The wait is over - the new Remasered Editions of the albums On The Third Day, Face The Music and A New World Record hit the record stores in September 2006. In February 2007 Out of the Blue and Balance of Power were re-released, as well. Unter the supervision of Jeff Lynne und with input by Rob Caiger (E.L.O. archivist and leader von Face the Music England) a superb collection of CDs has been produced, a real treat for us fans. Excellent Soundquality - remastered by Jeff Lynne with Jeff Magid - and highly intersting bonus material, as well as newly designed booklets mit sleeve notes from Jeff Lynne and Rob Caiger.

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Celebrating the 30th anniversary of it's first release we get a great sounding album along with 3 bonus tracks. Among them the new (newly finalized) song Latitude 88 North, which resembels E.L.O.'s second download single. Jeff Lynne got the best sound of the old master tapes that has ever been heard of this master piece album. Unfortunately the original multitrack tapes are long gone, so we will probalby never get to hear a Surround-Sound version. For more information about Latitude 88 North please klick here. 

01) Turn to Stone
02) It's Over
03) Sweet Talking Woman
04) Across the Border
05) Night in the City
06) Starlight
07) Jungle
08) Believe Me Now
09) Steppin Out
10) Standing in the Rain
11) Big Wheels
12) Summer and Lightning
13) Mr. Bue Sky
14) Sweet is the Night
15) The Whale
16) Birmingham Blues
17) Wild West Hero

Bonus tracks:
18) Wild West Hero (alternate bridge: home demo)
19) The Quick and the Daft
20) Latitude 88 North

Even Balance of Power is already 21 years old when the "remastered edition" hit the shops in Februar 2007. On this release we get lots of great bonus material, for example the long awaited alternative version of Heaven Only Knows which has a different melodie and text during the verses. Also In for the Kill is a real treat. This is an alternative version of the song Caught in a Trap, which gives it's debut on CD here for the first time.

The sound on this new release is just brilliant. Comparing it to the old CD form the 80ies we get a very clear winner with this new edition.

01) Heaven Only Knows
02) So Serious
03) Getting To The Point
04) Secret Lives
05) Is it Alright
06) Sorrow About To Fall
07) Without Someone
08) Calling America
09) Endless Lies
10) Send It

Bonus tracks:
11) Opening
12) Heaven Only Knows (alternative version)
13) In For the Kill
14) Secret Lives (alternative take)
15) Sorrow About to Fall (alternative mix)
16) Caught in a Trap
17) Destination Unknown

Besides the 30 years old hit record in excellent sound quality, Jeff Lynne provides us with a complete new song as one of the bonus tracks. Surrender is the first ever Download-Single by E.L.O. For more information about Surrender please click here 

All other bonus tracks are great as well. Besides 4 intrumental versions there is an alternative recording of Telephone Line with a different vocal track.

01) Tightrope
02) Telephone Line
03) Rockaria!
04) Mission (A World Record)
05) So Fine
06) Livin' Thing
07) Above The Clouds
08) Do Ya
09) Shangri-La

Bonus tracks:
10) Telephone Line (Differend Vocal)
11) Surrender
12) Tightrope (Instrumental Early Rough Mix)
13) Above The Clouds (Instrumental Rough Mix)
14) So Fine (Instrumental Early Rough Mix)
15) Telephone Line (Instrumental)

As with A New World Record this CD has superb sound quality and contains very special bonus material. For once there is an alternate version of Evil Woman, which comes along as "Stripped Down Version" without the use of an Orchestra, but with an additional verse.

A very special highlight is the instrumental version of Waterfall. Please decide for yourself if it is even better than the original version.

01) Fire On High
02) Waterfall
03) Evil Woman
04) Nightrider
05) Poker
06) Strange Magic
07) Down Home Town
08) One Summer Dream

Bonus tracks:
09) Fire On High Intro (Early Alternative Mix)
10) Evil Woman (Stripped Down Mix)
11) Strange Magic (US Single Edit)
12) Waterfall (Instrumental Mix)

For this new edition (at last) the original cover artwork (from the Warner edition) was used. The cover allone gives the album a different feeling. For comparison here is the cover which was used in all previous CD issues of the album.

01) Ocean Breakup /King Of The Universe
02) Bluebird Is Dead
03) Oh No Not Susan
04) New World Rising / Ocean Breackup Reprise
05) Showdown
06) Daybreaker
07) Ma-ma-ma Belle
08) Dreaming Of 4000
09) In The Hall Of the Mountain King

Bonus tracks:
10) Auntie (Ma-ma-ma Belle Take 1)
11) Auntie (Ma-ma-ma Belle Take 2)
12) Everyone's Born To Die
13) Interludes

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Letzte Änderung: 01.06.2007