Post Tagged with: "Electric Light Orchestra"

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‘I’m better than Ringo; Paul McCartney told me!’: Bev Bevan’s first meeting with the Beatles

Bev Bevan, later a founding member of the Move and the Electric Light Orchestra, says a chance meeting with the Beatles years earlier provided a huge ego boost when Paul McCartney praised his drumming. You May Also Like: Ringo Starr’s Y Not was elevated by a dark Paul McCartney duet:Read More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Three bonus tracks from Jeff Lynne’s Armchair Theatre, ELO’s Zoom reissues

Can’t wait for forthcoming expanded reissues of Jeff Lynne’s 1990 solo album Armchair Theatre and the Electric Light Orchestra’s 2001 release Zoom? Sample three bonus tracks from the April 19, 2013 releases here. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne’s Armchair Theatre started with an impossible-to-match bang For ELO’s Jeff Lynne,Read More

The Move - Looking On (1970): Forgotten Series

The Move – Looking On (1970): Forgotten Series

If Americans are aware of the Move at all, it’s probably because they morphed into Electric Light Orchestra.

Bev Bevan on voicing ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi's autobiography: 'We've had some great fun'

Bev Bevan on voicing ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi’s autobiography: ‘We’ve had some great fun’

The narrator for the audio version of Black Sabbath co-founder Tony Iommi’s autobiography will be familiar to longtime fans.

The Move - The Lost Broadcasts (2012)

The Move – The Lost Broadcasts (2012)

Part beat group, part blues band, part ornate pop group, part psychedelic rockers, the Move may have been too interesting for their own good.

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Streams: Jeff Lynne reunites with Richard Tandy to perform Electric Light Orchestra’s “Evil Woman”

Fresh off a solo redo of Electric Light Orchestra’s most famous songs, Jeff Lynne has reunited with ELO pianist Richard Tandy for a performance of “Evil Woman.” Stream the entire song here! You May Also Like: Electric Light Orchestra, “Do Ya” from A New World Record (1976): One Track MindRead More

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‘Didn’t sound as good as they could’: Jeff Lynne on why he decided to rework Electric Light Orchestra favorites

Jeff Lynne has gone in depth on what drove him to refashion some of his most famous moments with the Electric Light Orchestra in a new album for Frontiers called Mr. Blue Sky. You May Also Like: Electric Light Orchestra took their Beatles fixation up a notch on 1977’s ‘OutRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Jeff Lynne, "Mr. Blue Sky" (2012)