INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN

 

 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 'Into The Great Wide Open' turns 35 today.  To this day, still in my top 3 of all time...

ACTION!

 

DISCOVERY ON RED ctd

At this point, I'd be nitpicky about it, but this is certainly a step in the right direction, Legacy.  Thank you!

FACE THE MUSIC AT 50 (OR 50.5) AND MORE

DISCOVERY - RED VINYL ctd

 ...and probably same deal as with (the rather disappointing and 'here's your green vinyl' and 'we couldn't even be bothered to go to Etsy to make a hype sticker') Face The Music's 50th Anniversary.  Seriously, not even a hype sticker to indicate you're holding green vinyl.

...and same deal as the aforementioned Face The Music vinyl, there's a standard black vinyl on the way as well:

Amazon

Townsend 

We're in the era of 50th Anniversary releases and I keep circling back to the same question: Why is there next to no attention to ELO??  Remixes and Dolby Atmos and Blu-Rays and box sets seemingly for everyone else.  But ELO?  Nothing.  This will be a nice colored vinyl to add to our collection but if it's anything like FTM50, it'll land with a thud - and it doesn't have to be that way.  Rant over. For now.

Release day: 29 May 2026

DISCOVERY - RED VINYL

NOW ON DARK HORSE RECORDS

Listen to @OfficialWilbury here - https://t.co/k6U2EucIcP - now on Dark Horse Records.@GeorgeHarrison | @bobdylan | @tompetty | @ROYORBISON | @JeffLynnesELO pic.twitter.com/RxfK0egZ7I

— darkhorserecords (@darkhorserecs) February 19, 2026

'FACE THE MUSIC' RE-ISSUE TODAY

The limited-edition Face The Music green anniversary vinyl is out now ⚡️Shop it and the exclusive album merch at https://t.co/rIo7NmhDRc pic.twitter.com/lKIUqy7pOX

— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) January 9, 2026

JEFF LYNNE EXPLAINS THE TRUE SOUND OF ELO

This unseen interview with Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan from 1986 is up on YouTube now.

LONG ENDURANCE, PORKY CURTAINS ctd

Happy birthday, Otis Wilbury!@JeffLynnesELO pic.twitter.com/s2WPfqcHvh

— Traveling Wilburys (@OfficialWilbury) December 30, 2025

LONG ENDURANCE, PORKY CURTAINS ctd...

 

A very Happy 78th Birthday, Jeff Lynne!

Thanks to all of you who have been slogging along with the blog for all this time.  Onward we go!  Here's to yet another year of begging record companies to release something... really anything in relation to Jeff Lynne. [For God's sake, why, in 2025, there's no basic vinyl box set of ELOs albums yet? Anyway, I digress.]

Happy New Year, everyone!

FROM JEFF LYNNE TO YOU

From Jeff Lynne to you 🛸 pic.twitter.com/mO4ewojHmv

— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) December 23, 2025

FREE AS A BIRD - A SONG REBORN

From the official Beatles YouTube:

 

FREE AS A BIRD/REAL LOVE 2025 - CD SINGLE ctd

How nice is this?

FREE AS A BIRD/REAL LOVE 2025 - CD SINGLE

 

 Looks like there's also now a Japanese CD single of The Beatles - Free As A Bird/Real Love 2025 mixes.  Not much other info yet other than it's 2-track SHM-CD.

GEORGE HARRISON

Remembering George. pic.twitter.com/Irwujcdmfa

— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) November 29, 2025

SONY/EPIC/LEGACY, I'M JUST SAYING... ctd

 No, seriously... These are 3500x3500-sized scans of the inner sleeves in case you're still looking.  Just right-click and save it - and print these suckers up on some semi-glossy paper in the next month and add them to this 50th Anniversary edition.  How much can it add to the cost?  I mean, c'mon.

  

 

 

 

FREE AS A BIRD/REAL LOVE 7"

NOW STREAMING - THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY

For those you with a Disney+ subscription, you can now stream all nine episodes of the new upgraded Beatles Anthology.

FACE THE MUSIC - 2026

Pre-orders are appearing for ELO's Face The Music on standard black vinyl - also for 9 January 2026.