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Post by jefflynnenut on Sept 15, 2014 17:38:32 GMT
I bought ootb on vinyl from the dandelion market in Dublin city in '89 but I got into E.L.O in '86. Funny I now own ootb on Collectors blue vinyl, cassette, c.d. special edition cd, special edition Purple 12" sweet talking woman, Mr. Blue 7" blue....kinda became an obsession!
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Post by queenofthehours on Sept 15, 2014 18:03:11 GMT
As I have said,'Time' is my fave album and I'm always playing it even after 33 years.I have one issue with it tho' and that is Hold On Tight (for all its classyness) just sounds wrong for the album,with the album being a synth driven piece and then closing on a guitar fuelled rocker just doesn't sit right with me somehow. Hey ho,just my opinion..... I thought that too, but I like to think the reason it sounds odd is because it was a hit single - it's the over-familiarity that probably makes it sound different from the rest.
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Post by billwebster on Sept 15, 2014 19:18:19 GMT
My first contact with the music of Jeff Lynne came when I got into George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" when it was still played on pop radio in the late 80s as my teenage years were just approaching. The arrival of Traveling Wilburys songs "Handle With Care" and "End Of the Line" on the radio proved to be a real blast. Those are just three of the songs that made me want to start my own record collection. Another was "California Blue" by Roy Orbison - and Jeff was involved with that one, too, it's just that I didn't know about it yet. It took me some talking to record shop employees to find out the name of the band, Traveling Wilburys, and since the original CDs of Vol.1 and Vol.3 didn't contain any real names of the band members, it took some more time until I found out about Jeff. Of course, his name appeared in the booklet to "Cloud Nine" and "Mystery Girl" and his face appeared both in "Cloud Nine" and on the "Vol.1" cover, but being a kid in the days before music television arrived, I didn't know which was which of the two Wilburys still unknown to me. For the time being, I only knew them as the "singer of Last Night" and the "singer of Rattled". My mother knew the voices of George, Roy and Bob, so that left only the other two who only came to worldwide prominence in the 70s.
I had heard that somebody from ELO was in the Wilburys, so I had a listen into the most recent ELO album at the time. "Electric Light Orchestra Part Two", however, was not to my liking at all, and I quickly noticed there is no Wilbury on it. So I was quite disappointed and did not follow the ELO lead any further. Of course, I didn't buy the album.
Some time after I had absorbed "Vol.3", my mother showed me a review of "Armchair Theatre" from a magazine (not a music magazine). And on my next visit to the record store, I listened to it and liked quite a few songs, so I bought it, having regrets after parting with so much money for a kid. But those regrets quickly vanished. Yet, I still didn't know who the "singer of Last Night" was. It took me another year to find out. By then, we finally had gotten MTV and it was on there where I heard Tom's name mentioned as a Wilbury.
From my experience with the album that contains "Honest Men", for a while, I believed I didn't like ELO. But since no further Wilbury related albums were being released, in 1992, I had a listen in a store to the most recent ELO album, "Balance Of Power" which accidentally, also was in the mid-price category at the time. I instantly loved several songs and it turned out to be a great purchase. The CD tray was colored red, as all Sony mid-price CDs were equipped with red trays in those days. And that red fits beautifully to the red cover background of "Balance Of Power" (!) I didn't mind the electronic production at all, even though at that time, I was deeply into the sound of acoustic guitar strumming like the Wilburys featured prominently. So "Balance Of Power" was the first one.
A friend of my parents had some older ELO albums on vinyl and when we visited him, I gave some of them a listen. Yet, during that time, I was more into Americana, Country and Rhythm N Blues so the disco and progressive influenced stuff from ELO's original period did not click with me - at least not enough to want to buy a full-length.
Yet, instead, I began to collect Jeff Lynne productions. Somehow, Jeff's 2nd solo album for Reprise Records never appeared, in spite of having been announced several times. And I got fired up every time the news came around. I had already moved out from my parents and been living in a big city for over a year when I saw a poster ad for "Zoom" in an underpass whilst cycling to uni. That was BIG. "Zoom" became my 2nd ELO album and is still my favourite.
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Post by BSJ on Sept 16, 2014 0:02:35 GMT
My first contact with the music of Jeff Lynne came when I got into George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" when it was still played on pop radio in the late 80s as my teenage years were just approaching. The arrival of Traveling Wilburys songs "Handle With Care" and "End Of the Line" on the radio proved to be a real blast. Those are just three of the songs that made me want to start my own record collection. Another was "California Blue" by Roy Orbison - and Jeff was involved with that one, too, it's just that I didn't know about it yet. It took me some talking to record shop employees to find out the name of the band, Traveling Wilburys, and since the original CDs of Vol.1 and Vol.3 didn't contain any real names of the band members, it took some more time until I found out about Jeff. Of course, his name appeared in the booklet to "Cloud Nine" and "Mystery Girl" and his face appeared both in "Cloud Nine" and on the "Vol.1" cover, but being a kid in the days before music television arrived, I didn't know which was which of the two Wilburys still unknown to me. For the time being, I only knew them as the "singer of Last Night" and the "singer of Rattled". My mother knew the voices of George, Roy and Bob, so that left only the other two who only came to worldwide prominence in the 70s. I had heard that somebody from ELO was in the Wilburys, so I had a listen into the most recent ELO album at the time. "Electric Light Orchestra Part Two", however, was not to my liking at all, and I quickly noticed there is no Wilbury on it. So I was quite disappointed and did not follow the ELO lead any further. Of course, I didn't buy the album. Some time after I had absorbed "Vol.3", my mother showed me a review of "Armchair Theatre" from a magazine (not a music magazine). And on my next visit to the record store, I listened to it and liked quite a few songs, so I bought it, having regrets after parting with so much money for a kid. But those regrets quickly vanished. Yet, I still didn't know who the "singer of Last Night" was. It took me another year to find out. By then, we finally had gotten MTV and it was on there where I heard Tom's name mentioned as a Wilbury. From my experience with the album that contains "Honest Men", for a while, I believed I didn't like ELO. But since no further Wilbury related albums were being released, in 1992, I had a listen in a store to the most recent ELO album, "Balance Of Power" which accidentally, also was in the mid-price category at the time. I instantly loved several songs and it turned out to be a great purchase. The CD tray was colored red, as all Sony mid-price CDs were equipped with red trays in those days. And that red fits beautifully to the red cover background of "Balance Of Power" (!) I didn't mind the electronic production at all, even though at that time, I was deeply into the sound of acoustic guitar strumming like the Wilburys featured prominently. So "Balance Of Power" was the first one. A friend of my parents had some older ELO albums on vinyl and when we visited him, I gave some of them a listen. Yet, during that time, I was more into Americana, Country and Rhythm N Blues so the disco and progressive influenced stuff from ELO's original period did not click with me - at least not enough to want to buy a full-length. Yet, instead, I began to collect Jeff Lynne productions. Somehow, Jeff's 2nd solo album for Reprise Records never appeared, in spite of having been announced several times. And I got fired up every time the news came around. I had already moved out from my parents and been living in a big city for over a year when I saw a poster ad for "Zoom" in an underpass whilst cycling to uni. That was BIG. "Zoom" became my 2nd ELO album and is still my favourite. Very, interesting you collecting Jeff's productions. Great story.
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Post by billwebster on Sept 21, 2014 11:03:42 GMT
Very, interesting you collecting Jeff's productions. Great story. Well, the less obvious productions (read: those albums not by world famous stars) came to me less easily. Only when I got my own internet connection in around 2000 did I discover Julianna Raye, for example, by searching through album credits listings online. I was lucky to find it in good condition as a used CD. Her 2nd album "Restless Night" which was produced by Ethan Johns, is great, too. However, I could not get into her bossa nova styled 3rd album at all. I got the Jimmy Nail album "Tadpoles in A Jar" solely for the one song which Jeff Lynne produced, played all the instruments on but didn't write. There is some more good stuff on the album, too, but it is totally worth getting for this one song alone. I think I read about its release back in '99 on a website somewhere. When I was 12 or something and deep into the Wilburys, my mother gave me that Duane Eddy CD which Jeff worked on as a present, since she was well aware how much I enjoyed 50s styled Rock N Roll influenced music. She got it in mid-price at the time and I was lucky this was a relatively new album at the time and it introduced me to quite a large number of other great musicians. It remains a favourite to this day, and it makes me believe Jeff should have his own instrumental solo album out. In the early days, I think I heard on the radio that Jeff Lynne had worked on Joe Cocker's "Night Calls". When I listened to the album "Night Calls", I was disappointed to find only one song with Jeff's involvement. I still feel that was a missed opportunity for Joe. The rest of the album didn't cut it with me. Also, Joe is an interpretative singer and he was more of a singles artist at the time. Luckily, his next release was "The Best Of Joe Cocker", the one with the purple letters reading Cocker on the cover. It covers 1980s and early 90s Cocker perfectly. And I've since bought quite a few more Cocker albums over the years, all from the 90s and 00s. I found the Del Shannon "Rock On!" album in a store during my big Wilbury phase in the early 90s, maybe even in the same store visit where I also found and disregarded the album that opens with "Honest Men". I'm so glad I found this disc. "Rock On!" has been my absolute favourite album during my early teens. Ringo's "Time Takes Time" was one of those CDs which I listened to in a store because I was curious about what the other Beatles' solo material would sound like. It has very catchy music on it, and when I found Jeff in the credits, I was happy. However, it is produced by several people, and the production of Don Was and engineer Ed Cherney is even better than Jeff's on this album. It is still my favourite Ringo album because of sheer consistency. I think I read about the Regina Spektor CD "Far" for the 1st time on the predecessor of this forum. Thanks guys. Another one of Jeff's productions that I first read about here is Rossif Sutherland's album which is still not on CD yet, but only streaming on MySpace. I'm currently in the process of putting together a web radio show for a nonprofit channel run by a group of volunteer DJs. If I had figured out a way of how to find Rossif Sutherland's music as files or on CD, the 2 hour show would already be finished and ready to air. Is his music for sale anywhere yet or is it just on MySpace? I hope to get a broadcast date for one Saturday in mid- to late October, so in case you are interested to listen to it, feel free to send me a private message. Thanks.
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Post by BSJ on Sept 23, 2014 18:22:59 GMT
If you have not discovered it already, I think you will be interested in "Jeff Lynne Song Database" site. Robert Porter lists Jeff's productions. And a very cool site to boot!
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Post by billwebster on Sept 24, 2014 14:59:13 GMT
If you have not discovered it already, I think you will be interested in "Jeff Lynne Song Database" site. Robert Porter lists Jeff's productions. And a very cool site to boot! Yes, indeed, I have known this site for quite a while. Thanks anyway.
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Post by janne on Oct 4, 2014 9:40:10 GMT
As I have said,'Time' is my fave album and I'm always playing it even after 33 years.I have one issue with it tho' and that is Hold On Tight (for all its classyness) just sounds wrong for the album,with the album being a synth driven piece and then closing on a guitar fuelled rocker just doesn't sit right with me somehow. Hey ho,just my opinion..... I thought that too, but I like to think the reason it sounds odd is because it was a hit single - it's the over-familiarity that probably makes it sound different from the rest. I actually think it was quite a smart move, closing the album with a) the hit single and b) having that hit single being quite different from the rest of the material. I guess Jeff wanted to have that dichotomy, with a lot of syntheziser songs about the future and then suddenly quite a nostalgic guitar rocker, sounding like it was written in the good old days.
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Post by Rob 2095 on Oct 5, 2014 0:59:08 GMT
I thought that too, but I like to think the reason it sounds odd is because it was a hit single - it's the over-familiarity that probably makes it sound different from the rest. I actually think it was quite a smart move, closing the album with a) the hit single and b) having that hit single being quite different from the rest of the material. I guess Jeff wanted to have that dichotomy, with a lot of syntheziser songs about the future and then suddenly quite a nostalgic guitar rocker, sounding like it was written in the good old days. Speaking of which, did "Hold on Tight" stand out all that much more on Time than "Don't Bring Me Down" or "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" did on their albums?
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Post by 88keys on Oct 5, 2014 4:30:59 GMT
Well, the first ELO music I downloaded was on the late, great Kazaa. As I became a more devoted fan, I went out and bought all of the studio albums. starting with Secret Messages.
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Post by Rob 2095 on Oct 5, 2014 19:16:56 GMT
Well, the first ELO music I downloaded was on the late, great Kazaa. As I became a more devoted fan, I went out and bought all of the studio albums. starting with Secret Messages. Kazaa... oh the sound of that name brings back both great and terrible memories. The first ELO tracks I downloaded were through Kazaa as well. Had you already heard much of Secret Messages before buying it?
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Post by Chippa on Oct 5, 2014 20:17:05 GMT
The first album I actually purchased with my own "hard-earned" money was "Balance of Power", on vinyl. I still have it stashed away somewhere.
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 6, 2014 16:01:48 GMT
Well, the first ELO music I downloaded was on the late, great Kazaa. As I became a more devoted fan, I went out and bought all of the studio albums. starting with Secret Messages. Kazaa... oh the sound of that name brings back both great and terrible memories. The first ELO tracks I downloaded were through Kazaa as well. Had you already heard much of Secret Messages before buying it? Young people. I used to have iMesh first. Then came Kazaa, then Ares and so...
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Post by 88keys on Oct 6, 2014 17:26:01 GMT
Well, the first ELO music I downloaded was on the late, great Kazaa. As I became a more devoted fan, I went out and bought all of the studio albums. starting with Secret Messages. Kazaa... oh the sound of that name brings back both great and terrible memories. The first ELO tracks I downloaded were through Kazaa as well. Had you already heard much of Secret Messages before buying it? Not at all. And it became one of my top 3 favorite ELO albums, strangely enough.
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Post by Rob 2095 on Oct 7, 2014 1:04:49 GMT
Kazaa... oh the sound of that name brings back both great and terrible memories. The first ELO tracks I downloaded were through Kazaa as well. Had you already heard much of Secret Messages before buying it? Young people. I used to have iMesh first. Then came Kazaa, then Ares and so... ... says the 31 year old. The three of us may already be middle aged by Nigerian standards, you know.
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