Armchair Theatre

1. Every Little Thing (Lynne) 3:41
2. Don't Let Go (Stone) 3:00
3. Lift Me Up (Lynne) 3:36
4. Nobody Home (Lynne) 3:51
5. September Song (Anderson/Weill) 2:57
6. Now You're Gone (Lynne) 3:57
7. Don't Say Goodbye 3:09
8. What Would It Take (Lynne) 2:40
9. Stormy Weather (Koehler/Arlen) 3:42
10. Blown Away (Lynne/Petty) 3:29
11. Save Me Now (Lynne) 2:39

Produced by Jeff Lynne
Engineered by Richard Dodd
All words and music by Jeff Lynne (except where indicated)

Recorded on Raindirk at Posh Studios, England
Mixed at Village Recorders, Los Angeles
Assistant Engineer: Charlie Brocco
Mixed at Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California
Assistant Engineer: Robert Salcedo

Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Los Angeles.

Released 1990 by Reprise Records, a Warner Communications Company.

• Every Little Thing
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, bass
  JIM HORN: Saxes
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums and percussion
  Acoustic guitars: GEORGE HARRISON, JEFF LYNNE, RICHARD TANDY
  Background Vocals: PHIL HATTON, GEORGE HARRISON, JEFF LYNNE
  Operatic Voice: HEMA DESAI
  Strings: MICHAEL KAMEN
  

• Don't Let Go
  (by Jesse Stone)
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, bass
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums and percussion
  JIM HORN: Saxes
  Background Vocals: RICHARD TANDY, JAKE COMMANDER, PHIL HATTON, JEFF LYNNE
  

• Lift Me Up
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, keyboards, electric guitars, piano, bass, chair
  GEORGE HARRISON: Slide guitar, harmony vocal
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums
  Percussion: VIKRAM A. PATIL, NELLAI D. KANAN, FATEH SINGH GANGANI, SUREESH K. LALWANI
  Background Vocals: JEFF LYNNE, DAVE MORGAN, PHIL HATTON, GEORGE HARRISON
  Acoustic guitars: GEORGE HARRISON, RICHARD TANDY, JEFF LYNNE
  

• Nobody Home
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, electric guitars, keyboards, piano, bass
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums
  Acoustic guitars: GEORGE HARRISON, JEFF LYNNE, RICHARD TANDY
  Background Vocals: JEFF LYNNE, PHIL HATTON
  

• September Song
  (by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill)
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, electric guitars, drums, keyboards, bass, background vocals
  GEORGE HARRISON: Slide guitar, acoustic guitar
  RICHARD TANDY: Piano
  Choir: "THE ORDINAIRES" featuring METTE MATHIESEN, SHEILA AND RICHARD TANDY, JAKE COMMANDER, DAVE MORGAN, PHIL HATTON AND JEFF LYNNE
  Saw: Rita
  

• Now You're Gone
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, piano, guitars, bass, auto-harp, background vocals
  ASHIT AND HEMA DESAI: Classical Indian Voices
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums and tambourine
  SUREESH K. LALWANI: Violin solo
  Percussion: VIKRAM A. PATIL, NELLAI D. KANAN, FATEH SINGH GANGANI, SUREESH K. LALWANI
  

• Don't Say Goodbye
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, piano
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums
  Background Vocals: JEFF LYNNE, PHIL HATTON
  

• What Would It Take
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, bass, background vocals
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums
  

• Stormy Weather
  (by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen)
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, footsteps, bass, keyboards
  GEORGE HARRISON: Slide guitar, acoustic guitar
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums
  RICHARD TANDY: Piano
  Choir: "THE OLTON ORIOLES" * featuring PHIL HATTON, JAKE COMMANDER, RICHARD AND SHEILA TANDY, JEFF LYNNE, METTE MATHIESEN, DAVE MORGAN
  * Would have been "THE ORDINAIRES", but Dave Morgan showed up late.
  Strings arranged and conducted by: MICHAEL KAMEN
  

• Blown Away
  (Music by Jeff Lynne, Words by Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty)
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, piano, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, bass
  METTE MATHIESEN: Drums and tambourine
  Background Vocals: DEL SHANNON, JEFF LYNNE, PHIL HATTON
  Choir: "THE WARWICKSHIRE WOBBLERS" * featuring JEFF LYNNE, METTE MATHIESEN, SHEILA TANDY, DAVE MORGAN, PHIL HATTON, JAKE COMMANDER, RICHARD TANDY
  * Would have been "THE OLTON ORIOLES", but the van broke down.
  

• Save Me Now
  JEFF LYNNE: Vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards, background vocals
  

Special thanks to:

Craig Fruin, Mo Ostin, Lenny Waronker, Michael Ostin, John Beug, Clyde Bakkemo and everyone at Warner-Reprise, George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Sandy, Laura and Stephanie, Tom Petty, Nicholas Brown, Sam Sylvester, Don Passman, Garnet Mellon, Bob Dylan, Roger (Ollie) Spencer, Fred Gretsch, Mike Campbell, Alan 'Bugs' Weidel, Cyril Jones and Raindirk.
Doris Vartan Lafrenais for Cosmic Bell
Richard Dodd and Phil Hatton for their amazing support.

God bless Del Shannon.

Letzte Änderung: 26.02.2000