2½ Years | ||||
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Box set by Elvis Costello | ||||
Released | 12 October 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1977–1979 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, pub rock, new wave | |||
Length | 173:13 | |||
Label | Demon/Rykodisc | |||
Producer | Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe | |||
Elvis Costello chronology | ||||
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2½ Years is a 1993 box set by Elvis Costello. The Rykodisc (US) and Demon Records (UK and Europe) Costello reissues (1993–1995) would ultimately include his eleven studio albums (each with bonus tracks) released from 1977 to 1991 on Columbia (in the US) and Stiff Records, Radar Records, F-Beat Records and Demon Records (for the rest of the world) plus a reissue of the G.B.H. soundtrack, the Live at the El Mocambo album and The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977-86, a greatest hits collection.
In 2001, Rhino Records would launch another Costello reissue program, taking a different approach than Rykodisc and Demon (see Elvis Costello main page). In 2007, Costello's 1977–86 catalogue was re-released by Hip-O Records, the reissue division of Costello's then current label, Universal Music.
2½ Years contained the first three albums (expanded) plus an official release of the often bootlegged Live at the El Mocambo.
All songs written by Elvis Costello unless otherwise indicated.