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Mr.Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne was born on 30th December 1947 in Birmingham,
UK.He formed an interest in music while still at school, influenced by artists such as Del
Shannon, whose concert at the Birmingham Town Hall made a lasting impression on young Jeff
and was to change his whole future, Roy Orbison and, of course The Beatles.When
he was fifteen, Jeff was given a plastic guitar by his father.In 1966, at the age of nineteen, he joined a local Birmingham band called
The Nightriders, who were looking for a guitar player through an advert.The band subsequently changed their name to The Idle
Race and made young Jeff their front man.In 1970 Jeff Lynne left the band in order to join
The Move, then a very popular and
successful band in Britain, accepting Roy Wood's second invitation,
who promised his old friend Lynne to launch a new project, called The Electric Light
Orchestra, which had been on his mind for a couple of years.ELO's eponymous debut album until
December 1971.In the meantime they still recorded and performed as The Move, which was
a necessary move in order to finance their new project: Two more albums, Looking On
(1970) and Message From The Country (1971) and a couple of relatively successful singles
were released, before The Move ceased to exist.Within a week of ELO's first single release, "10538 Overture", in June 1972, Roy had left the
band to form Wizzard: "I left ELO partly because attention was being focused
on me, and not the band as a whole, and partly to save the friendship between Jeff and myself.California in June 1973, and the band were
well received.However, despite ELO's highly successful
tours in the seventies, Lynne became increasingly more uneasy about touring: "I like making
records better than playing live.When it got to those big arenas, with 20.There's too many people involved.And the size of the place totally destroys the sound."Making the record, framed with an overture and a
finale and subtitled "A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra", was a big thrill:
"Hearing all these guys strike up with that big tune was amazing."Face The Music (1975) gave Jeff Lynne his first worldwide smash with the single "Evil
Woman".I'd take the songs along to
the practice hall where we'd learn them", explains Lynne, "I would never sing until all
the instruments were finished.We'd learn all the backing tracks, go in the studio and lay them
down in a few days.Then I'd
play the guitars or whatever else, do the backing vocals and then maybe the choir."It was always a mystery to everybody.I'd
spend a week just doing words and go in and sing the lot."Despite this
commercial success, Jeff took the movie's failure very badly and came to loathe his involvement
with the film, since it finally destroyed any pitiful remainig shreds of credibility that the
band still might have possessed in the eyes of the public.Although the Electric Light Orchestra had always been Lynne's prime concern, he also
made a few attempts at working on solo material and producing other artists."Going Down To Rio") in 1977 which didn't do very well.Jasper
Carrot "Funky Moped" (1975) and Dave Edmunds, whose albums Information (1983)
and Riff Raff (1984) contain some material by Lynne.The eighties saw the release of three more ELO albums, Time (1981), Secret
Messages (1983) and Balance Of Power (1986), none of which achieved the same success
as ELO's heyday albums of the late seventies.Looking back on that period in 1990,
Lynne spoke candidly of those records: "They lack inspiration, because I didn't have any.But now I listen to it and I wasn't.In 1986, after a charity gig in Birmingham, a final gig in Wembley Stadium and two more shows
in Germany, Jeff Lynne finally lost interest and split the band he had helped to found, moving
onto a solo career involving writing, recording and producing some of rock's biggest names:
George Harrison (Cloud Nine, 1987), Roy Orbison (Mystery Girl, 1989
and King Of Hearts, 1992), Tom Petty (Full Moon Fever, 1989 and Into
The Great Wide Open, 1991) and Del Shannon (Rock On!Other production
credits include Randy Newman, Duane Eddy, Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr,
Joe Cocker, Dave Morgan, Hank Marvin, Miss B.Haven, Julianna
Raye and Tom Jones.Lynne was instrumental in forming the all star supergroup
Traveling Wilburys together with Harrison, Petty, Dylan and Orbison in 1988.They
released two albums, the very succesful and critically acclaimed Vol.This much underrated album never really hit it off and its first
single "Every little thing" was only a minor hit for Lynne.George Martin's shoes,
producing his idols, The Beatles.In May 1996 Jeff Lynne received another Ivor Novello award for Outstanding
Services To British Music.Those are rather nice numbers.All of that and now forever part of Beatles Mythology, too.This web site compiles a list of works from an undeniable music craftsman.Facts and figures, rumors and gossip, and suggested best moments for all the times we've said, "I love this part!."Photo by Pam Springsteen, Los Angeles, 2000.Discussions, official news and so on.Face The Music Online for official news and info.Sony's Official ELO website: elomusic.Some pictures from Roy Wood's performance at the Village Underground in New York.There are no ties or affiliations to any record companies or management agencies involving Jeff Lynne, ELO, other related artists, or artists listed on this site.This is not a web page run by Jeff Lynne himself.Any information gathered here has already been published or broadcast in a wide variety of sources.Birthday Party for RCA in 1969.Hours() * 3600 + newCurrentTime.Minutes() * 60 + newCurrentTime.Minutes() * 60 + currentTime.This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are.Join Amazon Prime today.See all 18 customer reviews...Available from these sellers.See all 18 customer reviews...Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.The easiest way to shoot video reviews.Jeff Lynne is one of those musicians that you can't help but notice after awhile.Then I got into something else and realized that Lynne's name was stamped on all of them.Some of the songs are reminiscent of ELO to me (Don't Say Goodbye, Every Little Thing, Save Me Now) but mixed with widely differing sounds.Overall, it has kind of a synthetic bluesy, jazzy pop tempo kind of sound.How do you define genius?Was this review helpful to you?Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."Of a completely different nature than the stuff most everyone who knows Jeff Lynne for (the music of Electric Light Orchestra), this obscure little masterpiece is definitely worth the long search it might take to find a copy (I had a difficult time tracking one down, but I see that there are several used copies available here at Amazon.Jeff Lynne in a rather obscure way...CD many years later), and enjoyed it immensely...Beatles revolution wasn't to occur in my life for another decade or so).I'd never heard of named Jeff Lynne, really blew my young mind away and to this day, going on thirteen years later, remains one of my favorite songs (another one that, if I die anytime soon, I want to have played at my funeral, for those of you who have the power to make it so, should it unfortunately come to pass).Searches for his name on Amazon and Ebay revealed nothing (this was before Amazon had a listing for out of print albums such as this).Lynne, pretty much forgetting even his name, though never the song.Great song, if a bit repetitive, and a nifty video.Intruiged by the hair, I wanted to find out more about this guy, and discovered his name was Jeff Lynne...God bless you for reading all of that.George Harrison himself was on hand to play guitar on several of the songs (less than half, I think, but still quite a few).It's really got the sound of the Traveling Wilburys, which happened first before and then again after this album, which is great news if you like the Wilburys stuff (and I do).If you want more, it can serve as a nice introduction, and it's good enough, you'll still have another solid album to keep in your music collection.Other reviewers got it spot on when commenting that this is definitely not ELO.Beautifully crafted songs appear all over this rather too short masterpiece, interestingly most of which were recorded in various rooms in Lynne's very own mansion.Jeff as he is rocking away in his living room or kitchen!Armchair Theater: Jeff Lynne's Overlooked Masterwork
I must admit up front to being an enthusiast of Jeff Lynne's work ever since the first strains of Electric Light Orchestra's "New World Record" began to be heard on American FM...This is definitely not an ELO album although some of the production has a bit of that feel (no big surprise as Jeff Lynne is...He keeps his bombastic tendencies on a relatively short leash this time out,...Published on December 25, 2005 by J.Jeff Lynne SHINES
If you love the music of Jeff Lynne in ELO, you will LOVE this CD.The Master at His Best
Just can't say enough about Jeff Lynne.When I first heard the Face The Music album, I was hooked on the ELO sound.Sensational Album From The Master
Jeff Lynne's first solo album comes hot on the heels of producing classics like George Harrison's Cloud Nine, Roy Orbison's Mystery Girl, Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever and the...Published on October 13, 2004 by William J.Sounds better than ever
This one has improved with age, as everything Jeff Lynne has ever written.If you're an ELO or Jeff Lynne fan, you may love this.See all 18 customer reviews...Why do people buy CDs when records sound so much better?What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?Off Your StairMaster and Nautilus Purchase
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