24/06/2001 - Some interesting facts about the first weeks chart performance of
'Zoom' here in the U.K. (courtesy of Andrzej Piotr Gilek) :
1. 'Zoom' is the first ELO album in the UK charts since the 'Light
Years' Epic compilation back in 1997 which peaked at No.60.
2. ELO's last Top 10 album was 'The Very Best Of' Dino compilation
in 1994 which peaked at No.4.
3. Entering the UK charts at No. 34, 'Zoom' matches... ELO
Part 2's debut Telstar album which also peaked at No.34 in 1991!
4. 'Zoom' has failed to match Jeff's 'Armchair Theater' album
which reached No. 24 in 1990!
5. 'Zoom' has been the first original ELO album which failed to enter
the UK Top 10 since 'Face The Music' in 1975 which didn't chart!
24/06/2001 - For anyone interested in collecting anything ELO and related. Rick Price has recently recorded a couple of CDs that
'are not available in the shops'. More info can be found at
http://martinkinch.members.beeb.net/rick.html
. If you've never seen it, Rick has written a biog which you will
also find here. In it he writes a small bit about the start of ELO.
"The first ELO album was started as a Move project. I played bass on all the original tracks, but I have it on good authority that Roy
re-recorded all my parts. Hmmm, consigned to digital heaven."
24/06/2001 - Chart debut positions for ELO's 'Zoom' album are : US Billboard -
#94 / UK BBC Charts - #34 / German Charts - #16 / Canadian Charts - #116.
24/06/2001 - The German TV-Station SAT 1 is currently running a TV-Ad for
"Zoom". Anyone who's interested: On their homepage there's some promotion for
"Zoom" as well (nice pictures BTW). The address is:
www.sat1.de/radio/?vonwo=hittip
.
24/06/2001 -
CD Zone here in the U.K. has
the following item available from 25th June 2001 : The Move 'Flowers In The
Rain' (Dutch import CD). Catalog number:SI646132. Price: £4.42.
24/06/2001 - News from the Parthenon Huxley Mailing List : P. Hux
Live-FULL BAND! Parthenon Huxley (guitar), Gordon Townsend (drums) & Dan
Rothchild (bass). Thursday, June 28th at 8 pm! THE MINT, 6010 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035.
(323)954-9630. Also on the bill: Geggy Tah, Twigs & Andy Tubman.
P. Hux Live- Solo Acoustic Style. Saturday, June 30th at 9:30 pm! GENGHIS COHEN 740 N. Fairfax,
Los Angeles, CA 90046. (323)653-0640. (just above Melrose). Also on the bill: George Gerdes & Visiting Violette.
24/06/2001 - Sony is doing a special promotion with the IRD (Independent Record
Store Directory.) Go to
http://www.the-ird.com/coupon.html
and print out the coupon. If you take it to a participating retailer
(click on "Store Locator" to find one in your area) they'll give
you a free limited edition ELO interview disc featuring a 25-minute
conversation with Jeff Lynne. No purchase necessary.
24/06/2001 - LIGHT!Fest East Coast is back! The latest ELO-and-related-artists
fan get-together will be held August 18th & 19th, 2001 in
Baltimore, Maryland. The format will be similar to the previous LIGHT!Fests held in Baltimore and the mid-west U.S. area. More details
available via Steve Rifkin's website at
www.erols.com/steve410/elo/light
.
19/06/2001 - Roy Wood appeared with Cheap Trick on the 14th June
at the Garage, London. He sang 'California Man' and boy was it
good! Cheap Trick were in awe of their hero, with Rick Nielsen saying
Roy Wood was 'one of the reasons we are here today'. He also
announced that they were trying to tie-up a joint tour with Roy Wood in
the US later this year.
09/06/2001 - Posted by Rosemary C on the ELO Mailing List - 'ELO pass
the green baton to Christine' !! That is the three line bold heading of an
article in The Daily Telegraph - a national newspaper in
Australia. ELO's *Livin' Thing* has been
recorded by young Australian Christine Anu & is
being used in a 3 year (advertising campaign for the environment by
the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority.) A
three quarter page article with a good sized b&w picture of Mev, Richard, Hugh, Mik, Bev, Jeff and Kelly under the banner -->>>
off to the right a colour picture of Christine Anu along
with the lyrics *Sailin' away on the crest of a wave*
through to *It's Magic* and then the Chorus. EPA website -
www.livingthing.net.au
.
Simon Benson, Environment Reporter - The Daily Telegraph
06.06.01
'Most people under 30 would not remember the band Electric Light Orchestra
(ELO) - which was just as famous for their perms and beards as
their music. Just as well, claim those who have seen the
State Government's new $17 million advertising campaign
to save the environment. Premier Bob Carr, on World
Environment Day yesterday (Tues), rolled out singer Christine Anu to be
the face and voice of its education campaign to re-invigorate the people of NSW into being "green" once again.
But for those born in the 70's or before, it wasn't Anu that was of
curiosity,
it was what she was singing - ELO's so called love ballad of 1976,
Livin' Thing. It is old enough that many may think it is in fact a new
song and nothing to do with abortion - which until last year was the song's
popular interpretation.
"Well, it is now a song about the environment," said a spokesman
for the EPA. "And she sings it in in (their
spelling) Australian and contemporary way."
The EPA has commandeered the hit as the new anthem for the modern
environment.
Launched last night on television, the three year advertising campaign
starring Anu will feature on buses, billboards, television, radio and
in newspapers. (and so will the song & it's title will be splashed on each and every one of them)!! (me)
LOADS OF POLITICAL STUFF EDITED OUT HERE AND THE ARTICLE ENDS WITH...............
"I make this prediction: at the end of the 3 year campaign, there'll
hardly be a family in this state that won't know what the right
thing is when it comes to electricity conservation or
conserving water or conserving paper," Mr Carr said
at the campaign launch'.
09/06/2001 - Mik Kaminski is given special thanks on the new
Blue
Oyster Cult album 'Curse of the hidden mirror'.
08/06/2001 - More details about Roy Wood's Ivor Novello Award acn be
found at the official website of the 'Ivors' at -
www.britishacademy.com/ivornovello.htm
. Roy said:" It's pretty
unusual for me to receive an award, especially a posh one
like this. I'd like to thank the Ivors for that, thank you very much
indeed. It's encouraged me to go home and write some more songs. Thank
you very much".
08/06/2001 - Jeff Lynne will be in the
studio
with Mark & Brian on 95.5 KLOS next Tuesday, June 12th, 2001 during their
9am PDT hour. This station is available in Southern California but is syndicated
nationwide, so check your local stations for details.
03/06/2001 - An ELO 'ROCKLINE' special hosted by Bob Coburn airs on
Arrow 93 in the USA on Wednesday 6th June 8:30pm.
Rockline is radio's most legendary interview and live
call-in show. Each week, Bob will chat with some of rock's
greatest stars. You can call in and speak with your favorite
artist during the show by dialing (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To
listen on the Web:
http://www.arrowfm.com/rockline/rockline.shtml
. Thanks to Lynn Hoskins for the info.
03/06/2001 - An ELO 'OFF THE RECORD' special will be broadcast on June
24th in the USA, featuring Joe Benson's recent conversation with
Jeff Lynne. 'Off The Record' airs every week on over 121 stations
nationwide, including on Arrow 93 at 10pm. Check out
http://unclejoe.com/
for more details. The show can be heard on the Web at -
http://www.arrowfm.com/offtherecord/offtherecord.shtml
.
03/06/2001 - 'Zoom' is BBC Radio 2's "Album of the Week" this
coming week beginning June 4th, only seven days prior to its
release.
02/06/2001 - New out in Japan is a one-track promo cd single by ELO
featuring 'Moment In Paradise'. It has its own custom designed sleeve,
with a catalogue number XDCS-93461.
27/05/2001 -
Key Mail Order here in
the UK have listed Roy Wood & Wizzard - 'S/T' due for release this week.
Catalogue number ARMCD044 and priced at £5.99. No track details yet available.
26/05/2001 - 'Mr. Blue Sky - The Jeff Lynne Story' - this is the title of a two-part
special programme hosted by Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), charting the history of Jeff Lynne to be broadcast on
BBC Radio 2 here in the UK over the coming weeks. The show features interviews
with Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, Richard Tandy, Rob Caiger and many others and will be broadcast at
20:00hrs on Saturday June 2nd and Saturday June 9th. The broadcast can be heard
on-line at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/listen_pop.shtml
.
26/05/2001 - Roy Wood will be one of the guests on the quiz show 'A
Question Of Pop' which will be aired at 17:35hrs on BBC1 here in the UK tonight.
Click here to see some screen shots from the show.
26/05/2001 - New concert date for Orchestra added to the
Tour
Dates section.
25/05/2001 - Courtesy of the Parthenon Huxley Mailing List - 'Announcing
THE OFFICIAL P. HUX WEBSITE at
www.parthenonhuxley.com
. Web Designer Katherine Bonner has
completed Phase One of the official site for all things Parthenon Huxley. Please check it out!'
25/05/2001 - Roy Wood has been honoured for his
outstanding
collection of songs at a showbiz awards ceremony. Wood, who has been an active
member of the Midland music community for more than 40
years, was rewarded at the Ivor Novello Awards today. The
award was for his songs with The Move, ELO and Wizzard, which
included See My Baby Jive, Blackberry Way, and I Wish It Could Be
Christmas Everyday.
23/05/2001 - Taken from:
http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/shows/storytellers/
-
Electric Light Orchestra - 'When the Electric Light Orchestra came to the
Storytellers studios, it was more than a chance to find
out how Jeff Lynne created some of the most memorable
hits of the '70s. It was also the first time the group
had performed in 15 years. Before an ecstatic group of fans, ELO
polished up hook-laden chestnuts like "Livin' Thing" and "Don't Bring Me Down," as well as showing off some gems from their
brand-new album Zoom. And guess what? They can still make
cellos rock. Airdate in the USA: Friday, June 15th,
9:00pm.'
13/05/2001 - Robert Silverstein's April 18th interview with the great Jeff
Lynne will be featured as the cover story for the May
issue of 20th Century Guitar. Jeff was interviewed by
Robert and Lawrence Acunto, publisher of 20th Century Guitar magazine. The
mag can be found nationwide at various magazine/book store outlets like Tower.
To obtain a copy send $5.00 to: 20th Century Guitar, 135 Oser Ave., Hauppauge, NY 11788.
Telephone : 631-273-1674. Website :
http://www.tcguitar.com.
The same interview with Jeff will also be the feature story on
http://www.mwe3.com.
Fans can check it out for free when the site is updated on or about May
15th. Find out how Jeff reflects back on The Wilburys, Cloud 9
and how he met the great Rosie Vela!
13/05/2001 - 2 CD Tribute To Jeff Lynne Officially Announced:
'Encompassing the unique and exhilarating career trajectory of Jeff Lynne's musical work from Idle Race to his recent solo work,
this 2CD tribute collection will NOT be 'just another tired tribute', rest assured. Since Lynne's musical inspiration extends to a diverse
cross-section of talented artists, so will this still yet-to-be-titled tribute reach out and present Lynne's ambitious
synergy and fusion of classical music and out-right great rock
'n' roll to larger audience in a fresh, vibrant manner. This tribute will see its release in Fall 2001.
Pre-ordering information and price details are on the Not Lame web site at:
http://www.notlame.com.
In celebration of a new ELO album ("Zoom" due in June) and
touring for the band this summer and fall, Not Lame is proud to announce
this excellent collection of Lynne's songs; many artists are yet to
be announced but, presently, the following have committed (but it
is still, technically, 'unofficial' until all songs are received
this summer, please understand):
Todd Rundgren
Matthew Sweet and Jeffrey Foskett
SWAG (featuring members of Wilco, The Mavericks, Cheap Trick)
Jamie Hoover (Spongetones)
Richard Barone
Sixpence None The Richer
The Hollies
Bill Lloyd
The Shazam
Mitch Easter/Bobby Sutliff
Neilson Hubbard
Chris Stamey
Peter Holsapple
Ben Lee
Doug Powell
Tony Visconti (yes, the producer)
Pray For Rain (PFR)
Jeffrey Foskett
Fleming And John
Earl Slick
Ross Rice
...and many others to be announced in the coming months. All bow to the return of the Mighty Lynne and hail a truly unique visionary
in the history of rock 'n' roll.
Please check back at
http://www.notlame.com
over the coming months for more announcements, updates and, eventually, sound bites of
some of the songs.'
Bruce Brodeen, Not Lame Recordings, P.O. Box 2266, Ft. Collins, CO 80522 USA.
popmusic@notlame.com.
Website - www.notlame.com. "Good Music
For Good People".
22/04/2001 - Apologies for the lack of news & updates this week - I am busy
constructing the new ELO & Zoom section
which will feature all the latest news about the upcoming new album, the 'First
Light' & Sony remastered cd's, reviews and photos from ELO's appearance
on VH1's 'Storytellers' and more.
22/04/2001 -
Click here for a sneak preview of the cover art for the new 'Zoom'
cd.
22/04/2001 - News from the Parthenon Huxley Mailing List - P. Hux Live
at Genghis Cohen, Solo acoustic. Friday April 27th 10:15. Come early for good seats
$7.
Other artists on bill: Jennifer Jane & Ali Weiss.
P. Hux returns to the friendly, intimate confines of Genghis Cohen the last Friday in April. His first show at Genghis last month
was a rousing success.
P. Hux will perform songs from his new albums 'Purgatory Falls' and 'Live In Your Living Room' plus golden nuggets from
his elusive past... and might there be some as yet mysterious
guests?
Please mention "P. Hux" as the artist you came to see. We want to continue to build a nice relationship at this club
and consistently fill the seats. Thank you everyone who came to the last show, it was great to see a full room so early!
17/04/2001 - Roy Wood's 'Starting Up' album from the mid-1980's
has been given the remastering treatment and will be released here in the U.K.
on 21st May. Catalogue number is CMRCD208 and is priced at only £8.99 from
www.keymailorder.com
.
15/04/2001 - Many site updates this week including new tour dates for Orchestra,
items added to My Collection pages plus the new ELO
/ Zoom latest news section just added.
14/04/2001 - Here is an interesting 'act' available for bookings via their
managements' site at
www.worldentertainment.net/Main/Artist.htm
. The artists in the group The 3 Rock Tenors are Eric Troyer, Glen
Burtnik and Kasem Sulton. No details on what the guys will be performing or any
future gig dates as yet.
10/04/2001 - A number of Mail Order sites including EQS Music at
www.eqsmusic.com
are advertising the new ELO album 'Zoom +1' for sale at about $30.
Release date is June 6th and the bonus song is called 'Long Black Road'.
Cat No: 10063.
10/04/2001 -
Key Mail Order here in
the U.K. in their weekly upcoming release update has the ELO cd single 'Alright'
due for release in Sweden on May 2nd priced at £4.99. Cat No: 6711362.
10/04/2001 - New
tour date added for Orchestra
in the USA in June.
09/04/2001 - Dr Chuck's Rockline page indicates that the Jeff Lynne/ELO segment
is scheduled for June 6th. Go to
http://www.drchuck.net/rockline/index.html
for more information.
09/04/2001 -
Click here to
view the scanned sleeve artwork for the U.K. promotional cd of the upcoming ELO
album 'Zoom'.
08/04/2001 - Former Move band member Trevor Burton has an
excellent new website up and running at
http://i.am/trevor.burton
. Do check this site out, it has lots of info on Trevor with tour dates and even
an online shop.
29/03/2001 - Finally making an appearance in the USA are promotional cd's of
the upcoming new ELO album 'Zoom' featuring all 13 tracks. The
sleeve artwork is the usual 'generic' ELO sleeve which will not be the
sleeve artwork for the actual official release in June.
29/03/2001 - Various site updates carried out, including additions to the
My
Collection pages, plus details of 'Royzone' Issue 2
added.
24/03/2001 - First Light news - the companion cd to ELO's first album
(aka No Answer in the USA) due for release on EMI is almost complete and will be
mastered very soon. No official release dates are yet available for this UK
release. In the USA, Sony hold the rights to the first album, so no doubt they
have their own future plans for this album.
24/03/2001 - News courtesy of the ELO Mailing List - 'Sony has confirmed
that the first four ELO reissues will be: Time, Secret
Messages, Eldorado and Discovery - with bonus tracks. The bonus tracks for Time will be "Julie Don't Live Here
Anymore," "The Bouncer" and "When Time
Stood Still." Bonus tracks for the other three are
still being worked out. They're striving for the best possible
definitive edition of each album, so this project is not being
rushed. As for a release date, April is a possibility, but more
likely it will be May'. More details can be found at the
www.sonymusic.com
.
24/03/2001 - For Move fans, the following news comes courtesy of The
Move Mailing List - 'Scheduled for release in June or July, 2001 - Enhanced
(video) CD featuring the following Move performances:
- "Beat Beat Beat" live (German TV). Walk Upon The Water, I Can Hear The Grass Grow, Night Of Fear.
- All "Beat Club" shows (German TV). Fire Brigade, Wild Tiger Woman, Blackberry Way, Curly, When Alice Comes Back To The Farm. AND,
the *untransmitted* live "Brontosaurus" clip
with Roy, Jeff, Rick and Bev.
- "Down On The Bay," live.
The master tape has been found. The cover of the CD will
have an axe-wielding Carl going after a television set
which displays a photo of the classic 5-piece line-up.'
No title has yet been decided for the set yet but suggestions are being taken by
the Mailing List, so get subscribing !!
24/03/2001 - The Official Rockline website can be found at
www.rocklineradio.com
and an excellent unofficial site at which includes a list of stations that
carry the show can be found at
www.drchuck.net/rockline/index.html
.
24/03/2001 - This information has just been released by Epic Records... Jeff
Lynne has been confirmed to do a VH1 Storytellers. It will be taped
in New York City on April 20th, to air around Zoom's release date. These tapings are generally not open to the public. The
Storytellers theatre only seats 200 for invited guests only. More details can
be found at www.vh1.com .
21/03/2001 - New
website links added.
20/03/2001 - Check out the The 'Yesterdayland' website for some
interesting ELO items and messages at -
www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/show_boards/show_board.php?show_ID=MU1163
. Thanks to Steven Acevedo for the link posted on the Yahoo! ELO Mailing List.
18/03/2001 - Check out the following links featuring ELO's push for
entry into the Rock & Roll Of Fame, the site being sponsored by About.com -
http://cleveland.about.com/citiestowns/midwestus/cleveland/library/weekly/aa031601c.htm
http://cleveland.about.com/citiestowns/midwestus/cleveland/library/weekly/aarock.htm
http://cleveland.about.com/citiestowns/midwestus/cleveland/library/weekly/aa031601h.htm
17/03/2001 - A recent post to the ELO Mailing List by Mark Babler confirms that
Jeff Lynne will be interviewed for a Rockline radio special during
the week of June 4th.
11/03/2001 - The March 2001 issue of 'Record Collector' magazine
features an excellent article about the birth of ELO in the 'Diggin' For
Gold' section. It tells of how the discovery of various reel-to-reel tapes and
acetates in the Philips studios in London led to the story of how ELO
formed from The Move and hopefully we'll get some sort of release of
these rare recordings including The Move's undubbed version of '10538
Overture'. The 'Record Collector' website is at
www.recordcollectormag.com
.
11/03/2001 - Michael Osinga, webmaster of the Official ELO Fanclub at
www.elo.nu
announced that Sony Holland had informed the Fanclub that the release
date of 'Zoom' (for Europe) is Monday 11th June 2001. The order code
is 5025002.
11/03/2001 - According to Key Mail Order, due out on the 3rd March is ELO -
'The Gold Collection'. Catalogue number R2CD4067. Imported from Sweden. Price is
£8.99. I suspect this is actually yet another version of ELO Part 2's Live In
Australia 1995 recording.
10/03/2001 - Currently being shown on VH1 music channel here in Europe is the
excellent series 'Rock Family Trees' and this weeks shows are about 'The
Birmingham Beat' featuring the likes of Bev Bevan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood etc.
04/03/2001 - Just added a new section to the site called 'Mr
Blue Sky'. This section features many reviews, interviews and articles which
used to feature on Alan Heath's excellent site and which he has kindly allowed
the ELO Network to host from now on.
01/03/2001 - Just added a new concert date for Orchestra to the
Tour
Dates page.
01/03/2001 - News from the Parthenon Huxley Mailing List - Two Consecutive
Nights of P. Hux Live... with band... and solo acoustic...
P. Hux Live - with band: Parthenon Huxley (guitar), Gordon Townsend (drums) and Dan Rothchild (bass). Friday March
16th at 10 pm at 11637 W. Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles
(between Sepulveda and Barrington). Only $8 (Please tell
the doorman you're there to see P. Hux!). Also on bill:
Linus of Hollywood, Einstein's Sister, The Adam Daniel Frequency.
P. Hux Live - Solo Acoustic Style: Saturday
March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) 8pm! Genghis Cohen, 740
N. Fairfax (just above Melrose). Early
show, please arrive on time! $5 AND
PLEASE Tell the doorperson you're there to see P. Hux. We want to make
a good first impression at this venue and get invited back, so please
help us pack the joint. We'd love it if you'd bring friends! THANKS! Also on bill: The Tories and Danny Peck.
Yes, the P. Hux MobileSuperstoreDepot will be on site for all your
product
needs!
27/02/2001 - A bit of exclusive news now - a new 9 hour video compilation
called 'ELO Forever' is currently in the making by Maxim, the guy
responsible for bringing us the superb 'ELO & Jeff Lynne' video
collection. This new production will feature all of the hits by ELO, ELO Part 2
plus numerous videos by Jeff Lynne and the associated artists he has worked
with. More details will be made available as and when I get them.
27/02/2001 - A group called J Church have a number of their ELO cover
songs available on Napster at the moment, including 'Don't Bring Me Down' and
'Tightrope'. Further information on this band can be found at
http://www.j-church.com/records/discountsplit12.html
.
24/02/2001 - Further news about Richard Price's tv appearance (see 03/02/2001)
- the broadcast date is confirmed as March 24th.
24/02/2001 - Thanks to Mike Franke for this info - The Move's
performance of 'Wild Tiger Woman' on the German pop show 'Beat Club' can be
found on a new German dvd release called "BEAT CLUB - Best Of '69".
The dvd costs about 30DM at
http://www.fernsehallianz.de/d/ardvid/musikliste.htm
. Note this dvd is Region 2 coded (Europe PAL version).
23/02/2001 - Latest news - just announced is that there is to be a Roy Wood Unconvention
to be held on Saturday, 2nd June 2001 at the Robin 2 R&B Club, Bilston, Wolverhampton,
U.K. Click here for full details.
20/02/2001 - Thanks to Alan Heath for the following info - Dave Morgan's new album
'REEL TWO' is released on 1st March. The track list is as follows:-
GOLDEN OLDIES, EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, COLD CITY, MODESTE (the minor poet), WHAT LOVE ISN'T,
YES IT IS, MISTRESS CAROLINE, PERFECT LOVE, DO YOU MIND?, PLEASE DON'T GO, NOTHING SAYS,
GO-GETTER LADY, THE BIT IN THE MIDDLE, APRIL FLOWERS, SO HANDSOME & LAST TRAIN.
Click here for more details and a review by Alan
Heath.
20/02/2001 - Check out this web site -
http://www.radioundercover.com/20001204_elo.html
to read an article on the upcoming release of Zoom, with.....a picture of ELO Part II
(Phil Bates version)!
Nice one Undercover Music!! (first posted by JK on the elo newsgroup).
19/02/2001 - Guess what? There is yet another 'new' version of the ELO Part 2
'Live In Australia' recording due out here in the U.K. on February 19th, called
'One Night - Live In Australia' on the Sanctuary label, Catalogue
number:SANCD014. List price is a very expensive £13.89.
15/02/2001 - I have just added a review of ELO's 'Flashback' from the
March 2001 issue of 'Record Buyer and Music Collector' magazine to the
CD
Reviews section.
15/02/2001 - Updated the
Website Links page.
15/02/2001 - A couple of bits of news for Traveling Wilbury & George
Harrison fans. Firstly George now has his official website up and running at
allthingsmustpass.com.
Also, according to MSN Network, George Harrison will be live on MSN Live on
Thursday, February 15 at 9pm ET/6pm PT.
14/02/2001 - Issue 2 of the Official Roy Wood Fanzine 'Royzone' is due
out at any moment now. Check out the Official Woody website at
www.roywood.co.uk
for more details.
11/02/2001 - CD Zone here in the U.K. has
the release date for the four remastered ELO cd's set as April 16th. Prices seem
very reasonable too, at between £8 and £9 per cd.
11/02/2001 - The release date for Westlife's single 'Uptown Girl' has
been rescheduled for Monday, March 5th.
10/02/2001 - According to Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham, the Bev Bevan gig
in March has been cancelled for the time being.
05/02/2001 - Posted on the alt.music.elo newsgroup - The Bev Bevan Band
is billed to play a week's residency at the
Birmingham (UK) Ronnie Scott's Jazz club from 26th - 31st
March. More details can be found at
www.bigbearmusic.com/ronniescotts
. However, on checking the website, it still has Matt Bianco as the
resident band that particular week!! No details yet of the band line-up except for Bev & ex-ELO Part 2 member Neil
Lockwood.
04/02/2001 - Well, it's approaching the 'silly season' here in the U.K. - ie.
COMIC RELIEF time in March !!!!! And this years choice for single to promote
the event is Billy Joel's classic 1983 song 'Uptown Girl'. This years
version will be sung by Westlife (7 consecutive number 1's and a Chrimbo number 2 only bettered by 'Bob The Builder' !) and
Claudia Schiffer playing the part of Christie Brinkley in the video. AND the ELO
link ??? WELL Eric Troyer is the first voice you hear on Billy
Joels original song. The scheduled release date is February 19th.
04/02/2001 - News from "ON THE CD FRONT" webpage at
www.pauseandplay.com/cdfront.htm
- Electric Light Orchestra "No Answer" (1972 LP), "Eldorado" (1974 LP),
"Discovery" (1979 LP), "Time" (1981 LP) - all remastered and
expanded and due for release on Epic/Legacy during spring 2001. The Sony Music
website at www.sonymusic.com has the
scheduled release date as April 24th.
03/02/2001 - News posted to the alt.music.elo newsgroup - "ULVER CITY,
California (Entertainment Wire) Jan. 30, 2001 - The punk band The Vandals will re-record the classic pop song
"Evil Woman" for the Columbia Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures comedy "Saving Silverman," directed by
Dennis Dugan and starring Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet and Amanda Detmer.
The song will be featured in the Feb. 9 release, which traces the story of Darren Silverman (Biggs), Wayne Le Fessier (Zahn) and J.D. McNugent (Black),
who have been best friends since the fifth grade. Enter Judith (Peet), a great-looking but cold-hearted psychiatrist who digs her claws into
sweet natured Darren, snatches him from the friendship and even breaks up the trio's Neil Diamond cover band.
J.D. and Wayne try every imaginable scheme to save Darren -- and their friendship -- from this "evil woman," failing miserably. When they find out
Darren has been brainwashed into marrying Judith, the dim-witted duo decides to kidnap her and reunite Darren with his long lost love, nun-to-be Sandy Perkus
(Detmer). Neil Diamond, in his first film in 20 years, is recruited to help save the day.
The Vandals have enjoyed a career that has spanned more than 10 years. Based in
California, the band consists of vocalist Dave Quackenbush, guitarist Warren Fitzgerald, bassist Joe Escalante and drummer Josh Freese. Their latest album,
"Look What I Almost Stepped In," was released in 2000.
The Vandals' other albums include "Fear of a Punk Planet," "When in Rome Do as the Vandals," "Sweatin' to the Oldies: the Vandals Live," "Oi! to the World,"
"Live Fast, Diarrhea" and "Hitler Bad, Vandals Good." The Vandals have toured with such bands as Pearl Jam, No Doubt and Offspring.
The song "Evil Woman" was written by Jeff Lynne, leader of the popular 1970s
band Electric Light Orchestra. The song was originally recorded by ELO and
released on the band's smash 1975 LP, "Face the Music."
03/02/2001 - Ex-Move member Rick Price's youngest son, Richard Price performed
a cover version of Robbie Williams' "She's The
One"* on a recent recording of the U.K. talent show 'Star For A Night'.
The show consists of five new acts, all singing live. A resident
panel of four voted Richard the winner on the night!! He now goes through
to the live final when the public vote by phone. This is someway
down the road - probably six months away. Richard is 22.
He studied drama at college and refers to himself as an actor.
He has been singing and writing songs from the age of 4. Broadcast date for the
show is as yet unknown. Thanks to Martin Kinch for the info - check out his
website for more details and loads more Move-related stuff at
www.cherryblossomclinic.freeserve.co.uk
. *This song was originally written & performed
by the Karl Walinger-led World Party.
03/02/2001 - Updated the
Website Links page, and added
more new items to My Collection pages.
30/01/2001 - Uriah Heep & Orchestra's tour of Germany next month has been
cancelled.
21/01/2001 - Updated the
Website Links page, added a
new sound-clip featuring a track from Paul McNulty's
'Into The Red' album and also added loads of new items to the ELO Live & ELO
Part 2 Live sections of My Collection pages.
21/01/2001 - Just heard details of a 'new' Traveling Wilburys bootleg.
It is called 'Recovered Treasure' and is
released on the Voxx label out of Japan. Full track listing - 1. Handle With
Care (basic track) / 2. Dirty World (alt take & vocals) / 3. Rattled (alt
version) / 4. Last Night (early basic track) / 5. Congratulations (basic track)
/ 6. Heading For The Light (instrumental) / 7. End Of The Line (alt take &
vocals) / 8. Maxine (out take) / 9. Inside Out (early demo) / 10. Where Were You
Last Night (alt take) / 11. You Took My Breath Away (alt mix) / 12. If You
Belonged To Me (rough mix) / 13. Poor House (rough mix) / 14. She's My Baby (alt
take) / 15. Devil's Been Busy (alt take) / 16. Like A Ship (out take) / 17.
Wilbury Twist (early take missing many overdubs) / 18. Seven Deadly Sins (early
take) / 19. New Blue Moon (rough mix) / 20. Cool Dry Place (early mix) / 21.
Runaway (rough mix) / 22. Wilbury Commercial / 23. Seven Deadly Sins (studio
playback with singalongs) / 24. Stormy Weather (studio playback with comments
from Olivia Harrison) / 25. Like A Ship (studio playback & overdubs) / 26.
Fish And Chips! (comments from George Harrison) . More details - soundboard
recording. Track 1 : B side for 'When We Was Fab' 12" recorded at Malibu
3/4/1988. Tracks 2-7 : Volume 1 out takes & rough mixes recorded in Los
Angeles 8/8/1988. Tracks 8-21 : First ever complete cd transfer from recovered
Warners in-house tape recorded in California 27/2/1990 - 15/5/1990. Tracks 22-26
are new to cd.
19/01/2001 - Ex-ELO Part 2 member, Phil Bates has issued a very limited edition
cdr (25 only) featuring three songs which he wrote as demos for the band when he
first joined. The songs are 'Top Of The World', 'Breaking Down The Walls' (later
to appear on the Moment Of Truth album), and 'Walking On The Water'.
Click
here to view a scanned image of this superb cdr.
19/01/2001 - The January 8th news page on Rock
Reunion's website at www.rockreunion.de
has this bit of interesting news - 'Rumour has it that tapes exist of a
recording session with Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury and Electric Light
Orchestra singer Jeff Lynne. The recordings may see the light of day this year'.
18/01/2001 - Check out this very interesting website -
www.friskit.com
and enter any artists' name in the 'search' box !!!!
14/01/2001 - The January 2001 issue of 'Record Collector' magazine features a
full page article on 'Flashback' and also news on the upcoming new ELO album
'Zoom'.
11/01/2001 - Updated the
Website Links page.
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