25/06/2000 - The website of Part 2 Unlimited Fanzine has moved and
overgone a bit of an overhaul. Check it out at
www.ulsmag.co.uk
.
25/06/2000 - ELO were shown performing 'Evil Woman' in the studio on the
tv show 'Supersonic' from 1975 which was broadcast on Granada Plus earlier
today. The most memorable part of the performance was Jeff kept turning around
to look at Hugh being completely covered in smoke throughout the song - the guys
could hardly stop laughing !!
18/06/2000 - A couple of new ELO website links have been added to the
Links
page - for Malcolm Chiverton's & Ken Petty's sites.
14/06/2000 - I have just added the remix medley performed by ELO2 at the
San Remo Festival last week to the
Sound Clips page.
14/06/2000 - This new 'bootleg' originating from Russia has just
recently surfaced on various auction sites. Called the 'ELO Anthology', it
features all of ELO, ELO Part 2, Jeff Lynne & Traveling Wilbury studio
albums on one cd in mp3 format for use on personal computers & mp3 players.
14/06/2000 - This new Russian release has just started to appear on
auction sites and various East European record specialists. It is called ELO -
'World Ballads Collection', it features 21 tracks spanning the whole of the
bands' career.
13/06/2000 - Check out Ray Murray's newly-launched Violinski Website at
http://www.violinski.cjb.net
.
11/06/2000 - Check out Billionbrads.com for a couple of excellent
interviews with Roy Wood back in 1994 at
http://oil.bradharvey.home.att.net/wood.htm
, and with U.S. band The Shazam at
http://oil.bradharvey.home.att.net/shazam.htm
.
11/06/2000 - Just updated the
Tour Dates
page again with more gigs in the USA for July just announced.
10/06/2000 - The
Concert Photos page has just
been updated again with some screen shots of ELO Part 2's appearance at the San Remo
Festival which was broadcast live on Italian tv channel RAI UNO. The band
performed a recorded 'remix' medley of Turn To Stone, Evil Woman & Last
Train To London. They went down so well that they were invited to perform again
the following night with the show being recorded for future broadcast.
08/06/2000 - Roy Wood's Army are to appear at Stuarts Park,
Middlesbrough alongside Dodgy, Bob Geldof, Blues Brothers Tribute on Sunday,
11th June. Tickets cost only £5 at the gate or telephone the ticket hotline on
08705 321321.
06/06/2000 - For Roy Wood & Move fans, check out this unofficial
Jellyfish website at
http://bubblegum.uark.edu/jellyfish/multimedia
to listen to their live version of 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' recorded during
the 1993 'Triple J sessions', in Real Audio format.
06/06/2000 - The
Concert Photos page has just
been updated with some screen shots of ELO Part 2's live gig during the Warsaw Music
& Film Festival in Poland on May 26th. Highlights of the concert were shown
in two 55 minute shows on Polish tv channel TV4 last night, which also featured
songs from Art Garfunkel and Polish singer Kasia Kowalska. This was actually new
drummer Gordon Townsend's first gig with the band outside of the USA.
04/06/2000 - Check out
www.ash-ii.freeserve.co.uk
to download a couple of excellent remixes of the ELO tracks '21st Century Man'
and 'Don't Bring Me Down'. Please note both tracks are over 6Mb in length.
Feedback is welcome.
04/06/2000 - ELO Part 2's live performance at the Warsaw Music & Film Festival on May 26th will be broadcast on Polish tv channel TV4 at 19:40 BST
(20:40 CET) on Monday 5th June. The channel can be viewed on the Eutelsat Hot
Bird Satellite, and the show lasts for 2 hours including a set by Art Garfunkel.
TV4's website can be found at www.tv4.pl .
04/06/2000 - Just updated the
Tour Dates
page with more gigs in the USA for July just announced. Check with the
venues first to ensure the gigs are still on.
04/06/2000 - I
have just obtained a very interesting 'new' bootleg recording which from what I
can gather is the earliest known live recording of ELO currently known about. It
is a complete recording of one of ELO's first gigs at Guildford Civic Hall on
7th May 1972. The recording is in reasonably good, clear sound quality also
considering the age of it and also how it was recorded on a Philips Cassette
Recorder with the mic stuffed down the persons coat sleeve!!. What is also
interesting is that Jeff's lyrics on "From the Sun to the World" and
"In Old England Town" are completely different to the first album
"ELO / No Answer" so the lyrics must have been re-written before the
album was recorded!!! Track listing.....10538 Overture, Queen Of The Hours (with
extended piano solo), From The Sun To The World (Boogie 1), 1st Movement, Dear
Elaine, Great Balls Of Fire, In Old England Town (Boogie 2). The gig lasts about
40 minutes and includes between track banter plus the long delays between
tracks!!!!!
03/06/2000 - Another
'bootleg' cd featuring ELO live back in 1973 has surfaced in Japan. It is called
'New World Rising' and presumably contains tracks recordd in London &
Portsmouth.
03/06/2000 - Jeff
Lynne is getting some exposure from a couple of movies currently on show
throughout the UK and Europe. Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo features his 1990 track
'Lift Me Up', whilst Maybe Baby includes the Jeff Lynne-produced, Paul
McCartney-performed title track.
03/06/2000 - According
to Rob Caiger at 'FTM Towers', there are plans for a Jeff Lynne Tribute Album in
the works. This project was instigated in part by Hans Rotenberry of U.S. band
The Shazam. Hopefully more details of artists, tracks and record label will be
known shortly.
29/05/2000 - Also as part of the BBC Music Live event, in the BBC
Midlands area, there was a programme featuring Roy Wood being interviewed and
singing a couple of tracks live at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham on 25th May.
Records played were The Move's 'Blackberry Way', ELO with '10538 Overture', plus
Roy's two live tracks, 'California Man' and 'Kiss Me Goodnight Bodecia'.
29/05/2000 - As part of the BBC Music Live 24 hour special, Bev Bevan,
Carl Wayne, The Shazam & Ocean Colour Scene performed a live version of The
Move's classic song 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' live at Abbey Road studios at
3:30 this afternoon. Later in the day on BBC Radio London, Bev, Carl & The
Shazam performed 'Beautiful Daughter' and then commented on various aspects of
their careers.
23/05/2000 - Check out the sound-clips page to listen to a very
interesting reworking of 'Overture' from ELO Part 2's album 'Moment Of Truth' .
Please let me know what your thoughts are on this track.
23/05/2000 - ELO Part 2's management group have registered the domain name
'Orkestra.net' as of May 10th. But according to the guys, this has been done
only IF!! the band need to change their name. However, the band are not happy
with that particular name and definitely will not be using it.
20/05/2000 - A new sound-clip has been added today - 'Time After Time'
by ELO from the album 'Secret Messages'.
Click here to
go to the sound clips page.
07/05/2000 - A new ELO Part 2 website at
http://elo2.co.uk
should be up and running very shortly, according to the bands production
manager, Greg Szabo.
07/05/2000 - There are now 23 different midi files randomly selected to
play on entering the main index page.
07/05/2000 - Check out the
Reviews section for
details of a new bootleg 2cdr set featuring ELO Part 2. Called 'Over London Skies', it
has 23 audience recorded tracks from shows in Atlantic City, Maddies PA &
Corpus Christi in Texas. This bootleg has surfaced somewhere in Europe, so if
anybody has seen or heard this set then let me know!
06/05/2000 - The Move performing 'Flowers In The Rain' live in the BBC
studios back in 1969 featured on this weeks Top Of The Pops 2 tv show on BBC2
here in the U.K.
04/05/2000 - Check out the
Gig Reviews section
for a couple of new ELO Part 2 reviews by Eldon Warfield from Kansas City last
September, 1999 and the recent Toledo, Ohio gig on April 20th, 2000.
04/05/2000 - Concert dates for ELO Part 2 in the USA for May & June have
been announced and are on the Tour Dates section on the main page.
03/05/2000 - The following statement has been issued by ELO Part 2's
management..................
Press Release - 4 May 2000 World Entertainment Associates
'To all our fans...
Electric Light Orchestra Part II is in its tenth year of touring. As
everyone knows, Bev Bevan one of the founding members resigned from the band. We wish him nothing but the best in his future musical and personal
plans.
As everyone may have read, Bev feels that his resignation signifies the end
of Electric Light Orchestra Part II. The others members disagree and are continuing to work, undisturbed, as they have for many, many years past.
As is further known, a dispute has arisen between Jeff Lynne and the members
of Electric Light Orchestra Part II. Mr. Lynne contends certain things and Electric Light Orchestra Part II contend certain things. The long and the
short of it is that Electric Light Orchestra Part II has clearly been it's own band, toured during a period of time, years after ELO was disbanded and
holds themselves out to be people who have composed many new songs which are regularly performed for their fans. All recordings by Electric Light
Orchestra Part II are clearly labelled in their artwork. All other items are too. As with any musical group, Electric Light Orchestra Part II cannot be
responsible for the actions of mis-informed 3rd parties. The band tries to police everything as much as possible, but we always depend on fans like you
helping us to stay informed.
Jeff Lynne, the fine composer that he is, has always benefited from the
continued touring of Electric Light Orchestra Part II. In addition, to playing the Electric Light Orchestra Part II songs, they perform other
pieces which were written by Jeff Lynne and which Louis Clark and/or Mik Kaminski and/or Michael "Kelly" Groucutt had a hand in either on
the original recordings or certainly in the live shows.
You, the fans, are clearly the ones which this dispute is about. Have the
members of Electric Light Orchestra Part II ever led anyone to believe that Jeff Lynne is in the band? The answer is no. In this regard, we ask your
support. Please send an e-mail to us a info@worldentertainment.net to tell us your view on whether or not we misled anyone. The band is very conscious
of their duty to provide first class musical shows and to perform music from yesterday, today and with a look toward tomorrow.
Your support of Electric Light Orchestra Part II and all former members of
ELO is something that I am sure that we all appreciate. Speaking on behalf of the members of Electric Light Orchestra Part II, we thank you for your
continued good wishes and we hope to resolve the dispute with Jeff Lynne in such a manner so that Jeff Lynne, the fine composer and producer, will know
that all ELO fans are dedicated to his contributions - and so that Electric Light Orchestra Part II will continue to perform music by varied composers,
paying homage to one of the greatest things in life - GOOD MUSIC !
Thank you for your love and support.
Electric Light Orchestra Part II
Kelly, Mik, Lou, Eric, Parth and Gord'
03/05/2000 - The following statement has been issued by Artist Exposure
2000...
Artist Exposure 2000 Press release issued 29th April 2000:
A message from Bev Bevan to all fans & followers of ELO PART II:
"After a great deal of consideration, I have decided to disband ELO PART
II. On May 22nd 1991, ELO PART II performed their first ever show in Brighton, England. On November 13th 1999, in Atlantic City, USA, ELO
PART II made their final live appearance. So there will be no further live appearances or recordings by ELO PART II.
Electric Light Orchestra PART II therefore no longer exists and
becomes yet another piece of rock history.
It seems hard to believe, but it has been 10 years since I put
together the original line-up of ELO PART II and we began rehearsing for the band's first album and tour.
Over those years, I have had some marvellous times and met so many
interesting people. ELO PART II has literally performed hundreds of shows in dozens of different countries all over the world and
whatever the venue, we have always done our utmost to put on the best show possible. It has been a real pleasure working with all of the
various musicians in the band. Not only are they all fine players, but without exception, genuinely nice people. I have so many fond
memories of times spent on the road with the guys in the band and our great road crew.
However, with the arrival of the new Millennium, I feel that the time
is right to make a change. I would like some new challenges in my life. I am beginning to find all of this travelling rather a grind
now and frankly, I am getting tired of playing the same songs night after night. I am not sure what the future holds for me. I may join
another band, if a suitable offer were to come my way, or do some work as a session drummer. I wish to continue writing lyrics and
would also like to pursue a career on radio and TV. One day I would love to write my autobiography, but I hope and feel that there are a
few more adventures ahead of me yet, so that will not be for a few years to come.
At the moment I don't know what I will do, but I just know that the
time has come for me to do something different. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all most sincerely
for your support, warmth and friendship over the years.
I hope to see you all again sometime soon.
Thanks again.
Bye for now - Bev Bevan"
23/04/2000 - Check out the following link to listen to ELO Radio on the
net!! You will need Winamp to listen to this excellent channel playing loads of
ELO rare tracks, interviews, etc. Run by Chris Landt's 'Rockaria' website, tune
in for non-stop ELO at
http://www.zianet.com/rockaria/radioelo.html
.
23/04/2000 - Released here in the U.K. in early March 2000 are
four back-catalogue albums from Randy Newman. Of interest to Electric
Light Orchestra fans is this particular album, 'Born Again' from 1979. It
features Randy's tribute to ELO - 'The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band'. Currently
available from all the well-known on-line vendors such as CD Zone, Amazon, Key
Mail Order, etc. Image courtesy of 'Record Mart & Buyer' magazine.
23/04/2000 - Another ELO Part 2 concert date in the USA in July has been added to
the Gig Dates on the main page.
23/04/2000 -
Julianna Raye's song 'Wandering Soldier', produced by Jeff Lynne features in the
movie 'The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer'.
16/04/2000 - Check out the
Gig Reviews section
for an excellent review of the Atlantic City gig back in November 1999 by Matt
Barrett with some superb photos also. Matt is a friend of Parthenon Huxley and
palyed music with him in Greece over the past 20 or so years until Hux joined up
with ELO Part 2.
16/04/2000 - Just added a new ELO Part 2 gig date for September in the USA.
The band are currently organising more dates worldwide. A couple of dates were
provisionally booked for the U.K. in July but these have been put on hold for
the moment. Keep checking back for latest news.
09/04/2000 - Check out the following link from radio station WMMR in New
York to download a very amusing parody of ELO's 'Don't Bring Me Down' in Real
Audio format - http://www.barsky.com/druce.ram
.
09/04/2000 - Check out the Official Roy Wood website at
www.roywood.co.uk
for subscription details for the all-new Royzone fanzine with Issue 1 at the
printers now.
08/04/2000 - Roy Wood featured on '10 of the Best' on the VH1 satellite
music station last night. His top 10 video selections were....
1 - Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
2 - Aerosmith / Run DMC - Walk This Way
3 - ZZ Top - Legs
4 - Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me Live in 1977 at The Budokan
5 - Beach Boys - Breakaway
6 - Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
7 - They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
8 - Talking Heads - The Road To Nowhere
9 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
10 - Sting - An Englishman In New York
02/04/2000 - The Eleanor Rigby Experience, having only just completed a
very successful U.K. tour are currently arranging dates for another tour
starting in November this year. Check the tour dates section on the main page
for more details. The E.R.E. are also staunch supporters of the Linda McCartney
Centre and will be performing a benefit gig at Litherland Town Hall on Saturday
June 17th. Please check out the following pages for more details -
ERE-1
and
ERE-2
. The band will also be performing at The Cavern in Liverpool on Tuesday August
29th as part of the Beatles Festival with two performances at 2pm and 5pm. More
details can be found at Tina McBain's website at
http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/tina.mcbain
.
02/04/2000 - Just found this interesting 'new' bootleg at Japanese
on-line music vendor, Beastone Mail Order : E.L.O. - 2CDR - CRYING SHAME - PEACE
FROG **** Guildhall, Portsmouth, England '76.5 + Paris Theatre, London 1973
(both soundboard).
02/04/2000 - The PTU Unlimited Fanzine's website now has its own ELO
Part 2
Mailing List - check it out at
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Loft/7920
.
02/04/2000 - Roy Wood will be interviewed on the Richard Allinson Show
on BBC Radio 2 at 2315 hrs BST here in the U.K. on April 10th. He will be
chatting about the recent release of 'Main Street' and loads of other stuff !!
02/04/2000 - Gordon Townsend has been confirmed as the permanent drummer
for ELO Part 2 as replacement for the now-departed Bev Bevan. The band are currently
recording some new material at Parthenon Huxley's studio in L.A.
02/04/2000 - Roy Wood appears in '10 of the best' on the VH1 music
channel here in Europe on April 7th at 2100 hrs BST.
26/03/2000 - Just received my copy of Roy Wood & Wizzard's
unreleased album from 1976, 'Main Street' which has finally been issued on the
Edsel Records label. Check out the new releases section for scanned sleeve
artwork and track listing.
26/03/2000 - The Glamourphone website at
http://www.glam.freeuk.com
which was hosting the new Mr. Blue Sky remixes appears to have closed down. No
reason given as to why the sudden closure or if the remixes will ever be
released either.
26/03/2000 - No definite news on ELO Part 2 U.K. tour dates yet, but expect
gigs in early July all featuring orchestral backing!!
26/03/2000 - Check out the following links to download some new
renditions of the ELO song 'Above The Clouds'. The song is performed by the band
Sparkle*jets u.k. and all tracks are in Real Audio format.
Sounds page -
http://www.crabapplerecords.com/sparklejetsuk/sounds.html
.
Live version -
http://www.crabapplerecords.com/sparklejetsuk/realaudio/000311SkaParade.html
.
Main page -
http://www.crabapplerecords.com/sparklejetsuk/index.html
.
19/03/2000 - I have just added some more new live dates for ELO Part 2 in the
USA during April and also check out the concert photos section. I have added a
link to Walter Dixon's website which has loads of photos from ELO Part 2's gigs
in Atlantic City last November 1999 (Bev Bevan's last gigs with the band).
14/03/2000 - I have just added a couple of new interesting recordings to
my ELO Live Section including a new 2cd Japanese bootleg by ELO called 'Hold On
Tight'. The recording features the band live at Wembley Arena, London in 1982
during the Time tour.
Click here to
read my review of the recording and view the inlays.
08/03/2000 - Issue 6 of the ELO Part II fanzine 'Part II Unlimited' is
now out - for more details
click here.
01/03/2000 - Louis Clark's 1979 album 'Per-Spek-Tiv' has finally been
released on cd on Edsel Records here in the U.K. yesterday.
27/02/2000 - Yet another compilation of ELO hits has hit the streets in
the USA, called 'The Complete Collection' on the Calamari label, catalogue
number 12589 and it can be purchased from CD Now or CD Universe on-line.
27/02/2000 - A 'new' ELO2 collection is also available from CD Zone called
'Beyond The Blue' at an amazingly low price of £1.88!!! Full track listing and
cd details can be viewed on the New Releases page.
27/02/2000 - The superb 'Access All Areas' video featuring ELO Part 2 is
now available on DVD (Zone 1). Only £15.99 plus postage from on-line vendor CD
Zone at http://www.cdzone.co.uk .
20/02/2000 - The classic 'Standing In The Rain' track from 'Out Of The
Blue' was played during the BBC2 gardening programme 'Gardening Neighbours' on
Friday 18th March - nice to see somebody at the Beeb has great musical taste ;-)
.
20/02/2000 - The long-lost unreleased Roy Wood & Wizzard album from
1976, 'Main Street' is due out in the U.K. on 6th March on the Edsel label -
Catalogue number is EDCD 626. Key Mail Order in the U.K. are taking advance
orders. Their url is http://www.keymailorder.com
.
20/02/2000 - ELO Part 2 are busy organising future tour dates including a
U.S.A. tour in March and there are rumours circulating about U.K. tour some time
in June / July. Keep an eye on the main page for latest tour date news.
13/02/2000 - The release date for Lou Clark's 'Per-Spek-Tiv' cd has been
delayed a couple more weeks - typical of Edsel Records ;-) .
13/02/2000 - Check out the new releases
section to read about the latest cd's from The Move, Roy Wood, Wizzard & ELO
all remastered!!
12/02/2000 - Due to many requests, this weeks sound-clip is 'After All'
by ELO. This track only featured as the b-side to the 1983 single 'Rock &
Roll Is King'. Click here to go to the sound-clips page.
06/02/2000 - The February issue of 'Record Collector' magazine features
a full-page story which mentions ELO's 30th anniversary being this year and how
Rob Caiger of FTM is organising some 'special' birthday releases. In the same
article, Rob issues a plea for anybody who has copies of ELO's first live
recordings for the BBC in 1972 to get in touch because as usual, the master
tapes have long-since 'disappeared'. More details of this and other ELO news can
be found at the new FTM website at
http://www.ftmusic.com
.
30/01/2000 - A new sound-clip has been added today. It is a Jeff Lynne
produced track called 'The Story Of Me' by The Everly Brothers recorded in 1990.
Click here to go to the sound-clips page.
28/01/2000 - Added to the Reviews Page are details of an excellent promo
cd-r by Mick Adkins who performs with Birmingham band The Chads. Of interest to
the ELO fan is the fact that Jeff Lynne played guitar in the band between 1965
& 1966. Three tracks from sessions recorded in 1965 with Jeff are featured
on the cd. Click here to go to the Reviews section.
23/01/2000 - A new cd by The Move called 'The Complete Singles
Collection & More" is available exclusively here in the U.K. through
branches of Woolworth's in a deal with MVC. However, subscribers to The Move
mailing list run by Lynn Hoskins can buy a copy of the cd signed by Carl Wayne.
To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail with the words Subscribe in the header
to move-list-request@eskimo.com
.
23/01/2000 - Fans of Parthenon Huxley may be interested to know that he
will be performing solo at this years Los Angeles Poptopia 2000 and ably
assisted by current ELO Part 2 drummer, Gordon Townsend. He will be at
the Troubadour on February 5th at about 10:30. For more information, visit the
official website at http://www.poptopia.com
. Thanks to Lynn Hoskins for the info.
23/01/2000 - Check out the Concert Photos section to see some shots of
ELO Part 2's new drummer Gordon Townsend performing at Maddies, PA last Monday night.
15/01/2000 - A couple of 'interesting' websites have appeared this past
couple of days. Both still under construction, but obviously with no official
confirmation yet, why not check them out at
www.orkestra.com
and members.xoom.com/newelo/ .
15/01/2000 - This week sees the return of the sound-clip updates. To
begin the new millenium why not download and listen to the ELO 'tribute' by
Randy Newman called 'The Story Of A Rock 'N' Roll Band' from 1979.
Click
here to go to the sound-clips page.
15/01/2000 - Tonight sees the 'new' ELO Part 2 line-up perform live for
the first time with new drummer Gordon Townsend. Check out the newsgroup &
mailing list for first hand news and reviews of the Corpus Christi gig.
15/01/2000 - Another couple of new releases available from Key Mail
Order at www.keymailorder.com
are Roy Wood's 'Mustard..Plus' featuring bonus songs not on the original lp and
also 'Eddy & The Falcons' from Wizzard also featuring extra bonus tracks.
Both albums have been fully remastered.
15/01/2000 - Thanks to Andres Sanabrias Martinez of Spain who found this
excellent cd at a local record fair. Featuring ELO live in 1973 and a couple of
live tracks by Hawkwind from 1972, it is part of a series of cd's called 'Los
Grandes Del Rock' manufactured in Italy. The ELO tracks include 'Roll Over
Beethoven', 'Kuiama' and 'From The Sun To The World' live in London 1973 and
also 'Showdown', 'Illusions In G Major', '10538 Overture' & 'Do Ya'
recorded live in Portsmouth in 1973.
15/01/2000 - Due out here in the U.K. on 31st January 2000 for the first
time on cd is Louis Clark's 'Per-Spek-Tiv'. It is on the Eagle label, Catalogue
Number - EDCD 633. It can be ordered on-line at
www.keymailorder.com
.
15/01/2000 - Whilst your browsing the net, take time out to vote for ELO
into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame at
www.freevote.com/booth/rockhall
.
09/01/2000 - Lynn Hoskins who runs the ELO Mailing List has provided us
with the news that ELO Part 2's 'interim' drummer for the upcoming January tour
of the USA is Gordon Townsend from Los Angeles. He is a friend of Parthenon
Huxley who played on his album 'Deluxe'. He also played drums and sang on the
Badfinger tribute 'Come And Get It', and he was also the drummer on Kyle
Vincent's 1997 debut album (which also featured P.Hux).........to name but a
few. He is an excellent drummer but as yet there is no word on how long Gordon
will be with the band.
09/01/2000 - The Official ELO Part 2 Website will be relaunched in the
near future once the band have sorted out their line-up and tour details.
09/01/2000 - First of all, 'Happy New Year' to all ELO fans worldwide.
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