29/06/2005 - A new version of 'Xanadu' by
Northern Dance Society featuring Lauren is to be released as a cd single here in
the U.K. during July. The band are on Pete Waterman's PWL label and a short clip of the
track can be found at
www.pwl-studios.com/news.html.
26/06/2005 - Check out
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/elo.shtml for full details of 'Face
The Music - The ELO Story' to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on July 5th at
2030 - 2130 BST.
A recent photo of Jeff at a film premiere in Los Angeles on 31st May, 2005.
Photo by Kevin Winter (c) 2005 Getty Images Entertainment
26/06/2005 - Check out the
Soundclips page for two new remixes. Firstly is a
great 'mash-up' featuring E.L.O.'s 'Last Train To London' and Atomic
Kitten's 'Be With You' mixed by Rikki Rock (check out his website at
www.rikkirok.co.uk for
more great mixes).
The second track is Matt Albright's remix of
'Dancin'', written by John Farrar & sung by Olivia Newton-John in 'Xanadu'.
Click here to read the story
about this remix.
26/06/2005 - 'All Over The World - The Very
Best Of E.L.O.' has risen to Number 6 in the Official UK Charts.
19/06/2005 - The one-hour special
on BBC Radio 2 featuring the story of Jeff Lynne & The Electric
Light Orchestra will now be broadcast on July 5th. Full details at
www.ftmusic.com.
04/06/2005 - A new remix / reworking of the
E.L.O. track 'Evil Woman' has just been issued on promo 12" vinyl here in
the U.K. The track is credited to Little Thief and the catalogue number is LT
002. The track is a funky house-style mix similar to the recent hit 'Shine'.
A short clip can be downloaded from the soundclips
page. The b-side to the single features a reworking of Ace's 'How Long'.
The single can be purchased at
www.juno.co.uk.
04/06/2005 - June 25th sees a one-hour special
broadcast on BBC Radio 2 featuring the story of Jeff Lynne & The Electric
Light Orchestra. Full details at
www.ftmusic.com.
30/05/2005 - At last, we have news on the
E.L.O. front. Here in the U.K., June 6th sees the release of a new 20 track
cd 'All Over The World - The Very Best Of E.L.O.'. Full details of this exciting
new release can be found at www.ftmusic.com.
All tracks have been fully remastered by Jeff Lynne & Jeff Magid and the booklet
features Jeff Lynne's comments on each track.
Track listing :
Mr Blue Sky / Evil Woman / Don't Bring Me Down / Sweet Talkin'
Woman / Shine A Little Love / Turn To Stone / The Diary Of Horace Wimp /
Confusion / Hold On Tight / Livin' Thing / Telephone Line / All Over The World /
Wild West Hero / Showdown / Ma-Ma-Ma Belle / Xanadu (New Version) / Rockaria! /
Strange Magic / Alright / Rock 'n' Roll Is King.
30/05/2005 - May 31st sees a new release by
P. Hux called 'Homemade Spaceship - The Music Of E.L.O. Performed By P.
Hux'. The cd features Hux's unique take on many classic Electric Light Orchestra
songs. Full details of the cd can be found at
www.parthenonhuxley.com.
Track listing :
10538 Overture / Mr. Blue Sky / Showdown / Can't Get It Out Of My
Head / Telephone Line / Sweet Talkin' Woman / Evil Woman / Ma-Ma-Ma Belle /
Strange Magic / Diary Of Horace Wimp / Do Ya / Don't Bring Me Down.
30/05/2005 - The upcoming E.L.O. 'Very
Best Of' cd will be released worldwide and will have a major advertising
campaign backing it up. A 30 second clip of the tv advert can be downloaded from
www.ftmusic.com and also at
www.thelostplanet.net.
30/05/2005 - The Orchestra have
announced some new gigs including one in Lucerne, Switzerland on 24th September
for Amnesty International. Full details at
www.theorchestra.net.
10/05/2005 - I have been kindly sent a couple
of images featuring artwork designed for the 2001 E.L.O. album 'Zoom'.
The artwork was created by designer Brian Bottcher but was ultimately rejected.
Brian has created a number of sleeve designs for Dreamworks Records artists and
also a Kinks Tribute cd on Rykodisk.
Please note that these images
are courtesy of Brian and as they are unused they are therefore not official
images.
24/04/2005 - Just added a great new remix of
ELO's 'I'm Alive' by DJ Dark Helmet to the
Soundclips page.
24/04/2005 - 'Inside The Electric Light
Orchestra 1970-73' is now also available on cd. Catalogue number is CRP1812 and
is priced at only £6.99 at
www.classicrockproductionsonline.com.
03/04/2005 - The Bev Bevan Band would
appear to be changing their name to Bev Bevan's Move for concert dates
later in 2005. Check out www.derekfranks.co.uk for more details. The following images are from the
D.F.O. website........
30/03/2005 - Live Element have a 2-track
12" vinyl promotional release out now. The band have re-worked 'Don't Bring Me
Down' into a classy 21st Century Club classic. The catalogue number is GG1062. I have uploaded a couple of short
samples of the 'Main Club Banger Mix' and 'Stereo Style Dub Mix' to the
soundclips page.
27/03/2005 - This news first posted on the
Showdown Mailing List - a couple of photos of Jeff Lynne attending the Los
Angeles launch of the Concert For George book can be found at the Genesis
Publications site at
www.genesis-publications.com/news/index.html#lalaunch
.
27/03/2005 - A limited edition cd featuring a
number of Birmingham bands who have donated tracks which is in aid of
'Headway West Midlands' brain injury charity. There is a new Idle Race track
(not featuring Jeff Lynne) and a Trevor Burton Band track also. Thanks to Martin
Kinch for this news.
Click here to download a Word-formatted order
form.
24/03/2005 - I have just received my copy of
the new ELO dvd as described in the news of 16/02/2005. The disk features
some very rare footage of the band performing live at 'Set Of Six' on Granada tv
in 1972, 'Colour Me Pop' from 1969, 'Beat Club' from 1969 and a stunning version
of 10538 Overture from a programme called '2-G's & The Pop People' broadcast on
LWT back in 1972. Note that this dvd will be available from
www.amazon.co.uk for only £7.49 plus
postage from 4th April.
The dvd features a variety of music
critics telling the story of the early days of the band from The Move up to
Roy
Wood leaving after the recording of the first ELO album.
Below are a few screen shots from the
dvd.....
 
 
 
 
 
04/03/2005 - The Orchestra have just completed
a short tour of Argentina & Chile. The band appeared on national television
across South America during their appearance at the Vina Del Mar 2005 Festival
in Santiago. A couple of images are taken from Chilean Canal 13 & EMOL websites.
Various web links are listed below.
www.emol.com/noticias/cultura_espectaculos/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=173588.
http://festival2005.canal13.cl/2005/html/Galerias/MejoresMomentos/212152.html.
http://festival2005.canal13.cl/2005/html/Noticias/Entrevistas/208868.html.
16/02/2005 - The Orchestra will be
performing in Argentina & Chile over the next week and a new version of their
album 'No Rewind' is available at the gigs. No news on track listing but the
disc does have new artwork for the South American region.
16/02/2005 - Some very interesting news about a
new E.L.O. dvd. The disc features early E.L.O. from 1970
to 1973. It is released on Classic Rock Productions (Cat No:CRP1811). The
following details from
www.classicrockproductionsonline.com :
INSIDE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 1970-1973
'This is the long awaited critical review of the music of
Electric Light Orchestra during the Roy Wood era.
This unique independent film traces the development of the band
from the tail end of the Move era through the creation of the
legendary debut album and on to the birth of Wizzard.
The original and classic line up of the band featured the
combined talents of Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Roy Wood.
Drawing on rare footage of the original ELO in performance
previously unreleased on DVD this powerful film features the frank
and incisive views of a team of leading critics and working
musicians.
Essential viewing for every ELO fan this is the definitive
retrospective of the birth of a legendary band.
Featured tracks include..................
10538 Overture
Jeff’s Boogie
Queen Of the Hours
Ball Park Incident
and more.'
16/02/2005 - The Concert for George video has
won Best Long Form Video at The Grammy Awards. More details at -
www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/47winners.aspx.
16/02/2005 - News posted on the Def Leppard
Official Website recently mentioning an upcoming new album of cover versions. Of
interest to E.L.O. fans is the bands' version of 10538 Overture!
16/02/2005 - Here is a very interesting link
posted on the Showdown ELO Mailing List recently explaining how Jeff Lynne
overdubbed the vocals on Livin' Thing -
www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=19248&highlight=kevin+world+record.
30/01/2005 - The Lovefreekz have
entered the U.K. Singles chart at Number 6 this evening, so here's hoping for a
few more E.L.O. mentions in the national media. The cd single has 5 different
mixes, plus the video and also you are able to compile youre own mobile
telephone ringtone !!
16/01/2005 - A stunning new Megamix which
merges the classic E.L.O. track 'Believe Me Now' with the Scissor Sisters 'Mama'
has been created by Instamatic. The track is by Electric Scissor Orchestra
and is called 'Mama Believe Me Now'. I have just uploaded it to the
Soundclips page. More info on this and other mixes
can be found at
www.mutantpop.net/instamatic/news.html including a mix featuring Roy
Orbison's 'You Got It'.
16/01/2005 - The Lovefreekz
performed 'Shine' on this weeks 'Top Of The Pops' on BBC1 TV. Even more amazing
was the namecheck given to E.L.O. and a 30 second clip of the original
E.L.O. 'Shine A Little Love' was shown.
16/01/2005 - The current issue of 'Ugly
Things' magazine, an American publication dedicated to 1960's Beat and
Psychelia, features a couple of articles about ex-Move artists Carl Wayne
and Ace Kefford. Thanks to Helen MacDonald of the official
Carl Wayne website for
this information.
10/01/2005 - P. Hux will be featured on
the front page of the iTunes website beginning Tuesday 11th January. There will
be a week-long campaign featuring an 8-song sampler of Universal Digital's
initial eight artists for only 99 cents. 'I Loved Everything' is the featured
P. Hux track. The complete 'Purgatory Falls' album is available for dowload
via the iTunes site. More information can be found at Hux's official site -
www.parthenonhuxley.com .
10/01/2005 - The Orchestra have just
announced some new tour dates in January & February for South America and the
U.A.E. More details at the official Orchestra website at
www.theorchestra.net .
01/01/2005 - An early 1970's episode of 'The
Golden Shot' was shown on UK tv channel Challenge on 30th December. This
particular show featured the late Carl Wayne performing 'San Diego' live
in the studio. Below are a few screen shots...
01/01/2005 - The single cd version of the
remastered ELO II is released by EMI on 17th January.
01/01/2005 - The Lovefreekz video for
the upcoming single 'Shine', released on 17th January, is now being shown both
on MTV Dance & B4 Its A Hit music channels.
01/01/2005 - Concert
Photos page updated with screen shots of Roy Wood's Army performing 'I Wish
It Could Be Christmas Everyday' on 'The Kumars At Number 42' on BBC2 on
December 26th.
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