BIRMINGHAM CALL-LYNNE – ELO & OUT OF THE BLUE neilsambrook@btinternet.com November 3, 2025 0 Comments OUT OF THE BLUE (1977): Anyone thinking punk put paid to musical extravagance had this double-album bonanza to contend with. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne, The Beatles
DISCO-VERY: Electric Light Orchestra & DISCOVERY neilsambrook@btinternet.com February 17, 2025 DISCOVERY (1979): Critics dismissed it as ‘formulaic’ but in reaching number one and with five hit singles on board Jeff Lynne had a winning formula. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Beatles
RAISED ON PROMISES – Tom Petty & ‘FULL MOON FEVER’ (1989) neilsambrook@btinternet.com April 6, 2023 Petty draws on influences from Buddy Holly to The Byrds, Dylan to The Who, producer Jeff Lynne giving it all a Beatlesque spin. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys