Rob @covers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This window at Snowshill Manor is like the cover of a horrific ghost story. 000
Reposted by RobRob @covers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026youtu.be/1c0s1cZuK-s?...youtu.beYoung Girl BluesYouTube video by Susan Carter - Topic 001
Reposted by RobRob @covers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The artwork for Steely Dan’s classic The Royal Scam was originally intended for Van Morrison’s 1975 album Mechanical Bliss, a record that was never released. 011
Reposted by RobRob @covers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Delighted to track down the super rare Attractions 10” WORK recorded with the photographer Brian Griffin at Edinburgh in 1988. Their only appearance without Elvis Costello. 011
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve - Tender Moment open.spotify.com/track/3wjGJQ...open.spotify.comTender Moment (Kairos)Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello · ToGetHer · Song · 2013 000
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nice collection! Is the copy of Chelsea the coloured vinyl version by any chance? 🤔 110
Reposted by RobRob @covers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is like a sort of charity shop sampler. #vinyl 031
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The artwork for Steely Dan’s classic The Royal Scam was originally intended for Van Morrison’s 1975 album Mechanical Bliss, a record that was never released. 011
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Paul gave away some great songs. I’ve never heard him do his own version of this one youtu.be/3jiDTdIuLv8?...youtu.beRod Stewart - Mine for Me (1974)YouTube video by ticktock70 020
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Amazing colourised footage of Flaming Youth from 1970. Phil Collins looking very young indeed youtu.be/vbArGrRUeaE?...youtu.bePhil Collins: Flaming Youth (Color Decoded) Broadcast May 14, 1970YouTube video by G Music 000
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Early ad for Garrod & Lofthouse, who manufactured #Beatles album covers in the early 60s. 020
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026youtu.be/1c0s1cZuK-s?...youtu.beYoung Girl BluesYouTube video by Susan Carter - Topic 001
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Saw this lot too, on the Down to Earth tour. Very loud as I recall. 011
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I remember going on that bus after the gig, where they were cooking up pans of food! 010
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Does it say where this was recorded? I saw Here & Now in summer 78 at Univ of Sussex. 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I can’t remember how I discovered this 1972 album by Mandy More, another of those ‘one and done’ singer-songwriters. But it’s quirky and brilliant. Any fans out there? 000
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Great free gig at the American Library in Norwich last night with Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric. Superb songs! 000
Reposted by RobWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Rest in peace, Cassandra Wilson www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLp-...youtube.comCassandra Wilson - Don't Explain (Performance Video)YouTube video by CassandraWilsonVEVO 1132075
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026😂 The Fall used to do 25-minute sets too in later years, I believe. 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026@delonsblues.bsky.social Scott Walker at Fagins, March 1972. “Waiting for something that never happened “ 😟 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’ve got some of those! The Stevie Wonder is the sound of a genius in the making. 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Love those US inner sleeves from the late 60s early 70s. We were still in b&w in those days. 110
Reposted by RobRob @covers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Swedish pressing of Elvis Costello’s This Year’s Model on Smash Records. Different front cover photo, different back cover photo, different label! And it includes a slightly sped up version of Watching the Detectives! 😄 001
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Swedish pressing of Elvis Costello’s This Year’s Model on Smash Records. Different front cover photo, different back cover photo, different label! And it includes a slightly sped up version of Watching the Detectives! 😄 001
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Saw him last weekend. Terrific gig. Did versions of Tomorrow Never Knows and Public Image. 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’m still using an iPod classic on a daily basis. Had it 19 years now! 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Yes saw that - plus shipping of course - but that’s unlikely to be £30! 100
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It was considered a bit ‘too country’ so only appeared as the B side of his first single. Yes, great song though and I believe the first one he recorded for the MAIT sessions. 110
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#ElvisCostello’s My Aim is True 5CD box is preordering for an eye watering £161.99 on Amazon. That’s £32.40 a disc. No thank you. Will wait and see if the excellent @burningshed.com will be doing it. 360
Reposted by RobJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Full marks for the typo. Chef’s kiss for the reply. 81614305
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It’s amazing this EP reached #29 in the charts. #DavidBowie #Baal #Brecht 000
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Elvis Costello deep cuts playlist updatedopen.spotify.comElvis Costello - Deep Cuts, Duets and TributesPlaylist · bongos · 55 items 000
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Hooray for mothers-in-law who still buy the Radio Times and are therefore ahead of the curve! 010
Reposted by RobRichard Balls @musicbiographer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I was very sad to learn of Maurice MacGowan’s passing. He was an extraordinary man with a huge intellect who was still translating Latin and Greek verse into his 90s. He was a wonderful husband to Therese and father to Shane and Siobhan. I feel immensely privileged to have met him. 081
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Ah yes, you’re right. The Mavis Nicholson thing was his first TV interview. 010
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Elvis Costello’s first TV appearance, September 1977. Full show including solo performances (audio only). on.soundcloud.com/7o8IAtFiFtJS...soundcloud.comElvis Costello on Thames TV Good Afternoon (Mavis Nicholson) 27/9/77Elvis Costello's first TV interview, on the Thames TV show Good Afternoon with Mavis Nicholson. Broadcast on 27 September 1977. The quality is a bit rough, having been digitised from an nth generation 240
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Elvis Costello box set incoming. www.facebook.com/reel/3482481...facebook.com 010
Reposted by RobRob @covers.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Probably one that I’d rescue in the event of a fire. Original paper sleeve signed by the Attractions’ bassist Bruce Thomas 061
Rob @covers.bsky.social · 01/08/2026“I still believe in love, peace and understanding, as Elvis Costello said, and what's so funny about love, peace and understanding?" John Lennon 001