Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (49th Anniversay) (5CD) (New CD)
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (49th Anniversay) (5CD) (New CD)
This is an upcoming new release that isn't out yet. It is currently scheduled for release on October 2, 2026. You can pre-order now. Please note additional items ordered in the same order as pre-order items will be fulfilled at the time the pre-order is available. Release dates are subject to change.
My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) tells the origin story of how Declan MacManus became Elvis Costello. This expansive 5CD box set features 104 tracks, 52 of them unreleased songs, demos, outtakes, and live performances. The collection also includes a 72 page liner essay by Elvis Costello, with unseen photographs, handwritten lyrics from his notebooks, and diary entries from 1976 as he was making My Aim Is True.
The story is told across 5 CDs:
CD1: My Aim Is True (2026 Remaster): Remastered from the original 1977 analog master tapes
CD2: The Blue Print: Acoustic recordings and demos recorded before My Aim Is True
CD3: The Stranger In The House: How Declan MacManus became Elvis Costello in 28 songs
CD4: Becoming The Attractions: As they took charge of the My Aim Is True songs and then went mad
CD5: Covered In Clover: The first and last time Costello and Clover played My Aim Is True live in 2007
