LYNNE, JEFF - LONG WAVE (2012 CD ALBUM OF LYNNEFIED STANDARDS!)

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2012 album and a vivid tribute to some of the songs that originally inspired Jeff Lynne!

Jeff Lynne, one of rock’s most iconic figures, returns to make some new waves and shed a little electric light!
The creative force behind the ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA and the singularly accomplished singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer releases two new albums in October 2012 – This is one…

‘Long Wave’ is the first solo album from Jeff Lynne in 20 years and it features masterful and fresh interpretations of some of the songs that originally inspired him to make music, and these are some of THE most recognizable and beloved songs ever written. From Rogers & Hammerstein to Chuck Berry, fans will be thrilled to hear Lynne offer his unique take on their favourite tunes.

‘Long Wave’ powerfully celebrates the music of a time when Jeff Lynne’s lifelong passion for music began, evoking an era back when old standards were just giving way to rock & roll. He somehow makes pre-rock standards like: ‘Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered’, ‘Smile’ and ‘Love Is A Many Splendored Thing’ - along with a few of his favourite gems from the 60’s such as the first single: ‘Mercy, Mercy’, ‘Let It Rock’ and ‘So Sad’ - his own with these loving new versions. Lynne’s deeply felt and musically brilliant one-man-band takes add up to an inspired love letter to music itself - and an exquisite reflection of the way songs grace and change our lives.

“I called this new album: ‘Long Wave’ because all of the songs I sing on it are the ones heard on long wave radio when I was a kid growing up in Birmingham, England. These songs take me back to that feeling of freedom in those days, and summon up the feeling of first hearing those powerful waves of music coming in on my old crystal set. My dad also had the radio on all the time, so some of these songs have been stuck in my head for fifty years. You can only imagine how great it felt to finally get them out of my head after all these years.”

“It all comes down to what you truly love doing, and what I love doing is overdubbing and making new sounds out of things that are sometimes quite ordinary on their own, but when you put them together, they make something new--or something that sounds new. Just discovering things like that musically is a pleasure.”
JEFF LYNNE, 2012.

Also available on Vinyl LP - Stock # 1552985

JEFF LYNNE: LONG WAVE [CD] Track List:

01. She
02. If I Loved You
03. So Sad
04. Mercy, Mercy
05. Running Scared
06. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
07. Smile
08. At Last
09. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
10. Let It Rock
11. Beyond The Sea [previously unreleased]