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| Melvyn Gale | |
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 Gale in 1977 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Melvyn Gale |
| Born | (1952-01-15) 15 January 1952 (age 73) London, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Cello, keyboards |
| Labels | Jet Records |
Melvyn Gale (born 15 January 1952) is an English cellist.
Career
Born in London, Gale attended the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He played his first professional concert with the London Palladium Orchestra in 1970. He also played with the Bolshoi and Rambert Ballet companies, the London Youth Symphony Orchestra, and various West End shows.
He was a cellist for the Electric Light Orchestra from 1975, replacing Mike Edwards. He is also a pianist, performing piano on "Wild West Hero" as well as occasionally live on "Roll Over Beethoven".
In 1979, he appeared in the Discovery music video playing alongside the rest of the classic line-up (Mik Kaminski on violin and close friend Hugh McDowell on cello) for the last time. He remained with the group until he and McDowell left in 1980.
Gale and his friend Frank Wilson built a recording studio in 1979. On 12 April 1980, their first album was released under the name Wilson Gale & Co. and was titled Gift Wrapped Set. The album was recorded at Ramport Studios and was released on Jet Records.
Gale ran a company which manufactured CDs and vinyl records for 18 years.
References
- ^ Bevan, Bev (1980). The Electric Light Orchestra Story. Mushroom Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-907394-00-0.
- Face-the-music.de Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Martin Kinch (December 2009). "THE MELVYN GALE INTERVIEW". Cherry Blossom Clinic. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- "Melvyn Gale Cello". Face the Music. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- "ELO and Wizzard cellist Hugh McDowell dies at 65". 8 November 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- "ELO are back but not as you know them". 21 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.
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