Melvyn Gale

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Melvyn Gale
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Gale in 1977
Background information
Birth nameMelvyn Gale
Born (1952-01-15) 15 January 1952 (age 73)
London, England
Genres Rock
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s) Cello, keyboards
Labels Jet Records

Melvyn Gale (born 15 January 1952) [1] is an English cellist.

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Career

Born in London, [2] 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. [3] 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. [1] He is also a pianist, performing piano on "Wild West Hero" as well as occasionally live on "Roll Over Beethoven". [4]

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. [5]

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. [3]

Gale ran a company which manufactured CDs and vinyl records for 18 years. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Bevan, Bev (1980). The Electric Light Orchestra Story. Mushroom Publishing Ltd. ISBN   0-907394-00-0.
  2. ↑ Face-the-music.de Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Martin Kinch (December 2009). "THE MELVYN GALE INTERVIEW". Cherry Blossom Clinic. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Melvyn Gale Cello". Face the Music. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "ELO and Wizzard cellist Hugh McDowell dies at 65". 8 November 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "ELO are back but not as you know them". 21 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.


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