Elvis Costello has a 20-track set released by F-Beat on November 7 — in cassette form only. It's called Ten Bloody Marys And Ten How's Your Fathers and it's being issued, says the company, "to clean up all the B-sides and EP tracks that are not available to cassette-only buyers" — though it will also include two previously unreleased tracks, which will later be made available to disc buyers. There are several tracks on which Costello plays all the instruments, plus alternative versions of titles which have already been issued. It will sell at £5, with the first batch coming in a deluxe pack.
Costello's one-off at London Rainbow on September 29 sold out within 24 hours of the box-office opening — so he's now decided to play another London date this year, and details will be announced shortly.
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