“In November 1977, just three months after the death of Elvis Presley, along comes a gangly, bespectacled twenty-three-year-old Brit clutching a red Fender Jazzmaster guitar, looking like some knock-kneed punk version of Buddy Holly, complete with the skinny tie and jacket that would become the de rigueur costume of late-1970s New Wave. The tiny black-and-white-checkerboard […]”
“One of three versions of the Elvis Costello's debut album currently in print, this 2xCD "deluxe" version packs the original album, outtakes, and the singer-songwriter's solo demos on the first disc, as well as an entire 1977 live show from the Nashville Rooms (complete with soundcheck) on its second.”
“Another clever collection ranging from "loud and jagged to intimate and beautiful"”
