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LYNNE ME YOUR EARS
A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JEFF LYNNE

NOT LAME NL 070 RELEASED 2001
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"Everyone knows I've been a Jeff Lynne fan ever since Utopia started covering Do Ya 25 years ago. Glad to see I'm not alone."
Todd Rundgren

"I have a vague recollection that when Roy Wood and Jeff were forming ELO or Wizzard (there's the vagueness) I was asked to play keyboards because I did a lot of string arranging for The Move. I had to disappoint them by saying that I wrote on guitar then, not keyboard and I could just barely get through Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On on piano. But Mr. Blue Sky was a favorite of both Bowie's son and my son when it came out, so it was played to death in our homes. I ended up loving it very much and gaining deep respect for what Jeff had achieved since his early association with Roy." Tony Visconti

2CD 32-song tribute showcases Jeff Lynne's music from The Idle Race, The Move, the Traveling Wilburys, and of course, Electric Light Orchestra. A stunning collection of songs, some radically interpreted, by artists such as Todd Rundgren, Jason Falkner, Carl Wayne (of The Move), The Shazam, producer Tony Visconti, and Sixpence None The Richer.

Every tribute artist involved presents Jeff Lynne's incomparable fusion of classical music and classic rock 'n' roll to a new, younger audience in an innovative, vibrant and dare we say, radical manner. The double CD features a Jeff Lynne career history, specific to the tribute album cover versions, written by ELO archivist Rob Caiger.

Lynne Me Your Ears took everyone at Not Lame Recordings by surprise by selling out the first pressing immediately. FTM in conjunction with Not Lame have secured copies and are pleased to offer the CD at a DISCOUNTED price in the UK, Europe and the Rest Of The World. Please see the FTM Shop for further details.

 

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