Secret Messages (2LP) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    Epic – 19075837691, Legacy – 19075837691, Sony Music – 19075837691
Format:    2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold
Country:    US
Released:    Aug 3, 2018
Genre:    Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style:    Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock, Pop Rock

A1        Secret Messages    4:43
A2        Loser Gone Wild    5:27
A3        Bluebird    4:13
A4        Take Me On And On    4:59
B1        Stranger    4:27
B2        No Way Out    3:23
B3        Letter From Spain    2:51
B4        Danger Ahead    3:52
C1        Four Little Diamonds    4:05
C2        Train Of Gold    4:20
C3        Endless Lies    3:24
C4        Buildings Have Eyes    4:04
C5        Motor Factory / Rock 'N' Roll Is King    3:10
D1        Mandalay    5:20
D2        Time After Time    4:01
D3        After All    0:41
D4        Hello My Old Friend    7:50

Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Mastered At – Battery Studios, New York
Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
Recorded At – Wisseloord Studios
Manufactured By – Memphis Record Pressing – MRP1227
Pressed By – GZ Media – 173381E
Backing Vocals – Dave Morgan (2)
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Kelly Groucutt
Conductor – Louis Clark (tracks: B1, B4, C2)
Coordinator – Brian Jones (15)
Design, Art Direction – David Costa
Drums, Percussion – Bev Bevan
Engineer – Bill Bottrell
Illustration [Hand Coloring] – Kim Davis*
Lacquer Cut By – Mark Santangelo
Management – Craig Fruin
Mastered By – Mark Wilder
Music By, Lyrics By, Producer, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Percussion, Drum Machine [Oberheim DMX], Sleeve Notes – Jeff Lynne
Photography – Hag (3)
Synthesizer, Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Harmonica, Drum Machine [Oberheim DMX] – Richard Tandy
Violin – Mik Kaminski (tracks: C5)
Front gold sticker states: The Legendary Double Album / As Conceived By Jeff Lynne / Recorded In 1983 / Double LP Premiere

Although this issue claims to be the original double album conceived by Jeff Lynne, it does not include the track 'Beatles Forever', which was initially part of the original tracklist. It would've been B3.

Includes an MP3 download voucher code from wearevinyl.com.

Track D3's time length is shown as :41 instead of 0:41 on the label.

Made in the US.
Barcode: 190758376912

Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass, percussion); Richard Tandy (harmonica, piano, synthesizer); Kelly Groucutt (bass, background vocals); Bev Bevan (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Mik Kaminski (violin); Dave Morgan (background vocals). Producer: Jeff Lynne. Reissue producerds: Jeff Lynne, Al Quaglieri. Recorded at Wisselord Studios, Hilversum, Holland. Includes liner notes by Jeff Lynne. All tracks have been digitally remastered. In the early '80s, another wave of backward-masking hysteria hit the national scene, with unfounded claims that popular rock bands intentionally hid Satanic messages in their records. ELO had already been hit with this rumor for a song on their album ELDORADO, and on the following album's "Fire on High," Jeff Lynne deliberately placed an obvious backwards message. Because the initial prank worked so well, Lynne did not only did it again in this album's opening--the message is simply the album's title--but named the album in honor of the hysteria. SECRET MESSAGES proves that Lynne's artistic vision, like his sense of humor, was undimmed. Tracks like the psychedelically tinged "Loser Gone Wild" and the delicate "Bluebird" are as strong as anything he'd previously done, and the rockabillyish "Rock and Roll Is King" even pays tribute to the '50s-influenced style of his former bandmate Roy Wood.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: POP
• RSD Date: DDD
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 08/03/2018