April might as well be known as The Month of Electric Light Orchestra, as the group's pioneering frontman, producer, arranger and songwriter Jeff Lynne has announced three new catalogue projects due in the U.S. on April 23 and in the U.K. on April 22. We've updated our original post of October 5, 2012 with new information including full track listings and details on each of the three upcoming, bonus-packed releases! UPDATED ORIGINAL POST OF 10/5/12: The wait is over. Though Electric Light
Archives for February 19, 2013
An Apple A Day: Fifth Fab Volume of Apple Publishing Demos Arrives From RPM
Those were the days, my friend. In June 1967, The Beatles opened Apple Publishing in a one-room office on London’s Curzon Street, predating even the birth of Apple Records. Soon, the publishing concern moved to new quarters at 94 Baker Street, and later to 3 Savile Row. In that heady period when anything seemed possible, the Fab Four signed a multitude of talented young writers to Apple, many of them discovered by Terry Doran. Doran, a 27-year old Liverpool native who had previously owned an
Release Round-Up: Week of February 19
Herb Alpert, Fandango (Shout! Factory) Alpert's 1982 album, long unavailable on CD, is now back in print! (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Etta James, Etta is Betta Than Evah! + Bonus Tracks (Kent) Etta's final album for Chess Records, released in 1976, is expanded with 10 extra tracks from other Etta projects from the mid-'70s. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Fine Young Cannibals, Fine Young Cannibals: Deluxe Edition / The Raw & The Cooked: Deluxe Edition (Edsel) Both albums by the U.K. trio