7 September 2023

Declan Patrick MacManus aka ELVIS COSTELLO (69 now) released
his 3rd LP ARMED FORCES (of a total of 32, so far) on 5 January 1979.

As it happened/happens all the time record labels wanted/want,
no idea why, different album covers for different countries/continents.
In this case, see the US and Europe/UK covers for Armed Forces below.
So the promo for magazines/newspapers, above, was definitely
the advertisement used in America.

UK/Europe

US

ALBUM

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ELVIS: All Albums – Instagram