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Momofuku By now, some of you may have heard rumour of an album called "Momofuku" and wonder what this record is... The absence of much advance notice or information might seem a little strange and perverse but the record was made so quickly that I didn't even tell myself about it for a ...	Elvis Costello: Live - A Case For Song Elvis Costello performs songs from every phase of his impressive career on Elvis Costello: Live - A Case for Song. In addition to running through some classics with his best backing band The Attractions Costello performs solo and collaborates with The Brodsky Quartet on selection...	Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Club Date - Live in Memphis Elvis Costello and his band pull off a deft bit of alchemy with Club Date - Live in Memphis, a 2004 show that mixes some of his oldest songs with some of his newest. That's quite a range, as Costello has been at it since the mid-'70s (as have drummer Pete Thomas and keyboardist S...	My Aim Is True Includes session out-takes, demos and live material, with 26 tracks previously unreleased! Including 4 songs NEVER RELEASED IN ANY FORMAT: "BLUE MINUTE," "CALL ON ME," "I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME" and "I HEAR A MELODY." And the complete LIVE AT THE NASHVILLE ROOMS, AUGUST 7, 197...	Live at Montreux 1980 and 1974 This 2 DVD set focuses on 2 performances that have been chosen by Van to create his first ever DVD release. Dating from 1974 and 1980 they illustrate the evolution of his songwriting over this period and include many of his best loved tracks alongside other classics.System Requir...
Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) "I'm gonna sing mostly new songs tonight," Neil Young tells the rapt Massey Hall audience, "...I've written so many new ones that I can't think of anything else to do with them other than sing 'em." He steps to the mic unadorned, distant from CSNY's rippled harmonies or Crazy Hor...	Elvis Costello & the Brodsky Quartet: The Juliet Letters Elvis Costello one of rock music's most celebrated alternative tunesmiths joins forces with the classical Brodsky Quartet in this suite of songs inspired by a literature professor who answered letters written to Shakespeare's Juliet.System Requirements:Run Time: 53 minsFormat: D...	The River In Reverse [CD/DVD Combo] Some inspired music has arrived in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (mainly on New Orleans-themed benefit albums), but nothing as audaciously ambitious as this cross-generational collaboration between Crescent City mainstay Allen Toussaint and former British upstart turned adventuro...	The River in Reverse Some inspired music has arrived in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (mainly on New Orleans-themed benefit albums), but nothing as audaciously ambitious as this cross-generational collaboration between Crescent City mainstay Allen Toussaint and former British upstart turned adventuro...	This Year's Model THIS YEAR'S MODEL is packaged with a 28-page booklet that includes rare photos and printed song lyrics. For his second album, Costello fine-tuned his aesthetic by abandoned the California studio cat accompanists of his debut for the more aggressive, quirky and very British Attrac...

Strong Depiction
Nice video capture of the Elvis/Allen shows that highlighted the "River In Reverse" tour. I am a huge Costello fan, and the shows were good, not always as great as most other Elvis shows. Still, to see Allen and onstage together is fun and worth it if you were not able to experience the tour.

just great
I think I have all of the available commercial videos of Elvis Costello. This one is a great record of a historical tour with Elvis and Mr. Toussant. If you are an Elvis fan, you will not be dissatisfied by this one.

Great concert - where's the rest of it?
As Elvis alludes to in the liner notes for this disc, they apparently had to cut some of the songs from the concert. I assume it was due to lack of disc space, but I've seen some great looking 3+ hour long DVDs that don't show noticable video compression. Worst case, they could have made it a 2-DVD set. Discs are cheap. I was at the Niagara Falls show a few nights after this one, and I was disappointed that so many of the songs I heard didn't make it onto this DVD. While the Montreal set list was somewhat different than Niagara Falls, the overall concert length was similar. There are a few shots throughout this DVD where you can freeze the image and clearly read the entire set list for this show. I compared the set list to the DVD, and exactly ONE THIRD of the songs have been cut from the DVD! A full THIRD of the concert is missing. That's a real shame. It's still a great live document, but hopefully one day the rest of it will see the light of day.

A perfect show.
A wonderful moment in the careers of two fine singer-songwriters. The 9 new arrangements of Elvis's tunes by Allen are nothing less than a revelation. Both performers play within their respective comfort zones and obviously have a love and mutual respect for each other and their music. The Imposters and the New Orleans horn section augment each other impressively. This must have been one of the highlights of last years Montreal Jazz Festival and is a must own for any true fan of Costello or the remarkable Mr. Toussaint! Highly recommended!!

All modesty aside, apparently....
I dunno about ECs alarmingly-frequent celebrity turns; whether it's Burt or Soffie or even, now, Allen -- what's the point of all this? Just diggin' middle age, are we? NOTE: Van Morrison called -- he needs his overly-studied, Elder Statesman of LitRock persona back....