Elvis Costello has announced a deluxe reissue King of Americahis 1986 album, produced by longtime collaborator T Bone Burnett. The expanded edition, titled King of America and other areas— includes the full CD, remastered from the original master tapes, as well as newly discovered demos, outtakes, unreleased concert audio from Costello’s 1987 show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, a 35-page essay by Costello, a photobook, and more. The collection will be released on November 1st. Listen to the remixed version of “Indoor Fireworks” below.
Recorded entirely in the USA, King of America reflected Costello’s growing interest in country and roots music, a departure from the new wave of his previous albums. For the recording process in Hollywood, Costello brought in session musicians such as Ray Brown, Earl Palmer, James Burton, Jerry Sheff and Ronnie Tutt (the latter three were in Elvis Presley’s TCB Band). There are a number of CDs King of America and other areas The super deluxe box set will include some of Costello’s later albums recorded in the United States, such as 2004’s The Delivery Man2010 National Ransomand more.
The box set also includes a 17-track live recording of Costello’s 1987 Royal Albert Hall show in London, previously unreleased tracks with collaborators such as Allen Toussaint and T Bone Burnett, as well as Jack of All Parades and Early drafts of “Sleep of” songs. righteous’ and solo versions of ‘Poisoned Rose’, ‘I’ll Wear It Proudly’, ‘Suffering Face’ and ‘Having It All’.
Costello also re-recorded King of America“Brilliant Mistake” as well as “Indoor Fireworks” and “That’s Not The Part of Him You’re Leaving” earlier this year. They appear on the last disc of the collection. Costello is also releasing a single-LP remaster of the original album and a 2xCD set that includes the full album and an expanded box set of selections.