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Expert: Christopher A. Landt Date: 9/19/2007 Subject: Belly buttons
Question QUESTION: I have always wondered why the band is showing their belly buttons on the cover of "On The Third Day". I believe Richard Avedon took the Photograph.
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ANSWER: Hello Gary,
You are correct about the photographers name. It was his idea to point to the belly buttons. Bev writes in his book that they were pointing to their belly buttons only because the photographer asked them to.
In Bev's book he has a picture from the session where they are not pointing. Bev's shirt does show his belly button. Under the photo are remarks like bored, very board, asleep, silly board... an so on. I am betting the Photographer was trying to lighten up the mood and caught on to bevs shirt. I have a feeling the photographer asked them to "Show" their buttons and this is what they all did.
I hope this helps,
Christopher...
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QUESTION: Hi Christopher,
I jsut found a bevy of MP3's of Jeff Lynne rarities and singles. Was this ever an official release or a bootleg compilation? It includes Wildtimes, Video (instrumental version) Sooner or Later, a medly of Nowhere Man/With A Little Help From My Friends and more. I had never heard of most of the other songs.
Finally...I heard of a dance remix of Shine a Little Love. Are you familiar with this and do you know who made it?
Thanks again.
Gary Brewer
Answer Hello Gary,
Jeff has been releasing various rare cuts with his re-release LPs lately. But there are a ton of them and some will never see the light. Wild times is owned by a whole different record company due to the fact it was done for a movie only. As well Jeff never did any dance mixes.
But, like I said, there are a ton of songs out there. Most are on bootlegs cds and such. I have heard more than 20 different dance mixes. They are done by all sorts of people. In fact right after the Zoom LP was release a fan did a marvelous job at remixing "Ordinary Dream" with huge Strings and ochestral arrangements. It rocks! There are a ton of tallented people out there.
Keep a look out and these tracks will surface sooner or later. I have spent over 20 years and a small fortune tracking them down.
