The Delivery Man [ENHANCED] [LIMITED EDITION]

Elvis Costello

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 2004
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
• Label: Lost Highway
• ASIN: B0007D08CA
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #90,138 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Lost Highway is releasing the deluxe edition of Elvis Costello's & The Imposters Grammy Nominated The Delivery Man to coincide with his Spring US tour. The deluxe edition includes new packaging, the bonus video "Bedlam" from Elvis' live Eagle Rock DVD performance in Memphis, TN, the extra track "She's Pulling Out The Pin" and The Clarksdale Sessions bonus disc featuring seven songs. Five songs from The Clarksdale Sessions are alternate recordings of songs featured on The Delivery Man, as well as a cover of "Dark End Of The Street" and "In Another Room" an Elvis Costello original unheard elsewhere. Look for Elvis Costello & The Imposters 2 month long full US tour beginning in March 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Long-Awaited 6-Month Anniversary Edition, March 1, 2005

By	P. B. Fey (Phoenixville, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Elvis is my main man. I've bought the catalog in 8-track, cassette, 45s, vinyl, imported vinyl, CD, imported CD, imported reissue CDs, reissued domestic CDs...and I've done this strictly for the music. So, if, like me, you don't feel like shelling out another $15 for a disc you just bought--as enticing as the bonus disc is--allow me to direct you to iTunes, where the extra tracks are available at 99 cents each. I love ya Elvis but you're killin' me.

13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Okay, whatever, March 8, 2005

By	Robert Workman (Saint Paul, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The whole reissue thing with Elvis is getting out of hand. Is he going to do this with every subsequent release? "Cruel Smile", "Delivery Man Redux Deluxe Mad Ducks"...next he'll get Diana in on the act and we'll get "Girl in the Other Room--Next Door" (personally I'd like to see a "Double Fantasy"-type Costello/Krall collaboration.) Thank God for iTunes. If you don't need the packaging (again) it sounds like the way to go (great cover pic, though, I have to admit). Looking forward to the tour. Maybe I'll buy a tee-shirt, if it doesn't become outdated two months later.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Music, Sour Grapes, January 13, 2007

By	T. Davis "Tom Davis" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was fortunate enough to buy the expanded edition first. Those who didn't are disappointed. Boo-hoo-hoo! But I'm not going to dwell on their sour grapes or downgrade this album as a result. Let's talk about the sweet music, shall we?

This is wonderful, honest stuff, a return to form for our delivery man Elvis. He's written moving, cutting-edge songs and performed them with a top-flight crew, and he's stretched himself by immersing himself in Mississippi culture, an influence that pervades the album.

Almost an hour of studio recordings are nicely complemented by nearly a half-hour of an exquisite informal session on a second CD. This music has a very intimate, live feel. Three of the songs on the two discs are unavailable elsewhere.

The video of Elvis' Memphis performance of "Bedlam" whets one's appetite for an eminently recommendable DVD called "Club Date: Live in Memphis," which includes several songs with Emmylou Harris and a long documentary about his explorations of the region's musical heritage. Check it out!