The album's story is about a space explorer who longs to return to his one love on Earth, only to eventually find that true love has always been with him — inside. The album's synthesizer-heavy rock sound is similar to ELO's 1981 album Time. Although the album was well received by ELO fans,[5] it was not a commercial success, largely due to the absence of marketing.[2] Rock Legacy released a remastered special edition on CD in 2011.
On November 9, 2019, to commemorate the 50th year of the Moon landings, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire performed an orchestral version of Earthrise with Tandy and Morgan.[6]
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Earthrise is a concept album originally released in 1985 in the UK 1 USA 1984 3 written by former Electric Light Orchestra ELO member Richard Tandy and David Morgan both from Birmingham UK Morgan also wrote songs for 1960s band The Move The album was inspired by the iconic photo of the Earth taken during the 1968 Apollo 8 mission 4 EarthriseStudio album by Richard Tandy and David MorganReleased1985 1 Recorded1981 1983 2 StudioRidge Farm Sussex England RJ Jones London England Chipping Norton Oxford England Jarm East London England Grimm Doo West Birmingham EnglandGenreRockLength44 58LabelFM Revolver UK Straight Ahead US ProducerDave Morgan Richard Tandy Steve LipsonRichard Tandy and David Morgan chronologyEarthrise 1985 The B C Collection 1987 2011 Special EditionThe album s story is about a space explorer who longs to return to his one love on Earth only to eventually find that true love has always been with him inside The album s synthesizer heavy rock sound is similar to ELO s 1981 album Time Although the album was well received by ELO fans 5 it was not a commercial success largely due to the absence of marketing 2 Rock Legacy released a remastered special edition on CD in 2011 On November 9 2019 to commemorate the 50th year of the Moon landings the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire performed an orchestral version of Earthrise with Tandy and Morgan 6 Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 Original track listing 1 2 CD issue 2 Personnel 3 Release history 4 References 5 External linksTrack listing EditThe track order of the original 1986 release on LP and cassette with the FMRevolver label is Original track listing Edit Side oneNo TitleLength1 Earth Rise 2 062 Under the Blue 1 173 Asteroid 1 574 Suddenly 3 345 Escape from the Citadel 2 476 Caesar of the Galaxy 2 447 One Thousand Worlds 3 308 Spaceship Earth 4 35 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Zero Zero 3 072 The Third Planet 2 333 Ria 2 484 Princeton 6 005 Pictures in My Pillow 4 006 The Secret 3 54Total length 44 58 CD issue Edit The remastered CD released on 18 August 2011 contains the following tracks some of which are previously unreleased or bonus No TitleLength1 Spaceship Earth 4 322 Earth Rise 1 523 Under the Blue Asteroid 3 124 Starclipse Purpose 3 365 Escape from the Citadel 2 456 One Thousand Worlds 4 017 The Third Planet 2 298 Suddenly 3 329 Princeton 5 2110 Wheels 2 0511 Caesar of the Galaxy 3 0012 The Secret 3 4913 Zero Zero plus 29 seconds of silence added 3 07Total length 40 09 Additional tracksNo TitleLength14 Pictures in My Pillow 4 0315 Ria instrumental backing vocals 3 1116 Starclipse outmix 2 59Personnel EditPersonnel list according to the 1986 reissue liner notes 7 8 Earthrise Richard Tandy keyboards bass guitar guitar producer Dave Morgan keyboards vocoder vocals guitar producer Haydon James Simpson Jim Simpson drums guitar on Zero Zero Tony Clarkin guitar on Ria Bob Wilson guitar Martin Smith guitar on Secret uncredited on re issue 3 Shirley Miller backing vocals on Princeton Carl Wayne vocals on Princeton Kevin Peek guitar on Princeton Richard Bailey keyboards guitar on Princeton Graham Preskett keyboards string arrangements on Princeton David Bellinger keyboards on Spaceship Earth Brian Badhams bass guitar on Princeton Mike Giles drums on Princeton Production Steve Lipson engineer producer Chris Bellman masteringRelease history EditRelease dates and formats for Earthrise Region Date Format s Label Ref United States 1984 Unknown UnknownUnited Kingdom 1985 LP Cassette FM Revolver 1 United States 1986 LP Cassette Straight AheadUnited Kingdom 1992 CD Prestige Records18 August 2011 CD Rock LegacyUnited States 24 July 2020 CD Prestige Elite 9 References Edit a b c Tandy amp Morgan The Tandy Morgan Band Revolver Records Retrieved 31 October 2020 a b Earthrise Tandy Morgan Rock Legacy 13 April 2011 Archived from the original on 19 January 2012 Retrieved 20 October 2020 a b Earth Rising Earthrise 20 January 2012 Archived from the original on 20 January 2012 Retrieved 31 October 2020 Earthrise grimmdoo Retrieved 31 October 2020 Former ELO Guitarist Unveils Magnificent Seven giggingni 19 June 2019 Retrieved 31 October 2020 conservatoire grimmdoo Retrieved 31 October 2020 Earthrise liner notes Tandy and Morgan Straight Ahead 1986 SAR 001 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Earthrise back cover Tandy and Morgan Straight Ahead 1986 SAR 001 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Earthrise Richard Tandy amp Dave Morgan prestige elite com Retrieved 4 March 2021 External links EditEarthrise on Blogspot David Morgan on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Earthrise album amp oldid 1162015775, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,