Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello's Kojak Variety (CD)

This is a record of some of my favorite songs performed with some of my favorite musicians. The songs here date from between 1930 and 1970 so it should really be called "Kojak Variety - Volume One." I've tried not to cut songs that are too familiar. I found "Strange" on the b-side of a Screaming Jay Hawkins single on Roulette. It asks the musical questions: "How many wrinkles in a pickle? How many hairs in a head? How many waves int he ocean? How many crumbs in bread?...How many bubbles in soap? How many chewings in gum? How many rolls in wheel? and most importantly..."Where did eyeballs come from?" Marc Ribot takes full advantage of the invitation to "go strange" during the solo and fade.