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'''Books by, about or related to Elvis Costello''' [[Books|{{n}}]]<br> | '''Books by, about or related to Elvis Costello''' [[Books|{{n}}]]<br> | ||
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==Anthologies== | ==Anthologies== | ||
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|year = 2008 | |year = 2008 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0803210787}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0803210787}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0803210787}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0803210787}} }} | ||
==Audiobooks== | |||
{{book | |||
|title = [[How To Play The Guitar And Y|How to Play the Guitar and Y]] | |||
|author = Elvis Costello | |||
|year = 2021 | |||
|link = [https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Play-the-Guitar-and-Y-Audiobook/B09FFS2BYQ Audible] <small>- Not available in some countries</small> }} | |||
==Biographies== | ==Biographies== | ||
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|year = 2016 | |year = 2016 | ||
|link = {{AmazonUK|asin=886852902}} {{-}} [https://www.amazon.it/Musica-infedele-inchiostro-simpatico-Costello/dp/8868529025/ Amazon.it] }} | |link = {{AmazonUK|asin=886852902}} {{-}} [https://www.amazon.it/Musica-infedele-inchiostro-simpatico-Costello/dp/8868529025/ Amazon.it] }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = [[Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink|エルヴィス・コステロ自伝 ]] <small> - (in Japanese) </small> | |||
|author = Elvis Costello - translated by 夏目 大 (Dai Natsume) | |||
|year = 2020 | |||
|link = [https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%AD/dp/4750516791/ Amazon.co.jp] }} | |||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Costello <small>(Icons of Pop Music)</small> | |title = [[Elvis Costello (Icons of Pop Music)| Elvis Costello <small>(Icons of Pop Music)</small>]] | ||
|author = Dai Griffiths | |author = Dai Griffiths | ||
|year = 2008 | |year = 2008 | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Costello: A Man Out | |title = [[Elvis Costello: A Man Out Of Time]] <small>(published in the USA as Elvis Costello: God's Comic)</small> | ||
|author = David Gouldstone | |author = David Gouldstone | ||
|year = 1989 | |year = 1989 | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Let Them All Talk: The Music Of Elvis Costello | |title = [[Let Them All Talk - The Music Of Elvis Costello|Let Them All Talk: The Music Of Elvis Costello]] | ||
|author = Brian Hinton | |author = Brian Hinton | ||
|year = 1999 | |year = 1999 | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Costello: A Bio-Bibliography <small>- Bio-Bibliographies in Music series</small> | |title = Elvis Costello - Musikalsk kamæleon <small> (in Danish)</small> | ||
|author = Karsten Jørgensen | |||
|year = 2022 | |||
|link = [http://mellemgaard.dk/shop/49-kultur-historie-og-samfund/3354-elvis-costello---musikalsk-kamaeleon/ mellemgaard.dk] }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = [[Elvis Costello: A Bio-Bibliography]] <small>- Bio-Bibliographies in Music series</small> | |||
|author = James E. Perone | |author = James E. Perone | ||
|year = 1998 | |year = 1998 | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Costello - A Completely False Biography Based On Rumor, Innuendo and Lies | |title = [[Elvis Costello - A Completely False Biography Based On Rumor, Innuendo and Lies]] | ||
|author = Krista Reese | |author = Krista Reese | ||
|year = 1981 | |year = 1981 | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Costello: | |title = [[Elvis Costello - el hombre que pudo reinar|Elvis Costello: <small>El hombre que pudo reinar</small>]]<small> (in Spanish)</small> | ||
|author = Xavier Valiño | |author = Xavier Valiño | ||
|year = 2016 | |year = 2016 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=8494533037}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=8494533037}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=8494533037}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=8494533037}} {{-}} [https://www.66-rpm.com/producto/elvis-costelloel-hombre-que-pudo-reinar/ info] }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = Rock Lives | |||
|author = Timothy White | |||
|year = 1991 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=B01K167W4Y}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B01K167W4Y}} {{-}} [https://archive.org/details/rocklivesprofile00white Archive.org] }} | |||
===Related artists=== | ===Related artists=== | ||
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|year = 2020 | |year = 2020 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=183859342X}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin =183859342X}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=183859342X}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin =183859342X}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = Got Beethoven | |||
|author = [[Paul Cassidy]] | |||
|year = 2022 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1803130598}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1803130598}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Burt Bacharach: Song by Song | |||
|author = Serene Dominic | |||
|year = 2003 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin = 0825672805}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin = 0825672805}} }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 2015 | |year = 2015 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1508919925}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1508919925}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=1508919925}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1508919925}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = Jacksons, Monk & Rowe And [[The Brodsky Quartet]] - the formative years | |||
|author = [[Jacqueline Thomas]] | |||
|year = 2022 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1803133090}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1803133090}} }} | |||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
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|author = [[Bebe Buell]] and Victor Bockris | |author = [[Bebe Buell]] and Victor Bockris | ||
|year = 2002 | |year = 2002 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0312266944}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0312301553 }} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0312266944}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0312301553 }} }} | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Is King: Costello’s My Aim Is True <small>(Pop classics)</small> | |title = Elvis Is King: Costello’s My Aim Is True <small>(Pop classics)</small> | ||
|author = Richard Crouse | |author = [[Richard Crouse]] | ||
|year = 2015 | |year = 2015 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1770411887}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1770411887}} }} | |link = [[Metro Winnipeg, May 14, 2015|Review]] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=1770411887}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1770411887}} }} | ||
{{book | {{book | ||
|title = Elvis Costello - <small>(in Spanish)</small> | |title = Elvis Costello - <small>(in Spanish)</small> | ||
|author = Eduardo Margaretto | |author = [[Eduardo Margaretto]] | ||
|year = 1993 | |year = 1993 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=8437611067}} }} | |link = [[Ruta 66, May 1993|Ruta 66]] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=8437611067}} {{-}} [https://www.amazon.es/Elvis-costello-Eduardo-Margaretto/dp/8437611067 Amazon.es] }} | ||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 2015 | |year = 2015 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=B00X4PX14K}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B00X4PX14K}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=B00X4PX14K}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B00X4PX14K}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = Elvis Costello And The Attractions: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) | |||
|author = Georg Purvis | |||
|year = 2021 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1789521297}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1789521297}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Elvis Costello This Year's Model: In-depth | |||
|author = Laura Shenton | |||
|year = 2021 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1912782693}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1912782693}} }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|author = Larry David Smith | |author = Larry David Smith | ||
|year = 2004 | |year = 2004 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0275973921}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0275973921}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0275973921}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0275973921}} }} | ||
==Discographies== | ==Discographies== | ||
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|author = Geoff Parkyn | |author = Geoff Parkyn | ||
|year = 1984 | |year = 1984 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0711905312}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711905312}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0711905312}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711905312}} {{-}} [https://archive.org/details/elviscostelloill00park archive.org] }} | ||
==Forewords - books with forewords by Elvis Costello== | ==Forewords - books with forewords by Elvis Costello== | ||
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|year = '''Year''' | |year = '''Year''' | ||
|link = '''Links''' }} | |link = '''Links''' }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = Access All Areas | |||
|author = Barbara Charone | |||
|year = 2022 | |||
|link = [https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/barbara-charone/access-all-areas/9781474622257/ White Rabbit books]}} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story | |||
|author = Michael Elliott | |||
|year = 2021 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1641604204}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1641604204}} }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
|title = [[Here, There And Everywhere]] | |title = [[Here, There And Everywhere: My Life Recording The Music Of The Beatles|Here, There And Everywhere]] | ||
|author = [[Geoff Emerick]] | |author = [[Geoff Emerick]] | ||
|year = 2007 | |year = 2007 | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = [[Such Sweet Thunder - Benny Green On Jazz (2001)foreword|Such Sweet Thunder - Benny Green On Jazz]] | |title = [[Such Sweet Thunder - Benny Green On Jazz (2001) foreword|Such Sweet Thunder - Benny Green On Jazz]] | ||
|author = Benny Green | |author = Benny Green | ||
|year = 2002 | |year = 2002 | ||
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|link = [https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Going_Through_the_Motions.html?id=c90QuAAACAAJ& books.google.co.uk] }} | |link = [https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Going_Through_the_Motions.html?id=c90QuAAACAAJ& books.google.co.uk] }} | ||
== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
{{book | {{book | ||
|title = '''Title''' | |title = '''Title''' | ||
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{{book | {{book | ||
|title = [[ | |title = Great Lost Albums | ||
|author = [[Mark Billingham]], [[David Quantick]] et al | |||
|year = 2014 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=B0182Q4UBI}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B0182Q4UBI}} }} | |||
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{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 1986 | |year = 1986 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0571137695}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0571137695}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0571137695}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0571137695}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = Nefarious | |||
|author = Glen Colson | |||
|year = 2020 | |||
|link = [https://glencolson.com/ Glencolson.com] }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 1981 | |year = 1981 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0906008336}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0906008336}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0906008336}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0906008336}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
| title = The Philosophy Of Modern Song | |||
| author = [[Bob Dylan]] | |||
| year = 2022 | |||
| link = {{Amazon|asin= 1398519413}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin = 1398519413}} }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 2009 | |year = 2009 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0955201748}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0955201748}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0955201748}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0955201748}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = [[The Dark Stuff]] - <small> Selected writings on Rock Music 1972 - 1993</small> | |||
|author = [[Nick Kent]] | |||
|year = 1994 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=057123271X}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=057123271X}} }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 2013 | |year = 2013 | ||
|link= {{Amazon|asin= }} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1409449629}} }} | |link= {{Amazon|asin= }} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1409449629}} }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = [[Hunnebostrands - Folkets Hus och Folkets Park]] | |||
|author = Ulf Walentinsson | |||
|year = | |||
|link = [[Hunnebostrands - Folkets Hus och Folkets Park|Hunnebostrands]] }} | |||
==Record labels== | ==Record labels== | ||
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|author = Richard Balls | |author = Richard Balls | ||
|year = 2014 | |year = 2014 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0957570066}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0957570066}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0957570066}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0957570066}} {{-}} [https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2015-05-29/be-stiff-the-stiff-records-story/ Review] }} | ||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 2012 | |year = 2012 | ||
|link = [http://www.45worlds.com/book/title/stiff-records-a-comprehensive-guide-to-collecting-the-label-197679 45worlds.com] }} | |link = [http://www.45worlds.com/book/title/stiff-records-a-comprehensive-guide-to-collecting-the-label-197679 45worlds.com] }} | ||
{{book | |||
|title = 2 Tone - Before, During & After | |||
|author = Lee Morris | |||
|year = 2020 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=1912027550}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=1912027550}} }} | |||
{{book | {{book | ||
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|year = 1983 | |year = 1983 | ||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0713713143}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0713713143}} }} | |link = {{Amazon|asin=0713713143}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0713713143}} }} | ||
==Songbooks== | |||
{{book | |||
|title = '''Title''' | |||
|author = '''Author''' | |||
|year = '''Year''' | |||
|link = '''Links''' }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = [[A Singing Dictionary]] | |||
|author = Elvis Costello | |||
|year = 1980 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=076921505X }} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711907552}} {{-}} [https://archive.org/details/elviscostellosin0000cost archive.org] }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = [[Everyday I Write The Song]] - (Grumbling Appendix To The Singing Dictionary) | |||
|author = Elvis Costello | |||
|year = 1983 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=B000YE56PG}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000YE56PG}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Elvis Costello: A Collection Of Works Moods For Moderns <small>(in Japanese)</small> | |||
|author = Marie Ueda & Erika Yamashita (translators) | |||
|year = 1998 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=4401613864}} {{-}} [https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9-%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%AD/dp/4401613864/ Amazon.jp] }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Elvis Costello: Testi con traduzione <small> (in Italian)</small> | |||
|author = Introduction by P Bertrando | |||
|year = 1989 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=8885859364}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=8885859364}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Elvis Costello: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello: Piano, Vocal And Guitar | |||
|author = Elvis Costello & Roger Day (arranger) | |||
|year = 1999 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin= 0711978808}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711978808}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Brutal Youth | |||
|author = Elvis Costello & Roger Day (arranger) | |||
|year = 1994 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0711941106}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711941106}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = The Juliet Letters: A Song Sequence for String Quartet & Voice - Full Score | |||
|author = Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet | |||
|year = 1996 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0711954747}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711954747}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = The Juliet Letters: A Song Sequence for String Quartet & Voice - Full Score<br> 30th Anniversary Edition | |||
|author = Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet | |||
|year = 2023 | |||
|link = [https://www.musicroom.com/elvis-costello-1-the-brodsky-quartet-the-juliet-hl04492993 Musicroom.com] }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Painted from Memory: Piano/Vocal/Chords | |||
|author = Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach | |||
|year = 1999 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=B01K13O02O}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B01K13O02O}} }} | |||
{{book | |||
|title = Spike | |||
|author = Elvis Costello & Roger Day (arranger) | |||
|year = 1989 | |||
|link = {{Amazon|asin=0711918430}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=0711918430}} }} | |||
===Notes=== | ===Notes=== | ||
* In addition to the above, | * In addition to the above, some music and lyrics of Elvis Costello are available as sheet music through the usual suppliers including - | ||
**[https://www.boosey.com/shop/powersearch/powersearch_results?search=Elvis+Costello&x=11&y=10 Boosey & Hawkes] {{-}} [https://www.musicnotes.com/sheet-music/artist/elvis-costello? Music Notes]; {{-}} [https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/search.aspx?query=Elvis+Costello&sort=11 Sheet Music Direct] {{-}} [https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Elvis+Costello Sheet Music Plus]. | **[https://www.boosey.com/shop/powersearch/powersearch_results?search=Elvis+Costello&x=11&y=10 Boosey & Hawkes] {{-}} [https://www.musicnotes.com/sheet-music/artist/elvis-costello? Music Notes]; {{-}} [https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/search.aspx?query=Elvis+Costello&sort=11 Sheet Music Direct] {{-}} [https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Elvis+Costello Sheet Music Plus]. | ||
* The Global Game: Writers on Soccer - includes Elvis' account of playing a concert at [[Concert 2005-05-25 Norwich|UEA, Norwich, England]] whilst Liverpool FC were playing in the European Champions' League Final. | * The Global Game: Writers on Soccer - includes Elvis' account of playing a concert at [[Concert 2005-05-25 Norwich|UEA, Norwich, England]] whilst Liverpool FC were playing in the European Champions' League Final. | ||
* Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 includes an article that Elvis wrote for [[Vanity Fair, November 2002|Vanity Fair]] magazine. | * Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 includes an article that Elvis wrote for [[Vanity Fair, November 2002|Vanity Fair]] magazine. | ||
==External links== | |||
*[https://tinyurl.com/yjvf5nkw archive.org: Elvis Costello books]<!-- had to use Tinyurl because the wiki balked at the brackets [] in the URL] --> | |||
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Revision as of 15:47, 21 February 2024
Books by, about or related to Elvis Costello
Book covers from books related to Elvis Costello: |
Anthologies
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 | Matt Groening (editor), Paul Bresnick (series editor) | 2003 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Global Game: Writers on Soccer | John Turnbull (editor) | 2008 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Audiobooks
How to Play the Guitar and Y | Elvis Costello | 2021 | Audible - Not available in some countries |
Biographies
Elvis Costello
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink | Elvis Costello | 2015 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Trouweloze muziek en verdwijnende inkt - (in Dutch) | Elvis Costello - translated by Marike Groot, Sander Brink, Gies Aalbers, Edwin Krijgsman and Erik de Vries | 2015 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • Amazon.nl |
Musique infidèle et encre sympathique - (in French) | Elvis Costello - translated by Valéry Lameignère | 2017 | Amazon.uk • Amazon.fr |
Unfaithful Music - Mein Leben - (in German) | Elvis Costello - translated by Henning Dedekind, Henriette Heise & Hubert Mania | 2015 | Amazon.uk • Amazon.de |
Musica Infedele & Inchiostro Simpatico - (in Italian) | Elvis Costello - translated by T. Lo Potro | 2016 | Amazon.uk • Amazon.it |
エルヴィス・コステロ自伝 - (in Japanese) | Elvis Costello - translated by 夏目 大 (Dai Natsume) | 2020 | Amazon.co.jp |
Música Infiel y Tinta Invisible - (in Spanish) | Elvis Costello - translated by Damià Alou, Antonio Padilla & Pilar Rocío Gómez | 2016 | Amazon.uk • Amazon.es |
Skamlös Musik & Bleknande Bläck - (in Swedish) | Elvis Costello - translated by Daniel Gustafsson | 2016 | Norstedts.se |
Elvis Costello – (Kill Your Idols series) | John Aizlewood and David Sheppard (ed) | 2000 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello: A biography | Tony Clayton-Lea | 1999 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello (Icons of Pop Music) | Dai Griffiths | 2008 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello: A Man Out Of Time (published in the USA as Elvis Costello: God's Comic) | David Gouldstone | 1989 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Let Them All Talk: The Music Of Elvis Costello | Brian Hinton | 1999 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello - Musikalsk kamæleon (in Danish) | Karsten Jørgensen | 2022 | mellemgaard.dk |
Elvis Costello: A Bio-Bibliography - Bio-Bibliographies in Music series | James E. Perone | 1998 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello - A Completely False Biography Based On Rumor, Innuendo and Lies | Krista Reese | 1981 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello: An Illustrated Biography | Mick St. Michael | 1986 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello - The Early Years (ebook - as above with a new foreword by Michael Heatley) | Mick St. Michael | 2013 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Complicated Shadows: The Life and Music of Elvis Costello | Graeme Thompson | 2005 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello: El hombre que pudo reinar (in Spanish) | Xavier Valiño | 2016 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • info |
Rock Lives | Timothy White | 1991 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • Archive.org |
Related artists
Cruel to be Kind – The Life & Music of Nick Lowe | Will Birch | 2019 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
"Get Beethoven!" | Paul Cassidy | 2020 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Got Beethoven | Paul Cassidy | 2022 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Burt Bacharach: Song by Song | Serene Dominic | 2003 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Here Comes Everybody: The Story Of The Pogues | James Fearnley | 2013 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Big Wheel | Bruce Thomas | 1995 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
On The Road ... Again | Bruce Thomas | 2003 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Rough Notes - dancing about architecture | Bruce Thomas | 2015 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Jacksons, Monk & Rowe And The Brodsky Quartet - the formative years | Jacqueline Thomas | 2022 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Other
Rebel Heart - An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey | Bebe Buell and Victor Bockris | 2002 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Criticism
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Elvis Costello (in Italian) | Eleonora Bagarotti | 2006 | Amazon.uk |
Pump It Up: Elvis Costello's 100 Best Songs (e-book) | Jim Beviglia | 2013 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces 33⅓ | Franklin Bruno | 2005 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Is King: Costello’s My Aim Is True (Pop classics) | Richard Crouse | 2015 | Review • Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello - (in Spanish) | Eduardo Margaretto | 1993 | Ruta 66 • Amazon • Amazon.es |
The Words and Music of Elvis Costello | James E. Perone | 2015 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello And The Attractions: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) | Georg Purvis | 2021 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello This Year's Model: In-depth | Laura Shenton | 2021 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell and the Torch Song Tradition | Larry David Smith | 2004 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Discographies
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Elvis Costello: The Illustrated Disco-Biography | Geoff Parkyn | 1984 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • archive.org |
Forewords - books with forewords by Elvis Costello
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Access All Areas | Barbara Charone | 2022 | White Rabbit books |
Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story | Michael Elliott | 2021 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Here, There And Everywhere | Geoff Emerick | 2007 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Such Sweet Thunder - Benny Green On Jazz | Benny Green | 2002 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
I Scare Myself | Dan Hicks | 2017 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • DanHicks.net |
Every Night Is Saturday Night | Wanda Jackson | 2017 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Honky Tonk Girl: My life in lyrics | Loretta Lynn | 2012 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Gigographies
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Elvis Costello: So Far | Richard Groothuizen | 1983 | books.google.co.uk |
Going Through The Motions | Richard Groothuizen and Kees den Heyer | 1987 | books.google.co.uk |
Miscellaneous
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Great Lost Albums | Mark Billingham, David Quantick et al | 2014 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
No Sleep Till Canvey Island – The Great Pub Rock Revolution | Will Birch | 2016 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
No Surrender - a deadpan farce (film script) | Alan Bleasdale | 1986 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Nefarious | Glen Colson | 2020 | Glencolson.com |
Pointed Portraits | Chalkie Davies | 1981 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Philosophy Of Modern Song | Bob Dylan | 2022 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Peel Sessions | Ken Garner | 2007 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Reasons To Be Cheerful: The Life And Works Of Barney Bubbles | Paul Gorman | 2009 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Dark Stuff - Selected writings on Rock Music 1972 - 1993 | Nick Kent | 1994 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
No Action - tolv månader av punk, new wave och extas på Dad´s Dancehall i Malmö (in Swedish) | Sven Lindström, Petter Lönegård and Kjell Magnusson |
2019 | Hepcat.se • Premiumpublishing.com |
Olympen - artisterna, publiken, betongen (in Swedish) | Sven Lindström | 2014 | Amazon.uk • issuu.com • Premiumpublishing.com |
Off-beat: Pub Rock For The '80's | Gina Morris | 1985 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello and Thatcherism: A Psycho-Social Exploration | David Pilgrim and Richard Ormrod | 2013 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Hunnebostrands - Folkets Hus och Folkets Park | Ulf Walentinsson | Hunnebostrands |
Record labels
Title | Author | Year | Links |
Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story | Richard Balls | 2014 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • Review |
The Rhino Records Story | Harold Bronson | 2013 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Stiff Records 1976-79: A Comprehensive Guide To Collecting The Label | David Cooper | 2012 | 45worlds.com |
2 Tone - Before, During & After | Lee Morris | 2020 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Stiff: The Story Of A Record Label 1976-1982 | Bert Muirhead | 1983 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Songbooks
Title | Author | Year | Links |
A Singing Dictionary | Elvis Costello | 1980 | Amazon • Amazon.uk • archive.org |
Everyday I Write The Song - (Grumbling Appendix To The Singing Dictionary) | Elvis Costello | 1983 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello: A Collection Of Works Moods For Moderns (in Japanese) | Marie Ueda & Erika Yamashita (translators) | 1998 | Amazon • Amazon.jp |
Elvis Costello: Testi con traduzione (in Italian) | Introduction by P Bertrando | 1989 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Elvis Costello: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello: Piano, Vocal And Guitar | Elvis Costello & Roger Day (arranger) | 1999 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Brutal Youth | Elvis Costello & Roger Day (arranger) | 1994 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Juliet Letters: A Song Sequence for String Quartet & Voice - Full Score | Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet | 1996 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
The Juliet Letters: A Song Sequence for String Quartet & Voice - Full Score 30th Anniversary Edition |
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet | 2023 | Musicroom.com |
Painted from Memory: Piano/Vocal/Chords | Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach | 1999 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Spike | Elvis Costello & Roger Day (arranger) | 1989 | Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Notes
- In addition to the above, some music and lyrics of Elvis Costello are available as sheet music through the usual suppliers including -
- The Global Game: Writers on Soccer - includes Elvis' account of playing a concert at UEA, Norwich, England whilst Liverpool FC were playing in the European Champions' League Final.
- Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 includes an article that Elvis wrote for Vanity Fair magazine.