| Artist |
Electric Light Orchestra |
| Album Title: |
A New World Record |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Classic Rock |
| Format |
Vinyl 180 gm |
| Released |
09/11/1976 |
| Reissue Date |
05/27/2016 |
| Label |
Legacy Recordings |
| Catalog No |
88875175281 |
| Bar Code No |
8 88751 75281 8 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Tightrope (5:23)
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| A2.
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Telephone Line (4:40)
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| A3.
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Rockaria! (3:13)
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| A4.
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Mission (A World Record) (4:26)
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| B1.
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So Fine (3:55)
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| B2.
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Livin' Thing (3:32)
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| B3.
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Above The Clouds (2:17)
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| B4.
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Do Ya (3:45)
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| B5.
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Shangri-La (5:34)
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| Date Acquired |
09/14/2018 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Music Direct (Musicdirect.Com) |
| Purchase Price |
24.99 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Embossed single pocket sleeve.
Arranged By [Orchestra And Choral Arrangements] – Jeff Lynne, Louis Clark, Richard Tandy
Art Direction – Ria Lewerke
Artwork [Very Special Effects] – Bob Hickson
Cello [Barcus Berry], Effects [Maestro Echoplex] – Melvyn Gale
Cello [Barcus Berry], Effects [Systech Phaser, Mutron III, Mutron Phasor, Maestro Echoplex] – Hugh McDowell
Conductor [Orchestra] – Louis Clark
Design [Cover], Illustration, Photography – Kosh
Drums [Slingerland], Synthesizer [Mini Moog Drum], Percussion, Backing Vocals – Bev Bevan
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Electric Piano EP200], Synthesizer [Mini Moog, Micro Moog, SLM Concert Spectrum], Electric Guitar [Electra x320, Gibson SG Custom], Clavinet [Hohner], Grand Piano [Yamaha C7], Mellotron [M400], Effects [Morley R.W.V. Pedals, Maestro Phase Shifter], Percussion, Backing Vocals, Effects [Systech Flanger] – Richard Tandy
Engineer [Cherokee] – Duane Scott
Engineer [De Lane Lea] – Dick Plant, John Richards
Engineer [Musicland] – Mack (2)
Lacquer Cut By – Nura* (tracks: A1 to A4), Arun* (tracks: B1 to B5)
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Slide Guitar, Guitar [Gibson Les Paul, L5S, Marauder, Ovation Legend, Ovation Pacemaker], Percussion, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer EP200 Piano] – Jeff Lynne
Music By [All], Lyrics By [All] – Jeff Lynne
Other [Hot Pies] – Anna, Francois
Performer [ELO] – Bev Bevan, Hugh McDowell, Jeff Lynne, Kelly Groucutt, Melvyn Gale, Mik Kaminski, Richard Tandy
Photography By [Portrait] – Moshe Brakha
Producer – Jeff Lynne
Violin [Barcus Berry], Effects [Maestro Echoplex], Effects [Univox Univibe] – Mik Kaminski
Vocals, Bass Guitar [Gibson G3], Percussion, Backing Vocals – Kelly Groucutt
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder:
Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better. Opening with the opulently orchestrated "Tightrope," which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, A New World Record contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group. The Beatles influence is present, to be sure, but developed to a very high degree of sophistication and on Lynne's own terms, rather than being imitative of specific songs. "Telephone Line" might be the best Lennon-McCartney collaboration that never was, lyrical and soaring in a way that manages to echo elements of Revolver and the Beatles without ever mimicking them. The original LP's second side opened with "So Fine," which seems like the perfect pop synthesis of guitar, percussion, and orchestral sounds, embodying precisely what Lynne had first set out to do with Roy Wood at the moment ELO was conceived. From there, the album soars through stomping rock numbers like "Livin' Thing" and "Do Ya," interspersed with lyrical pieces like "Above the Clouds" (which makes striking use of pizzicato bass strings).
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