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On the Third Day is the third studio LP by Electric Light Orchestra and the first to be recorded without any input from Roy Wood.

Overview[link]

On the Third Day was released in 1973 and failed to enter the UK charts at the time, although it did reach the US charts. Side two of the album was recorded during or shortly after the sessions for ELO's LP ELO 2, but unlike its predecessor it contains shorter tracks. By contrast, the four songs on side one of the album were linked into a continuous suite. Violinist Mik Kaminski made his debut on side one of this album replacing Wilf Gibson, although Gibson plays on side two (plus the bonus tracks). Also, cellist Colin Walker left the line up around the same time, leaving Mike Edwards as lone cellist.

Of all other ELO albums, except for ELO 2, this might be considered closest in style to progressive rock, with some elaborate band arrangements and complicated musical segués between tracks. The Mini Moog synthesizer can be heard prominently on several tracks, particularly as lead instrument on the instrumental "Daybreaker". It was to be the last ELO album where Jeff Lynne attempted to re-create an orchestral sound in the studio by multi-tracking the cellos and solo violin of the band members - for the next album, a real orchestra would be hired. Marc Bolan played guitar on "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" and "Dreaming of 4000", both originally uncredited, as well as on "Everyone's Born to Die", which was not released at the time but appears as a bonus track on the 2006 remaster.

In September 2006 the album was remastered and released again with bonus tracks, featuring the Hipgnosis album art from the original UK release. The bonus tracks "Auntie" (working title of "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"), "Mambo" (working title of "Dreaming of 4000") and "Everyone's Born to Die" were recorded during the ELO 2 sessions.

Miscellaneous[link]

• "Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe" contains a sequence of morse code signaling ELO, something Jeff Lynne would also do 10 years later on "Secret Messages".
• "Showdown" was originally intended to be released on single only and, since it was on a different label (Harvest Records) than the UK LP, did not appear on the original UK LP. It was, however, included on the US LP.
• "Bluebird Is Dead" features a guitar solo played backwards.
• Although he didn't actually record on the album, Hugh McDowell did appear on this front cover of the US LP seen at right, which was an unusual photograph taken by famed photographer Richard Avedon that had ELO displaying their belly-buttons.
• In 2006, New Zealand rap group Frontline sampled a piece of "Dreaming of 4000" for their latest release "Hold 'em".
• The working titles for "In the Hall of the Mountain King" was "In the Hole of the Mounted Parrot", "Daybreaker" was "Theme from Glass Table" and "Dreaming of 4000" was "I'm Only Dreaming" and "Mambo".

Chart positions and runs[link]

• US: #52 Billboard 200, 24 weeks
• UK: did not chart on its own when first released, but reached #38 in 1978 as part of the 3-LP box-set Three Light Years.
• AUS: #46 ARIA Albums Chart, 10 weeks
• CAN: #40 RPM Albums Chart, 14 weeks

Original track listing[link]

All songs written by Jeff Lynne unless otherwise indicated.

Side one[link]

1. "Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe" – 4:07
2. "Bluebird Is Dead" – 4:42
3. "Oh No Not Susan" – 3:07
4. "New World Rising/Ocean Breakup (Reprise)" – 4:05
5. "Showdown" – 4:09 (Not included in original UK release)

Side two[link]

6. "Daybreaker" – 3:51
7. "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" – 3:56
8. "Dreaming of 4000" – 5:04
9. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (Edvard Grieg) – 6:37

Bonus tracks[link]

10. "Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle)" (Take 1) – 1:19
11. "Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle)" (Take 2) – 4:05
12. "Mambo (Dreaming of 4000)" (Take 1) – 5:05
13. "Everyone's Born to Die" – 3:43
14. "Interludes" (Previously unreleased) – 3:40

Personnel[link]

• Jeff Lynne - Vocals, Guitars
• Bev Bevan - Drums, Percussion
• Richard Tandy - Piano, Moog
• Mike de Albuquerque - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Wilf Gibson - Violin on tracks 5-14
• Colin Walker - Cello on tracks 5-14
• Mike Edwards - Cello
• Mik Kaminski - Violin on tracks 1-4

Additional personnel

• Marc Bolan - Guitar on tracks 7, 8, 10-13

References[link]

External links[link]

• On the Third Day Remastered Info

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The Third Day is a feature film released in 1965. It stars George Peppard and his then wife Elizabeth Ashley, and is a suspense thriller. It was largely ignored in cinemas and is rarely seen on television. It was directed by Jack Smight from a book by Joseph Hayes.

Plot[link]

Steve Mallory has been involved in a car crash, and it appears he has killed his mistress, Holly. Steve suffers from amnesia, he has no recollection whatever of the event. His wife is hostile and cold toward him, his father is severely disabled and his younger brother appears to hate his guts. Added to this is the sinister presence of Lester Aldrich, who turns out to be the downtrodden husband of the sleazy Holly.

Cast[link]

• George Peppard as Steve Mallory
• Elizabeth Ashley as Alexandria Mallory
• Roddy McDowall as Oliver Parsons
• Arthur O'Connell as Dr. Wheeler
• Mona Washbourne as Catherine Parsons
• Herbert Marshall as Austin Parsons
• Robert Webber as Dom Guardiano
• Charles Drake as Lawrence Conway
• Sally Kellerman as Holly Mitchell
• Arte Johnson as Lester Aldrich

Themes[link]

This curious film could have been a rather formulaic work, were it not for powerful performances from Elizabeth Ashley, George Peppard and Sally Kellerman. Steve is intent on not only finding out what happened, he also wants to fix things with his wife and family. The fact that the accident has made him a nicer person is a central theme. It is as though he has been given a second chance. But his dastardly brother, played by Roddy McDowall, prefers things the way they were.

Other[link]

The film is shot in a desolate coastal location in USA.

External links[link]

• IMDB entry

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Third Day
Third Day performing live at Hillsong Church, Sydney.
Background information
Origin	Marietta, Georgia, USA
Genres	Christian rock, southern rock, contemporary Christian
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Essential
Website	www.thirdday.com
Members
Mac Powell Tai Anderson David Carr Mark Lee
Past members
Brad Avery Billy Wilkins

Third Day is a Grammy award-winning Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins.^[1] The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr. The band's name is a reference to the biblical account of Jesus' rising from the dead on the third day following his crucifixion. The band was inducted in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 19, 2009.^[2]

History[link]

In 1992, Mac Powell and Mark Lee were playing at Lee's church the same night that David Carr & Tai Anderson played with a band called Bullard Family Singers. Once introduced, the group took to each other quickly and Carr & Anderson were invited to join the band.^[1]

In 1993, while remaining in school, the band started playing more aggressively around Atlanta and saved $3,000 to record a full-length album. Also, during this time, Wilkins, who was working full-time as a school teacher, decided to leave the band.^[3] Third Day continued to work on their album, recording at Furies Studios in Atlanta. With the production help of Carr, Long Time Forgotten was finally released in 1994 with 2,000 copies available.^[4] In 1995, the band started looking for a second guitarist and after hearing Brad Avery play with singer Chris Carder, Avery was asked to audition with the band. After playing Consuming Fire during their first rehearsal, Avery was officially asked to join the band.

As the band rounded off its line-up, at that time, Mark Lee had made difficult decision to quit the band, yet never really went through with it, to pursue a full time college load at Georgia Tech. So the band was found by and selected guitarist August McCoy. McCoy later went on to write & recorded with artists such as Sammy Ward, Brothers-n-Christ, and Sunsol; he is also seen reuniting after 13 years on the 2007 "Revelations" CD/DVD combo release. August McCoy is officially "The most forgotten & left out of the Third Day Legend" since he 'was' an official member at that time and appears in the line-up on the "Contagious" CD release and is firstly thanked in the subsequent Gray dot release of the band's next self-titled release) August McCoy ended up being the one to leave for college, exiting the band, when they started playing more steadily in venues around the Southeast. While playing in a Marietta, Georgia at the Strand Theatre, the owners offered the band a contract to sign with a new independent record label called Gray Dot Records. With recording contract in-hand, the band released the album Third Day, which ended up selling 20,000 copies. Shortly after, Reunion Records bought out their Grey Dot contract and signed the band to a multi-album deal.^[5]

Reunion Records[link]

Once under contract, Reunion Records immediately released the now official version of Third Day. The record has sold over 300,000 copies and was well received by critics. The album also yielded their only mainstream rock radio hit in the U.S., "Nothing at All", which peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard rock charts.^[6] Later the same year, Christian music headliner Newsboys asked Third Day to open for them at five of their West Coast shows. At the same time, they launched their own 65-city tour with All Star United and Seven Day Jesus opening for them. The band's successful debut was culminated with being nominated for a Dove Award in the category of New Artist of the Year and their video for Consuming Fire winning a Billboard Music Award in the category of Best Christian Video.^[7]

In the winter of 1997, the band started working on their second album, Conspiracy No. 5. The album was produced by Sam Taylor, who had previously worked with King's X and other Christian bands. The album was nominated for a Grammy and won Dove Awards for Rock Album of the Year and Rock Song of the Year ("Alien").^[8] The following year, the band dedicated exclusively to touring around the United States, both alone and again opening for Newsboys. Also in 1998, the band recorded a cover of Michael W.Smith's Agnus Dei for his Dove Award-winning compilation project Exodus.

International success[link]

In 1998, the band started working on their next project titled Time under the production of Monroe Jones. They had compiled approximately 30 songs to choose from during the last year and ended up choosing ten for the new album. Time was also nominated for a Grammy Award and won another Dove Award for the band. Some of the songs that were recorded for possible inclusion in the album, but were left out during production, can be found in the EP Southern Tracks.^[9] During the band's live shows, the worship portion of the concert was becoming more "powerful", prompting the band to release an album made up exclusively of worship songs. The subsequent album was entitled Offerings: A Worship Album and took about a week to record. In 2000 to support both Time and Offerings, Third Day went on tour alongside Jennifer Knapp. Later the same year, the band also collaborated on the project City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise alongside FFH, Caedmon's Call, Newsboys, Jars of Clay, and others.^[10]

In 2001, the band played in Australia and New Zealand on the heels of the success of the Offerings album. While touring in the States, Third Day recorded one of their concerts in Atlanta to be released as their first DVD, The Offerings Experience. The concert was held at the Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre with an attendance of close to 15,000 people. That same year, the band won a total of five Dove Awards as well as their first Grammy. They closed the year with the release of their fifth studio album, Come Together, which won two Dove Awards and one more Grammy. The album was certified gold the next year, along with Time.^[11][12] The band appeared in the 2002 film "Joshua", the movie version of the Joseph Girzone novel of the same name. The Third Day song My Hope is You was included in the Joshua soundtrack album. In 2003, the band released a follow-up to their hit worship CD Offerings entitled Offerings II: All I Have to Give.

In 2004, the band released their seventh album, Wire, and toured the States with tobyMac and Warren Barfield. In June of the same year, the band traveled to Europe for a two-week tour. Upon returning, the band recorded a concert at Louisville and released it as the live album, Live Wire. During that year, they also collaborated on the soundtrack for Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ, they played at the Republican National Convention, and were featured in the show 60 Minutes.^[13] In January 2007, the band played one night each in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney, Australia.^[14]

Recent years[link]

Their next album, Wherever You Are, debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 8.^[15] It also won the band their third Grammy. This success was followed in 2006 by the release of their first holiday album, Christmas Offerings, and in 2007 with the first compilations of their hits entitled Chronology. Their next studio album called Revelation was released July 29, 2008. On February 28, 2008, Third Day released a statement announcing Brad Avery's departure from the band after 13 years and over 1000 concerts.^[16] According to the official press release, Avery left the band to pursue solo projects and Third Day would not replace him, instead continuing on as a quartet.

Following Avery's departure, the band performed at the April, 2008 Papal Youth Rally at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Supporting the release of their new album Revelation, on July 29, 2008 the band appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where they performed the album's first single Call My Name and on November 20, 2008 they appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson performing the album's title track. The song This Is Who I Am off the Revelation album also appears in EA Sports NASCAR video game NASCAR 09, though the album was released over a month after the game. "Call My Name" hit No. 1 and was the 5th most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.^[17]

Third Day was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame on September 19, 2009. They released Live Revelations, a live CD/DVD version of the Revelation album, in April. In December 2009, Third Day was nominated for 3 Grammys: One for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album for Live Revelations and their single "Born Again" received 2 Grammy nods for Best Gospel Performance and Best Gospel Song. They won the Best Rock or Rap award, thus winning their fourth career Grammy. Live Revelations achieved Gold status in April, becoming the band's eighth album to go gold.

Third Day was featured on Winter Jam 2010, touring alongside Newsboys, Fireflight, Tenth Avenue North, and others. After releasing the single, "Lift Up Your Face", in July, Third Day released their ninth studio album, Move, on October 19, 2010. On October 30 they finished the World Vision-sponsored tour "Make a Difference Tour 2010" with TobyMac, Michael W. Smith, Jason Gray and Max Lucado in Fayetteville, NC.^[18] Their song Follow Me There, off Move, is the featured as the theme song to the TLC Television show Sarah Palin's Alaska which debuted in 2010.

2012[link]

Third Day recently announced a new album;^{[citation needed]} the release date has not yet been announced, and neither has the album title.

Members[link]

Current[link]

• Mac Powell - Lead vocals, Acoustic guitar, tambourine
• Mark Lee - Electric guitar, backing vocals
• Tai Anderson- Bass, backing vocals
• David Carr - Drums, percussion

Additional Touring Musicians

• Scotty Wilbanks - keyboards, backing vocals (since 2005)
• Jason Hoard - mandolin, banjo, guitar, backing vocals (since 2010)

Past[link]

• Billy Wilkins, keyboards. Wilkins was one of the original members of Third Day, from 1991 to 1993, along with Powell and Lee. He was also with the group when Anderson and Carr joined, both of whom were still in high school at the time. He is currently an economics and management teacher near Atlanta. He has recorded with Third Day as recently as 2004, when he played "Blessed Assurance" on a project for author/speaker Max Lucado. In 2007, film footage of three of the band's earliest concerts were released on the two projects "Chronology I and II," in which Billy is included.
• Geof Barkley, keyboards. Barkley (formerly of Geoff Moore and the Distance) played keyboards on every live album in the band's history and every live show for nearly seven years. Barkley also performed on Wherever You Are. Although never officially a member of the band, Brad Avery has described Barkley as '"in the band", but he's not a "member" of Third Day, that's two different things. But he is in the band, and he plays with us live every night, and he rocks.' Barkley's background vocals in songs such as "God of Wonders" and "Took My Place" as well as "You Are So Good To Me" have become integral parts of Third Day's live sound. Barkley finished touring with Third Day on October 21, 2005 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• August McCoy, guitar.
• Brad Avery, guitar. From Third Day Weblog by Third Day. "Third Day and Brad Avery have made the very difficult decision to part ways. We appreciate Brad’s many contributions to the band's career to date, including his work on our forthcoming album, but the time has come for us to follow our separate paths. He has been an important part of Third Day for the last 13 years as we've traveled the world together and performed over 1,000 concerts. We will miss him as a band member but he will always remain our brother and our friend. Brad is a wonderful person, gifted songwriter and talented musician. We trust that God has amazing plans for his future." Avery left the band on February 28, 2008.

Discography[link]

Studio and live albums[link]

EPs[link]

Early Independent Albums[link]

Radio Singles[link]

1996-2000[link]

2001-Present[link]

Other Charting Songs[link]

The following were never officially released as singles, but charted based on airplay alone.

Music videos[link]

• "Consuming Fire" (1996)
• "You Make Me Mad" (1997)
• "Your Love Oh Lord" (1999)
• "Cry Out To Jesus" (2006) - The original shooting of the "Cry Out To Jesus" music video.
• "Cry Out To Jesus" (Band Version) (2006) - A shooting of the "Cry Out To Jesus" music video in which the band enters the studio through one continuous shot lasting over half of the song. Released for the Chronology: Volume I DVD.
• "Revelation" (2009)- Live as seen in the Live Revelations DVD.
• "Lift Up Your Face" (2010)
• "Children of God" (2011)

Live DVDs[link]

• The Offerings Experience (2002)
• The Come Together Tour (2003)
• Live Wire (2004)
• Christmas Offerings (2008)
• Live Revelations (2009)

Awards[link]

American Music Awards[link]

• 2008 American Music Award for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist of the Year

Grammy Awards[link]

• 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year for Come Together
• 2005 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year for Wire
• 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year for Wherever You Are
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album of the Year for Live Revelations

Gospel Music Awards[link]

• 1998 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year for Conspiracy No. 5
• 1998 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for "Alien"
• 1999 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for Exodus
• 2000 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year for Time
• 2001 Dove Award for Group of the Year
• 2001 Dove Award for Artist of the Year
• 2001 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for "Sky Falls Down"
• 2001 Dove Award for Praise and Worship Album of the Year for Offerings: A Worship Album
• 2001 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise
• 2002 Dove Award for Group of the Year
• 2002 Dove Award for Long Form Music Video of the Year for Third Day Live in Concert - The Offerings Experience
• 2002 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year for Come Together
• 2002 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for "Come Together"
• 2003 Dove Award for Group of the Year
• 2003 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for "40 Days"
• 2003 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for City on a Hill: Sing Alleluia
• 2004 Dove Award for Praise and Worship Album of the Year for Offerings II: All I Have to Give
• 2004 Dove Award for Long Form Music Video of the Year for Third Day Live in Concert, The Come Together Tour
• 2005 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for The Passion of the Christ: Songs
• 2005 Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year for Wire

Billboard Magazine Best of the 2000s[link]

• No. 3 Christian Albums Artist of the Decade
• No. 5 Christian Songs Artist of the Decade
• No. 15 Christian Song of the Decade: "Cry Out to Jesus"
• No. 27 Christian Song of the Decade: "Call My Name"
• No. 39 Christian Song of the Decade: "You Are So Good to Me"
• No. 43 Christian Song of the Decade: "Mountain of God"
• No. 28 Christian Album of the Decade: "Wherever You Are"
• No. 33 Christian Album of the Decade: "Come Together"
• No. 37 Christian Album of the Decade: "Offerings: A Worship Album"
• No. 39 Christian Album of the Decade: "Offerings II: All I Have to Give"

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Third Day

• Official website
• Interview with Third Day at Premier.tv
• Third Day discography at MusicBrainz

Matt Maher
Maher performing in 2011
Background information
Born	(1974-11-10) November 10, 1974 (age 37)[1] Newfoundland, Canada
Genres	Christian rock
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Essential
Website	www.mattmahermusic.com

Matthew "Matt" Guion Maher (born November 10, 1974)^[1] is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist, songwriter, and worship leader originally from Newfoundland, Canada, who later relocated to Tempe, Arizona. He has written and produced five solo albums to date. Three of his albums have reached the Top 25 Christian Albums Billboard chart and four of his singles have reached the Top 25 Christian Songs chart. He is a practising Catholic.^[2]

Biography[link]

Maher was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada. His parents recognized his musical talent, and he grew up taking piano lessons and immersing himself in a broad variety of music and playing in concert and jazz ensembles, singing in a choir, and playing in a garage rock band.^[3]

Maher received a scholarship from the Jazz Department at Arizona State University, where he studied Jazz Piano and got his music degree. He paid for his first three years of college by playing piano in a hotel.

Matt currently lives in Tempe, Arizona. He is involved in building community at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish. He married Kristin Fisher on September 10, 2010. Their son, Michael Conor, was born on August 1, 2011.

Career[link]

Early in 2007 Maher signed to Essential Records. He released his first big-label album (and his fourth album overall) Empty and Beautiful on April 8, 2008. His second album with Essential Records (and his fifth album overall), Alive Again, was released on September 22, 2009.^[4] In late 2009, Maher toured with Michael W. Smith on the "New Hallelujah Tour". Alive Again peaked at No. 6 on Billboard magazine's Top Christian Albums chart in 2009.^[5]

When Pope Benedict XVI visited the United States in April 2008, Maher was asked to lead worship for crowds of thousands at the Rally for Youth and Seminarians in Yonkers, New York, which also featured Kelly Pease, tobyMac and Third Day, among other musicians. He was subsequently interviewed on Fox News, where he played his title track from Empty and Beautiful on the secular airwaves.^[6]

Maher was a guest singer songwriter speaker at Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference at Baylor University in late 2010 put on by the David Crowder Band.^[7] In early 2011 he toured the United States on the Rock And Worship Roadshow headlined by MercyMe.^[8]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

¹ Currently active on the charts

Awards and recognition[link]

GMA Canada Covenant Awards

• 2008 Praise And Worship Album of the Year: Empty & Beautiful^[19]
• 2009 nominee, Male Vocalist of the Year
• 2009 nominee, Song of the Year: "As It Is In Heaven"
• 2009 nominee, Praise And Worship Song of the Year: "As It Is In Heaven"
• 2010 Album of the Year: Alive Again
• 2010 Praise And Worship Album of the Year: Alive Again
• 2010 Song of the Year: "Hold Us Together"
• 2010 Praise And Worship Song of the Year: "Alive Again"
• 2011 Male Vocalist of the Year

GMA Dove Awards

• 2010 nominee, Praise And Worship Song of the Year: Alive Again
• 2010 nominee, Song of the Year: "Alive Again"
• 2010 winner, Special Events Album of the Year: Glory Revealed II: The Word of God in Worship [Split win with Kari Jobe]

Unity Awards

• 2003 winner, Best New Artist of the Year
• 2004 winner, Praise & Worship Song of the Year: "I Love You, Lord"
• 2008 winner, Best Artist of the Year

Other

• 2008 Catholic Album of the Year: Empty & Beautiful

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official MySpace page
• Matt Maher at Essential Records
• Matt Maher at Spirit and Song

David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic.^[1] He has set and broken several world records. Theatre owner James Nederlander as well as The New York Times^[2] have referred to Blaine as a modern day Houdini.