| re: ASIA (A.L.O.) | |
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Scaramouche 06:46 pm UTC 11/04/10 |
| In reply to: | re: ASIA (A.L.O.) - rockfenris2005 09:20 am UTC 11/04/10 |
| My understanding is that John Payne wrote the song for the ELO Part 2 project and obviously played it to Jim (I think they worked together in NYC for about 6 months). I would suggest Jim did some production work on the song before the project folded? The version that appears on Archiva 1 bears the mark of Steinman in the intro keyboard part and BV's? > > From the liner notes of Archiva 1: > > > > "This song started life as a demo for ELO Part II and was > > called 'Quest For the Key, much liked by the then producer > > Jim Steinman. It was upgraded and renamed humorously > > "A.L.O" (Asiatic Light Orchestra) and then it was recorded > > as a demo for 'Aria' - September '89" > > > > :-) > > > > - Danny. > > > > So it's a demo that Jim produced? Sort of like "Bring me > the head of Jerry Garcia"? > | |
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