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<center><h3> Fun | <center><h3> Fun time </h3></center> | ||
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A comparatively quiet year for our finest songwriter after the vinyl blitz of 1986, when ''King Of America'' was followed within months by ''Blood & Chocolate''. | A comparatively quiet year for our finest songwriter after the vinyl blitz of 1986, when ''King Of America'' was followed within months by ''Blood & Chocolate''. January found Costello at the Royal Albert Hall, playing three nights with The Attractions and their Spinning Songbook retrospective and three with The Confederates, a line-up that included some of the legendary American musicians who'd backed him on ''KOA'', the highlight of which was the guest [[Concert 1987-01-28 London|appearance]] of Van Morrison, a pairing that brought together two of rock's most determined iconoclasts for the first time. | ||
Solo tours of America and the very far east, with Nick Lowe providing moral support and occasional accompaniment followed, but Costello's only other UK engagement this year was at the [[Concert 1987-06-20 Pilton|Glastonbury]] Festival, a performance of such epic proportions it seemed at one point that he was not going to leave the stage until he'd played every popular song ever written, including the whole of his own massive repertoire. David Stubbs aged visibly and was sporting a full beard before Elvis even introduced The Attractions, at which point our [[Melody Maker, January 31, 1987|reviewer]] took out a mortgage on a neighbouring field and settled in for the duration in comfortable rural surroundings from which he has not yet returned. | |||
Elsewhere, there was a cameo appearance in Alex Cox's spoof Western, ''Straight To Hell'', a collaboration with Roy Orbison, a score for a new flick starring Cait O'Riordan and the end-of-year compilation, ''Out Of Our Idiot''. Even when he appears to be not very active, Costello continues to keep himself busier than most of his sedentary contemporaries. | |||
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'''Melody Maker, December 19/26, 1987 | '''Melody Maker, December 19/26, 1987 | ||
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''Melody Maker'''s 1987 Year In Review includes a | ''Melody Maker'''s 1987 Year In Review includes a recap of Elvis Costello's year. | ||
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[[Allan Jones]] includes "[[Any King's Shilling|Any King's Shilling]] (private tape)" in his picks for Best Tracks Of The Year. | [[Allan Jones]] includes "[[Any King's Shilling|Any King's Shilling]] (private tape)" in his picks for Best Tracks Of The Year. | ||
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<br><small>Clippings.</small> | <br><small>Clippings.</small> | ||
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<center><h3> 10{{-}}4{{-}}87 | <center><h3> 10 for '87 </h3></center> | ||
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<center> ''' ''MM'' staff pick their best tracks of the year </center> | |||
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*'''Elvis Costello''': "Another King's Shilling" (private tape) | *'''Elvis Costello''': "Another King's Shilling" (private tape) | ||
*R.E.M.: "Finest Worksong" (from the IRS LP | *R.E.M.: "Finest Worksong" (from the IRS LP ''Document'') | ||
*The Sugarcubes: "Birthday" (One Little Indian single) | *The Sugarcubes: "Birthday" ("One Little Indian" single) | ||
*Van Morrison: "I Forgot That Love Existed" (from the Mercury LP | *Van Morrison: "I Forgot That Love Existed" (from the Mercury LP ''Poetic Champions Compose'') | ||
*Thin White Rope: "If Those Tears" (from the Zippo LP | *Thin White Rope: "If Those Tears" (from the Zippo LP ''Moonhead'') | ||
*The Replacements: | *The Replacements: "Alex Chilton" (from the Sire LP ''Pleased To Meet Me'') | ||
*Saqqara Dogs: "Greenwich Mean Time" (from the Fundamental EP | *Saqqara Dogs: "Greenwich Mean Time" (from the Fundamental EP ''World Crunch'') | ||
*The Young Gods: "Jusqu'ou Bout" (from the Product Inc LP | *The Young Gods: "Jusqu'ou Bout" (from the Product Inc LP ''The Young Gods'') | ||
*Townes Van Zandt: | *Townes Van Zandt: "The Catfish Song" (from the Sugar Hill LP ''At My Window'') | ||
*10,000 Maniacs: "Gun Shy" (from the Elektro LP | *10,000 Maniacs: "Gun Shy" (from the Elektro LP ''In My Tribe'') | ||
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