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Mo-Fi Elvis
Paul Hawkins
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Mobile Fidelity has been
producing superb audiophile
re-issues since the late '70s and,
under new ownership since 2001,
continues to lead the market when
it comes to unearthing classics from pop
music’s past. In 2010 things go full circle
as the label re-issues key albums by an
artist who started his career around the
same time the label began.
Elvis Costello originally released his
first single on Stiff Records in 1977, a year
after the label became affiliated with the
punk movement forever with the release of
"New Rose" by The Damned. Many thought
he’d missed the boat as a new wave artist,
yet his radio-friendly melodies and catchy
singalong choruses soon caught the
nation’s attention. That first single "Less
Than Zero" saw Elvis backed by a US West
Coast rhythm section called Clover (who
later became Huey Lewis’s band The News)
and the international potential was realised
upon release of his groundbreaking first
album, My Aim Is True.
Elvis’s influences came from the heart
of rock 'n' roll - the resemblance to Buddy
Holly, plus the pilfering of The King’s name
for his stage moniker surely being no
coincidence — although his quick witted
lyrics and punk attitude kept his sound
up to date. His amazing debut album
produced a brace of hits — "Alison" and
"Watching The Detectives" — cementing
Elvis’s place in music history.
For the follow up, This Year's Model, Elvis
takes things up a gear, and also introduces
us to his new backing band The Attractions.
Many of the songs were written and
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