With all the possibilities and potential this idea had, it would have surely been an amazing experience possibly on par with Super Smash Bros. English pressings were always better on that original run of Elvis Costello albums.Ever since Jump Ultimate Stars released on the DS back in 2006 to much praise and success, fans were repeatedly asking for a new fighting game featuring all their favorite Shonen characters on a home console.
A magnificent multi-faceted fold-out origami-like cover - designed by the great Barney Bubbles - it originally came with four postcards (one of each band member) as well as a more deluxe version of the Live At Hollywood High EP than what was issued in the US.
I’ll put it this way: I’m happy to have this in my collection alongside my original US and UK editions.Īlso, most deeper Costello fans will be happy to know that The Complete Armed Forces reproduces quite nicely the original UK design of Armed Forces. The good news is that both versions can happily exist side by side. But, it is a decidedly shinier (if you will) listen so some of you might well prefer the somewhat warmer sounding original LP. The separation is more distinct compared to the original pressings with a nice sense of the studio ambiance and amplifier tone coming through (listen to those guitar stabs on “Good Squad” for an example of what I’m talking about). So its nice to see and hear them together in harmony, if you will… By this point, many fans who had the Rhino Records two-CD expanded edition CD of Armed Forces are familiar with that track-listing and most hardcore Elvis fans (if I might speak as one) have many different pressings of the album already. So, now for the first time on vinyl we get a universal version of the album with both songs included and it feels fine. Thus, the version of Armed Forces released in the United States ended with Elvis’ powerhouse cover of Nick Lowe’s “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding.” The UK version of the album had a different track in the middle of Side 2, “Sunday’s Best.” For those not in the know, the US and UK editions of this album were slightly different (as were his first two albums, by the way), swapping out certain tracks for other single releases from the period that were deemed more likely to be popular in America. One of the great details about this release is that for the first time we now have a universal version of Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces. There is much more which we will go into soon…īut, first, lets look at and listen to the new album… There are three 10-inch mini-LPs of previously unreleased live recordings as well as period B-sides and demos recorded in that period. You also get an LP of Elvis’ complete set on June 4,1979 at the “Pink Pop” Festival in The Netherlands. Gotta say, it is wonderful to finally have some of the best performances from this wonderful concert as a “real,” physical album! More on that later in this review series… These recordings were included in the expanded CD of Armed Forces issued by Rhino Records some years back. “extended play” single) which came with the original pressings of the album: Live at Hollywood High.
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Dubbed The Complete Armed Forces, in the package you get not only the remastered version of the album – and a special version of it at that – – but you also get a first-time-on-vinyl expanded LP version of the free “EP” (a.k.a. Roughly celebrating Armed Forces’ 40th anniversary, Universal Music has worked closely with Elvis Costello who has curated a genuinely wonderful Super-Duper-Deluxe all-vinyl boxed set celebrating this magnificent album.
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