|
Post by dillwyn on Apr 3, 2016 21:04:09 GMT
The Beatles White album is often quoted that would it have been as good if not better than sgt pepper had it been a single album. imagine out of the blue had been cut back to a single record (ala secret messages)...what would be be your listing I'll give it a go ...
Side 1 1..Turn to Stone 2..Sweet Talking Woman 3..Believe me now 4..stepping out 5..sweet is the night
Side 2 1..Concerto for a rainy day /Standing in the rain 2..Big Wheels 3..Summer and Lightening 4..Mr Blue Sky
|
|
|
Post by poorbob on Apr 4, 2016 8:31:45 GMT
Great idea dillwyn, I was thinking of this last week when my brother asked me the same of Springsteen's 'The River'. It's a difficult one (how much of the concerto side to cut...or keep entirely)...so I'll get back to you once I've played it to death
|
|
|
Post by dillwyn on Apr 4, 2016 8:47:28 GMT
actually i'm going to tweak the running order for side 1 already... as stepping out feels like a closer for side 1 now ...same songs but a better flow...is this album better than anwr
Side 1 1..Turn to Stone 2..Sweet Talking Woman 3..Sweet is the night 4..Believe me now 5..Stepping out
Side 2 1..Concerto for a rainy day /Standing in the rain 2..Big Wheels 3..Summer and Lightening 4..Mr Blue Sky
|
|
|
Post by clouds on Apr 4, 2016 8:51:14 GMT
Side 1 of OOTB is in my opinion the strongest of any ELO album, so...........
1. Turn to Stone. 2. Its Over 3. Sweet Talkin Woman 4. Across The Border
Side 2 1. Believe Me Now 2. Steppin Out 3. Big Wheels 4. Mr Blue Sky 5. Sweet is The Night.
The 'rest' in order of preference:
Starlight Standing In The Rain Birmingham Blues Jungle The Whale Summer n Lightning Night in The City
|
|
|
Post by poorbob on Apr 4, 2016 10:09:33 GMT
Felt I had to keep in the 4 UK singles as I think they are strongest set of singles ever released from an ELO album. Across The Border because of the pace, trumpet solo and awesome ending! Retaining concerto's opening & closing tracks just as a kind of bookend to side 1 (plus 'Please Turn Me Over' still makes sense). All in all stomping album with a few mid pace/slower tracks finishing with a rocking chorus... it's what the record company would have wanted Side 1 01 - Standin' In The Rain 02 - Across The Border 03 - Sweet Talkin' Woman 04 - It's Over 05 - Mr. Blue Sky Side 2 01 - Turn To Stone 02 - Sweet Is The Night 03 - Steppin' Out 04 - Wild West Hero *All subject to change of course what with me being a moody wee bugger!
|
|
|
Post by dillwyn on Apr 4, 2016 17:18:44 GMT
Side 1 of OOTB is in my opinion the strongest of any ELO album, so...........
1. Turn to Stone. 2. Its Over 3. Sweet Talkin Woman 4. Across The Border
Side 2 1. Believe Me Now 2. Steppin Out 3. Big Wheels 4. Mr Blue Sky 5. Sweet is The Night.
The 'rest' in order of preference:
Starlight Standing In The Rain Birmingham Blues Jungle The Whale Summer n Lightning Night in The City wild west hero not make the list?
|
|
|
Post by clouds on Apr 5, 2016 8:33:18 GMT
Side 1 of OOTB is in my opinion the strongest of any ELO album, so...........
1. Turn to Stone. 2. Its Over 3. Sweet Talkin Woman 4. Across The Border
Side 2 1. Believe Me Now 2. Steppin Out 3. Big Wheels 4. Mr Blue Sky 5. Sweet is The Night.
The 'rest' in order of preference:
Starlight Standing In The Rain Birmingham Blues Jungle The Whale Summer n Lightning Night in The City wild west hero not make the list? Oops - between Standin in the Rain and BB.
|
|
|
Post by mrradio on Apr 7, 2016 0:06:17 GMT
Unless I play the vinyl I always enjoy OOTB as a single album :
Side 1
turn to stone It's over Sweet talkin woman Across the border Stepping out
Side 2
Standing in the rain Summer and lightning Night in the city Wild West hero Mr blue sky
|
|
|
Post by BSJ on Apr 7, 2016 19:20:22 GMT
There are only 6 songs that made the cut. Not in any order. 1) Night In The City 2) Sweet Talkin Woman 3) Across The Border 4) Sweet Is The Night 5) Starlight 6) Turn To Stone
Summer and Lighting, Birmingham Blues are contenders. As is the Concerto before and "Please Turn Me Over". I've not like Steppin Out until his new rendition. I knew it could be a better song.
|
|
|
Post by nickheynes on Apr 8, 2016 10:22:11 GMT
I'm sorry "Out of the blue" a single album? The album that secured and cemented my love for all things ELOey?
No No NO! I won't have it (Stamps foot)
|
|
|
Post by BSJ on Apr 8, 2016 16:05:47 GMT
|
|
|
Post by nickheynes on Apr 8, 2016 17:47:10 GMT
I m never one to under react!
|
|
|
Post by queenofthehours on Apr 10, 2016 19:40:50 GMT
As a single album of 10 songs this looks an awful lot like an ELO Greatest Hits collection!
Side One Turn to Stone It's Over Sweet Is the Night Steppin' Out Wild West Hero
Side Two Standin' In The Rain Sweet Talkin' Woman Jungle (some people could live without it, but you've got to have something fun on an album) Big Wheels Mr. Blue Sky
|
|
|
Post by ShardEnder on Apr 14, 2016 23:09:05 GMT
Two factors I've considered in putting together my own single LP version of this album is ensuring that it actually fits onto both sides of a typical-length record based on late '70s vinyl pressing limitations, plus the possibility that an EP of the really big hits from Out Of The Blue could be released as a stop-gap follow-up while ELO was on tour for most of 1978. With these points in mind, I present you with...
A1 - Across The Border A2 - Night In The City A3 - Starlight A4 - Believe Me Now A5 - Steppin' Out B1 - Standin' In The Rain B2 - Big Wheels B3 - The Whale B4 - Wild West Hero
As with most ELO albums, you have a few tracks that are linked (B1-2), a little filler (A4/B3) and a bit of the absurd (B4). However, I think this collection hangs together fairly well, and incredibly these are genuinely some of my favourites of the double LP original, where the first side in particular is one that I've long since become quite burned out with.
Oh, the only change I'd make to any of these songs is that instead of Big Wheels crossfading into Summer And Lightning, it's now connected to The Whale. I actually tried creating this section in an audio editing package, with the rain effect sounding like someone slowly becoming submerged underwater, presumably to escape from their problems above the surface.
Instead of being a loosely-connected conceptual album about Jeff's wife suddenly leaving him, which he expresses through weather metaphors on Concerto For A Rainy Day, I'd like to think of my resequencing as something more concerned with more universal themes, although Believe Me Now, Steppin' Out and Big Wheels do have echoes of the original theme, while Wild West Hero is further escapism from reality.
What do you all think?
|
|