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James McGuigan, manager of Retro Blue, a retailer in Aberdeen, Scotland, says ''When I Was Cruel'' "is probably not a major first-week seller, but it'll do well slowly, on mail order and in the shop. New albums by older artists tend to do well for us — for example, the new Neil Young. Even Elvis' last one with Anne Sofie von Otter did OK. The recent reissues (Rhino's remastered ''This Year's Model'', ''Blood & Chocolate'' and ''Brutal Youth'', among others) have been quite popular." | James McGuigan, manager of Retro Blue, a retailer in Aberdeen, Scotland, says ''When I Was Cruel'' "is probably not a major first-week seller, but it'll do well slowly, on mail order and in the shop. New albums by older artists tend to do well for us — for example, the new Neil Young. Even Elvis' last one with Anne Sofie von Otter did OK. The recent reissues (Rhino's remastered ''This Year's Model'', ''Blood & Chocolate'' and ''Brutal Youth'', among others) have been quite popular." | ||
Of his frequent ventures outside the rock mainstream, Costello says, "I never thought | Of his frequent ventures outside the rock mainstream, Costello says, "I never thought of it like a conversion to a new religion. I think, you know, I put myself wholeheartedly into everything, I don't consider anything as a side project, and I'm not usually one to worry about sales, but the audiences for ''Painted From Memory'', ''The Juliet Letters'' (his 1993 album with the Brodsky Quartet), and even the Anne Sofie record have not been inconsiderable." | ||
The week before the U.S. tour in May, in a juxtaposition that he says epitomizes the two-tier nature of his Universal deal, | |||
Costello will be in the studio with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra for the Deutsche Grammophon recording of his first full orchestral score, ''Il Sogno''. Written, as he says, across 200 pages "in pencil," it was commissioned by Italian dance company Aterballetto, which will perform ''II Sogno'' at Royce Hall in Los Angeles in July as part of Costello's UCLA Artist in Residence season. | |||
Happy to chat about any aspect of music, from the success of ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' — a live performance of which he recently hosted at New York's Carnegie Hall — to Brian Wilson's live shows in London in January, Costello expresses a sense of carpe diem. | |||
"I'm not going to repeat the past, but I can run most people ragged in terms of volume of work — I don't fall down very easily. I just want to take full advantage while I'm feeling as alive as this." | |||
''Elvis Costello plays [[Concert 2002-06-15 Wallingford|June 15]] at Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford. | |||
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