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Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan, 24 November 1944) is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II without the original ELO singer-songwriter, Jeff Lynne.
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has been a major figure in music for six decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was at first an informal chronicler, and later an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance style of Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.
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Carl Wayne
Carl Wayne (born Colin David Tooley 18 August 1943 - 31 August 2004) was a British singer and actor. He is best remembered as the lead vocalist of Birmingham rock group The Move during the 1960s.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer, musician, performer, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who has sold over 260 million records worldwide in a career spanning 7 decades.
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ELO Part II
ELO Part II were an offshoot band formed by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. They are currently known as The Orchestra.
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George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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Hugh McDowell
:For the rugby league footballer of the 1930s for England, and Widnes, see Hugh McDowell
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Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne (born 30 December 1947; Shard End, Birmingham) is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, guitarist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys. Lynne has produced recordings for artists such as The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Roy Orbison, Del Shannon and Tom Petty. He has co-written songs with Petty and also with George Harrison whose 1987 album Cloud Nine was co-produced by Lynne and Harrison. His compositions include "Do Ya", "Livin' Thing", "Evil Woman", "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Hold on Tight" and "Don't Bring Me Down".
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John Farrar
John Farrar (,‿; born on 8 November 1946 in Melbourne Australia) is a music producer, songwriter, music arranger, singer and guitarist who is best known for his work with Olivia Newton-John with whom he wrote and produced many hit songs.
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Kelly Groucutt
Kelly Groucutt (8 September 1945 – 19 February 2009), born Michael William Groucutt, was an English musician who was best known for being the bass player for the band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), between 1974 and 1983. He was born in Coseley, West Midlands.
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Kosh (art director)
Kosh (born John Kosh) is an art director, album cover designer, graphic artist, and documentary producer/director. He was born in London, England and rose to prominence in the mid-1960s while designing for the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera House. He was the creative director of The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road.
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Louis Clark
Louis Clark (born 27 February 1947, Kempston, near Bedford, Bedfordshire, England) is a British musical arranger and keyboard player.
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Melvyn Gale
Melvyn Gale (born 15 January 1952, London) is an English cellist.
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Mik Kaminski
Mik Kaminski (born Michael Kaminski, 2 September 1951, Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is best known for playing violin in the Electric Light Orchestra between 1973 and 1979.
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Mike de Albuquerque
Mike de Albuquerque (born 24 June 1947) is an English musician. He was born in Wimbledon, London, England.
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948) is an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country and adult contemporary. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease which became one of the most successful films and movie soundtracks in Hollywood history.
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Richard Tandy
Richard Tandy (born 26 March 1948, in Birmingham, England), is best known as the keyboard player in the rock band, Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO"). His palette of keyboards (including Mini Moog, clavinet, mellotron, and piano) was an important ingredient in the group's sound, notably on the albums A New World Record, Out of the Blue, Discovery, and Time.
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Rick Price (bassist)
Rick Price (born Richard Price, 10 June 1944, Birmingham, England) is an English bassist, who has played with various Birmingham based rock bands, most notably Sight and Sound, The Move (1969-1971), Electric Light Orchestra (1970) and Wizzard (1972-1975). With the latter he had two #1 UK hit singles, "See My Baby Jive" and "Angel Fingers", as well as the #4 Christmas classic, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" (all 1973).
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Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became the Beatles' drummer in 1962, taking over from Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead singer on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally") and as songwriter with the songs "Don't Pass Me By", "What Goes On" and "Octopus's Garden".
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Rosie Vela
Roseanne "Rosie" Vela (born November 11, 1954, Galveston, Texas) is an American model and singer-songwriter.
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Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly / country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records in the early to mid 1960s when 22 of his songs placed on the US Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", "In Dreams", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of one in a film by David Lynch revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died of a heart attack in December that year, at the zenith of his resurgence. His life was marred with tragedy, including the death of his first wife and two of his children in separate accidents.
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Roy Wood
Roy Adrian Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands.
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The Orchestra
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Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.
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Wilfred Gibson
Wilfred Gibson (born 28 February 1945, Dilston, Northumberland, England) is an English violinist who played in the band Electric Light Orchestra, and has performed as a session musician. He replaced original ELO violinist Steve Woolam in 1972 and performed in their first live concert. He later made contributions to the ELO II album and performed on the hit singles "Roll Over Beethoven", "Showdown" and "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" playing alongside cellists Colin Walker and Mike Edwards. He was replaced in 1973 by Mik Kaminski allegedly due to a payment dispute. His work as a session musician has seen Gibson playing on numerous hits throughout the years, sometimes uncredited.
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Wizzard
Wizzard was a Birmingham-based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings were Paul McCartney."
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( , locally ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with a population of 1,028,700 (2009 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the United Kingdom's second most populous Urban Area with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
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CBS Television City
CBS Television City is a television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of North Fairfax Avenue. It is one of two CBS television studios in southern California — the other is CBS Studio Center, located in the Studio City section of the San Fernando Valley, which houses additional production facilities and the network's Los Angeles local television operations (KCBS and KCAL). The company's West Coast radio production center is located more than a mile away to the south, in the Miracle Mile neighborhood.
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Croydon
Croydon is a town in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Croydon. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 11 metropolitan centres in Greater London.
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Disneyland
Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. Originally, and still often colloquially, called Disneyland, it was dedicated with a televised press preview on July 17, 1955, and opened to the general public on July 18, 1955. Disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney himself. In 1998, the theme park was re-branded "Disneyland Park" to distinguish it from the larger Disneyland Resort complex.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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- A New World Record
- American Bandstand
- Bev Bevan
- Billboard charts
- Birmingham
- Black Sabbath
- Bob Dylan
- British rock
- Calling America
- Carl Wayne
- CBS Television City
- Chuck Berry
- Cleveland Stadium
- Cliff Richard
- Columbia Records
- concept album
- Croydon
- Croydon Guardian
- disco
- Disneyland
- double album
- ELO 2
- ELO Part II
- Epic Records
- Fire On High
- fog machine
- General Electric
- George Harrison
- Harvest Records
- Here Is the News
- Hugh McDowell
- Jeff Lynne
- Jet Records
- John Farrar
- Johnny B. Goode
- jukebox
- Kelly Groucutt
- Kosh (art director)
- laser
- Last Train to London
- Legacy Recordings
- Live at Wembley '78
- Livin' Thing
- Louis Clark
- Melvyn Gale
- Mik Kaminski
- Mike de Albuquerque
- Mojo (magazine)
- Moog synthesiser
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Olivia Newton-John
- On the Third Day
- parody
- progressive rock
- pun
- Randy Newman
- Reading Festival
- Richard Tandy
- Rick Price (bassist)
- Ringo Starr
- Rockaria!
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Rosie Vela
- Roy Orbison
- Roy Wood
- Secret Messages
- Shine a Little Love
- Sony BMG
- space ship
- Strange Magic
- Stuttgart
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- symphonic rock
- The Beatles
- The Idle Race
- The Move
- The Orchestra
- Ticket to the Moon
- Tom Petty
- Tony Award
- tribute
- Turn to Stone
- UK Singles Chart
- United States
- VH1 Storytellers
- Warner Bros. Records
- Wembley Arena
- Wild West Hero
- Wilfred Gibson
- Wizzard
- Wurlitzer
- Xanadu (film)
- Xanadu (soundtrack)
- Zoom (ELO album)
- Zoom Tour Live
Electric Light Orchestra Filmography
- The 1980 Sci-Fi Awards (1980)
- Electric Light Orchestra: Discovery (1978)
- Electric Light Orchestra: 'Out of the Blue' Tour Live at Wembley (1978)
- (#3.3) (1978)
- (#3.5) (1977)
- Imagine: New Directions (1977)
- (#5.2) (1977)
- (1972-07-08) (1972)
- (1976-12-11) (1968)
- (1973-02-01) (1964)
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Twilight
- Another Heart Breaks
- Wild West Hero
- Confusion
- When Time Stood Still
- All Over the World
- Four Little Diamonds
- Getting to the Point
- Mr. Radio
- Shine a Little Love
- Telephone Line
- Don't Walk Away
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- Last Train to London
- Can't Get You Out of My Head
- The Diary of Horace Wimp
- Evil Woman
- Showdown
- Don't Bring Me Down
- I'm Alive
- 21st Century Man
- Xanadu
- Across the Border
- Turn to Stone
- Twilight
- Alright
- Secret Messages
- Ticket to the Moon
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Just for Love
- Xanadu (new version)
- Love Changes All
- Ordinary Dream
- Last Train to London
- Now You're Gone
- Moment in Paradise
- Four Little Diamonds
- Strange Magic
- Showdown
- Telephone Line
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Mr. Blue Sky
Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, Volume 2
(Released 2007)
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- Twilight
- Do Ya
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Latitude 88 North
- It's Over
- Ticket to the Moon
- Heaven Only Knows
- Starlight
- Four Little Diamonds
- Secret Messages
- Eldorado
- So Serious
- Last Train to London
- In My Own Time
- Destination Unknown
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- One Summer Dream
- Calling America
- Moment in Paradise
- Surrender
- Prologue
- Twilight
- Yours Truly, 2095
- Ticket to the Moon
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- Rain Is Falling
- From the End of the World
- The Lights Go Down
- Here Is the News
- 21st Century Man
- Hold On Tight
- Epilogue
- The Bouncer
- When Time Stood Still
- Julie Don't Live Here
- Another Heart Breaks
- Heaven Only Knows
- So Serious
- Getting to the Point
- Secret Lives
- Is It Alright
- Sorrow About to Fall
- Without Someone
- Calling America
- Endless Lies
- Send It
- Opening
- Heaven Only Knows (alternate version)
- In for the Kill
- Secret Lives (alternate mix)
- Sorrow About to Fall (alternate mix)
- Caught in a Trap (UK B-Side)
- Destination Unknown (UK B-Side)
- Look at Me Now
- Nellie Takes Her Bow
- First Movement (Jumping Biz)
- Mr. Radio
- Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
- Queen of the Hours
- Whisper in the Night
- 10538 Overture
- Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
- Battle of Marston Moor (take 1)
- Whisper in the Night (take 1)
- Mr. Radio (take 9)
- 10538 Overture (take 1)
- Look at Me Now
- Nellie Takes Her Bow
- The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
- First Movement (Jumping Biz)
- Mr. Radio
- Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
- Queen of the Hours
- Whisper in the Night
- The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644) (alternate mix, take 1)
- Nellie Takes Her Bow (alternate mix)
- Mr. Radio (alternate mix, take 9)
- 10538 Overture
- 10538 Overture (alternate mix, take 1)
- In Old England Town (Boogie #2)
- Mama (new edit)
- Roll Over Beethoven
- From the Sun to the World (Boogie #1)
- Kuiama
- In Old England Town (Boogie #2) (instrumental)
- In Old England Town (Boogie #2) (take 1, alternate mix)
- Roll Over Beethoven (alternate mix)
- Baby I Apologize
- Fire on High
- Waterfall
- Evil Woman
- Nightrider
- Poker
- Strange Magic
- Down Home Town
- One Summer Dream
- Fire on High Intro (early alternative mix)
- Evil Woman (stripped down mix)
- Strange Magic (US single edit)
- Waterfall (instrumental mix)
All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
(Released 2005)
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- Mr. Blue Sky
- Evil Woman
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Shine a Little Love
- Turn to Stone
- The Diary of Horace Wimp
- Confusion
- Hold on Tight
- Livin' Thing
- Telephone Line
- All Over the World
- Wild West Hero
- Showdown
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Xanadu (new version)
- Rockaria!
- Strange Magic
- Alright
- Rock 'N' Roll Is King
- Roll Over Beethoven (7" single version)
- Look at Me Now
- Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle take 2)
- First Movement (Jumping Biz) (Discreet Quad mixdown)
- From the Sun to the World (Boogie No. 1) (Quad SQ mix)
- Mr. Radio (Quad SQ mix)
- Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) (Discreet Quad mixdown)
- Showdown (alternate early mix)
- Mama (2001 edit)
- In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2) (take 1 Quad SQ mix)
- Whisper in the Night (Discreet Quad mixdown)
- In the Hall of the Mountain King (BBC Live In Concert)
- 10538 Overture (Quad mix) / Kuiama
- Showdown
- Eldorado Overture
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Evil Woman
- Strange Magic
- Livin' Thing
- So Fine
- Rockaria!
- Sweet Talking Woman
- Turn to Stone
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Shine a Little Love
- The Diary of Horace Wimp
- All Over the World
- Twilight
- Rock 'n Roll Is King
- Hold on Tight
- Secret Message
- Evil Woman
- Do Ya
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Strange Magic
- Livin' Thing
- Turn to Stone
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Telephone Line
- Shine a Little Love
- Hold on Tight
- Calling America
- Rock & Roll Is King
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Turn to Stone
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Twilight
- Telephone Line
- Four Little Diamonds
- Last Train to London
- Strange Magic
- Xanadu
- Ma Ma Ma Belle
- Confusion
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Secret Messages
- Calling America
- Don't Walk Away
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- Moment in Paradise
- State of Mind
- Just for Love
- Stranger on a Quiet Street
- In My Own Time
- Easy Money
- It Really Doesn't Matter
- Ordinary Dream
- A Long Time Gone
- Melting in the Sun
- All She Wanted
- Lonesome Lullaby
- Alright
- Hold on Tight
- Calling America
- I'm Alive
- Confusion
- Last Train to London
- Do Ya
- Showdown
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- Turn to Stone
- Here Is the News
- Evil Woman
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Shine a Little Love
- Strange Magic
- Twilight
- Wild West Hero
- Nightrider
- Xanadu
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- Shine a Little Love
- Confusion
- Need Her Love
- The Diary of Horace Wimp
- Last Train to London
- Midnight Blue
- On the Run
- Wishing
- Don't Bring Me Down
- On the Run (home demo)
- Second Time Around (home demo)
- Little Town Flirt
- Showdown
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Mr. Radio
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Mama (new edit)
- One Summer Dream
- Illusions in G Major
- Strange Magic
- Eldorado Overture
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Eldorado
- Eldorado Finale
- Do Ya (alternative mix)
- Mister Kingdom
- Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor
- 10538 Overture
- Kuiama
- Roll Over Beethoven
- From the Sun to the World
- Momma
- In the Hall of Mountain King
- King of the Universe
- Bluebird Is Dead
- New World Rising
- Daybreaker
- Ma Ma Ma Belle
- Intro (live)
- Rockaria! (live)
- Telephone Line (live)
- Are You Ready to Rock
- Let There Be Drums
- Fire Brigade
- Top Ten Record
- Custer's Last Stand (feat. Roy Wood)
- In Time
- Someday
- Clog Dance
- Under the Blue / Asteroid
- Any Old Time Will Do
- Evil Woman (live)
- 10538 Overture / Do Ya (live)
- Turn to Stone
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Twilight
- Telephone Line
- Four Little Diamonds
- Last Train to London
- Strange Magic (7" edit)
- Ma Ma Ma Belle (7" edit)
- Confusion
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- Can't Get It Out of My Head (7" edit)
- Secret Messages (Special Version From the LP)
- Calling America
- Don't Walk Away
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Xanadu
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Whisper in the Night
- Manhattan Rumble (49th. Street Massacre)
- Look at Me Now
- Nellie Takes Her Bow
- Mr. Radio
- In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
- Momma
- Kuiama
- Baby I Apologise
- 10538 Overture
- Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
- Turn to Stone
- Livin' Thing
- Standin' In the Rain
- Stranger
- Strange Magic
- Hold on Tight
- Night in the City
- Do Ya
- Fire on High
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Showdown
- Daybreaker
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Boy Blue
- Evil Woman
- Strange Magic
- Livin' Thing
- Do Ya
- Telephone Line
- Rockaria!
- 10538 Overture
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Livin' Thing
- Turn to Stone
- Rockaria
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Telephone Line
- So Fine
- Standin' in the Rain
- Big Wheels
- Summer and Lightning
- Tightrope
- Mission (A World Record)
- Do Ya
- Shangri-La
- Last Train to London
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Do Ya
- Telephone Line
- Turn to Stone
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Mr. Blue Sky
- All Over the World
- Strange Magic
- Twilight
- Showdown
- Rockaria
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Shine a Little Love
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Hold on Tight
The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra: The Chart Singles Collection
(Released 1993)
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- Roll Over Beethoven
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Do Ya
- Rockaria!
- Telephone Line
- Turn to Stone
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Shine a Little Love
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Confusion
- Hold on Tight
- Here Is the News
- Xanadu
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Turn to Stone
- Livin' Thing
- The Way Life's Meant to Be
- Rockaria
- Showdown
- Evil Woman
- Confusion
- Here Is the News
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Shine a Little Love
- Twilight
- Telephone Line
- I'm Alive
- Calling America
- All Over the World
- Hold on Tight
- 10538 Ouverture
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- All Over the World
- Wild West Hero
- Diary of Horace Wimp
- Shine a Little Love
- Confusion
- Ticket to the Moon
- Don't Bring Me Down
- I'm Alive
- Last Train to London
- Don't Walk Away
- Here Is the News
- Calling America
- Twilight
- Secret Messages
- Hold On Tight
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Confusion
- I'm Alive
- Shine a Little Love
- Twilight
- Livin' Thing
- Do Ya
- All Over the World
- Hold on Tight
- Rockaria!
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Turn to Stone
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Telephone Line
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Look at Me Now
- Nellie Takes Her Bow
- Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
- 1st Movement (Jumping Biz)
- Mr Radio
- Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
- Queen of the Hours
- Whisper in the Night
- 1st Movement (Jumping Biz) (quadraphonic mix)
- Mr. Radio (quadraphonic mix)
- Nellie Takes Her Bow (quadraphonic mix)
- Whisper in the Night (quadraphonic mix)
- Roll Over Beethoven (single version)
- 10538 Overture
- Prologue / Twilight
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Heaven Only Knows
- All Over the World
- Showdown
- Tightrope
- Rockaria
- Calling America
- I'm Alive
- Do Ya
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Shine a Little Love
- RollOver Beethoven
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Hold on Tight
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Turn to Stone
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Rockaria!
- Telephone Line
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Confusion
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Strange Magic
- Calling America
- Mr. Radio
- Kuiama
- In Old England Town (Boogie #2)
- Mama
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Bluebird Is Dead
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Showdown
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Boy Blue
- One Summer Dream
- 10538 Overture
- Evil Woman
- Boy Blue
- Telephone Line
- Rockaria!
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Bluebird
- Birmingham Blues
- Loser Gone Wild
- Mr Blue Sky
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Evil Woman
- The Diary of Horace Wimp
- Telephone Line
- Shine a Little Love
- Turn to Stone
- Calling America
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Here Is the News
- Roll Over Beethoven
- First Movement (Jumping Biz)
- Look at Me Now
- Queen of the Hours
- The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644)
- Mr. Radio
- Kuiama
- Roll Over Beethoven (7" edit)
- From the Sun to the World (Boogie No.2)
- Momma
- In Old England Town (Boogie No.2)
- Showdown
- 10538 Overture
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Showdown
- Turn to Stone
- Rockaria!
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Telephone Line
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Strange Magic
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Evil Woman
- Turn to Stone
- Confusion
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Shine a Little Love
- Showdown
- Do Ya'
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Livin' Thing
- Telephone Line
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Strange Magic
- Hold on Tight
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- First Movement (Jumping Biz)
- In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
- Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
- From the Sun to the World (Boogie No. 1)
- Kuiama
- Nellie Takes Her Bow
- Queen of the Hours
- Roll Over Beethoven
- 10538 Overture
- Roll Over Beethoven
- In Old England Town
- Look at Me Now
- Momma
- Showdown
- Mr. Radio
- The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
- Whisper in the Night
- 10538 Overture
- Turn to Stone
- It's Over
- Across the Border
- Night in the City
- Starlight
- Jungle
- Steppin' Out
- Standin' in the Rain
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Sweet Is the Night
- The Whale
- Wild West Hero
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Big Wheels
- Summer and Lightning
- Birmingham Blues
- Believe Me Now
- Ocean Breakup / King of the Universe
- Bluebird Is Dead
- Oh No Not Susan
- New World Rising / Ocean Breakup (reprise)
- Showdown
- Daybreaker
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Dreaming of 4000
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Look at Me Now
- Nellie Takes Her Bow
- Queen of the Hour
- First Movement
- Mr. Radio
- Whisper in the Night
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Livin' Thing
- Evil Woman
- Telephone Line
- Rockaria
- Turn to Stone
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Wild West Hero
- All Over the World
- Hold on Tight
- Calling America
- Showdown
- Last Train to London
- Strange Magic
- Shine a Little Love
- Diary of Horace Wimp
- Roll Over Beethoven (live)
- Secret Messages
- Loser Gone Wild
- Bluebird
- Take Me On and On
- Four Little Diamonds
- Stranger
- Danger Ahead
- Letter From Spain
- Train of Gold
- Rock 'n' Roll Is King
- Kuiama
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Showdown
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Boy Blue
- Evil Woman
- Strange Magic
- 10538 Overture
- Evil Woman
- Livin' Thing
- Turn to Stone
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Rockaria
- Telephone Line
- Mr Blue Sky
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Confusion
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Strange Magic
- Calling America
- Don't Bring Me Down
- So Serious
- Hold on Tight
- Secret Messages
- I'm Alive
- All Over This World
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Do Ya
- Evil Woman
- Mr. Blue Sky
- Showdown
- Ma Ma Ma Belle
- Turn to Stone
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Strange Magic
- Rock 'n Roll Is King
- Calling America
- Livin' Thing
- Telephone Line
- Rockaria!
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Hold On Tight
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Mr. Radio
- All Over the World (Showdown - early version)
- Look at Me Now
- Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)
- In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)
- My Woman (Ma Ma Belle - early version)
- Roll Over Beethoven
- The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd. 1664)
- Queen of the Hours
- Showdown
- 1st Movement (Jumping Biz)
- Whisper in the Night
- Momma
- 10538 Overture
- Eldorado Overture
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- Boy Blue
- Laredo Tornado
- Poor Boy (The Greenwood)
- Mister Kingdom
- Nobody's Child
- Illusions in G Major
- Eldorado
- Eldorado Finale
- Tightrope
- Telephone Line
- Rockaria!
- Mission (A World Record)
- So Fine
- Livin' Thing
- Above the Clouds
- Do Ya
- Shangri-La
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Electric Light Orchestra - Hold on Tight
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- Duration: 3:05
- Published: 08 Jun 2006
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Single from the Electric Light Orchestra's "Time" album (1981).
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ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - Last Train To London
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Last Train To London Discovery (1979)
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Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
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- Duration: 4:37
- Published: 23 Dec 2007
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- Author: kungfumanchu
Electric Light Orchestra performing Roll Over Beethoven on the Midnight Special in 1973.
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Electric Light Orchestra- Evil Woman
ELO's greatest song (better than my previous posted ELO song, telephone lines) PLZ RATE AND COMMENT
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ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - Telephone Line
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Telephone Line A New World Record (1976)
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Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky
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- Duration: 5:08
- Published: 23 Dec 2008
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- Author: riversend21
Out of the Blue
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Mr Blue Sky
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- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 12 Feb 2006
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- Author: sgtpepper2
ELO Mr Blue Sky
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Olivia Newton John & ELO - Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John & ELO Xanadu Soundtrack Xanadu (1980)
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ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - Confusion
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Confusion Discovery (1979)
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Dont Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
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- Duration: 4:12
- Published: 05 Feb 2009
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- Author: mibellagenio007
Great
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Turn To Stone
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- Duration: 3:39
- Published: 24 Feb 2006
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ELO Turn To Stone
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ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - Twilight
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Twilight Time (1981)
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ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - Midnight Blue
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Midnight Blue Discovery (1979)
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Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
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- Duration: 5:08
- Published: 21 Jul 2008
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Electric Light Orchestra's Mr. Blue Sky from Out of the Blue ,1977. Note: I do not own ELO.
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ELO-Strange Magic
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- Duration: 4:24
- Published: 17 May 2006
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Jeff Lynne and ELO performing the classic Strange Magic during the PBS concert in 2001.
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Electric Light Orchestra Turn to stone.
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- Duration: 3:21
- Published: 07 Nov 2007
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Jeff Lynne and ELO in a promo for Turn to stone.
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Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive
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- Duration: 3:47
- Published: 25 Jan 2009
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- Author: YouGottaLoveThe80s
From the Xanadu soundtrack! Artist: Electric Light Orchestra Song: I'm Alive Album: Xanadu Year: 1980
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ELO, rollover beethoven
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- Duration: 5:57
- Published: 19 Dec 2008
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Zoom Tour
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ELO - Yours Truly, 2095
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- Duration: 3:28
- Published: 06 Feb 2009
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CLICK HERE FOR STEREO SOUND: www.youtube.com The third track to the Electric Light Orchestra album Time.
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A founder member of the rock group Electric Light Orchestra died when a 63 stone (400kg) bale of silage rolled nearly 200ft (60m) down a steep field on to his moving car. ELO on Top of the Pops in 1973. Mike Edwards is on the far right Photo: REDFERNS Michael Edwards, 62, the band's former cellist,...
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| Coordinates | 40°37′29″N73°57′8″N |
|---|---|
| name | Electric Light Orchestra |
| landscape | yes |
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | Birmingham, England |
| genre | symphonic rock, progressive rock |
| years active | 1970–83, 1985–86, 2000–01 |
| label | Harvest, Warner Bros., United Artists, Jet, Columbia, Epic, Legacy, Sony BMG |
| associated acts | The Move, ELO Part II, The Orchestra, The Traveling Wilburys |
| website | www.elo.biz |
| past members | Personnel }} |
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.
Despite early singles success in the UK the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as "The English guys with the big fiddles". They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest selling bands in music. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated 27 Top 40 hit singles in both the UK and the US. The group also scored 20 Top 20 U.K. hit singles, as well as 19 Top 20 hit singles in the U.S. Billboard charts. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits of any band in US chart history without ever having a number one single.
ELO collected 19 CRIA, 21 RIAA and 38 BPI awards, and sold over 50 million records worldwide during the group's active period of recording and touring..
History
Birth of the band
In the late 1960s, Roy Wood—guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of The Move—had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, taking rock music in the direction "that The Beatles had left off." Jeff Lynne, frontman of fellow Birmingham group The Idle Race, was excited by the concept. In January 1970, when Carl Wayne left The Move, Lynne accepted Wood's second invitation to join the band on the condition that they focus their energy on the new project.On 12 July 1970, when Wood added multiple cellos to a Lynne-penned song intended to be a Move B-side, the new concept became a reality and "10538 Overture" became the first Electric Light Orchestra song. To help finance the fledgling band, two more Move albums were released during the lengthy ELO recordings. The resulting debut album The Electric Light Orchestra was released in 1971. (It was released in the United States in 1972 as No Answer, the name being chosen because a record company secretary had tried to ring the UK company and get the name of the album – since they were unable to contact them they left a note saying "No Answer".) "10538 Overture" became a UK top-ten hit. Lynne, Wood, and Bev Bevan were the founding members of Electric Light Orchestra. They were joined by Bill Hunt (horns, keyboards) and Steve Woolam (violin) on the debut album.
ELO's debut concert took place on 15 April 1972 at The Fox & Hounds Pub in Croydon, U.K. with a line-up of Wood, Lynne, Bevan, Bill Hunt (horns, keyboards), Wilfred Gibson (violin), Hugh McDowell (cello), Mike Edwards, Andy Craig (cello) and Richard Tandy on bass.
However, tensions soon surfaced between Wood and Lynne due to problems with management. During the recordings for the band's second LP, Wood left the band taking cellist McDowell and horn player Hunt with him to form Wizzard. Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bev Bevan remaining on drums, joined by Gibson, Richard Tandy (now on the Moog synthesiser), Mike de Albuquerque on bass and vocals and Mike Edwards and Colin Walker on cellos.
The new line-up performed at the 1972 Reading Festival. Barcus Berry pick-ups, now sported by the band's string trio, allowed them to have proper amplification on stage for their instruments, which had previously been all but drowned out by all the sound of the other electrified instruments. The band released their second album, ELO 2 in 1973, which produced their first US chart single, a hugely elaborate version of the Chuck Berry classic "Roll Over Beethoven". ELO also made their first appearance on American Bandstand.
During the recording of the third album, Gibson was let go after a dispute over money and Walker left since touring was keeping him away from his family too much. Mik Kaminski joined as violinist, while remaining cellist Edwards finished the cello parts before McDowell returned to ELO from Wizzard. The resulting album, On the Third Day, was released in late 1973, with the American version featuring the hit "Showdown."
Global success
For the band's fourth album, Eldorado, A Symphony, a concept album about a daydreamer, Lynne was finally able to stop overdubbing strings, and hire a proper orchestra and choir. Louis Clark joined the band as string arranger. The first single of the album, "Can't Get It Out of My Head", became their first US Billboard charts Top 10 hit, and Eldorado, A Symphony became ELO's first gold album.After the release of Eldorado, bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt and cellist Melvyn Gale joined, replacing de Albuquerque (who, like Walker before him, quit since the ELO tours were keeping him away from his family too long) and Edwards respectively. The line-up stabilised as the band took to a decidedly more accessible sound. ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special (1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.
Face the Music was released in 1975, producing the hit singles "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic". The opening instrumental "Fire On High", with its mix of strings and blazing acoustic guitars, saw heavy exposure as background music on CBS Sports Spectacular montages, though most viewers had no idea of the song's origins. The group toured extensively from 3 February till 13 April 1976 promoting the album in the USA, playing 68 shows in 76 days (see Face the Music). It was on the American tour that ELO first debuted their use of coloured lasers.
Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the states they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, The platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976. It contained the hit singles "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Rockaria!" and "Do Ya", a rerecording of a Move song. The band toured in support in the US only from October 1976 to April 1977 with a break in December, then an American Music Award show appearance on 31 January 1977, plus a one off gig in San Diego in August 1977
A New World Record was followed by a multi-platinum selling album, the double-LP Out of the Blue, in 1977. Out of the Blue featured the singles "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", and "Wild West Hero", each becoming a hit in the United Kingdom. The band then set out on a nine-month, 92-date world tour, with an enormous set and a hugely expensive space ship stage with fog machines and a laser display. In the United States the concerts were billed as The Big Night and were their largest to date, with 80,000 people seeing them at Cleveland Stadium. The Big Night went on to become the highest-grossing live concert tour in music history up to that point (1978). The band also played at the Wembley Arena for eight straight sold-out nights during the tour as well, another record at that time. The first of these shows was recorded and televised, and later released as a CD and DVD.
In 1979, the multi-platinum album Discovery (or "Disco? Very!", as fans refer to it), was released. Although the biggest hit on the album (and ELO's biggest hit overall) was the rock song "Don't Bring Me Down", the album was noted for its heavy disco influence. Discovery also produced the hits "Shine a Little Love", "Last Train to London", "Confusion" and "The Diary of Horace Wimp". The band recorded videos for all the songs on the album.
The Electric Light Orchestra finished 1979 as the biggest selling act in the United Kingdom. ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles and even inspiring a parody/tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again.
In 1980 Jeff Lynne was asked to write for the soundtrack of the musical film Xanadu, with the other half written by John Farrar and performed by the film's star Olivia Newton-John. The movie performed poorly at the box office, but the soundtrack did exceptionally well, eventually going double platinum. The album spawned hit singles from both Newton-John ("Magic," No. 1 in the United States, and "Suddenly" with Cliff Richard) and ELO ("I'm Alive", which went gold, "All Over the World" and "Don't Walk Away"). The title track, performed by both Newton-John and ELO, is ELO's only song to top the singles chart in the United Kingdom. Xanadu was turned into a surprising hit Broadway Musical that opened on 10 July 2007 at the Helen Hayes Theatre to uniformly good reviews and received 4 Tony Award nominations. The Electric Light Orchestra Story, Bev Bevan's memoirs from his early days and throughout his career with The Move and ELO, were also published in 1980.
In 1981 ELO's sound changed again with the science fiction concept album Time, a throwback to earlier, more progressive rock albums like Eldorado. With the string section laid off, synthesisers took a dominating role, as was the trend in the larger music scene of the time, although studio strings were present on some of the tracks conducted by Rainer Pietsch, the overall soundscape had a more electronic feel in keeping with the futuristic nature of the album. Time topped the U.K. charts for two weeks and was the last ELO studio album to date to be certified platinum in the United Kingdom. Singles from the album included "Hold on Tight", "Twilight", "The Way Life's Meant to Be", "Here Is the News" and "Ticket to the Moon". The band embarked on their last world tour to date to promote the LP. It was the first ELO tour without cellists, although Mik Kaminski returned to play his famous "blue violin." The live line-up was completed with Louis Clark and newcomer Dave Morgan (guitar, synthesisers, vocals) playing the string parts on synthesisers, and "Fred the Robot" voicing the "Prologue" and "Epilogue".
Decline
Jeff Lynne wanted to follow Time with a double album. CBS blocked his plan claiming a double vinyl album would be too expensive. The new album was edited down from double album to a single disc and released as Secret Messages in 1983. (Many of the out-takes were later released on "Afterglow" or as b-sides of singles.) The album was an instant hit in the UK reaching the top 5. The album's release was dampened by a string of bad news—that there would be no tour to promote the LP, that drummer Bevan was now playing drums for Black Sabbath and that bassist Kelly Groucutt had left the band. Rumours from fans about the group disbanding were publicly denied by Bevan. Although Secret Messages debuted at number four in the United Kingdom, it fell off the charts, failing to catch fire with a lack of hit singles in the U.K. (though "Rock and Roll Is King" was a sizeable hit in UK and the U.S.) and a lukewarm media response.By 1983 Bevan was expressing a desire to join Black Sabbath permanently, Lynne and Tandy were recording tracks for the Electric Dreams soundtrack under Jeff Lynne's name, and, with Groucutt's departure, ELO was assumed to be finished. However, Lynne was contractually obligated to make one more ELO album.
Lynne, Bevan and Tandy returned to the studio in 1985 as a three-piece (with Christian Schneider playing saxophone on some tracks) to record ELO's final album of the 20th century, Balance of Power, released early in 1986. Though the single "Calling America" placed in the Top 30 in the United Kingdom (#28) and Top 20 in the States, subsequent singles failed to chart. The album was absent of actual strings, replaced once again by synthesisers, played by Tandy. The album also shed the customary ELO logo that had appeared on every album since 1976.
Lynne, with the 7-piece line-up that supported Time (with the exception of bassist Groucutt being replaced by Martin Smith), played a small number of live ELO performances in 1986, including shows in England and Germany along with US appearances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, then at Disneyland that summer. The Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986 was a charity concert organised by Bevan in ELO's hometown of Birmingham on 15 March 1986. A hint of Lynne's future was seen when George Harrison appeared onstage during the encore at Heartbeat, joining in the all-star jam of "Johnny B. Goode". ELO's last performance of the century occurred on 13 July 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany.
ELO essentially disbanded after that final show in Stuttgart in 1986, but there was no announcement made of it for the next two years, during which George Harrison's Lynne-produced album Cloud Nine and the pair's follow-up (with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty) Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 were released. Bevan approached Lynne to make another ELO album in 1988. Lynne was not interested and went on to announce that ELO was no more.
ELO Part II
Bevan (under an agreement with Lynne who co-owned the ELO name with him) continued on in 1988 as ELO Part II, initially with no other former ELO members except Clark. ELO Part II released their debut album Electric Light Orchestra Part Two in 1990. Mik Kaminski, Kelly Groucutt and Hugh McDowell joined the band for the first tour in 1991. McDowell left after that tour. Bevan, Groucutt, Kaminski and Clark recorded a second album, Moment of Truth, in 1994 and toured extensively until 1999. Bevan retired from the line-up in 1999 and sold his share of the ELO name to Jeff Lynne in 2000. The remaining members continue to tour and record, renamed as The Orchestra.
Reformation in 2000
Jeff Lynne's comeback with ELO began in 2000 with the release of a retrospective box set, Flashback, containing three CDs of remastered tracks and a handful of out-takes and unfinished works, most notably a new version of ELO's only UK number one hit "Xanadu".In 2001 Zoom, ELO's first album since 1986, was released. Though billed and marketed as an ELO album, the only returning member other than Jeff Lynne was Richard Tandy, who performed on one track. Zoom took on a more organic sound, with less emphasis on strings and electronic effects. Guest musicians included former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Upon completion of the album Lynne reformed the band with completely new members including his then-girlfriend Rosie Vela (who had released her own album "Zazu", in 1986) and announced that ELO would tour again. Former ELO member Richard Tandy rejoined the band a short time afterwards for two television live performances: VH1 Storytellers and a PBS concert shot at CBS Television City, later titled Zoom Tour Live, that was released on DVD. The planned tour was cancelled. and was not rescheduled.
Harvest Records and Epic/Legacy released ELO's back catalogue from 2001–07. Included amongst the remastered album tracks were unreleased songs and out-takes, including 2 new singles "Surrender" which registered on the lower end of the UK Singles Chart at #81, some 30 years after it was written in 1976. Another unreleased recording, "Latitude 88 North," was released as the third bonus track on the 2007 remastered version of their 1977 album Out of the Blue. The song was written in 1977, but existed only as a demo recording of the chorus. Jeff Lynne returned to the song and finished it in preparation for the remastered version of "Out of the Blue".
Current releases
Although there has been no news on any forthcoming new ELO projects, ELO's core studio albums have now all been remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, leaving only The Night the Light Went On (in Long Beach), ELO's Greatest Hits, Xanadu, Zoom and ELO's Greatest Hits Live AKA Zoom Tour Live to be done. Latest in the Epic/Legacy series were Out of the Blue and Balance of Power which were released in February 2007. A lost demo from 1977 was finished and released in the United Kingdom as a download single on 6 February 2007, titled "Latitude 88 North".All the original ELO albums were released in mini replica sleeves in Japan. Among the many features was the original Jet Records label on the disc and original inner sleeves and lyrics.
As a companion to the new remasters, another ELO compilation hit the German, then UK shops in October 2007, and was also released in the US 5 February 2008. It's the follow-up to All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra and is called Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2.
An eco-friendly repackage of The Essential Electric Light Orchestra called Playlist: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra was released on 2 September 2008.
On 9 August 2010, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live – The Early Years in the UK as a DVD compilation that includes Fusion – Live In London (1976) along with never before released live performances at Brunel University (1973) and on a German TV show Rockpalast (1974). The US had a slightly edited release on 24 August 2010.
Band name and logo
The group's name is an intended pun based not only on electric light (as in a light bulb as seen on early album covers) but also using "electric" rock instruments combined with a "light orchestra" (orchestras with only a few cellos and violins that were popular in Britain during the 1960s).The official band logo (left), designed in 1976 by artist Kosh, was first seen on their 1976 album A New World Record and is based on a 1946 Wurlitzer jukebox model 4008 speaker. The 4008 speaker was itself based upon the upper cabinet of the Wurlitzer model 1015 jukebox. The band's previous logo (right) was similar to the General Electric logo.
The new logo appeared on most of the band's album covers in various forms. For instance, on 1977's Out of the Blue, the logo was turned into a huge flying saucer space station, an enduring image now synonymous with the band. On the follow-up album Discovery, the logo became a small glowing artefact on top of a treasure chest. Bev Bevan usually displayed the logo on his drum kit.
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Electric lights are a convenient and economic form of artificial lighting which provide increased comfort, safety and efficiency. Most electric lighting is powered by centrally-generated electric power, but lighting may also be powered by mobile or standby electric generators or battery systems. Battery-powered lights, usually called "flashlights" or "torches", are used for portability and as backups when the main lights fail. The energy efficiency of electric lighting has increased radically since the first demonstration arc lamps and the incandescent light bulb of the 19th century. Modern electric light sources come in a profusion of types and sizes adapted to a myriad of applications.
incandescent light bulbs
arc lamps
gas discharge lamps, e.g., fluorescent lights and compact fluorescent lamps, neon lamps, flood lamps, modern photographic flashes
lasers
light-emitting diodes, including OLEDs
sulfur lamps
*Color temperature is defined as the temperature of a black body emitting a similar spectrum; these spectra are quite different from those of black bodies.
GE Lighting
Osram
Philips Lighting
Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan.
Daylighting
List of light sources
Henry Woodward (inventor)
Solar lamp
Types
Types of electric lighting include:Different types of lights have vastly differing efficiencies and color of light.
| Name | Optical spectrum| Nominal efficiency (lm/W) || | Lifetime (MTBF) (hours) | Color temperature (kelvins) | Color | Color rendering index>Colorrenderingindex | ||
| Incandescent light bulb | Continuous spectrumContinuous || | 12-17 | 1000-20000 | 2700 | Warm white (yellowish) | 100 | |
| Halogen lamp | Continuous| | 16-23 | 3000-6000 | 3200 | Warm white (yellowish) | 100 | |
| Fluorescent lamp | Mercury (element)Mercury line + Phosphor || | 52-100 | 8000-20000 | 2700-5000* | White (with a tinge of green) | 15-85 | |
| Metal halide lamp | Quasi-continuous| | 50-115 | 6000-20000 | 3000-4500 | Cold white | 65-93 | |
| Sulfur lamp | Continuous| | 80-110 | 15000-20000 | 6000 | Pale green | 79 | |
| Sodium vapor lamp | High pressure sodium | Broadband| | 55-140 | 10000-40000 | 1800-2200* | Pinkish orange | 0-70 |
| Sodium vapor lamp | Low pressure sodium | Narrow line| | 100-200 | 18000-20000 | 1800* | Yellow, virtually no color rendering | 0 |
The most efficient source of electric light is the low-pressure sodium lamp. It produces an almost monochromatic orange light, which severely distorts color perception. For this reason, it is generally reserved for outdoor public lighting usages. Low-pressure sodium lights are favoured for public lighting by astronomers, since the light pollution that they generate can be easily filtered, contrary to broadband or continuous spectra.
Incandescent light bulb
Incandescent light bulb as we know it today, with a coiled filament of tungsten, was commercialized in the 1920s developed from the carbon filament lamp introduced in about 1880. As well as bulbs for normal illumination, there is a very wide range, including low voltage, low-power types often used as components in equipment, but now largely displaced by LEDsThere is currently interest in banning some types of filament lamp in some countries, such as Australia planning to ban standard incandescent light bulbs by 2010, because they are inefficient at converting electricity to light. Sri Lanka has already banned importing filament bulbs because of high use of electricity and less light. Less than 3% of the input energy is converted into usable light. Nearly all of the input energy ends up as heat that, in warm climates, must then be removed from the building by ventilation or air conditioning, often resulting in more energy consumption. In colder climates where heating and lighting is required during the cold and dark winter months, the heat byproduct has at least some value.
Halogen lamp
Halogen lamps are usually much smaller than standard incandescents, because for successful operation a bulb temperature over 200 °C is generally necessary. For this reason, most have a bulb of fused silica (quartz), but sometimes aluminosilicate glass. This is often sealed inside an additional layer of glass. The outer glass is a safety precaution, reducing UV emission and because halogen bulbs can occasionally explode during operation. One reason is if the quartz bulb has oily residue from fingerprints. The risk of burns or fire is also greater with bare bulbs, leading to their prohibition in some places unless enclosed by the luminaire.Those designed for 12 V or 24 V operation have compact filaments, useful for good optical control, also they have higher efficacies (lumens per watt) and better lives than non halogen types. The light output remains almost constant throughout life.
Fluorescent lamp
Fluorescent lamps have much higher efficacy than filament lamps. For the same amount of light generated, they typically use around one-quarter to one-third the power of an incandescent.Fluorescents were mostly limited to linear and a round 'Circline' lamp until the 1980s, with other shapes never gaining much popularity. The compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) was commercialized in the early 1980s.
Most CFLs have a built-in electrical ballast and fit into a standard screw or bayonet base. Some make use of a separate ballast so that the ballast and tube can be replaced separately.
Typical average lifetime ratings for linear fluorescent tubes are 10,000 and 20,000 hours, compared to 750 hours (110 V) and 1000 hours (240 V) for filament lamps.
Some types of fluorescent lamp ballast have difficulty starting lamps in very cold conditions, so lights used outdoors in cold climates need to be designed for outdoor use to work reliably.
Fluorescents come in a range of different color temperatures. In some countries cool white (CW) is most popular, while in some, warmer whites predominate.
In America, fluorescents most often come in cool white (CW), with some home bulbs being a warm white (WW), which has a pinkish color. In between there is an "enhanced white" (EW), which is more neutral. There is also a very cold daylight white (DW). Compact fluorescent lamps are usually considered warm white, though many have a yellowish cast like an incandescent. "Warm" and "cool" are entirely relative terms and almost arbitrary so color temperature and the color rendering index (CRI) are used as absolute scales of color for fluorescents, and sometimes for other types of lighting.
LED lamp
Solid state LEDs have been popular as indicator lights since the 1970s. In recent years, efficacy and output have risen to the point where LEDs are now being used in niche lighting applications.
Indicator LEDs are known for their extremely long life, up to 100,000 hours, but lighting LEDs are operated much less conservatively (due to high LED cost per watt), and consequently have much shorter lives.
Due to the relatively high cost per watt, LED lighting is most useful at very low powers, typically for lamp assemblies of under 10 W. LEDs are currently most useful and cost-effective in low power applications, such as nightlights and flashlights. Colored LEDs can also be used for accent lighting, such as for glass objects, and even in fake ice cubes for drinks at parties. They are also being increasingly used as holiday lighting.
LED efficacies vary over a very wide range. Some have lower efficacy than filament lamps, and some significantly higher. LED performance in this respect is prone to being misinterpreted, as the inherent directionality of LEDs gives them a much higher light intensity in one direction per given total light output.
Single color LEDs are well developed technology, but white LEDs at time of writing still have some unresolved issues. # CRI is not particularly good, resulting in less than accurate color rendition. # The light distribution from the phosphor does not fully match the distribution of light from the LED die, so color temperature varies at differing angles. # Phosphor performance degrades over time, resulting in change of color temperature and falling output. With some LEDs degradation can be quite fast. # Limited heat tolerance means that the amount of power packable into a lamp assembly is a fraction of the power usable in a similarly sized incandescent lamp.
LED technology is useful for lighting designers because of its low power consumption, low heat generation, instantaneous on/off control, and in the case of single color LEDs, continuity of color throughout the life of the diode and relatively low cost of manufacture.
In the last few years, software has been developed to merge lighting and video by enabling lighting designers to stream video content to their LED fixtures, creating low resolution video walls.
For general domestic lighting, total cost of ownership of LED lighting is still much higher than for other well established lighting types.
Carbon arc lamp
Carbon arc lamps consist of two carbon rod electrodes in open air, supplied by a current-limiting ballast. The electric arc is struck by touching the rods then separating them. The ensuing arc heats the carbon tips to white heat. These lamps have higher efficacy than filament lamps, but the carbon rods are short lived and require constant adjustment in use. The lamps produce significant ultra-violet output, they require ventilation when used indoors, and due to their intensity they need protecting from direct sight.
Carbon arc lamps operate at high powers, and had high efficacy compared to other pre-1920s light sources. They also are a point source of light. These properties made them ideally suited to search lights, follow spots and film projector lights.
Their need for ongoing attendance and adjustment, and frequent rod replacement made them ill suited to general lighting, though they were used for high power lighting in the years when nothing else with comparable output power existed. Carbon arcs fell out of use even for niche applications during and after World War 2.
Discharge lamp
A discharge lamp has a glass or silica envelope containing two metal electrodes separated by a gas. Gases used include, neon, argon, xenon, sodium, metal halide, and mercury.The core operating principle is much the same as the carbon arc lamp, but the term 'arc lamp' is normally used to refer to carbon arc lamps, with more modern types of gas discharge lamp normally called 'discharge lamps'.
With some discharge lamps, very high voltage is used to strike the arc. This requires an electrical circuit called an igniter, which is part of the ballast circuitry. After the arc is struck, the internal resistance of the lamp drops to a low level, and the ballast limits the current to the operating current. Without a ballast, excess current would flow, causing rapid destruction of the lamp.
Some lamp types contain a little neon, which permits striking at normal running voltage, with no external igniter circuitry. Low pressure sodium lamps operate this way.
The simplest ballasts are just an inductor, and are chosen where cost is the deciding factor, such as street lighting. More advanced electronic ballasts may be designed to maintain constant light output over the life of the lamp, may drive the lamp with a square wave to maintain completely flicker-free output, and shut down in the event of certain faults. These more complex ballasts are chosen in the film industry for example.
Lamp life expectancy
Life expectancy is defined as the number of hours of operation for a lamp until 50% of them fail. This means that it is possible for some lamps to fail after a short amount of time and for some to last significantly longer than the rated lamp life. This is an average (median) life expectancy. Production tolerances as low as 1% can create a variance of 25% in lamp life. For LEDs, lamp life is when 50% of lamps have lumen output drop to 70% or less.Lamps are also sensitive to switching cycles. The rapid heating of a lamp filament or electrodes when a lamp is turned on is the most stressful event on the lamp. Most test cycles have the lamps on for 3 hours and then off for 20 minutes. (Some standard had to be used since it is unknown how the lamp will be used by consumers.) This switching cycle repeats until the lamps fail and the data is recorded. If switching is increased to only 1 hour on, the lamp life is usually reduced because the number of times the lamp has been turned on has increased. Rooms with frequent switching (bathroom, bedrooms, etc.) can expect much shorter lamp life than what is printed on the box.
Vendors
Public lighting
The total amount of artificial light (especially from street light) is sufficient for cities to be easily visible at night from the air, and from space. This wasted light is the source of light pollution that burdens astronomers and others.
See also
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