I never played Fire On High backwards, it didn't come across as anything but interesting when I bought Face The Music when it came out. That is my fave song of the album though.
I think I have everything except ELO2 that they put out in the 70's and Face the Music is probably my most played. I use to unplug my turntable, leave the amp on phono and hand spin the record backwards... they didn't have the internet back then
I heard a priest's seminar on backmasking and ELO's message is innocent in comparison to say Led's Stairway or Queen's Another one bites the Dust.
I have the Xanadu cassette (somewhere) I enjoyed both the movie and the soundtrack... I was hot for Olivia back then, loved ELO and hey if it was cool enough for Swan from "The Warriors" to be in
I kind of tuned out to both in the 80's... ELO seemed to get a little disco and Olivia got physical.
^^In all my years of playing and collecting vinyl I never spun any of my records backwards...I had heard a few stories about the messages that were put in there but I was never curious enough to find out for myself.
Face the Music is definitely one of my favorite ELO records, as for Olivia getting Physical my friend had such a crush on her back then he would buy anything she put out...I tried to swing him to the dark side, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, BTO, April Wine but he was more likely to play Neil Diamond or the Bee Gees instead.
For me it was her earlier stuff... the Have you ever been mellow and I Honestly Love You days... in part to my mom and sister. I didn't really get into Grease all that much but Xanadu I really enjoyed... I'm sure it was the collaboration with ELO... The Let's get physical stuff just seemed like processed cheese to me.
Never got the BeeGees although I do dig me sum Neil Diamond. I would love to see him in Las Vegas.
^^I didn't mind her early stuff either Terra, but I was never a big Neil Diamond fan I don't have any of his albums, I am tempted to pick up "Hot August Night" one of these days...
I think I'll play Face the Music tonight, I have such great memories from back then and they always come flooding back whenever I pick a classic old album like that one.
After hearing "Hold On Tight" at #10 on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM Radio Show back in 1981 while with family around Ventura, California, a US 101 road trip to Santa Barbara when I was just 9 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom!
The Move Message from the Country (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
No Answer (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
ELO II (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
On the Third Day (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
Eldorado, A Symphony (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
Face the Music (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
A New World Record (2006 bonus tracks CD remaster)
Out of the Blue (2007 30th Anniversary bonus tracks CD remaster)
Discovery (2001 bonus tracks CD remaster)
Time (2001 bonus tracks CD remaster)
Secret Messages (2001 bonus tracks CD remaster)
Balance of Power (2007 bonus tracks CD remaster)
ZOOM (2001 audio cassette)
Live albums
The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) (1998 CD)
Live at Winterland '76 (1998 CD)
Compilations
Olé ELO (1990 audio cassette)
Afterglow (1990 O audio cassette)
Flashback (2000)
All Over the World: The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra (2005)
Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2 (2008)
DVD
ZOOM Tour Live (2001 DVD)
'Out of the Blue Tour' Live at Wembley/Discovery (1998 DVD)
Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley (2006 DVD remaster)
Xanadu: Magical Music Edition (2008 DVD)
Live - The Early Years (2010 DVD)
Miscellaneous
Jeff Lynne Armchair Theatre (1990 audio cassette)
Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990 audio cassette)
2001 Rockline Jeff Lynne interview (My own homemade recording on audio cassette)
I've been in second hand record shop today and found this
The only problem I found is that was on cassettes, I couldn't buy it and I don't have tape player and definitely not looking forward to buy it. But... well... £3 for that...
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