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Electric Light Orchestra: Face The Music

On September 1, 1975, “United Artists” label released “Face the Music”, the fifth Electric Light Orchestra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1975, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Lynne.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Lynne – lead vocals, guitars, orchestral and choral arrangements
  • Richard Tandy – piano, clavinet, Moog, Wurlitzer electric piano, tack piano, guitar, orchestral and choral arrangements
  • Kelly Groucutt – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, spoken intro, backing vocals
  • Mik Kaminski – violin
  • Hugh McDowell – cello
  • Melvyn Gale – cello
  • Ellie Greenwich, Susan Collins, Nancy O’Neill, Margaret Raymond – vocals
  • Louis Clark – orchestral and choral arrangements, orchestra conductor
  • Mack – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Lynne.

  1. Fire on High
  2. Waterfall
  3. Evil Woman
  4. Nightrider
  5. Poker
  6. Strange Magic
  7. Down Home Town
  8. One Summer Dream

Nils Lofgren: Face the Music

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On August 5, 2014, “Fantasy” label released “Nils Lofgren: Face the Music”,  nine CD / DVD box set that provides a biography of Lofgren, with each disc telling a different chapter. The first disc are the Grinyears (1971-1973),  the second disc is the beginning of his solo career (1975-1977),  the third disc chronicles his collaborations with Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin (1979-1983), the fourth disc four starts with the story in 1985 and continues with 1991’s Silver Lining and 1992’s Crooked Line, the next three discs are his independent and self-released recordings made between 1993 and 2011, and the last two discs offer rarities from various years of his career