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<center><h3> Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True </h3></center> | ||
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And it didn't even stop there! Oh no! Styled like a bitter and (literally) twisted Buddy Holly (all knock-knees and spittle), Mr Costello went the whole ten yards and beyond to get his album noticed. | And it didn't even stop there! Oh no! Styled like a bitter and (literally) twisted Buddy Holly (all knock-knees and spittle), Mr Costello went the whole ten yards and beyond to get his album noticed. | ||
First he plugged in outside a convention of CBS record executives in London and busked a protest at not being picked up by an American distributor. He got arrested and his album got a deal. Then he broke America on his own terms, taking the opportunity to play ''Saturday Night Live'' when The Sex Pistols couldn't get visas and, inspired by what Jimi Hendrix once did on the ''Lulu'' show, he stopped playing "Less Than Zero," the song he was scheduled to play, and launched into something new called "Radio Radio," which was critical of the corporations who owned the airwaves. It was a song which he had been specifically requested not to play. | First he plugged in outside a convention of CBS record executives in London and busked a protest at not being picked up by an American distributor. He got arrested and his album got a deal. Then he broke America on his own terms, taking the opportunity to play ''Saturday Night Live'' when The Sex Pistols couldn't get visas and, inspired by what Jimi Hendrix once did on the ''Lulu'' show, he stopped playing "Less Than Zero," the song he was scheduled to play, and launched into something new called "Radio, Radio," which was critical of the corporations who owned the airwaves. It was a song which he had been specifically requested not to play. | ||
An ''SNL'' ban followed toot sweet and bad boy Elvis was on his way. He's surely mellowed by now, but I'm still watching my back all the same. | An ''SNL'' ban followed toot sweet and bad boy Elvis was on his way. He's surely mellowed by now, but I'm still watching my back all the same. | ||
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This Mobile Fidelity release has been half-speed mastered from the original analogue tapes by Shawn Britton. The gatefold sleeve is made of heavy cardstock and inside carries photos of the original analogue tapes inside their boxes. | This Mobile Fidelity release has been half-speed mastered from the original analogue tapes by Shawn Britton. The gatefold sleeve is made of heavy cardstock and inside carries photos of the original analogue tapes inside their boxes. |
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