elvis costello - when i was cruel UK LP 2002 double 180G original NM

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Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel Rare original UK 2002 Elvis in near mint condition double 180 gram vinyl pressing Personnel includes: Elvis Costello (vocals, arranger, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, harmonica, melodica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harmonium, bass, cymbals, loops); Steve Nieve (melodica, piano, Clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, vibraphone); Roy Nathanson (alto saxophone); Jay Rodriguez (tenor saxophone); Ku-umba Frank Lacy (trumpet, flugelhorn); Curtis Fowlkes (trombone); Bill Ware (vibraphone); Davey Faragher (bass); Pete Thomas (drums, shaker, tambourine, percussion); Leo Pearson (tabla, programming); Steven Kennedy (background vocals).Producers include: Elvis Costello, Ciarin Cahill, Leo Pearson, Kieran Lynch.Recorded at Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland; Avatar Studios, New York, New York.WHEN I WAS CRUEL was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album. "45" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.Personnel: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, harmonica, melodica, grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harmonium, electric bass, cymbals, background vocals); Steve Nieve (melodica, grand piano, Clavinet, keyboards, vibraphone); Roy Nathanson (alto saxophone); Jay Rodriguez (tenor saxophone); Curtis Fowlkes (trombone); Pete Thomas (drums, shaker, tambourine, percussion); Leo Pearson (guiro, tabla); Steve Kennedy (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Ciaran Cahill; Kieran Lynch; Leo Pearson; Elvis Costello.Recording information: Avatar Studios, Inc., NY (09/24/2001); Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland (09/24/2001).Editor: Kieran Lynch.Photographer: Jill Furmanovsky.Though he was involved in worthy collaborations (Burt Bacharach, Anne Sofie Von Otter in the interim, the notoriously prolific Elvis Costello didn't release a proper solo album between 1996's triumph ALL THIS USELESS BEAUTY and this 2002 effort, the longest gap of his career. WHEN I WAS CRUEL is a return to visceral, rock-oriented production and songwriting after the more complex, sophisticated pursuits of his aforementioned collaborative works, and one can feel Costello's joy at getting back to his roots for a while. The maturation of the previous decade isn't invisible here--this is not the sturm und drang of THIS YEAR'S MODEL (or even BLOOD & CHOCOLATE), but this as electric-guitar-based as latter-day EC gets, and the likes of "Tear Off Your Own Head" and "Daddy Can I Turn This" are as hard-hitting as anything he's done.Two-thirds of the Attractions