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Post by janne on Jan 13, 2018 10:49:46 GMT
'New World' meaning America I presume? I get your logic but it is what Uno wrote... The Americas, from Chile to Canada. That's the New World, and Eurasia/Africa the "Old World". Those are historical terms. I'm confused - it has nothing to do with geographical terms whatsoever, just that the record from the Olympics was new. (Someone running faster than ever, or whatever.)
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Post by fernandoamado on Jan 13, 2018 14:23:53 GMT
I'm confused - it has nothing to do with geographical terms whatsoever, just that the record from the Olympics was new. (Someone running faster than ever, or whatever.) If I remember correctly, it was on one of the remaster liner notes that this was said. Maybe on a FTM remaster. I'm not sure, I have to check it out again.
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Post by fernandoamado on Jan 13, 2018 14:31:47 GMT
Here it is.
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Post by Timeblue on Jan 13, 2018 15:34:36 GMT
The Americas, from Chile to Canada. That's the New World, and Eurasia/Africa the "Old World". Those are historical terms. I'm confused - it has nothing to do with geographical terms whatsoever, just that the record from the Olympics was new. (Someone running faster than ever, or whatever.) That's what fernandamado thought it meant,we were just putting him right about the meaning of the album title..
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Post by Timeblue on Jan 13, 2018 15:40:02 GMT
So who is right, Bev or Rob Caiger? I personally would go with Bev since it was only 4 years previous to him writing about it in his book.
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Post by fernandoamado on Jan 13, 2018 15:52:13 GMT
So who is right, Bev or Rob Caiger? I personally would go with Bev since it was only 4 years previous to him writing about it in his book. Both could be right. I mean, it's obvious now that the name came from Richard, but that particular one being chosen could be because of the reason Rob pointed out.
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Post by tightrope on Jan 13, 2018 16:10:48 GMT
I've always thought Bev's account was the correct one. I also had thought maybe it was a new "World" record. Meaning it was time the band finally conquered the rest of the world as well as America as so many other UK bands had.
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Post by Timeblue on Jan 14, 2018 20:29:34 GMT
Of course! What did he sign for you? Not some part of your anatomy I hope.... Here's mine...
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Post by BSJ on Jan 14, 2018 23:12:20 GMT
NICE!
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Post by Timeblue on Jan 14, 2018 23:29:52 GMT
I posted the story behind this autograph back in 2014 (it must have been one of my first posts)Just look in the 'collectors' section and 'My Bev Bevan autograph'.....
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Post by orioles70 on Jan 15, 2018 17:35:58 GMT
At the R&RHOF induction, Dhani Harrison gives a great description of listening to New World Record for the first time. You can watch his speech on YouTube. He was like 7 when he saw them play at a benefit concert in Birmingham - thought they were like the Cantina Band in Star Wars and then got the NWR album at home and thought the volume was down too low because of the slow build up into Tightrope, cranked it only to get blown away by the crescendo. Think I went through much the same thought process when I played that record for the 1st time. Anyway - if you haven't seen Dhani's speech, look it up on YouTube. You'll be glad you watched.
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Post by orioles70 on Jan 17, 2018 1:23:37 GMT
one more thing about New World Record - John Kosh was the artist who designed the ELO logo and did the jacket design for NWR. You can listen to him talk about it in the link below. The colorful logo is from the Wurlitzer jukebox. But the photo of a city and the shimmering lights was inspired by his flight from London to Los Angeles. He saw the Northern Lights for the first time looking out the window of the plane - en route to "the new world". IMO, the name of the album has sort of a double meaning. Primarily it's from Richard Tandy hearing the phrase on the olympics coverage. But ELO had become more successful in the states than in England and each album was selling better than the last. No doubt they expected NWR to continue that trend. And Kosh clearly had that trip to America on his mind. I wish album art was still a big deal. With downloads, it's almost irrelevant. koshdesign.blogspot.com/?_sm_au_=iDVQZWZ6HTw33kHt
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Post by janne on Jan 20, 2018 12:43:03 GMT
one more thing about New World Record - John Kosh was the artist who designed the ELO logo and did the jacket design for NWR. You can listen to him talk about it in the link below. The colorful logo is from the Wurlitzer jukebox. But the photo of a city and the shimmering lights was inspired by his flight from London to Los Angeles. He saw the Northern Lights for the first time looking out the window of the plane - en route to "the new world". IMO, the name of the album has sort of a double meaning. Primarily it's from Richard Tandy hearing the phrase on the olympics coverage. But ELO had become more successful in the states than in England and each album was selling better than the last. No doubt they expected NWR to continue that trend. And Kosh clearly had that trip to America on his mind. I wish album art was still a big deal. With downloads, it's almost irrelevant. koshdesign.blogspot.com/?_sm_au_=iDVQZWZ6HTw33kHtGreat find, thanks! I especially love the story about the Out of The Blue album cover.
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