UPDATE: COMING SOON ON BLUE VINYL...

The new color vinyl editions of Long Wave and Mr. Blue Sky are sliding to February 11...

IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO (YESTERDAY)...

Here's an interesting article from Billboard Magazine.  Yesterday (January 16) marked 25 years since any member of The Beatles topped the Billboard Hot 100.  That #1 track: George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You - co-produced by Jeff Lynne. 

COMING SOON ON BLUE VINYL ctd...

A few points of clarification on the new LP editions of Long Wave and Mr.Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra coming later this month.

Long Wave will actually be on white vinyl and Mr. Blue Sky will be on 2 blue vinyl LPs.  These releases will be pressed on 140g vinyl and are limited to 1000 each.

Release date: January 28 from the UK-based Let Them Eat Vinyl...

A FULL HARVEST

It appears as many as 20 vintage EMI Harvest titles will be re-issued on CD in Japan this coming March.  Among the titles being re-issued:

Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2
Roy Wood - Boulders
The Move - Message From The Country
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew

No further info on these yet, but they are expected to be released in Japan on March 20.