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ELO: The Samples Mixtape [Mixcloud Re-up]

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This mix was put together toward the end of last year for WhoSampled in support of a Kickstarter campaign launched by the family of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt to raise money for a memorial to his life and music on the former family home. The campaign was a great success[…]

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Chris Read Interviewed re ELO Mixtape

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New video in which I speak to the late ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt’s nephew Darren Groucutt regarding the band’s impact on the music of today and the story behind my recent ELO mixtape produced in conjunction with WhoSampled in support of the Kelly Groucutt Blue Plaque Campaign. More like this[…]

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New Mixtape: ‘ELO: The Samples’

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New guest mix for WhoSampled. Info from WhoSampled: “The Electric Light Orchestra are among hip hop’s top 10 most sampled rock bands, the group succeeding in fusing rock and pop with experimental classical music to create memorable pop hits and epic soundscapes alike. The group’s eclectic sound has unsurprisingly found[…]

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WhoSampled x Electric Light Orchestra Teaser Video

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I have a new mixtape dropping this Wedensday, commemorating the music of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt in conjunction with WhoSampled in support 0f Kelly’s family’s Kickstarter campaign to commemorate his life with a Blue Plaque on the family’s former home. A short teaser video comes ahead of the Mixtape and[…]

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