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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 28, 2020 10:47:18 GMT
With ELO2 they were mostly appealing to mildly militant beardy University Proggers, so the extended songs (with the exception of Roll Over Beethoven) tended to reflect that, but still a great leap forward from the first album, i'd say. Yes, been listening to ELO 2 today and agree with every word I like it Much more cohesive, tuneful and enjoyable than the debut (which I also relistened to earlier and it just doesn't work for me) We're still eons away from late 70s / early 80s commercial ELO I bought the edited single version of Roll Over Beethoven as an 11 year old - still very fond of it
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Post by andyloneshark on Dec 28, 2020 11:34:33 GMT
As we are currently in 1973 regarding their records, then this single is a MUST. This was not included on any album at the time, so that makes it unique. One of their greatest... love the guitar solo on this...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 28, 2020 12:42:20 GMT
As we are currently in 1973 regarding their records, then this single is a MUST. This was not included on any album at the time, so that makes it unique. One of their greatest... love the guitar solo on this... Agreed Andy - a classic I didnt realise it never made it onto any of their albums - top triv
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 30, 2020 9:04:37 GMT
I'm all over On The Third Day at the moment.... I loves it Showdown seems to have been incorporated into it on CD releases and in the original US release I always adored Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle with Marc Bolan's wonderful riff - a real classic ELO rocker This is my favourite of the first three albums I even love the Proggier moments like the trippy Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe/New World Rising What's great about ELO is their insane eclecticism. Who can fail to love their ambition and how they fused elements of classical, opera, prog, doo wop, soul, orchestral soundtracks, rock n roll, and pop? Great stuff
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Post by andyloneshark on Dec 30, 2020 9:38:22 GMT
I was barely a teenager when i started to buy ELO albums... i maybe bought 4 albums in an entire year, so each record was to be cherished. I have been digging out my ELO records over the last month, probably inspired by this thread. Yes... On The Third Day is a stronger record than the previous two.
Around 1975 i saved up my 50p a week pocket money to buy the American import live album The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 30, 2020 10:11:36 GMT
I was barely a teenager when i started to buy ELO albums... i maybe bought 4 albums in an entire year, so each record was to be cherished. I have been digging out my ELO records over the last month, probably inspired by this thread. Yes... On The Third Day is a stronger record than the previous two. Around 1975 i saved up my 50p a week pocket money to buy the American import live album The Night The Light Went On In Long BeachFunny you should mention The Night The Light Went On In Long BeachI played for the first time in my life only yesterday A great live document of them in that era with a palpable sense of energy. The crowd seem suspiciously enthusiastic though. I wondered if that was added on afterwards? They can't have been that popular in the US in 1974? Or maybe they were? There's some interesting info about it on Wikipedia.... This live album was intended as the follow-up to On the Third Day, but the original recording was marred by technical issues both on and off the stage.
The problems started when the truck carrying the band's equipment broke down en route to the venue, and the band did not have enough time to perform a proper soundcheck before the concert. Initial vinyl pressings of the album were of such poor quality that ELO's management eventually filed a lawsuit against the production company for compensation.
The garish gatefold sleeve of the original album, designed by Mick Haggerty, showed a cartoony 1950s-era horror film mob running in terror from an unseen source of light, with the album's title scrawled across the sleeve. The inside held distorted photos of the band performing onstage. Ultimately, both ELO's UK and US labels decided against issuing The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach.
It only achieved "legitimate" release in Germany and a handful of other countries, although it was eventually issued in the UK in 1985.
It was never released in the US (although it was heavily imported into the US, and sold quite well in the specialty rock music shops around the country). However, in the US, the live version of "10538 Overture" from this recording was later used as the B-side for the ELO single "Evil Woman" from the studio album Face the Music. The live version of "Roll Over Beethoven" from Long Beach saw limited release in the US on the B-side of the alternate version of "Telephone Line" in the CBS Hall of Fame 45 re-issue series. RestorationA 1990s CD remastering and reissue corrected the poor sound quality of the original album and restored several songs to their full-length versions. It was discovered that the original LP pressing had been mastered using an inferior copy of the concert (according to the CD's liner notes, the tape used had been marked 'Rough Mix, Do Not Use'), hence its muddy sound. However, the original master tape was discovered in the record company's vault, and the album was restored to its intended sound quality. The album is notable for being the sole live recording of ELO released during their initial period of activity.
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Post by andyloneshark on Dec 30, 2020 10:21:44 GMT
...i wouldn't have known any of that at the time. Just dug my copy out and yes, it's a german pressing not U.S. I have not heard the remaster, so will seek it out. Impressive that they sounded that good without a sound check.
I think the headlining band that day were Deep Purple, so ELO would have been playing to a huge crowd. Eldorado went Gold in America, so they were already becoming a big band over there.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 30, 2020 12:21:54 GMT
...i wouldn't have known any of that at the time. Just dug my copy out and yes, it's a german pressing not U.S. I have not heard the remaster, so will seek it out. Impressive that they sounded that good without a sound check. I think the headlining band that day were Deep Purple, so ELO would have been playing to a huge crowd. Eldorado went Gold in America, so they were already becoming a big band over there. Ah right, the Deep Purple support slot explains a lot - it was clearly a large crowd As it was a great set it's no surprise the audience was so demonstrably enthusiastic
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Post by stu77 on Dec 15, 2021 18:06:20 GMT
In the late 70s and early 80s they appeared newly energised by disco and possibly even the skinny tie element of new wave.
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Post by zeopold on Dec 15, 2021 19:50:44 GMT
the skinny tie element of new wave. Christmas has come early
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Post by stu77 on Dec 16, 2021 3:18:08 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 16, 2021 7:51:15 GMT
Great bit of footage Stu from Granada "Set of Six" Full Performance 1972 Never heard of Set of Six before Anyone else?
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Post by andyloneshark on Dec 16, 2021 10:03:00 GMT
...Wow! no, never heard of this programme. Maybe a regional Manchester only show? Live mix on this is not too hot, but still fascinating to see and hear the band just as they were finding their feet and their sound. it must have reached a point where there could not be two frontmen, so Roy Wood left and went on to have great (but short lived success) with Wizzard.
I sold my copy of the first ELO album, back in my late teens, but hung onto ELO2.
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Post by stu77 on Dec 25, 2023 0:04:52 GMT
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