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Vinyl Records London are on cloud nine, we are now spinning in a brand new copy in Double Vinyl from Elvis Costello ldquoHey Clockfacerdquonbspwas recorded in Helsinki, Paris and New York and mixed by Sebastian Krys in Los Angeles. Following the solo recording of, ldquoNo Flagrdquo, ldquoHetty OrsquoHara Confidentialrdquo and ldquoWe Are All Cowards Nowrdquo at Suomenlinnan Studio, Helsinki by Eetuuml Seppaumllauml in February 2020, Costello immediately traveled to Paris for a weekend session at Les Studios Saint Germain. Costello tells us, ldquoI sang live on the studio floor, directing from the vocal booth. We cut nine songs in two days. We spoke very little. Almost everything the musicians played was a spontaneous response to the song I was singing. Irsquod had a dream of recording in Paris like this, one day.rdquo The assembled album, ldquoHey Clockfacerdquo is ldquoAn Elvis Costello amp Sebastian Krys Productionrdquo following on from their work together on Elvis Costello and The Imposters Grammywinning album ldquoLook Now.rdquo The motion picture of ldquoWe Are All Cowards Nowrdquo by Eamon Singer amp Arlo Mc Furlow features images of flowers amp pistols, smoke amp mirrors, tombstones amp monuments, courage amp cowardice, peace love and misunderstanding.