Stay tuned for the other definitive reissues in 2009, the penultimate 
reissues on his 70th birthday, and for the really REALLY definitive 
reissues (complete box set, of course) after his death. All from your 
good friends at 
Universal-Sony-RCA-NBC-AOL-Warner-Nabisco-Disney-Viacom-BellSouth-Nextel-Coke 
Music Group! :D

-Farrar Hudkins

Christopher Kouzes wrote:
> I just saw this on Billboard. C'mon...what is this, the 4th time they've
> been made available? Even the money grubber Gene Simmons hasn't made his
> fans re-buy all the old Kiss records like this (though you've got to
> imagine he's jealous as hell of Costello semi-successfully pulling it
> off):
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> <<Universal Music Enterprises has acquired 11 albums from Elvis
> Costello's early catalog, with plans to re-release the artist's material
> via reissues, deluxe editions, compilations and box sets. 
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> The albums acquired begin with Costello's 1977 debut, "My Aim Is True,"
> and continue through "This Year's Model" (1978), "Armed Forces" (1979),
> "Get Happy!!" (1980), "Almost Blue" (1981), "Trust" (1981), "Imperial
> Bedroom" (1982), "Punch the Clock" (1983), "Goodbye Cruel World" (1986),
> "King of America" (1986) and "Blood and Chocolate" (1986).
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> Although these albums have already been reissued in expanded form by
> Rykodisc as well as Rhino, UME promises its new versions will be the
> "definitive reissues." The company also plans to produce limited edition
> releases for its Hip-O Select imprint, DVDs of videos and concerts and
> usher Costello's music into new formats such as ringtones.
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> "A Pekingese in a tuxedo could sell you 'My Aim Is True,' you know,"
> Costello told Billboard in May 2001, when the Rhino reissue campaign
> launched. "When you've got a record that maybe didn't reach its audience
> in its time, you have to use a bit of imagination in the way that you
> present it, to make it seem as if it might be worth investigating
> now.">>
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