spike.
- Features the only release of ...This Town... (The Bastard Mix) which is very similar to the album version, but is radio-friendly in that it has a chorus of multi-tracked Elvises singing 'sweetheart' over the word 'bastard' (although you can still hear the swearword coming through!)
6. BLOOD & CHOCOLATE withdrawn cassette version
- Released in 1986, Costello did a promotion with the Virgin Megastore chain in the UK where the cassette version of Blood & Chocolate came housed in a outer sleeve resembling the Cadbury's Bournville chocolate bar (see last photo for comparison with the original!).
- The Cadbury brand mark on the wrapper was replaced by Costello in Cadbury script and Blood & Chocolate replaced "Bournville". Not surprisingly, Cadbury's objected and the cassette was withdrawn with a few being given away as promos.
- Outer is in good condition.
- Cassette and cassette cover are excellent.
This is a great bundle for any Elvis collector - interesting interviews and great promo items. The signed Almost Blue package is gorgeous and the litigious Blood & Chocolate cassette is one of EC's best promo items.
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