Ah, the CD age...who'd ever thought that when I excitedly picked up this album in the summer of '82, that I would purchase it four, count 'em, four more times!  OK, the second time I puchased it WAS spur of the moment - there I was eating at the Hibachi, a great Japanese restaurant in Kansas City, killing time by treating my taste-buds before seeing Elvis at the Starlight Theater in the summer of '83.  All of the sudden in walks...Elvis Costello with his entourage!  Did I know that Elvis loved good Japanese food?  Well, of course, but who've thought it?  Anyway, after a moment of excited discussion on the strategy of approaching E.C. for his autograph with my then-wife Diane and her brother Jeff, it was decided that Jeff and I would run to the nearest music store to procure a couple of Elvis albums and Diane would keep him at the Hibachi, using any charms necessary.  Jeff bought a copy of his latest, Punch the Clock, while I purchased the Masterpiece?, Imperial Bedroom.  We arrived back the Hibachi, our food getting cold on the table, while E.C. was quickly consuming his.  We ate quickly, while deciding how we were to approach the man.  During this unending dicussion, Elvis and entourage got up to leave...and we paniced, allowing E.C. to walk on by without a word.  However, Bruce Thomas noticed the albums on the table, and stopped Elvis and motioned back to us.  Elvis grudgingly turned around and humored yet another starstruck fan.  We did have a short conversation, he signed the albums, and left.  Yep, still have my autographed Imperial bedroom, never played.