King Of America & Other Realms (Super Deluxe Edition 6CD)

King Of America & Other Realms (Super Deluxe Edition 6CD)

Artist: 
Elvis Costello
$175.99

Across 6CDs, Elvis Costello: King of America & Other Realms traces his musical travels from Hollywood – where the King Of America album was recorded in 1986 – to a brand new take on “Brilliant Mistake” cut in Cape Fear early in 2024, via Costello’s recording adventures in New Orleans, Oxford and Clarksdale, Mississippi, Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee and guided by Costello’s own 35-page essay which includes numerous rare and never-before seen photos.   The collection is anchored by CD1: a new 2024 remaster of the album King Of America from the original master tapes. CD2 collects the solo demos from 1985 including six performances from the unheard Red Bus Studios session. CD3 is a never heard before 17-song concert recorded in 1987 at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The set closes with a 3CD digest of Costello’s studio recordings, previously unreleased demos, outtakes & live recordings from this wild and wonderfully odd odyssey. 

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Brilliant Mistake
  2. Lovable
  3. Our Little Angel
  4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  5. Glitter Gulch
  6. Indoor Fireworks
  7. Little Palaces
  8. I'll Wear It Proudly
  9. American Without Tears
  10. Eisenhower Blues
  11. Poisoned Rose
  12. The Big Light
  13. Jack Of All Parades
  14. Suit Of Lights
  15. Sleep Of The Just

CD2

  1. The People's Limousine
  2. Next Time Round (Red Bus Demo)
  3. Deportee (Red Bus Demo)
  4. Brilliant Mistake (Red Bus Demo)
  5. Suffering Face (Solo Demo)
  6. Poisoned Rose (Solo Demo)
  7. Jack Of All Parades (Solo Demo)
  8. Sleep of the Just (Red Bus Demo)
  9. Blue Chair (Red Bus Demo)
  10. I Hope You're Happy Now (Solo Demo)
  11. I'll Wear It Proudly (Solo Demo)
  12. Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo)
  13. Having It All (Solo Demo)
  14. Shoes Without Heels (Red Bus Demo)
  15. King of Confidence (Outtake)
  16. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me– The Coward Brothers
  17. American Without Tears No. 2 (Twilight Version)

CD3

  1. The Big Light
  2. Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
  3. Our Little Angel
  4. It Tears Me Up
  5. I'll Wear It Proudly
  6. Lovable
  7. Riverboat
  8. Sally Sue Brown/36-22-36
  9. American Without Tears
  10. Brilliant Mistake
  11. What Would I Do Without You?
  12. You're Mind's On Vacation / Your Funeral, My Trial
  13. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
  14. Payday
  15. That's How You Got Killed Before (Reprise)
  16. Sleep Of The Just
  17. True Love Ways

CD4

  1. There's A Story In Your Voice
  2. Country Darkness
  3. The Delivery Man
  4. Nothing Clings Like Ivy
  5. Heart Shaped Bruise - with Emmylou Harris (Live At The Hi-Tone, Memphis)
  6. Bedlam (Live At Montreal Jazz)
  7. Either Side Of The Same Town
  8. Wonder Woman
  9. In Another Room (The Clarksdale Sessions)
  10. The Monkey - Rehearsal with Dave Bartholomew & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  11. Monkey To Man
  12. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
  13. Clown Strike (Live At Montreal Jazz)
  14. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
  15. The River In Reverse
  16. The Greatest Love- from Treme
  17. Ascension Day

CD5

  1. Stations Of The Cross
  2. Quick Like A Flash (Unreleased Version)
  3. Sulphur To Sugarcane
  4. Red Cotton
  5. Lost On The River #12
  6. A Slow Drag With Josephine
  7. I Felt The Chill Before Winter Came
  8. Complicated Shadows (Cashbox Version)
  9. She's Pulling Out The Pin
  10. Condemned Man (Demo)
  11. Hidden Shame
  12. Red Wicked Wine – with Dr. Ralph Stanley
  13. The Scarlet Tide – with Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings (Live at the Grand Ole Opry)
  14. One Bell Ringing
  15. Bullets For The New Born King
  16. All These Strangers
  17. For More Tears (Demo)
  18. You Hung The Moon

CD6

  1. Stella Hurt
  2. Mr Feathers
  3. Under Lime
  4. Jimmie Standing In The Rain
  5. Down Among The Wines And Spirits
  6. Dr. Watson, I Presume
  7. Church Underground (Demo)
  8. A Voice In The Dark
  9. April 5th – with Rosanne Cash & Kris Kristofferson
  10. Indoor Fireworks (Memphis Magnetic Version)
  11. That's Not The Part Of Him You're Leaving – with Larkin Poe
  12. Brilliant Mistake/Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Cape Fear Version)
  13. That Day If Done – with The Fairfield Four