02.20.2021
ELVIS COSTELLO’S COMPLETE ARMED FORCES SUPER DELUXE VINYL-ONLY BOXED SET (PART III)
Audiophile Review: Mark Smotroff: February 10th 2021
In Part I of this review of Elvis Costello’s super deluxe vinyl-only boxed set The Complete Armed Forces — celebrating his 1979 masterpiece, Armed Forces — we explored the new original album remaster included in this collection. In case you missed that essential introduction, please click here to jump back to it.
In Part II we listened to the first time vinyl appearance of a full album presentation of Elvis’ legendary Live at Hollywood High and Pinkpop festival performances from that period. If you didn’t see that part of the series, please click here to read it.
If you thought that wasn’t enough to tempt you into getting this new boxed set, let me put on my late night TV commercial announcer voice and say: but wait… there’s more!
The 10-Inch Mini Albums
Included in The Complete Armed Forces are three — count ‘em, 3! — 10-inch mini LPs containing special rarities.