It’s Turntable Tuesday because life is too short not to listen to great music! This afternoon I opened a brand new 180 gram copy of the 1976 release from Electric Light Orchestra called “A New World Record” I was over at Hippo Records yesterday and ended up staying for two hours talking to people in the store about their experiences in live and recorded music. Phish was playing on the audio system in the store and the Summer sun was pouring in the windows making it a very nice day. I could write another page or two of all the stories I heard from the vinyl shoppers and the person running the counter but let’s just say for a vinyl collector and music fan it was a nice place to enjoy a moment. I would encourage everyone to go vinyl shopping and support your local music stores. This in turn will support artists and the local economy.
Here is a close up of the 180 gram limited edition repress virgin vinyl.
As I said on my companion Pod Cast (which you can listen to above or subscribe to for free) just a few minutes ago Jeff Lynne is a gifted artist who has found a special way to meld acoustic and electric guitars to a symphony to produce some of the most complex and entertaining music of this generation. I started listening to this band way back in the 1970’s as a teenager and the very ELO first song that caught my ear was “Roll Over Beethoven.” When I hear that song I just cannot stop rocking to it. Even today I can hear that Jeff Lynne vocal tone in my head from that song. Chuck Berry meets Ludwig van Beethoven. Love it.
If you want to visit Jeff Lynne’s ELO webpage you can do that by clicking this link after you finish all the content here. It is some interesting reading for the ELO fan. https://jefflynneselo.com/
When “A New World Record” was released there was no internet, no streaming, and in fact there was vinyl, cassettes, and 8-track tape. There was FM radio and if you live in the “country” as I did then in the rural south you were lucky if your FM receiver could make the jump over to WZZQ in Jackson, Mississippi to hear the latest hits. That would be where I first heard all of the hits that were spawned from this recording. I remember that and later playing this on a 3 watt radio station in Starkville, Mississippi at MSU while I was in town there on my personal tour of education on college campuses but now I am really getting into another chapter. I guess I am just remembering how this soundtrack found its way to my car stereo and how all of these awesome songs still to this day roughly forty-four years ago still are relevant music and are continuing to hold up against the test of time.
That’s all I’ve got for Turntable Tuesday this week. Until next time, I’ll see you, down the road.