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Post by whoman on Mar 31, 2019 9:31:56 GMT
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Post by ShardEnder on Mar 31, 2019 20:05:30 GMT
Based on the small label involved, I'm almost certain this is one of those "grey area" releases that most older artists end up receiving once their material passes outside the 50-year copyright protection window offered by some countries. Where you could argue that a lot of the recent Move catalogue titles were issued purely to extend the band's ownership of their contents, nothing similar was done for The Idle Race, and I can't imagine Jeff in particular wanting to do anything with all those BBC sessions, since he's known for not exactly being the biggest fan of live recordings, which gives bootleggers an opportunity to keep cashing in. Every now and then, you'll find a well-curated package that compiles the very best available sources or even provides a considerable upgrade over what's already out there, but in this case, I believe we'll never get any better than the circulating radio transcription discs. I'd be interested to know if anyone's heard this album, because it might yet be worth tracking down...
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Post by StrangeMagic on Apr 1, 2019 2:10:37 GMT
Based on the small label involved, I'm almost certain this is one of those "grey area" releases that most older artists end up receiving once their material passes outside the 50-year copyright protection window offered by some countries. Where you could argue that a lot of the recent Move catalogue titles were issued purely to extend the band's ownership of their contents, nothing similar was done for The Idle Race, and I can't imagine Jeff in particular wanting to do anything with all those BBC sessions, since he's known for not exactly being the biggest fan of live recordings, which gives bootleggers an opportunity to keep cashing in. Every now and then, you'll find a well-curated package that compiles the very best available sources or even provides a considerable upgrade over what's already out there, but in this case, I believe we'll never get any better than the circulating radio transcription discs. I'd be interested to know if anyone's heard this album, because it might yet be worth tracking down... I haven't heard this exact album, but I bought one in vinyl off eBay with the same track listing. The sound quality is terrible. I regret buying it because the band members receive no royalties.
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Jul 1, 2021 16:45:30 GMT
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Post by orioles70 on Jul 2, 2021 17:59:15 GMT
www.10538overture.dk/IDLE%20RACE/Fronts/idle_race_history.htmlthis article mentions the BBC radio sessions and sheds new light on Jeff's trousering here I had been thinking that the ladies were talking a bit lustily when they mentioned ELO trousering but it turns out that trousering is just a music production term < In the same month, The Idle Race were invited by distinguished producer Bernie Andrews to record the very first of many sessions for the BBC. This one was for Top Gear and goes down in history as being one of Bernie’s favorittes. Jeff Lynne remembers that first BBC session: ”We’d been going for about eighteen months. We lived and played in Birmingham, so going down to London to record for the BBC was a major event. We hadn’t had much experience of recording, so it was a relief to find it quite easy going. I thought it was great. You got to record and got paid for doing it, I think the fee just about covered the petrol from Birmingham. Bernie go tus a good sound. At the time, I was wanting to be a producer myself, so I was learning a lot. I even got some blue corduroy trousers just like Bernie’s and wore them for my first attempt as a record producer, the second Idle Race album. From then on, corduroy trousers were always called ’Producers Trousers’!” >
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Sept 2, 2021 15:35:23 GMT
Not a session, as such... Para mi amigo Helmut83
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Post by Helmut83 on Sept 3, 2021 2:28:37 GMT
Gracias tremblinwilbury! What a find! A very small local radio playing the Idle Race and "obscure" ELO songs, very interesting.
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