Interestingly both single versions are edits of the album version, with the UK version simply editing off the intro and the USA version having several interesting edits. It was also released as the third track of side 1 on the Face The Music album on September 1975 in the USA and November 1975 in England. In the USA, it's the seventh single release and was released in October 1975, on United Artists records with stock number 'UA-XW 729-Y' and the same edit of 10538 Overture on the B-side. The song was released as a single in England on Jet records, one of the first on the new label, on Januwith stock number 'Jet 764' and having an edit of 10538 Overture from the The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach recording on the B-side. This decision was probably made early in the construction of the song as there were no string tracks recorded for this part.

Obviously this extra verse was discarded for the eventual release. while the female backing vocals were recorded even later at an unidentified studio in New York City.Īs originally recorded, the song had an extra fourth verse as evidenced by the stripped down mix that appeared on the 2006 Face The Music remasters. The string parts were recorded (and possibly written) later at De Lane Lea Studios in Wembley, U.K. The lyrics were written and recorded the next day at Musicland. Later that same day, the rest of the band came in and recorded the backing track. One morning, while the rest of the band was out, he sat at the piano and played the opening piano riff, which became the basis of the song. The band's recording for all of the other songs for the Face The Music album had been completed when Jeff needed another song. Jeff Lynne wrote the song on a piano in the studio on the last days of recording, writing it very quickly. Blue Sky The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra CD album (2012 October 8 - UK - Frontiers Records ?)Įvil Woman was recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany some Performed By: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, piano, bass, drums, keyboards), Laura Lynne (backing vocals), Marc Mann (strings), Steve Jay (shakers, tambourine), Ryan Ulyate (piano solo).Engineered By: Steve Jay, Ryan Ulyate & Marc Mann.Record Location: Bungalow Palace Studio, California USA (Jeff Lynne's home studio).Initially Released On: Face The Music LP album (1975 September - USA - United Artists UL-LA 546-G) Performed By: Jeff Lynne (guitar, vocals), Bev Bevan (drums, percussion), Richard Tandy (piano, moog synthesizer, guitar, clavinet), Kelly Groucutt (bass), Mik Kaminski (violin), Hugh McDowell (cello), Melvyn Gale (cello), Louis Clark (orchestra conductor), Ellie Greenwich, Susan Collins, Nancy O'Neill, Margaret Raymond (backing vocals).Engineered By: Mack (basic track and orchestra) & Jimmy Iovine (female vocalists and final mix).Record Location: Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany (basic track), De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley, England (orchestra), The Record Plant, New York City, USA (female backing vocals and final mix).2 The Essential Electric Light Orchestra ELO Classics The Collection Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Critical Review 1970-1973 The Collection Face the Music Part II: Rockaria Platinum ELO Classics: Six Pack Playlist: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra The Collection Vol.Electric Light Orchestra (Original Version) You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave youīut you better get your face on board the very next train (train)īut now you're tryin' to wail a different songĮLO Classics Afterglow Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra ELO's Greatest Hits Live at Winterland '76 3-Pak: Face the Music/A New World Record/Discovery One Night: Live in Australia Complete Electric Light Orchestra: Light Up Definitive Collection The Complete ELO Live Collection Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Flashback Gold Collection, Vol. There's a hole in my head where the rain comes inīut a fool and his money soon go separate ways So just make some miles between here and there

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