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Post by Dawn on Jun 5, 2003 8:35:28 GMT -5
Today's album is:
Out of the Blue - Electric Light Orchestra, 1977[/size]
The tracks:
1. Turn to Stone
2. It's Over
3. Sweet Talkin' Woman
4. Across the Border
5. Night in the City
6. Starlight
7. Jungle
8. Believe Me Now
9. Steppin' Out
10. Big Wheels
11. Summer and Lightning
12. Mr. Blue Sky
13. Sweet Is the Night
14. Whale
15. Birmingham Blues
16. Wild West Hero
What are your thoughts on this album?
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Jun 5, 2003 9:57:21 GMT -5
Actually don't own this one, so I am only familiar with the box set cuts. Someone else on here (Maybe Pete??) point out how Face the Music, New World Record, and this one is one of rock's great triple plays or hat tricks for our friends north of the border.  I agree. The two big singles, Turn to Stone and Sweet Talkin' Woman, I remember sell from my youth. My brother and I pointed out how Turn to Stone in different parts sounds like both Queen and the Bee Gees! Steppin' Out and Sweet is the Night are both good. Mr Blue Sky is a really great song that our local Timeless Rock station recently starting playing (THANK YOU!!). Good album! |
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Post by Ken on Jun 5, 2003 12:58:01 GMT -5
I loved it then and I love it now! Another great album from ELO . I bought it back in '77 / '78 . Bought the Turn To Stone 45 as well . I loved the cardboard spaceship that came with the album (remember that?). So many strong tracks - my classic rock station plays Mr.Blue Sky quite often. Faves include : Sweet Talkin' Woman , Turn To Stone , Birmingham Blues , Night in The City , Summer and Lightning , Jungle and Mr. Blue Sky.
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Post by Pete70s on Jun 5, 2003 18:05:26 GMT -5
I love this album!!! I had the Turn To Stone and Sweet Talkin' Woman singles as a kid (STW was on light purple vinyl!) but I just heard the whole album a couple of years ago. Like many double albums, maybe there are a couple of songs that could have been omitted, but there are too many good cuts here for a single lp!
Promo copies of this album exist on blue vinyl. I'd LOVE to find one!!
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Post by Dawn on Jun 5, 2003 21:29:22 GMT -5
Actually don't own this one, so I am only familiar with the box set cuts. Someone else on here (Maybe Pete??) point out how Face the Music, New World Record, and this one is one of rock's great triple plays or hat tricks for our friends north of the border. I agree. The two big singles, Turn to Stone and Sweet Talkin' Woman, I remember sell from my youth. My brother and I pointed out how Turn to Stone in different parts sounds like both Queen and the Bee Gees! Steppin' Out and Sweet is the Night are both good. Mr Blue Sky is a really great song that our local Timeless Rock station recently starting playing (THANK YOU!!). Good album! You and your brother are right - they do sound very much like the Bee Gees and also Queen on 'Turn to Stone'! Both it and 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' bring back so many memories of that time for me. For years, I didn't hear 'Mr. Blue Sky' on the radio at all, but it's recently started getting play here also. It took me a while to warm up to that song, but now I love it! |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 5, 2003 21:33:16 GMT -5
I loved it then and I love it now! Another great album from ELO . I bought it back in '77 / '78 . Bought the Turn To Stone 45 as well . I loved the cardboard spaceship that came with the album (remember that?). So many strong tracks - my classic rock station plays Mr.Blue Sky quite often. Faves include : Sweet Talkin' Woman , Turn To Stone , Birmingham Blues , Night in The City , Summer and Lightning , Jungle and Mr. Blue Sky. I agree, this is a great album. I knew many of the tracks from the box set, but didn't get the actual LP until fairly recently. The cardboard spaceship is probably a collector's item nowadays! 'Night in the City' is an album track I absolutely love. I think that could have been very successful as a single! |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 5, 2003 21:39:17 GMT -5
I love this album!!! I had the Turn To Stone and Sweet Talkin' Woman singles as a kid (STW was on light purple vinyl!) but I just heard the whole album a couple of years ago. Like many double albums, maybe there are a couple of songs that could have been omitted, but there are too many good cuts here for a single lp! Promo copies of this album exist on blue vinyl. I'd LOVE to find one!! That purple vinyl 45 of 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' sounds great, as does the blue vinyl LP. I've always wanted to start collecting colored vinyl records, but they're very hard to find nowadays. I agree, it would be hard to condense this album down into a single album. So many of the songs are excellent! |
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Post by 55dodger on Jun 6, 2003 0:51:24 GMT -5
This album had some really good songs on it. Trouble with this album is it followed New World Record and came before Discovery. It kind of gets lost in the shuffle between those two really great albums. Good singles, good album cuts. Not bad, just really not their best. Favorites: Sweet Talkin' Woman, Mr. Blue Sky, Wild West Hero, Turn to Stone, Steppin' Out, Night in the City.
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Post by Dawn on Jun 6, 2003 7:52:06 GMT -5
This album had some really good songs on it. Trouble with this album is it followed New World Record and came before Discovery. It kind of gets lost in the shuffle between those two really great albums. Good singles, good album cuts. Not bad, just really not their best. Favorites: Sweet Talkin' Woman, Mr. Blue Sky, Wild West Hero, Turn to Stone, Steppin' Out, Night in the City. That's a good point, dodger. It does seem as though those other two albums are better remembered, probably largely due to the success of the single releases. But this one is great as well, and has some very strong album cuts. As I mentioned to Ken, I especially love 'Night in the City'. |
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Post by Ken on Jun 6, 2003 19:05:16 GMT -5
I agree, this is a great album. I knew many of the tracks from the box set, but didn't get the actual LP until fairly recently. The cardboard spaceship is probably a collector's item nowadays! 'Night in the City' is an album track I absolutely love. I think that could have been very successful as a single! Hi Dawn  It is quite hard to find the album with all the inserts although I have been very lucky and found 3 ! I sold one not long ago . |
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Post by Kat on Jun 8, 2003 15:51:47 GMT -5
I friggin' love ELO, and I consider this to be a really good album.
They're all great songs, but my serious favorites are "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", "It's Over", and "Sweet Is The Night."
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Post by Dawn on Jun 8, 2003 20:17:19 GMT -5
Hi Dawn It is quite hard to find the album with all the inserts although I have been very lucky and found 3 ! I sold one not long ago . Those were great finds, Ken! I've seen many copies of this album in used record shops, but I don't think any of them had the cardboard spaceship included. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 8, 2003 20:21:54 GMT -5
I friggin' love ELO, and I consider this to be a really good album. They're all great songs, but my serious favorites are "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", "It's Over", and "Sweet Is The Night." ELO has always been one of my favorite groups - their music is awesome! 'It's Over' and 'Sweet is the Night' are both very good album tracks! |
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Post by Kat on Jun 8, 2003 22:21:45 GMT -5
ELO has always been one of my favorite groups - their music is awesome! 'It's Over' and 'Sweet is the Night' are both very good album tracks! Mine, too! This is one of those groups that makes me wanna blast my stereo when I hear one of their songs, and of course, I have to sing along. I have a cardboard standup that belonged to my aunt sitting right here beside my desk. Up top it has "Electric Light Orchestra" and below that "A New World Record" with their their logo in the middle. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 9, 2003 8:47:28 GMT -5
Mine, too! This is one of those groups that makes me wanna blast my stereo when I hear one of their songs, and of course, I have to sing along. I have a cardboard standup that belonged to my aunt sitting right here beside my desk. Up top it has "Electric Light Orchestra" and below that "A New World Record" with their their logo in the middle. That's great that you have that standup - it sounds very cool!  I imagine there aren't many of those still around nowadays. |
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I agree.
It is quite hard to find the album with all the inserts although I have been very lucky and found 3 ! 
I imagine there aren't many of those still around nowadays.