Any other reissues planned?

[oregonbri]

I read here that No Answer and II are set for remastered re-releases with bonus tracks. What about some of the other albums? As I was building up my collection, I was surprised that Secret Messages was remastered with bonus tracks, yet the far-superior (in my opinion, and I like SM) Time hadn't been. Nor had A New World Record, Out of the Blue or Face the Music, all of which seem like good candidates. Why haven't those discs been given the treatment, and does anybody know if they will?

  For that matter, has there ever been talk of a special edition of Secret Messages released as a double album?

  Brian

[Anonymous]

Hi Brian, when Zoom was released the first batch of remasters coincided with it: Eldorado, Discovery, Time, Secret Messages...

[oregonbri]

So, are you saying that Jeff will have to record another new ELO album before we get any other remasters? I'm guessing that few of you think that's much of a possibility, but I could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

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[DavidLG1971]

As I was building up my collection, I was surprised that Secret Messages was remastered with bonus tracks, yet the far-superior (in my opinion, and I like SM) Time hadn't been.

FYI - Time has been remastered and reissued with bonus tracks.  Here is a link to the album on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005KHEV/qid=1148683635/sr=1-19/ref=sr_1_19/102-8159650-5706517?s=music&v=glance&n=5174


Albums remastered, available via import or Amazon:

Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer in the US)
ELO II (import version with lots of extra tracks)

Albums remastered by Jeff Lynne, with bonus tracks:

Eldorado
Discovery
Time
Secret Messages

Also, the box set (Flashback) features most of their famous songs, all remastered.

As for their early albums (No Answer, II, On The Third Day and Face The Music), Lynne has remastered those and they are going to come out soon.