New World, Inc

Excellent addition to any prog-rock music collection
Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better.

The very first performance by the Dave Kerzner Band of Dave's debut solo album "New World" and the only time the standard edition of the album ever performed in its entirety. The album features Kerzner on lead vocals, keyboards and acoustic guitar. He is joined by a stellar line up including Fernando Perdomo, Randy McStine, Matt Dorsey, Derek Cintron and The McBroom Sisters.

A New World Record is the sixth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in October 1976 on United Artists Records in the U.S., and on 19 November 1976 on Jet Records in the United Kingdom. A New World Record marked ELO's shift towards shorter pop songs, a trend which would continue across their career. Their second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, the LP proved to be the band's breakthrough in the UK; after their previous three studio recordings failed to chart in their home market, A New World Record became their first top ten album in the UK. It became a global success and reached multi-platinum status in the US and UK, The album sold five million units worldwide within its first year of release.