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| 986.1 | ace he usic | TLE::WARD | John Ward | Wed Nov 25 1987 18:36 | 21 |
| Re: < Note 986.0 by BAVIKI::GOOD "Michael Good" >
> I haven't listened to "Face the Music" yet [...]
Well, try not to get *too* angry when you hear it. It seems CBS/Jet
decided to chop off the intros to 3 or 4 of the tracks---including
one of the reasons I bought the CD: the intro to "Fire On High."
[At first, I thought my CD player had skipped when I pushed PLAY.]
Aaaargh!
> What I really want is "Eldorado" - it's my favorite ELO album
In contrast, they did a fantastic job with this one. For one thing,
the whole album is there. For another, the sound is great---you can
even hear background studio noise.
I guess they couldn't cut anything out of the concept album.
John
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| 986.2 | Eldorado is great, Face the Music is butchered | BAVIKI::GOOD | Michael Good | Tue Dec 01 1987 11:34 | 21 |
| I read your note too late! I picked up "Eldorado" this weekend,
listened to it, thought it was fantastic, and then put on "Face The
Music." I jumped when it started on loud notes! I checked with my
album, and they've cut about 2� minutes of music off the album - the
first 1� minutes of "Fire On High", and the introductions to all but 3
of the other tracks.
I called the CBS quality department's 800 number to report this as a
quality problem (excuse me, 7% of the music is missing) and will try to
return it to the store for merchandise credit as a defective disc.
"On the Third Day" is in fine shape. "A New World Record" still
comes in cheapo packaging with no lyrics and very little of the cover
or sleeve art - but the whole album is indeed there.
"Eldorado" is a great album, one of the best uses of an orchestra in
rock music. It was the first time ELO recorded with an orchestra and
chorus, and I don't think they ever matched it in quality - they
certainly never tried anything so ambitious again. Late ELO sounds
nothing like it. If you like other classical-influenced rock groups
and haven't heard "Eldorado", I think you should check it out.
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| 986.3 | | 2B::ZAHAREE | Michael W. Zaharee | Wed Dec 02 1987 10:36 | 6 |
| Where did you get "Eldorado"? I can't seem to find a copy of this and
have checked quite a few stores.
Thanks,
- M
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| 986.4 | Harvard Coop | BAVIKI::GOOD | Michael Good | Wed Dec 02 1987 15:03 | 3 |
| I've gotten all my ELO discs at the Harvard Coop. They were also nice
and let me exchange "Face the Music" for a different disc, even though
that violated their store policy for exchanges of opened discs.
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| 986.5 | | LESLIE::LESLIE | Andy, WG5 Leader, CSSE OSI Program | Sun Dec 06 1987 13:01 | 13 |
| I know that MikeZ picked up Eldorado at Rockit Records, as did I,
this week. Nice. My only quibble is that the index marks are just
� second late on most tracks. At least on my AIWA.
However, unlike the author of .0, I *love* "Out of the Blue" and was
VERY pleased that they appear to have squeezed it all onto one
CD without cuts.
Having said that, $18.99 for 1 CD was very expensive - especially
as it's no import. So "Bleah!" to Jet.
Still worth buying, hell, its about $3 cheaper than a single CD
at home anyhow.
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| 986.6 | Anybody got the Time 8^) | RSTS32::DBMILLER | Cecil B D'Miller, the Esoteric | Mon Mar 21 1988 16:46 | 8 |
| Does anyone know if "Time" by ELO is out on CD?
Granted, it wasn't one of the more popular ELO albums,
but it was one of my favorites, and my non-CD copy is
getting in pretty bad shape.
Thanks,
-Dave
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| 986.7 | TIME scheduled for April-May | VXSTAR::SELBY | | Thu Mar 24 1988 10:36 | 3 |
| I'm waiting for my copy...
Dale
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| 986.8 | Fantastic! Thanks! | RSTS32::DBMILLER | Cecil B D'Miller, the Esoteric | Thu Mar 24 1988 14:09 | 0 |
| 986.9 | | ATSE::DBMILLER | Cecil B D'Miller, the Esoteric | Fri May 13 1988 10:42 | 3 |
| For those interested, _Time_ was released on CD earlier this week.
-Dave
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