The Pop Music Library

Elvis Costello by Krista Reese Proteus Publishing, 1981, 127pp Krista Reese’s book on Elvis Costello – “The First Book on One of Rock’s Most Private Personalities”, the back cover promises – is prefaced with the following cheery letter of encouragement from Jake Riviera, Costello’s then manager and former boss of Stiff Records: I would like to notify you that I will do everything in my power to prevent you from writing a book about Elvis […]