Elvis Costello Announced New Box Set “The Complete Armed Forces”

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His Iconic Album Is Getting A Reissue
Elvis Costello has curated a box set – a reissue of his 1979 “The Complete Armed Forces” LP. This massive collection will feature demos, B-sides, outtakes, alternate versions, and more than 20 previously unreleased live recordings.
Out on November 6, it will also contain handwritten lyrics, rare images, memorabilia, and new liner notes from Costello. Spread across nine records, it has three 12โณ LPs, three 10โณ LPs and three 7โณ singles. (https://casadelninobilingual.com/) Aside from the original album, the set includes four live recordings – โLive at Hollywood High & Elsewhere 1978โ, โEurope โ79 โ Live at Pinkpopโ, โRiot at the Regent โ Live in Sydney โ78โ, and โChristmas in the Dominion โ Live 24th December โ78โ.
According to Costello, “Most of this record was written in hotel rooms or on a tour bus, scribbled in a notebook which rarely left my side or failing this, from fragments and phrases scrawled on paper cocktail napkins or hotel notepaper.”
The Complete Armed Forces Tracklist
Armed Forces 12โ LP
SIDE A
1. Accidents Will Happen
2. Senior Service
3. Oliverโs Army
4. Big Boys
5. Green Shirt
6. Party Girl
SIDE B
1. Goon Squad
2. Busy Bodies
3. Sundayโs Best
4. Moods for Moderns
5. Chemistry Class
6. Two Little Hitlers
7. (Whatโs So Funny โBout) Peace, Love & Understanding?
Live at Hollywood High & Elsewhere 1978 12โ LP
SIDE A
1. Accidents Will Happen
2. Mystery Dance
3. Goon Squad
4. Party Girl
5. Stranger in the House
SIDE B
1. Alison
2. Lipstick Vogue
3. Watching the Detectives
4. You Belong to Me
5. Chemistry Class (Live at the Warner Theatre, Washington D.C.)
Europe โ79 โ Live At Pinkpop 12โ LP
SIDE A
1. Goon Squad
2. B-Movie
3. Green Shirt
4. (I Donโt Want to Go to) Chelsea
5. Opportunity
6. So Young
7. High Fidelity
SIDE B
1. Lipstick Vogue
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Big Boys
4. Pump It Up
5. You Belong To Me
6. (Whatโs So Funny โBout) Peace, Love & Understanding?
Sketches for Emotional Fascism 10โณ LP
SIDE A
1. Clean Money
2. Talking in the Dark
3. Wednesday Week
4. Tiny Steps
SIDE B
1. Crawling to the U.S.A.
2. Big Boys (Alternate Version)
3. Green Shirt (Demo Version)
4. My Funny Valentine
Riot At The Regent โ Live In Sydney โ78 10โ LP
SIDE A
1. Oliverโs Army
2. Waiting for the End of the World
3. Big Boys
SIDE B
1. This Yearโs Girl
2. You Belong to Me
3. Pump It Up
Christmas In The Dominion โ Live 24th December โ78 10โ LP
SIDE A
1. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
2. No Dancing
SIDE B
1. I Stand Accused
2. (Whatโs So Funny โBout) Peace, Love & Understanding?
โOliverโs Armyโ 7โฒโฒ
SIDE A
1. Oliverโs Army
Side B
1. Big Boys (Demo)
โAccidents Will Happenโ 7โ
SIDE A
1. Accidents Will Happen
Side B
1. Busy Bodies (Alternate)
Nick Lowe & His Sound โ โAmerican Squirmโ 7โฒโฒ
Side A
1. American Squirm
Side B
2. (Whatโs So Funny โBout) Peace, Love & Understanding?