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ELO IN THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony! #RockHall2017 #ELO @rockhall pic.twitter.com/9xUszTZV60

— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) April 8, 2017

ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME WEEK

Here's some fresh press leading up to Friday's Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Fox8: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens 2017 Inductee Exhibit

Cleveland.com: 2017 Rock Hall profile: Electric Light Orchestra's induction means no cloud for Mr. Blue Sky.

Showbiz 411: Dhani Harrison Will Present to Jeff Lynne...

It all goes down this Friday at Barclays Center in New York.  The ceremony will premiere on HBO April 29 at 8pm.

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ROSIE VELA

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Rosie Vela.  Please read the story and consider donating.

MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR CEREMONY

Jeff Lynne took the lead vocals on I Won't Back Down during the MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony honoring Tom Petty.

LINKS:
USA TODAY
ROLLING STONE
SAN FRANCISCO GATE
AXS

The event raised $8.5 million.

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In addition to the new vinyl, George Harrison's albums will be re-issued in Japan as SHM-CDs including the Jeff Lynne co-produced Cloud Nine and Brainwashed.  The editions will be new mini-LP card sleeve editions.  From CD Japan:

Cardboard sleeve reissue from George Harrison features SHM-CD format and uses the latest master for vinyl. The mini LP faithfully replicates its UK first pressing LP design, which partially replicates its EU first pressing edition. Also partially replicates the obi included with the first pressing Japanese LP design. This series features the following titles "Wonderwall Music," "Electronic Sound," "All Things Must Pass," "Living In The Material World," "Dark Horse," "Extra Texture," "33 1/3," "George Harrison," "Somewhere In England," "Gone Troppo," "Cloud Nine," "Live In Japan," and "Brainwashed."

Release date is 24 February 2017 as well.

NIGHT OF FEAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY

While the new Move best-of set is not available digitally today, there is a new Move digital-only release: a 50th Anniversary Digital Single of The Move's Night Of Fear.

Track list:

Night Of Fear (Alternate Version - Stereo) - from Salvo release in 2007
Distrubance (Undubbed Alternate Version - Mono) - from Salvo release in 2007
Night Of Fear (Vocal Session) from digital only Salvo release in 2007


Released 9 December 2016 on iTunes only.

MOVEMENT

Released this Friday:

Magnetic Waves of Sound - The Best of The Move. 

And now, Boulders from Roy Wood will get a fresh pressing on 180g vinyl thanks to Music On Vinyl.  Release date for that: 24 February 2017. 

GEORGE HARRISON'S 74TH BIRTHDAY

George Harrison's family will mark his 74th birthday with some massive new items.  Not the least of which, an 18-disc vinyl box set featuring all of George's albums including the Jeff Lynne co-produced Cloud Nine and Brainwashed plus two Cloud Nine single picture discs - all replicas of their originals on 180g vinyl.

Amazon:

George Harrison - The Vinyl Collection box set features all of George Harrison's solo studio albums in one collection for the first time to commemorate the musician's birthday. The vinyl box set includes all twelve of George's studio albums with exact replicas of the original release track listing and artwork. Also included in the box set are George's classic live album Live In Japan (2LP), and two 12' single picture discs of 'When We Was Fab' and 'I Got My Mind Set On You.' All the discs are 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and are housed in a high-quality two-piece rigid slipcase box. The original analogue master tapes were used for the new re-masters and were cut at the legendary Capitol studios to ensure exceptional audio quality throughout.

Lowest pre-order right now: $399.

It also appears the individual albums will be released as well including Cloud Nine and Brainwashed.

Need something to play all this new vinyl on and have a few more bucks to spend?  How 'bout a custom-designed George Harrison Pro-Ject Essential III turntable. Costs around $500.

The vinyl box, the LPs individually, the turntable and an extended edition of I Me Mine, the book about his life, is out Friday February 24, 2017.

TBT: FALLING IN LOVE

How's this for a little Throwback Thursday: the very seldom-seen official music video for the Jeff Lynne-produced Falling In Love by Randy Newman, recently uploaded to Mr. Newman's official YouTube Channel.

LONG ENDURANCE, BULKY CURTAINS

Happy 69th Birthday, Jeff.  Thanks for a great 2016!

Best wishes to everyone for 2017!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

NEWS: THEY'RE IN!

The day that many ELO fans longed for -- has arrived.  After just their first nomination, and having been eligible since 1996 for heaven's sake, Electric Light Orchestra will get their place in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as a member of the Class of 2017.  The members inducted will be Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy, Bev Bevan -- and Roy Wood!

They got 2nd in the fan vote behind Journey who along with Joan Baez, Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Yes and Nile Rodgers will make up the rest of the class.

The ceremony will take place Friday April 7, 2017 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will eventually air on HBO and Sirius XM.

COMING SOON: MAGNETIC WAVES OF SOUND

Esoteric Recordings will begin 2017 with a new best-of from The Move.  Magnetic Waves Of Sound: The Best of The Move is on the release schedule now for 27 January 2017 - and will be issued as a CD/DVD set.

* NEW REMASTERED CD / DVD DIGIPACK COLLECTION OF THE BEST OF THE MOVE
* THE DVD (NTSC / REGION FREE) FEATURES RARE PROMOTIONAL FILM, 20 BBC TV APPEARANCES & GERMAN TV APPEARANCES OFFICIALLY RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME
*  AUDIO REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES
* LINER NOTES BY MOJO’S MARK PAYTRESS 

Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a new re-mastered CD & DVD collection by THE MOVE. “Magnetic Waves of Sound” features a newly re-mastered 21 track CD featuring all of the Move’s UK hit singles, along with key album tracks from their four studio albums. The accompanying hour long DVD (NTSC / Region Free) in this collection is a true first, and features 21 appearances on BBC TV and German television and a promotional film, all shot between 1967 and 1970. These include a performance of ‘Fire Brigade’ on Top of the Pops from February 1968 and the band’s entire Colour Me Pop performance for BBC 2 from January 1969. Also featured is a rare promotional film of ‘I Can Hear the Grass Grow’, a trio of songs performed live from the German TV show Beat, Beat, Beat (recorded in June 1967) and a fine selection of Move appearances on the German TV show Beat Club, all gathered together on DVD officially for the first time 

Of all of the groups to emerge in Britain in the latter half of the 1960s, THE MOVE was arguably one of the finest. A powerful act on stage, the group were blessed with one of the most imaginative songwriters of his generation in Roy Wood. 

Magnetic Waves of Sound is a fitting celebration of the legacy of The Move. 

Magnetic Waves of Sound includes a lavishly illustrated booklet and features a new essay by Mark Paytress and also includes a poster.

Track list:

1. NIGHT OF FEAR *
2. I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW *
3. WAVE THE FLAG AND STOP THE TRAIN *
4. KILROY WAS HERE *
5. (HERE WE GO ROUND) THE LEMON TREE *
6. WALK UPON THE WATER *
7. FLOWERS IN THE RAIN *
8. FIRE BRIGADE *
9. WILD TIGER WOMAN *
10. BLACKBERRY WAY *
11. CURLY *
12. HELLO SUSIE
13. CHERRY BLOSSOM CLINIC REVISITED
14. BRONTOSAURUS
15. WHEN ALICE COMES BACK TO THE FARM
16. WHAT?
17. ELLA JAMES
18. TONIGHT
19. CHINA TOWN
20. CALIFORNIA MAN
21. DO YA?
* = MONO RECORDING

DVD
THE MOVE ON THE AIR
PROMOTIONAL FILM & TV BROADCASTS 1967 – 1970
1. I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW
(PROMOTIONAL FILM 1967)
2. NIGHT OF FEAR
3. WALK UPON THE WATER
4. I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW
(“BEAT BEAT BEAT” – GERMAN TV 26TH JUNE 1967)
5. FIRE BRIGADE
(BBC TV “TOP OF THE POPS” – 15TH FEBRUARY 1968)
6. I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW
7. BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
8. CHRISTIAN LIFE
9. FLOWERS IN THE RAIN
10. THE LAST THING ON MY MIND
11. WILD TIGER WOMAN
12. GOIN’ BACK
13. FIRE BRIGADE
14. SOMETHING
15. BLACKBERRY WAY
(BBC TV “COLOUR ME POP” – 4TH JANUARY 1969)
RADIO BREMEN “BEAT CLUB” TV APPEARANCES:
16. FIRE BRIGADE - FEBRUARY 1968
17. WILD TIGER WOMAN – AUGUST 1968
18. BLACKBERRY WAY – JANUARY 1969
19. CURLY – AUGUST 1969
20. BRONTOSAURUS – APRIL 1970
21. WHEN ALICE COMES BACK TO THE FARM – DECEMBER 1970

TWO (KINDA) NEW WILBURY TALES

In support of the recent re-issues:

TOM PETTY VINYL BOXES

All of Tom Petty's album catalog is getting a fresh reboot on vinyl via two new box sets.  Included between the sets is the Jeff Lynne co-produced Full Moon Fever and Into The Great Wide Open on Volume 1 - and Highway Companion on Volume 2.  With a few exceptions all of the albums are newly remastered.

Tom Petty - The Complete Studio Albums 1976-1991

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
You’re Gonna Get It!
Damn the Torpedoes
Hard Promises
Long After Dark
Southern Accents
Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)
Full Moon Fever
Into the Great Wide Open

will be out December 9, 2016 - and:

Tom Petty - The Complete Studio Albums 1994-2014

Wildflowers (2LP)
She’s the One
Echo (2LP)
The Last DJ (2LP)
Highway Companion (2LP)
Mojo (2LP )
Hypnotic Eye

is on the schedule for two earlier November 25, 2016.

MORE: SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME

Fresh off the news of ELO's nomination for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame comes another nomination.  The Songwriters Hall Of Fame has their list of 2017 nominees and Jeff Lynne is among them.

This is the same SongHall that inducted Tom Petty this past June.