Rusty The Resurrection of Rust 45rpm LP

Elvis Costello and his partner in his first band Rusty, Allan Mayes, have reunited for, as Costello puts it, "the record we would have cut when we were 18, if anyone had let us."

The Resurrection of Rust comprises newly recorded renditions of six songs drawn from Rusty's 1972 set lists: duets on two 1972 Nick Lowe tunes, "Surrender to the Rhythm" and "Don't Lose Your Grip on Love"; Kentucky songwriter Jim Ford's "I'm Ahead If I Can Quit While I'm Behind"',' and two originals, "Warm House" (written by D.P. MacManus [aka Elvis Costello] in 1971) and "Maureen & Sam" (a musical collaboration by Mayes and MacManus); and finally, an arrangement incorporating the Neil Young songs "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" and "Dance, Dance, Dance", the latter witnessing Costello's debut on the electric violin.

Rusty are accompanied by The Imposters and Bob Andrews of Brinsley Schwarz.

...[T]his sounds like two old friends taking a musical trip down memory lane and having a ball doing it....[A] glorious recollection of a youth well misspent, it's hard not to love if you care about Costello at all.