Elvis Costello has announced a deluxe reissue of his King of Americahis 1986 album produced by longtime collaborator T Bone Burnett. The expanded edition — titled King of America and other kingdoms—includes the full LP, remastered from the original master tapes, as well as newly discovered demos, outtakes, unreleased concert audio from Costello's 1987 performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, a 35-page Costello essay, photo booklet, and more. The collection arrives on November 1st. Listen to a remastered version of “Indoor Fireworks” below.
Recorded entirely in the United States, King of America it reflected Costello's growing interest in country and roots music—a departure from the new edge of his previous albums. Costello recruited session musicians such as Ray Brown and Earl Palmer—of Elvis Presley's TCB band—for the recording process in Hollywood. A CD number at King of America and other kingdoms The super deluxe box set will feature material from Costello's later albums recorded in the United States, such as 2004's The Delivery Mandecade of 2010 National Ransomsand more.
The box set also includes a 17-song live recording taken at Costello's 1987 show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, unreleased tracks with collaborators such as Allen Toussaint and T Bone Burnett, early drafts of tracks such as “Jack of All Parades” and “Sleep of the Just” and solo versions of “Poisoned Rose”, “I'll Wear It Proudly”, “Suffering Face” and “Having It All”.
Costello also re-recorded King of America“Brilliant Mistake,” as well as “Indoor Fireworks” and “That's Not The Part of Him You're Leaving” earlier this year. These appear on the final disc of the collection. Costello is also releasing a single-LP remaster of the original album and a 2xCD set featuring the full album and a collection of selections from the extended box set.
