Let There Be Light!!

Put those flags out - because finally, eventually the second wave of ELO remasters are coming out!!

September 11th sees the release of digitally remastered versions of "On The Third Day", "A New World Record" and "Face The Music" with bonus tracks. This is preceded by a new single "Surrender", which is released as a download single on August 28th and as a physical you-can-buy-it-in-the-shops type CD single (remember them?) on 4th September.

Information on all of this and more can be found at the Face The Music Website.

http://www.ftmusic.com

Def Leppard - The 2CD 'Deluxe' edition of one of my all-time favourite albums "Hysteria" is due for release on October 16th. The full Track listing is as follows:

CD1
1. Women
2. Rocket
3. Animal
4. Love Bites
5. Pour Some Sugar On Me
6. Armageddon It
7 Gods Of War
8. Don't Shoot Shotgun
9. Run Riot
10. Hysteria
11. Excitable
12. Love & Affection

Plus four flipsides
13. Tear It Down (Original Version)
14. Ride Into The Sun (1987 Version)
15. I Wanna Be Your Hero
16. Ring Of Fire

CD2
1. Elected (live in Tilburg, Holland)
2. Love & Affection (live in Tilburg, Holland)
3. Billy's Got A Gun (live in Tilburg, Holland)
4. Rock Of Ages (live in Tilburg, Holland)
5. Women (live in Denver)
6. Animal (extended version)
7. Pour Some Sugar On Me (extended version)
8. Armageddon It (The Nuclear Mix)
9. Excitable (Orgasmic Mix)
10. Rocket (The Lunar Mix)
11. Release Me (by Stumpus Maximus & The Good Ol' Boys)

Level 42 - Level 42 release their first album in 10 years on 18th September called "Retroglide" followed by a UK tour. These days the only original member left is Mark King, however for this album he's collaborated on the writing with original guitarist Boon Gould:

http://www.level42.com/

http://www.forevernow.com/menu.shtml

Pete Bennett - As you may know, Big Brother winner Pete is also the singer in a band called Daddy Fantastic. If you want to see, what Pete gets up to when he's not in the Big Brother House then check out the band's website at:

http://www.daddyfantastic.com/

Videos

Genesis - Turn It On Again (Original Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67OtAM-SPjg&search=mike%20rutherford

"Every time there is a Genesis video compilation the video to "Turn It On Again" always seems to be the the live version taken from 'Three Sides Live'. However there was a promotional video made at the time - and this is it... "

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsXVf6INc

"Classic song. Classic video. Masterpiece album. Nuff said. "

Boston - More Than A Feeling (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHV3DSua3DU

Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn (Top Of The Pops 1979)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLfNkwLr1U

"A beautiful song by a young Judie. She opened the show on her most recent tour with this track - I was really missing someone at the time and the first verse just sliced through me and I started to cry! That's the power of music for you..."

Pointless - But Funny...

At it's best the internet is great resource for finding out information, communicating with each other and for reaching out to the world.

On the other hand the internet can sometimes be a place where you find daft things that make you laugh and get you through the day. Here's a few of mine...

Football

Zidane vs Materazzi - The Benny Hill Remix

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/zidane-v-materazzi-p1.php

Play The French Way

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/french-way-p1.php

Use your mouse and the left click button

Silly Football Pictures

http://footygallery.fotopic.net/

I''m updating this site - so more to follow...

George Bush

Give George Bush A Brain Game

http://www.imgag.com/product/full/ap/3067907/graphic1.swf

Beat Box Bush

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/beat-bush-p1.php

Just very strange

David Hasselhoff

Hoff Invaders - Space Invaders with a difference...

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/hoff-invaders-p1.php

Use the left and right arrow keys & the space bar

Go Petey!

Fantastic news about Pete winning Big Brother 7. A top bloke, a lovely person and a deserving winner. Great stuff!

I'm still ploughing through my massive backlog of videos. In the bits I'm watching Michael & Spiral are still in the house!

Music News

Prince - Warner Brothers are issuing another Best Of Prince compilation (their third) called 'Ultimate' on 21st August. CD1 features "17 of his best known tracks" and CD2 features some of the original remixes. Therefore still no room for "Glam Slam", "Mountains", "I Wish U Heaven", "Paisley Park", "Anotherloverholeinyohead", "Girls & Boys", "Take Me With U" "Partyman" etc, etc...

Note to Warner Brothers - all we'd really like is a Prince compilation with all the hits on please! Shouldn't be too tricky really!

Nik Kershaw - Has a new album out on his own label at the end of the year. It's called "You've Got To Laugh" and has the following tracklisting:

Can't Get Arrested
Oh You Beautiful Thing
Lost
All About You
Promises, Promises
I Hope You're Happy Now
Old House
Yeah, Yeah
Born Yesterday
Loud, Confident & Wrong
She Could Be The One
You Don't Have To Be The Sun

Videos

Yes - Rhythm Of Love (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWXloXXplhs

"A single taken from 1987's 'Big Generator' album."

Lyndsey Buckingham - Go Insane (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v2qMVGTTbQ

"An underrated solo effort from Lyndsey"

Van Halen - Right Now (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCkQZOnCN3k

"Not the greatest track Van Halen have ever produced - far from it - but it's accompanied by a thought provoking video that I've always liked"

Amy Grant - Lead Me On (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr95ouiouIs

"Many people in the UK know Amy Grant through her 1991 hit 'Baby Baby' and its parent album 'Heart In Motion'. Whilst 'Heart In Motion' was a fine pop album, for me Amy's finest moment was the album that preceded it - the spiritual and emotional 'Lead Me On'. I first heard the album in June 1989 and it remains one of my all time favourites to this day..."

The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWC2-MFwWr8

"One of many fine tracks by The Bangles..."

Rainbow - Can't Happen Here (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1HT27qPsSE

"Hadn't seen this video for 25 years! Still topical..."

...And the beat goes on

One bit of good news in an otherwise really difficult week was the release of Bucks Fizz "The Lost Masters" CD last Monday. I've got a credit on the sleeve (see picture opposite) which I'm really chuffed about for a whole bunch of reasons. That's it - the CD's out so I'll shut up about it now!

The new football season has kicked off and Wolves have gained four points out of a possible nine. It's better than I thought we'd do but last night's 3-1 defeat against Preston North End highlighted what may prove to be Wolves problem this season: we didn't lack effort but we lacked quality.

Kenny Miller, Joleon Lescott, Colin Cameron, Paul Ince, Mark Kennedy & Jeremie Aliadiere are big players to lose. I've no doubt that the players that Mick McCarthy has brought in will continue to give their all (as they have already shown) but we will need to make some more signings before the transfer window closes if we are to have any ambitions beyond just survival.

Also this week my friend, fellow Wolves supporter and honourary Bloxwich Dolphin Tony McHale has set up his own website! It can be viewed here - so go check it out...

http://shigmagazine.blogspot.com/

Art Of Noise - Release a 4 CD box set of their ZTT-era material this month. It's entitled "And What Have You Done With My Body God?". The track listing is as follows:-

Disc: 1
1. Beat Box (One Made Earlier)
2. Once Upon A Lime
3. War (Demo 2)
4. Close To The Edge
5. Confession
6. Moments In Love
7. Sign Of Relief
8. Who's Afraid of Scale?
9. So What Happens Now? (Take 2)
10. The Subject Has Moved Left
11. It's Not Fair
12. Close To The Edge (Ruff Mix)
13. A Time For Fear (Who's Afraid?)
14. Moments In Bed

Disc: 2
1. Moments In Love (12" B Side Idea)
2. Tears Out Of A Stone
3. Samba #2
4. The Chain Of Chance
5. Fairlight-In-The-Being
6. Diversions 3
7. Close (To Be Compiled)
8. Diversions 5
9. Damn It All!
10. Structure
11. The Angel Reel: Hymn 1 (Take 2)
12. The Angel Reel: Hymn 3
13. The Angel Reel: Fairground
14. And What Have You Done With My Body, God?
15. Klimax
16. Who Knew?

Disc: 3
1. War (Demo 4)
2. The Focus Of Satisfaction
3. Moments In Love (7" Master Rejected)
4. It Stopped
5. The Uncertainty Of Syrup
6. The Long Hello
7. The Vacuum Divine
8. The Ambassadors Reel: Beat Box
9. The Ambassadors Reel: Medley
10. The Ambassadors Reel: Oobly
11. Goodbye Art Of Noise

Disc: 4
1. Battle
2. Beat Box
3. The Army Now
4. Donna
5. Moments In Love
6. Bright Noise
7. Flesh In Armour
8. Comes And Goes
9. Moment In Love
10. That Was Close
11. Moments In Love + Moments In Love (Beaten)
12. Love Beat
13. In Case We Sneezed
14. A Time To Hear - Who's Listening
15. (Do) Donna (Do)
16. Battle Outakes

The Official release date is 21st August but if you order it from the ZTT website then you may get it earlier than that and you'll get a promo sampler CD thrown too!

http://www.ztt.com/

On a related but much more serious point - love, prayers & support go out to Trevor Horn following his wife's tragic accident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/5119654.stm

Bailey Tzuke - Judie Tzuke's daughter Bailey has set up her own site on myspace. She's currently unsigned to a record label but I don't think that will remain the case for too long!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40506826

Videos

Jeff Lynne - Video (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piXcYnsUxvg

Something from July 1984 taken from the 'Electric Dreams' soundtrack. This track also incorporates some of the melodies from ELO's unreleased 1983 track 'Beatles Forever'.

Daryl Hall - Dreamtime (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm3I19uo1ug

Def Leppard - Rock On (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjH3pUW8BTw

Def Leppard's take on the David Essex track, taken from the album "Yeah!"

Dollar - Hand Held In Black & White (Top Of The Pops 1981)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eu12WX1K5M

Was this really 25 years ago? Look out for writer/producer Trevor Horn lurking in the background playing bass.

The Beatles - Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf-Q2rDd6Tw&search=beatles

A vintage clip of a classic track.

And for those of you just joining us (Hi Tony!) - this is for you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dllM9eGSg2A&mode=related&search=st%20etienne

Music News - 5th August

Freddie Mercury - Had he lived to see it, Freddie Mercury would have been 60 years old on 5th September. There are numerous plans to celebrate his life in the style that Freddie would have expected!

BBC Radio 2 have made a new documentary produced by Mark Goodier. Part One is scheduled to be broadcast on August 26th and Part Two on September 2nd.

ITV have made a new documentary about Freddie featuring new interviews with family and friends which is scheduled to be shown on 5th September.

A book by Simon Lupton & Greg Brooks "Freddie Mercury - A Life In His Own Words" collating numerous interviews with Freddie is published on 11th September.

A Double CD "The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury" is released on 4th September. Full details can be found here:

http://www.queenworld.com/artman/publish/article_426.shtml

There is also a double DVD "Lover Of Life...Singer Of Songs" featuring a new two hour documentary on DVD1 and a compilation of Freddie's solo videos plus masses of extras on DVD2. More details can be found on a new website which can be found here:

http://www.loveroflifesingerofsongs.com/

Finally, there is a lavish party at London's Dominion Theatre on 5th September incorporating a special performance of "We Will Rock You". Invites have been extended those who would have been on Freddie's personal guest list and the whole thing is fancy dress! All proceeds from the evening are going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust - so if you can get a ticket then it promises to be quite a night!

If you can't make that then there is a slightly less lavish celebration being run by the International Queen Fan Club at...er... The Shed in Brierley Hill on September 9th. Live music, Queen Tribute Bands, disco, raffle, videos, fancy dress, bar, restaurant etc running from 2 in the afternoon till 10.30. Tickets are £15 if you're in the Fan Club and £20 if you're not.

Slade - The first batch of CD reissues for Slade are out this month. Some confusion over whether it will be 7th or 21st August. Further details, including bonus tracks, can be found here...

http://mailinglist.stroemoe.com/Mailinglist/New-Release.htm

Abba - Track listing for the 30th Anniversary edition of "Arrival" has been announced and is as follows:

Disc 1 - CD

1. When I Kissed The Teacher
2. Dancing Queen
3. My Love, My Life
4. Dum Dum Diddle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
6. Money, Money, Money
7. That’s Me
8. Why Did It Have To Be Me
9. Tiger
10. Arrival

BONUS TRACKS
11. Fernando
12. Happy Hawaii
13. Fernando (Spanish version)
14. La Reina Del Baile (Spanish version of Dancing Queen)
15. Conociéndome, Conociéndote (Spanish version of Knowing Me, Knowing You)
16. Fernando (Frida’s Swedish solo version)

Disc 2 - DVD

1. "ABBA-Dabba-Dooo!!" This is a television special, originally screened in November 1976 and featured interviews with the group and its individual members. Eight songs from the Arrival album were performed in the one-hour programme. 'Dancing Queen' is featured in the form of the familiar promo clip but the remaining performances were made especially for this programme. They are:

Knowing Me, Knowing You
When I Kissed The Teacher (featuring a different, early mix)
Dum Dum Diddle (live)
My Love, My Life
Money, Money, Money
Tiger (see previous post featuring this clip)
Why Did It Have To Be Me (live).

2. Dancing Queen (From 'The Best Of ABBA / Musikladen Extra, filmed in January 1976'.
3. Fernando (Top Of The Pops 1976)
4. Happy Hawaii (Cartoon version of 'Happy Hawaii' was originally to be featured in a projected series of ABBA cartoons, instigated in 1976. The project was ultimately shelved, but not before this unique clip was completed).
5. Dancing Queen (Recording session)
6. ABBA in London, November 1976: A feature on ABBA’s visit to London, promoting the Arrival album. The complete report of this visit, taken from the Young Nation section of the current affairs show 'Nationwide', has not been seen since originally broadcast in November 1976.
7. ABBA’s 1976 success – news report: This report, capturing ABBA at the height of their 1976 success, was originally featured in the Swedish news programme Rapport in December 1976.
8. Arrival television commercial I
9. Arrival television commercial II: Two different commercials for the Arrival album, originally screened in the UK in early 1977.
10. International sleeve gallery: A gallery of Arrival-related single and album sleeves from around the world.

Def Leppard - According to 'Classic Rock' magazine, plans are afoot for a 2-CD version of the classic Def Leppard album "Hysteria" later this year.

Jay Aston - Jay has issued a 3CD edition of her 'Lamb or Lizard' album via her website. It's available (autographed) as a limited edition of 100. Mine arrived in the post on Tuesday!

http://www.jay-aston.co.uk/

Anyway - It's Saturday...so it's video time...

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (Promotional Video - Version2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGc4wcil2g&search=kate%20bush

Happy birthday to Kate last Sunday! Most people have seen the promotional video for this song but there were in fact two. This is the rarely seen alternative version filmed over Cannock Chase (or not).

ELO - Shine A Little Love (Promotional Video - Version 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXAP76U4sAc

Another alternative promotional video. There was the Mike Mansfield version shot for the "Discovery" Video Album...and then there's this...

Genesis - Land Of Confusion (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBdUz_IJ4VA

Sadly the lyrics to this are just as relevant as when this song was released 20 years ago - perhaps more so. A superb (and very funny) video that offsets quite a serious message.

Olivia Newton-John - Magic (Midnight Special 1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXLkKflnis

Slightly wobbly picture quality but a great clip of the utterly gorgeous Livvy.

Garbage - Push It (Promotional Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-CHEnJ7gnc

I saw Garbage at Wolves Civic a few years ago. They opened the show with an awesome version of this track, which bristled with intensity and menace and damn near tore the roof off !! The video is a strange, surreal and compelling beastie with some strangely disturbing images...

And a final word...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8q_AGKn_hE&search=kenny%20everett