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Wilbury 09:32 am UTC 06/16/07 |
| In reply to: | re: ELO part 2 + Jim, not that crazy a thought. - mickp 09:24 am UTC 06/16/07 |
| Oh yeah, I remember reading about the ELO part 2 + Asia thing as well. To be honest I never really cared that much because a) ELO part 2 are a bunch of boring wankers and b) I never thought there was any real significance or truth to it. But I see what you're saying, perhaps ELO part 2 is the result of the peripheral ELO band members (ie ELO minus Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy, who in a round about way are the only two ingredients needed for most of what the later ELO did) meeting with Jim, and hitting it off with Eric Troyer and doing their own thing after that. Of course, that leaves pretty much all of the late 80s unaccounted for as far as the ELO band members are concerned. So the chronology still doesn't sit well with me. But it's sounding like a plausable theory? > As I understand the 'ELO' that Jim was going to produce > did not feature Eric Troyer - it was to be led by a guy > from Asia (forgotten the name) and there's that demo > 'quest for the key' that sounds very ELO that was intended > for that album. I think Eric came on board later, perhaps > by way of a Jim introduction, when the first reunion > didn't come off > > > Ha! Gotta love liner notes and press kits that say what > > the artist in question is upto next, always makes for > > interesting reading years after the fact. > > > > An ELO Part II album produced by Jim is not actually as > > left field as it sounds, given as New York backing > > vocalist Eric Troyer (who is on Dead Ringer, and Bad for > > Good, and did he tour with Meat or perform on Original > > Sin?) was the lead singer of ELO part 2 along with Kelly > > Groucutt (who was the bassist in ELO, ie the REAL ELO with > > Jeff Lynne). > > > > So it'd be Jim with an orchestra, fairly competent studio > > musicians and a studio vocalist that loosely formed part > > of his stable. The only real question mark would be over > > it still carrying the ELO moniker once Jim had turned it > > into a "Fire Inc. Part 2" kind of situation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I presume you mean ELO part 2? > > > > > > > > How and why is an ELO Part 2 gig from 1990 documented in > > > > the liner notes of a jim Steinman LP from 1989? What's the > > > > deal there? > > > > > > > > > > QUOTE: > > > > > > Steinman's overall musical output over the last twelve > > > years has been phenomenal. Briefly, apart from all the > > > obvious stuff we might know about, he's also worked on > > > three film soundtracks, (including 'Footloose' which gave > > > Bonnie Tyler another hit single with 'Holding Out For A > > > Hero'), directed the promo video for 'If You Were A Woman > > > And I Was A Man' (Bonnie Tyler again) and will be starting > > > production later this year on a new Electric Light > > > Orchestra album. 'Bat Out Of Hell' for which Steinman > > > wrote all the songs has been in the English top 200 since > > > soon after its release in 1977 and has sold close to 17 > > > million copies worldwide (triple platinum in America and > > > one of the three largest selling records ever in the > > > history of Canada and Australia). For the moment though, > > > this is history and Pandora's Box and 'Original Sin' are > > > beckoning in the future. > > > > > > 1977: Bat Out Of Hell. > > > 1989: Back Into Hell. > > > Welcome To The Future. > > > > > > > > > Check the link > > > | |
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