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Title: Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
Year/Genre/City: 1978, New Wave, London, UK
Matrix #: 35331
Condition: EX

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: Came out of the pub-rock-to-punk transition—Costello moved through the same rooms as the ’77 explosion, but with a songwriter’s briefcase.

2. Band Drama: The Attractions were brand-new and suddenly locked into a high-pressure cycle of tours, TV, and rapid recording deadlines.

3. Media Narrative: His early press image leaned “angry intellectual,” which fed backlash and fascination—writers debated him as much as they reviewed him.

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