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Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

TrekkiELO — Thu, 5 Nov 2015 09:50:23 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 11/05/2015 14:50

Applerill wrote:

TrekkiELO wrote:

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454307946/first-listen-jeff-lynnes-elo-alone-in-the-universe

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As I was reading that first paragraph, I was imagining all those mistakes applying to this album

It's not that much worse than A New World Record, though. And it's definitely better than that horrid Shazam album. But nonetheless, his Beatles fetishism makes this seem like an MNS album.

Jeff Lynne wasn't on 'Shazam' by The Move, Looking On he was there, both from 1970.

My favorite tracks, "When I Was a Boy" (& its cool music video), "Love and Rain" "When the Night Comes", "All My Life", "One Step at a Time" and "Alone in the Universe", the others ones are only okay, but this is a Jeff Lynne solo album, especially without Richard Tandy, even more so than ZOOM which I thought, then now still do think at least has an Electric Light Orchestra vibe going for it, it's alright, just wish he would be honest with his branding of these albums! 🫢 😐 🙁 😠

Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

Applerill — Thu, 5 Nov 2015 07:02:29 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/05/2015 12:02

TrekkiELO wrote:

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454307946/first-listen-jeff-lynnes-elo-alone-in-the-universe

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Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

TrekkiELO — Thu, 5 Nov 2015 02:38:34 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 11/05/2015 07:38

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454307946/first-listen-jeff-lynnes-elo-alone-in-the-universe

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Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

Applerill — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:57:38 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 10/30/2015 02:57

I think Trekki wanted to post that in the "preconceived taste based on physical appearance" thread.

Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

TrekkiELO — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:53:44 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 10/30/2015 01:53

Jeff Lynne didn't write, "every song that that name has ever done,” Roy Wood came up with the E.L.O. name, wrote four songs for The Electric Light Orchestra debut album No Answer and invited Lynne to join The Move so they could all, including Bev Bevan, work on ELO as a side project, then there were cover songs like Roll Over Beethoven, In the Hall of the Mountain King, etc! 😠

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/28/jeff-lynne-one-step-at-time-elo

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Jeff Lynne debuts new ELO track 'One Step at a Time' -- exclusive

by Eric Renner Brown • @ericrennerbrown

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Posted October 29 2015 — 7:30 AM EDT

Electric Light Orchestra, the symphonic rock band led by production wizard Jeff Lynne, returns in November with Alone in the Universe, its first album since 2001’s Zoom. And, in a sense, Lynne — who recently said he did “all the singing and playing” on the collection — was alone: None of the band’s founding members joined him for the recording, which he’s releasing under the moniker “Jeff Lynne’s ELO.”

But, as Lynne tells EW, the name tweak doesn’t matter much. “I wrote every song that that name has ever done,” he explains by phone from London. “I think it’s a shame to throw it away, because it is my legacy.”

Lynne’s right. The signature sound ELO perfected in the 70s and 80s — shimmering guitars, orchestral swirls, and infectious vocal melodies — has remained intact on tracks he’s shared from Alone. But where “When I Was A Boy” and “When The Night Comes” applied Lynne’s style to balladry, “One Step at a Time,” streaming exclusively below, ratchets up the pace.

“I didn’t have quite enough up-tempo” songs, Lynne says. “It’s got some very intricate chords in the verse, which I like a lot, because it’s sort of old-fashioned music but with a regular rock and roll beat.”

That cross-section of influences stems from Long Wave, the album featuring covers of artists like Charlie Chaplin and Rodgers & Hammerstein that Lynne released under his own name in 2012. “I learned how those old masters used to write those songs, because I learned every part on every instrument to make the record,” he says. “It taught me different ways of reaching the same place but going a different route.”

That’s just the latest in a series of projects, among them producing records for the likes of George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Regina Spektor, that have contributed to Lynne learning “a hell of a lot since the first go of ELO” ended decades ago and eliminating the “slight guesswork” he says characterized his earlier recordings.

“The whole album represents these new chords and just the thrill of it,” he says. “I know how to get a sound exactly as I want it, and I know which way to get it.”

Check out EW’s premiere of “One Step at a Time” below, and stay tuned for Alone in the Universe, out Nov. 13.

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Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

TrekkiELO — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:39:06 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 10/30/2015 01:39

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Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

Applerill — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:07:45 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 10/29/2015 01:07

I just listened to the single. What do you think, Precedent?

Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

TrekkiELO — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:37:38 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 10/29/2015 00:37

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travelful — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:51:04 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 09/25/2015 22:51

This is such great news. ELO is one of my favorite bands of all time.

Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:07:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/25/2015 19:07

wait what is the joke

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WindowAbove — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:18:32 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 09/25/2015 15:18

Lynna wannabe

Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 02:20:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/25/2015 06:20

Skinny wrote:

... with an 'A'.

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true that

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Skinny — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 02:07:43 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/25/2015 06:07

... with an 'A'.

Re: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

Applerill — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:40:50 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 09/25/2015 02:40

...Well, at least Pitchfork had the balls to report on this first... 🙄

JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

TrekkiELO — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:19:37 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 09/25/2015 02:19

Happy 43rd Birthday to me, one day after, November 12th, 2015!

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http://jefflynneselo.com/news/259643

JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF...

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ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE
NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Known as one of the most iconic forces in music history, Jeff Lynne’s ELO is set to deliver a new album which will be the first new ELO music in 15 years. Entitled Alone In The Universe, the album is set for global release November 13 on Columbia Records. The album is available globally for pre-order Friday, September 25th and the first single “When I Was a Boy” is also available Friday. Fans who preorder the album will receive “When I Was A Boy” instantly. Listen to the track below:

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As with ELO’s previous chart-topping albums, Jeff Lynne continues to serve as ELO’s producer, songwriter, arranger, lead singer and guitarist. In September 2014, for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Lynne's ELO headlined BBC Radio 2's "Festival In A Day" in London's famous Hyde Park to a sold-out crowd of 50,000 fans in attendance and nearly a million people tuned in to watch.

Lynne was the creative genius behind ELO which sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, had more than 20 Top 40 Hits across the U.S. and the U.K. and received countless awards and accolades. At the time of ELO’s formation, Lynne had said the goal was to create modern rock and pop songs. A goal that remains true some 30 years later with the creation of new material.

“Music is such a powerful force in our lives. A good song can make people feel much less alone in this universe. And trying to create one of those songs somehow makes me feel less alone too. My whole life—from being that kid with a dream in Birmingham right until today—proves how much music can do,” said Lynne.

“Jeff Lynne is a total master of his craft and ‘Alone In The Universe’ is pure pop perfection. We are thrilled to be involved in the return of ELO and enormously proud to be releasing this contemporary classic on Columbia Records,” said Ashley Newton, President of Columbia Records.