FULL STREAM AHEAD...

RollingStone.com is now streaming the entire Listen To Me: Buddy Holly collection... Enjoy and feel free to post your thoughts on Words of Love...

ESSENTIAL ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

Sony/BMG will be releasing The Essential Electric Light Orchestra in the UK.  This time a 2 CD collection spanning the length of the ELO brand.

Disc 1

10538 Overture
Roll Over Beethoven
Showdown
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Evil Woman
Nightrider
Strange Magic
Livin' Thing
Do Ya
Rockaria!
Telephone Line
Turn To Stone
Mr. Blue Sky
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Wild West Hero
It's Over
Shine A Little Love

Disc 2

Don't Bring Me Down
The Diary Of Horace Wimp
Confusion
Last Train To London
I'm Alive
Xanadu
All Over The World
Don't Walk Away
Hold On Tight
Twilight
Ticket To The Moon
The Way Life's Meant To Be
Rock and Roll Is King
Secret Messages
Four Little Diamonds
Calling America
So Serious
Surrender
Latitude 88 North

Release date: 10 October 2011.   Amazon UK

LISTEN TO ME: BUDDY HOLLY PROMO

A promo CD of Listen To Me: Buddy Holly is out there now, even though it is now less than a week before the official release... and still no full preview of Words of Love yet...

...AND AGAIN...

The re-recorded Mr. Blue Sky, now playing on a Target ad in Australia.



Hat tip: Robert

FIRST LOOK: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

We are getting our first look at the trailer for the upcoming George Harrison documentary, Living In The Material World:

THANKS...

Thanks to Ged and everyone involved with the Earthrise re-issue.  You guys did a great job!

...AND AGAIN...

The movie trailer count is adding up. Don't Bring Me Down (old and new versions) is featured in the trailers for Our Idiot Brother.  A 30-second spot features the classic version.  Here's one of the longer trailers:

FUTURAMA

While sitting at home unwinding from another long day, this came on:

Futurama	Thursdays 10/9c
The Wreck of the Original Planet Express Ship
www.comedycentral.com
Comedy Central Funny TV Shows Roast of Charlie Sheen

Older post: This is a still picture (taken on my phone) from tonight's episode of Futurama.  In this scene, the crew flies through a spaceship graveyard.

HERE COMES THE DOC, DO DO DO DO

We now have our first look at what the new George Harrison documentary, Living In The Material World will look like on deluxe DVD, at least for the UK.  There's still no listing for the CD of 'never before heard' tracks.  However, the Special Features section has some interesting items:

Special Features:

• George plays the Uke*
• Here Comes The Sun 
• Dispute and Violence
• Deep Blue*
• Paul McCartney interview
• Jeff Lynne interview
• Damon Hill interview
• Growing Up in Liverpool interview*
• Neil Aspinall interview*
• The Inner Light interview*
• Gordon Murray interview*

* Exclusive to the Deluxe Edition.

The initial list price for this Deluxe Edition: 74.99 GBP.  I suspect this will get interesting.  Stay tuned...

This is the DVD release.

and this is the Blu-Ray release.

LISTEN TO BUDDY...

An announcement we've been seemingly waiting ages for is official as of today.  A collection of Buddy Holly cover songs called Listen To Me: Buddy Holly will be released on September 6, just in time to celebrate Buddy's 75th birthday.  Jeff Lynne has contributed (and produced) a cover of Words Of Love for the set.

A new web site has launched in preparation for the release... as well as a press video giving us a short preview of some of the tracks including Words Of Love.



Listen To Me: Buddy Holly will be available as a CD and a digital download. The Listen To Me series will benefit music industry charities geared towards young, up and coming musicians.

This will be the first studio recording under the Jeff Lynne banner since 1991.

LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

GeorgeHarrison.com has taken the wraps off the new Martin Scorsese documentary about George's life, Living In The Material World.

If you are in the UK, good news for you.  The film will be released in 3 configurations: DVD, DVD/Blu-Ray Combo pack, and a deluxe edition featuring the DVD, Blu-Ray disc and a CD of unheard material.  Release date: 10 October 2011.

If you're in the US, the film will debut in two parts on HBO on October 5th and 6th.

Although today's press release doesn't mention Jeff Lynne by name, I can't imagine he's not part of it in some form or fashion.

This is just how the film will debut, but plenty of questions remain.  When will the USA get a DVD/Blu-Ray release... and what's on that CD?  Stay tuned.

A companion book will help usher in the film.  Expected UK Release date for that September 3, September 15 for the USA.

EARTHRISE SAMPLER

Here's an update for those of you following the new Earthrise re-issue.  A sampler is available to hear now while everything else is being finalized.  Order/payment links will appear in the coming days and the CD is expected to ship next month.

One surprise, Colin Owen, who "commanded the live desk on ELO's Time tour," is the engineer on this project.

And notice the artwork now says Morgan/Tandy...

UPDATE ON ROSSIF SUTHERLAND

Rossif Sutherland has just released an album of all-new material to his MySpace page.  No Jeff Lynne involvement, but it's worth checking out anyway.  These Words and Waiting For The Train are still available to hear.

KINDA OT: EARTHRISE

It appears a new day is dawning for Earthrise, the 80s project by ELO members Richard Tandy and Dave Morgan.  A new site has been launched in preparation for a new re-issue of the album.  Earthrise will be digitally remastered with bonus tracks and available as a CD, digital download and a limited edition picture disc with new artwork.  Pretty schnazzy...

WANDERING SOLDIER

 Many of you remember the rather amazing freshman album Something Peculiar from the rather talented Julianna Raye.  The album was produced and arranged by Jeff Lynne and was released in April 1993.  Now Ms. Raye is streaming the only known outtake from the Something Peculiar sessions, Wandering Soldier.  Enjoy.

ON THE RUN...

Just to let you know, this blog is now mobile device-friendly.  When you access this blog from any mobile device, you will get a page that loads quickly and is easy to navigate.  Ah, progress....

ALL OVER THE WORLD, AGAIN...

For the record, Sony is apparently re-issuing All Over The World: The Very Best of Electric Light  Orchestra in Europe (I believe) at the end of this month.  Same track listing, but in this case, with new artwork.

Release day 30 May 2011.

Order links:
Play.com
Amazon UK
HMV UK

RAVE ON BUDDY HOLLY

There apparently will be more than one Buddy Holly Tribute CD this year.  Rave On Buddy Holly which was mentioned earlier is not the Peter Asher project with Words of Love newly-recorded by Jeff Lynne.

Turns out, the Asher project is due later this year and is titled Listen To Me: Buddy Holly.

MECHANICAL SYMPATHY

ELO Discovery linked to this rather amazing short film using Steppin' Out from ELO.


Mechanical Sympathy from Tom McDermott on Vimeo.

From the creator of the film:

Created as part of my dissertation which is titled '‘Breathing life into an inanimate object using stop motion animation techniques’. This film is made up of 6,300 individual photographs and shot and edited in just over five weeks.

NITEY NITE...

While browsing what's probably the only CD shop within 25 miles of here, I came across this:

It's a lullaby tribute to Tom Petty and it leans heavily on Petty's collaborations with Jeff Lynne.

The track list:
Free Fallin'
I Won't Back Down
You Wreck Me
Saving Grace
Runnin' Down A Dream
Here Comes My Girl
American Girl
Learning To Fly
Into The Great Wide Open
The Waiting

The songs are available to download from iTunes and Amazon.  Other tributes in this series include Michael Jackson, Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett.

The tracks are instrumental and within an inch of complete kitch.  After a few minutes playing it, I strongly suspect the music will do anything but put a child to sleep.