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Secret Messages

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E.L.O. Format: Vinyl
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Secret Messages
2 Loser Gone Wild
3 Bluebird
4 Take Me On and On

Disc: 2

1 Stranger
2 No Way Out
3 Letter from Spain
4 Danger Ahead

Disc: 3

1 Four Little Diamonds
2 Train of Gold
3 Endless Lies
4 Buildings Have Eyes
5 Rock 'N' Roll Is King

Disc: 4

1 Mandalay
2 Time After Time
3 After All (Shorter Version)
4 Hello My Old Friend

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.36 x 12.42 x 0.29 inches; 15.36 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Legacy Recordings
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 19075837691
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2018
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 11 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ May 31, 2018
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Legacy Recordings
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CBLS7HL
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • John M. Hudson
    5.0 out of 5 stars The way it should have been released to begin with!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2024
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    This album was intended to be a double album originally, and the record company made Jeff Lynne cut the album down to a single album. That was a crime against the universe!
    They should have left him alone and let him do it the way he wanted to!
    Secret Messages is a fantastic album. It's not quite as good as their other double album Out Of The Blue, but it still has some great songs on it.
    The extra songs added back in that were left off the original release help make it even better.
    The only song missing was the song "Beatles Forever" which Jeff has said he never plans to release.
    I've heard this song, and I understand why he's not too enamored with it, so I have no issue with that one being left off the album.
    One small gripe. The instrumental "After All" is the short version. It's just a little over a minute long. There is a version of this same track that was released a few years prior to this double album release which is about a minute longer, and it was a crime to cut this track short, because it's an absolutely beautiful song. it should have remained in it's full length version. It certainly wasn't edited down because of running time on that side of the album, because there were several free minutes left on that side. It would have fit with no problem.
    Of the added in tracks that were cut from the original release, the best ones, IMO, are "Time After Time" (which wasn't on the original LP, but was on the original cassette and CD), "Mandalay", "After All" and the album closer "Hello My Old Friend" (which was supposed to be the final ELO song, as this was going to be the last ELO album, but due to the record company making Jeff cut this album down to a single LP, he owned them one more album to fulfill his recording contract). HMOF is a fantastic song, very Beatlesque, and even harks back to the very first song on the very first ELO album. It would have been the perfect "bookend" to ELO's career, had the record company left Jeff alone and let him do things the way he saw fit.
    I highly recommend this album!
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  • Product came in excellent condition factory sealed very happy with the product and the transaction definitely 5 stars and will be ordering again thank you ..
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    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
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    Package came on time as promised..Package came in very good shape very happy with this buy and will be buying from this seller in the future thank you...
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  • Stephen Schumacher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Double album revealed! ELO's best?
    Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2006
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    This album is simply outstanding, one of ELO's 3 very best (along with "A New World Record" and "Out of the Blue"). I don't normally fall in love with albums upon first listen, needing a little time to get into and used to them - but "Secret Messages" blew me away with each highly diverse and multi-layered and multi-faceted cut the very first time heard back in 1983.

    Its predescessor album "Time" was clever as heck but somewhat self-conscious as a concept album to my ears, so "Secret Messages" felt like an incredible return to classic ELO form. The first four songs in particular are mindblowing - what a way to start a new world record!

    Here's the track list of the original unreleased double album:

    Side A
    1. Secret Messages
    2. Loser Gone Wild
    3. Bluebird
    4. Take Me On And On

    Side B
    5. Stranger
    6. No Way Out
    7. Beatles Forever
    8. Letter From Spain
    9. Danger Ahead

    Side C
    10. Four Little Diamonds
    11. Train Of Gold
    12. Endless Lies
    13. Buildings Have Eyes
    14. Rock 'n' Roll Is King

    Side D
    15. Mandalay
    16. Time After Time
    17. After All
    18. Hello My Old Friend

    All these songs are on the remastered version except for "Buildings Have Eyes", "Mandalay", "Hello My Old Friend" (these three on "Afterglow"), and the almost impossible-to-find tribute "Beatles Forever" (whose lyrics can be found at [...]%20FOREVER.htm). So you can patch together something close to the original unreleased album using iTunes, which is well worth the trouble.

    Here are some thought-provoking excerpted "secret" comments from Paul F. Johnson that only appear on the Amazon review of the unremastered CD: "Jeff Lynne solely became ELO at this point and he also found the sweet spot as a producer and singer. ... The Willburys sound was born in this album. I am still not sure how he got that overly processed-yet-dry sound that is the Jeff Lynne trademark, but it really seems to have begun with 'Secret Messages.' ... Rick Rubin and Jeff Lynne have done as much for the sound of what we hear today as anyone, and this CD is a good source for understanding why."

    Also on this Amazon review thread, Ernie Clark misguidedly rates only 1 star (!#?!@*!) with the explanation that "I would be giving this remastered version of ELO's classic 'Secret Messages' cd five stars if it weren't for the fact that it's missing the final 33 second outro that was on the original cd and vinyl album. How could Jeff Lynne leave out this part of the cd?" I don't know what to say about Ernie's CD, but that spooky 33 second outro is DEFINITELY on the remastered CD that I bought. So how about restoring those missing 4 stars?!?

    (...).
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  • Die Sibbschaft
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... are calling to me endlessly!
    Reviewed in Germany on November 2, 2024
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    Anfang der 80er Jahre lief E.L.O. permanent im Radio, auch und besonders in der "Mal Sondocks Hitparade". Aber es hat mich nie gepackt, geflasht, mitgenommen. Kamen die Hits von Jeff Lynne, nutzte ich die Zeit wahrscheinlich, um kurz aufs Klo zu gehen oder mir noch ein Nutella-Brot zu schmieren. Als dann als nächstes Queen oder The Police liefen, war ich wieder voller Enthusiasmus mit dabei... Auch 1983, als Mal Sondock eventuell vom WDR schon in Rente geschickt worden war, ging dieses Album komplett an mir vorbei. Die Single "Rock'n'Roll Is King" fand ich nur doof, ich war komplett dem New Wave verfallen, "The Walk" und "Mad World" liefen in Dauerschleife bei mir auf der Stereo-Anlage, bezahlt 4 Jahre zuvor von meinen Eltern... - Satte 40 Jahre später bekomme ich eine Ahnung, dass mir damals dieses feine musikalische Detail der frühen 80er dann doch "durch die Lappen" gegangen ist! Nämlich, als Juliana Hatfield ihr E.L.O.-Tribute-Album veröffentlicht! Und es mir beim Anhören ihrer Version von "Secret Messages" sowas von "aus den Socken haut"!... - Inzwischen konnte ich dann doch alles korrigieren: Auf meinem imaginären Zettel mit den besten Alben anno 1983 steht jetzt nach "Soul Mining" und "Let's Dance", aber VOR "The Hurting" und "Märchenblau" eben "Secret Messages"! JEDER Song ist mir ans Herz gewachsen, selbst bei "Rock'n'Roll Is King" skippe ich nicht mehr vor! Der Titelsong aber ist und bleibt dabei einzigartig! Irgendwie magisch, mystisch und sonst noch was... Er läuft immer im Auto, wenn ich meine Eltern besuche. Die "Messages accross the universe" scheinen dann direkt von ihnen zu kommen, 4 Jahre, nach dem ich ihren Grabstein bezahlt habe...
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  • Armando Garcia Rodriguez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfeito!
    Reviewed in Brazil on October 22, 2020
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    É sempre reconfortante encontrar um disco que faz tempo que estamos procurando e ainda por cima em excelentes condições. Qualidade top, entrega rápida e segura. Parabéns!
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  • KevinR
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest albums never to be released
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2021
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    I'm an ELO fan and I reckon this is the last true ELO album. I've not been impressed with anything released after Secret Messages. Way back in 1983 I was massively disappointed when this album came out as a single when the band had said it was to be a double. As a single it was still a good album but as a double: WOW. Side 4 is perhaps one of the greatest single sides of any ELO album yet when this was condensed into a single album none of the tracks from side 4 made it onto the single album. My only disappointment is that this double is not the original double because (1) it doesn't include Beatles Forever (2) the inner sleeves don't have the printed lyrics (3) they've used the single album artwork instead of that artwork designed for the original double (4) the quality of the album sleeve artwork is not as good as the 1983 artwork even though it is the same artwork - it is as if they've just taken a scan of the original artwork. Hopefully one day the album will be released as the 1983 original.
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  • Gina 8a
    5.0 out of 5 stars Vale la pena
    Reviewed in Mexico on October 19, 2019
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    Si eres fanático de ELO, no te pierdas este vinil, es el álbum completo de Secret Messages , son 2 discos vinil tal como Jeff Lynne lo había concebido y NO salió en CD, vale la pena. Super recomendado.
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  • Joseph kozich
    5.0 out of 5 stars love it
    Reviewed in Canada on July 17, 2019
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    great band and cd
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