Category: ELO
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Qobuz helped me rediscover the love of listening to whole albums again
After many months pinging between Spotify, Tidal and Deezer, finally tried Qobuz and it has seen me listen to whole albums again. The other streaming services seemed to want me listening to endless playlists which all started to have the same recommendations after a time! I am no hi-fi buff…
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Out Now – Jeff Lynne: Wembley Or Bust, celebrating 50 years of ELO
OUT NOW – JEFF LYNNE: WEMBLEY OR BUST GENESIS PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF ELO WITH NEW TRADE EDITION Available from: www.jefflynnebook.com Marking the 50th anniversary of ELO’s formation, and 3 years since the stunning Wembley concert, Genesis Publications have released the bookstore trade edition of Jeff Lynne’s book, Wembley…
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GENESIS PUBLICATIONS REVEAL TRADE EDITION OF WEMBLEY OR BUST BY JEFF LYNNE
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 14th 2021 AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER AT JEFFLYNNEBOOK.COM Genesis Publications are pleased to announce the trade edition release of Wembley or Bust: Jeff Lynne’s ELO by Jeff Lynne. First published in 2018 in a limited run of only 1,500 signed copies, for ELO fans the original publication remains a…
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO Birmingham Arena, 13 October 2018
To say I was excited at seeing Jeff Lynne and ELO play his home town of Birmingham would be an understatement! I have only see the Jeff Lynne fronted ELO once back at his comeback gig at Hyde Park in 2014. But first we had a wander around the local…
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What does music mean to you?
‘A good song never lets you down’ Music has been and always will be a big part of my life. My musical tastes have changed a little down the years and I am more eclectic in my tastes now than I was back in my teens and 20’s. One thing…
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Music for 2016: The 286
Thanks to Keith James Sinclair and his rather good ELO/Roy Wood related blog ELO Beatles Forever for the ‘heads up’ on the 286. Like early ELO mixed with the more pop moments of latter day ELO, the 286 are not bad at all! They nail that classic ELO sound with…
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JEFF LYNNE’S ELO UK tour dates announced :-)
It’s all go with ELO at the moment! The new album is out this Friday, the same day as the UK dates go on pre-sale. A decent run of arena dates here, although only one in Scotland and no Welsh date. The live line-up is set to include long time…
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JEFF LYNNE’S ELO UK TOUR 2016 – REGISTER NOW!
Fans can now register for the UK tour with Ticketmaster. Sign up right away to gain first access to tour information and Pre-sale access. https://elo.signmeupfor.com Still no official tour dates announced but they are due soon 🙂 Jeff Lynne’s ELO are on the UK TV show TFI Friday this Friday…
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Jeff Lynne on BBC Radio 2 this Thursday 12th November plus gig!
On Thursday 12 November, Radio 2 welcomes Jeff Lynne’s ELO to the BBC, and you could be there! Ticket registration opens on the Monday 2nd November at 8:30am until 10:00pm on Thursday 5 November. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2yfF1s7vcWwvFbxS1yPWqlC/jeff-lynnes-elo On the day… Soundcheck with Ken Bruce From 11:00am Ken Bruce welcomes Jeff Lynne’s ELO…
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO ‘When I Was A Boy’ official video
The official video for ‘When I Was A Boy’ is released and a clever one that gives a timeline, albeit briefly, through Jeff Lynne’s musical career. The new album ‘Alone In The Universe’ is due out on November 13th. An interview with Jeff Lynne on Ian Dainter’s My Planet Rocks…
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CATS IN SPACE new single tribute to Tin Pan Alley
You can help save Tin Pan Alley by signing the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/don-t-bin-tin-pan-alley Thank you and enjoy this rather good video from Cats In Space, one of my top 10 albums of the year… CATS IN SPACE‘s new video for the song “Last Man Standing” can be seen below. The…
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JEFF LYNNE’S ELO ‘ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE’ released Nov 13th
First album of all new ELO music in over a decade. Jeff Lynne’s ELO release their new album, ‘Alone In The Universe’ on November 13th, 2015 on Columbia Records. The album is available globally for pre-order Friday, September 25th (buy links listed below) and the first single “When I Was…
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO return!
The first single ‘When I Was A Boy’ has a Beatles feel to the piano intro and the song again touches on Jeff Lynne’s love of radio and the music he heard on it as a kid (as his covers album ‘Long Wave’ did). Nice to hear the strings at…
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Classic album: ELO – Time
Now ELO along with Queen are my all time favorite band and they have produced a few classic albums in my humble opinion, with this one, 1981’s ‘Time’ being one of them. Engineered by Mack (who worked the following year with Queen on their Marmite album ‘Hot Space’!), the album…
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO to tour?
Following the amazing reaction and reviews after Sunday night’s concert at Hyde Park it looks increasingly likely that more live dates from Jeff Lynne’s ELO will be in offing 🙂 This was further backed up after BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans interviewed one of the backing musicians on his…
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BBC Radio 2 Festival in a Day with Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Bellowhead
A great idea having a festival in a day with a BBC Radio 2 friendly line-up. Chrisie Hynde opened up proceedings with a set of Pretenders classics and a couple of her new solo album, including the very catchy single ‘Cheap Sunglasses’. Not a big fan but she did the…
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Jeff Lynne and ELO play a UK date
Amazing news that Jeff Lynne and ELO will be playing their first UK gig since 1986 this September – exciting news indeed. They play BBC Radio 2′s ‘Live in Hyde Park’ festival on September 14th. Pretty decent support bill with Blondie, Billy Ocean and the mighty Bellowhead. The gig has already…
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RIP – KELLY GROUCUTT (ELO/ELO PT 2/ORKESTRA)
A sad loss and as a BIG ELO fan & their offshoots a sad day indeed 😦  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7900575.stm ELO member Groucutt dies, aged 63 Kelly Groucutt, the bass player in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), has died aged 63. He suffered a heart attack on Wednesday night and was…
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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ EMI (2008)
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ EMI (2008)    The first all new Queen album in over thirteen years and of course the first without the late, great Freddie Mercury on vocals. Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers is one of my all time favourite vocalists after Freddie so I…
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A beginner’s guide to ELO
 Well they are one of my all time fave bands and often ridiculed by many reviewers – shame on them! Formed in the eraly 70’s from the ashes of the Move they did include Roy Wood (later to find great success in Wizard) in their early line-ups along with ELO…
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