Look, the 2001, 2006-2007 digital remasters are still great, but this is a quality that can only be best explained by Tom Petty's high resolution releases from a few years ago.
The vinyl is in a gatefold cover now. The original inner sleeve is on the gatefold, and the vinyl is stored in specialty clear plastic. The SACD is presented in a mini-LP style. No frills, no extras. Just a beautifully sounding and flawless studio album.
UPDATE 2/25: Rock On! will be on 180g red vinyl.
Record Store Day 2022 is this coming April 23 to independent record stores. On the list of LPs seeing release is Del Shannon's 1991 album Rock On!, produced (individually and collaboratively) by Jeff Lynne and Mike Campbell. The Record Store Day Exclusive LP is limited to 2500 copies on Demon Records.
You how Super Bowl LVI's halftime show always shakes up the music charts after the performance? Well, the commercials are nothing to sneeze at either, of course. Check out how well ELO's Showdown fared after airing in a Michelob Ultra ad. This is iTunes Top Songs chart in the hours after Super Bowl LVI:
The Superior Bowl’s jukebox only has one song. #ULTRABOWL https://t.co/nRyY5ZDls0
— Michelob ULTRA (@MichelobULTRA) February 8, 2022
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Happy 74th Birthday, Jeff Lynne!
I hope everyone has a happy and joyous new year. Bring on 2022!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Jeff Lynne's ELO! We miss you, and are looking forward to seeing you all soon! 🛸 pic.twitter.com/1Dr8yNrsbh
— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) December 24, 2021
In celebration of @GeorgeHarrison’s “All Things Must Pass” 50th Anniversary, I joined in with over 40 other musicians, actors, and comedians to shoot the first official music video for “My Sweet Lord." I had a lovely time. Watch the video now at https://t.co/RyRiMu4gqu pic.twitter.com/Z5dW99IbPZ
— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) December 15, 2021
Cheers to 50 years of ELO! 🛸🎉 pic.twitter.com/K1ACSCNXsA
— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) December 3, 2021
On this date, exactly 50 years ago, Electric Light Orchestra was released in the UK, marking the start of a band that eventually became the soundtrack to the lives of many. Also the start of a band that would have a sold-out concert arena tour, not in 1978 but in 2016, and didn't do too shabby in 2018/19 either.
You'd think there'd be more ways to celebrate other than an art print and a couple of pint glasses, but here we are. (And you can't even buy either of them now.) If you're on Spotify, I suppose you can commemorate. But most of us have way better digitized CDs collections than what's available to casually stream.
But either way, today is a great day to raise a pint. Happy 50th Birthday, ELO! Here's hoping #ELO51 will be, uh, er, more exciting?
WalMart will have an exclusive edition of All Over The World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra in stores on 2LPs this Friday 12 November 2021. It will be pressed on red vinyl and white vinyl. It also available to ship in the USA.
A much more reasonably-priced Wembley or Bust book by Jeff Lynne's ELO is already out in some places overseas, but domestically, the book is on track for a November 2, 2021 release from Genesis Publications.
For the record, the Mobile Fidelity edition of ELO's Eldorado, which was supposed to ship in December 2021 is now 'pushed back' to Spring 2022.
Mobile Fidelity invites you into a new world via ELO’s classic LP Eldorado. Mastered from the original analog master tapes, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and housed in a tip-on jacket, this numbered-edition 180g LP of Eldorado is a treasure https://t.co/4FpgwxV9lp* pic.twitter.com/OetUUkc6bR
— Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (@mofisoundlab) August 19, 2021
Jeff Lynne's both solo albums Armchair Theatre and Long Wave, the ELO titles Electric Light Orchestra Live and Zoom and the Jeff Lynne's ELO titles Alone In The Universe, Wembley or Bust and From Out Of Nowhere - will be re-issued in a Mini-LP CD formats. ELO Live, Armchair Theatre and Zoom are already Mini-LP, but now the others will follow. All titles will be uniform now.
In addition, ELO's main Sony catalog will be joining them from 1973's On The Third Day, 1974's Eldorado, 1975's Face The Music, 1976's A New World Record, 1977's Out Of The Blue, 1979's Discovery, 1981's Time, 1983's Secret Messages (will supposedly be the 2018 'double LP' version) and 1986's Balance of Power.
Edit: I'm going to suspect these CDs will be void of any bonus tracks.
All of these CDs will have a fresh 50th Anniversary obi on them.
That's the good news. The not-so-good news is that ELO 1, ELO 2, Long Beach, and Xanadu, as well as any compilation (Ole ELO, ELO's Greatest Hits, Flashback, etc) will not be taking part. This does not bode well for the future.
These are all slated for an August 25, 2021 release.
According to a story on dirt.com, Jeff Lynne just dropped a cool $10 million on a house in Brentwood. Nice way to celebrate 50 years of ELO, isn't it??
