Elvis Costello Announces My Aim Is True 49th Anniversary Reissue

Elvis Costello is taking it back to the beginning with a massive 49th anniversary box set reissue of his debut album, My Aim Is True. Out October 2nd via UMe, the 5xCD collection features dozens of unreleased songs, including demos, live recordings, and outtakes. Touted as “telling the story of how Declan MacManus became Elvis Costello,” the collection is spread across 104 tracks, featuring a new 2026 remaster from the original analog tapes. A total of 52 of the included demos, masters, outtakes, live performances, interviews, and other rarities are previously unreleased. Find Elvis Costello Tickets Accompanied by a new 72-page essay with contributions from Nick Lowe, John McFee, Gregg Geller, Bill Flanagan, Warren Zanes, Rosanne Cash, Peter Wolf, and Jim James, the box set also includes new writing from Costello himself alongside rare and unseen photos, handwritten lyrics, and diary entries from 1976. Pre-orders are ongoing. In anticipation, Costello has shared four previously unreleased recordings tracing the origins of his early favorite “Watching the Detectives.” In addition to the “Pathway Studios Trio Version” without the introductory “Spy Guitar” figure or keyboards in the m...