Elvis Costello - Armed Forces: Super Deluxe Box Set (Colored Vinyl 3LP + 3 x 10" + 3 x 7" Box Set)

Super Deluxe Edition Box Set — Colored 3LP + 3 x 10" + 3 x 7"

Personally curated by Elvis Costello, The Complete Armed Forces is the definitive statement of his revered 1979 album, home to the classics "Accidents Will Happen," "Green Shirt," "Oliver's Army" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding." The album is explored across nine pieces of vinyl — colored 3 x 12" LPs, colored 3 x 10" LPs and 3 x 7" singles — gathering a new 2020 remaster, B-sides, demos, alternate versions and outtakes plus 23 unreleased live recordings from three riotous concerts, all wrapped in Barney Bubbles' iconic pop-art packaging with seven custom notebooks of liner notes.

Features

• Nine pieces of vinyl: colored 3 x 12" LPs, 3 x 10" LPs and 3 x 7" singles
• Original album newly remastered by Costello and Bob Ludwig from the original analog tapes
• B-sides, demos, alternate versions, outtakes and 23 unreleased live tracks
• Seven custom notebooks; lavish Barney Bubbles pop-art box packaging
• Label: UMe

Track Listing

Original Album (Side One):

1. Accidents Will Happen
2. Senior Service
3. Oliver's Army
4. Big Boys
5. Green Shirt
6. Party Girl

Original Album (Side Two):

1. Goon Squad
2. Busy Bodies
3. Sunday's Best
4. Moods For Moderns
5. Chemistry Class
6. Two Little Hitlers

The box set additionally includes the 10" Sketches For Emotional Fascism (B-sides, demos and alternate versions), three 7" single reissues, and live sets including Hollywood High 1978, Riot At The Regent (Sydney '78), Christmas In The Dominion (1978) and Europe '79 – Live At Pinkpop.